Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years, Vol. 4

Star Wars Legends Epic Collection #32

by Walter Simonson, David Michelinie, Jo Duffy

The search for Solo! The loveable rogue, frozen in carbonite, has been taken to Jabba the Hutt - and our favorite rebels want Han back! But as Lando Calrissian returns to fi nd Cloud City a death trap, R2-D2 and C-3PO face a dangerous spacewalk! Elsewhere, Luke Skywalker braves a beast on Bazarre - and joins Chewbacca inside a Mind Spider! Leia undertakes an explosive mission! Shira Brie shares the story of her people! And in the wake of tragedy, Luke becomes a pariah! Screams in the void and threats like the Darker unsettle our heroes - but the hunt for Han soon leads the crew to bounty hunters Dengar, Bossk and IG-88! And the bizarre discovery of a golden statue of their lost friend leads to revelations from Han and Chewie's past!

COLLECTING: STAR WARS (1977) 56-73, STAR WARS ANNUAL (1979) 2

Genres: Star Wars, Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics

464 pages, Paperback

Published August 6, 2019

About the author

Walt Simonson is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for a run on Marvel Comics' Thor from 1983 to 1987, during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill. He is also known for the creator-owned work Star Slammers, which he inaugurated in 1972 as a Rhode Island School of Design thesis. He has also worked on other Marvel titles such as X-Factor and Fantastic Four, on DC Comics books including Detective Comics, Manhunter, Metal Men and Orion, and on licensed properties such as Star Wars, Alien, Battlestar Galactica and Robocop vs. Terminator.

He is married to comics writer Louise Simonson, with whom he collaborated as penciller on X-Factor from 1988 to 1989, and with whom he made a cameo appearance in the 2011 Thor feature film.

Reviews

[Edward Davies · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun look at what might have happened while Han was held captive between Empire and Jedi. I actually liked this, though I'm not a big Star Wars fan.

[Brenda Conbeer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this was the best of the four volumes

[Patrick Raftery · Rating 5 out of 5]

The hunt goes on

The hunt goes on looking for Han Solo in this classic mavel stories, great fun with Darth Vader in back ground great fun and takes me back too my childhood

[Joshua Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

a marked improvement in the series by adding some capable writers and artists. still nothing special, but it's finally readable.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 3 out of 5]

With the rescue of Han Solo confined to film (which, of course, it had to be), there wasn't much that could be done with that thread, and these issues didn't do enough to expand the possibilities of what could've happened between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Lando does return to Cloud City, and he faces a Lobot who appears to be under the Empire's control. Charles Soule's current Star Wars run takes a similar route, and I prefer his take. I was also surprised to see swamps on Bespin. I did find the Mandalorian issues somewhat intriguing, in that they imply that the Empire was around during the Clone Wars and that Boba Fett fought alongside a couple other Mandalorian supercommandos at that time. Of course, the prequels would retcon all of this. But it was also coincidental how we have Fenn Shysa here, and Fenn Rau on Star Wars Rebels. And I do somewhat appreciate Luke's inner turmoil when he faces Shira Brie, who appears to be another character I know of. Other than that, not much else feels very important. So far, this is the weakest of the Original Marvel Years volumes.