Star Wars, Annual 02, Page 28
Artists: Carmine Infantino (Penciller) , Rudy Nebres (Inker) , Joe Rosen (Letterer) , Janice Chiang (Letterer)
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DescriptionDay 21. Thirty-one days of Star Wars (2025 edition).On May 21, 1980, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back made its theatrical debut. To celebrate my favorite Star Wars film's 45th anniversary today, I'm posting a page from 1982's Star Wars Annual #2. At this point in time the ongoing comic series was left in a unique (and unenviable) place. It couldn’t resolve any of those dangling plot threads from the film - Vader declaring that he is Luke’s father, Han frozen in carbonite and taken away by Boba Fett for delivery to Jabba the Hutt, Luke losing his hand and getting a cybernetic replacement, and Leia professing her love for Han, etc. Those threads would have to wait until the next film. Marvel had to get creative. This issue features Han Solo, bringing him back via flashback (told to Luke and Lando via a magic recording rock) to tell a tale from before he was captured and frozen in carbonite. Using an annual to tell an untold tale of Han Solo is not a terrible idea, and an effective way of working the otherwise-sidelined character back into the series without running the risk of stepping on Return of the Jedi's toes or overly-disrupting the monthly series. Story synopsis: Han inadvertently foiled an assassination attempt on Tieress Chrysala, consort to the ruling Satab. A grateful Chrysala took Han to the Satab's palace, where he learned the Satab was a cruel dictator ruling through the power of the Shadeshine, which burned out the user's body, forcing each Sataba to select a replacement while he entered the Hall of Satabs, to be placed in suspended animation until a cure is found. Having been selected to be the next Satab, Chrysala spared Han that fate by touching the Shadeshine first. Then Han and Chrysala prevented the former Satab from entering hibernation, forcing his body to burn out, after which Chrysala willing entered hibernation without naming a successor, thus ending the deadly cycle. Declared a hero, Han left the planet with the Shadeshine, which he destroyed aboard the Millennium Falcon. Did we follow all of that? I'm guessing not. That's okay. I'll just point out the bottom left panel is the same scene depicted on the issue's cover. Annual 2 is the only issue inked by Rudy Nebres during the original Marvel run. This issue also marks Infantino's last work on the series in any capacity. This is the May! Social/Sharing |
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Marcus Wai 
Member Since 2005
2 - Posted on 5/21/2025
When the chamber is cold and the bad minerals
You ask for Satab
Or that comment again he's insisting that friends
Look at each sleeper like that
When the words of Chrysalla comes back in whispers
That prove she wants Han
Satab what she seemed, not a twin from Luke's dreams
She's a crook who was caught
That old familiar Rudy ink
The snaps from the same Marvel makes annual
You know it's Infantino
Twenty years at Satab
Then the son of the boss gets the spot in Star Wars
Or trying to stay from the kids
When keeping it how Sith is will only break their hearts worse
That old familiar Rudy ink
The snaps from the same little breaks in Ford's soul
You know with Carmine's Solo
Kavi H
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 5/21/2025
I completely understood every word of that synopsis I swear! But more importantly, who do you think would play Chrysala in live action?
Really digging the combo of Infantino and Nebres, the deep blacks on this page look really nice!
Jeffrey Wedding
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 5/21/2025
Kavi H wrote:
I completely understood every word of that synopsis I swear! But more importantly, who do you think would play Chrysala in live action?
Really digging the combo of Infantino and Nebres, the deep blacks on this page look really nice!
What's Emily VanCamp up to these days?
Kavi H
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 5/21/2025
Jeffrey Wedding wrote:
What's Emily VanCamp up to these days?
ooohhh solid pick!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 5/24/2025
So great that you got the page with the cover scene!
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