The Serpent Masters

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"The Serpent Masters" is a comic strip written by Archie Goodwin and illustrated by Al Williamson, originally published in 1981 by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. It was later reprinted in Amazing Heroes magazine #13–16.

It was republished by Dark Horse Comics, beginning on page 12 of Classic Star Wars 4, all through Classic Star Wars 5, and ending on page 6 of Classic Star Wars 6. It was again republished on StarWars.com's webstrips section of Hyperspace.

Plot summary

After his Mission to Fondor, Luke Skywalker escaped from Fondor with Tanith Shire, who conducted him to Ophideraan, the planet where the young girl's father was enslaved by the Serpent Masters. They crashed on the planet, and Luke was also enslaved. He eventually defeated the Serpent Masters by duplicating the signal that controlled the flying serpents and by inadvertently enticing Supreme Master Tyrann to leap to his death.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 2
  2. ↑ The New Essential Chronology dates the Los Angeles Star Wars comic strips to the first six months of 0 ABY, but after Star Wars (1977) 35, which The Essential Reader's Companion dates to two months after the Battle of Yavin.

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