Star Wars (1977) 43

Star Wars 43: The Empire Strikes Back: Betrayal at Bespin is the forty-third issue in the Marvel Star Wars series of comics.

Plot summary

Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa arrive at Cloud City hoping to find refuge with Solo's old friend Lando Calrissian, but the Galactic Empire had arrived first and capture the Rebels. Darth Vader tortures Solo in an effort to lure Luke Skywalker to Bespin and then proceeds to freeze the smuggler in carbonite to ensure the procedure would work for his true prize, Skywalker. Meanwhile, on Dagobah, Yoda is training Luke in the ways of the Force, and the young Jedi has visions of his friends in pain in Cloud City. Luke decides to try to rescue them despite Yoda's objection.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

C-3PO Lando Calrissian Chewbacca Boba Fett Treva Horme Obi-Wan Kenobi (Appears as a ghost or spirit) Lobot Leia Organa Palpatine (Indirect mention only) R2-D2 Luke Skywalker Pedar Solardo Han Solo Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) Darth Vader Yoda

Creatures

Flea (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2-series astromech droid Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid

Events

Battle of Yavin (Mentioned only)

Locations

Bespin Cloud City Carbon-freezing chamber Cloud City Security Tower Platform 327 Dagobah Dark Side Cave Yoda's hut Tatooine (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Administrator Alliance to Restore the Republic Captain Princess Bespin Wing Guard Bounty hunter First Mate Galactic Empire Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only) Garrison (Mentioned only) Stormtrooper Supreme Commander Mining Guild (Mentioned only) Order of the Sith Lords Dark Lord of the Sith Sith Lord

Sentient species

Green reptiloid (First appearance) Human Corellian Cyborg Hutt (Mentioned only) Lutrillian Wookiee Rwook Yoda's species

Vehicles and vessels

Death Star (Mentioned only) Single-pod cloud car (First appearance) Storm IV Twin-Pod cloud car T-65 X-wing starfighter YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon

Weapons and technology

Armor Darth Vader's armor Mandalorian armor Stormtrooper armor Blaster Blaster pistol DH-17 blaster pistol DL-44 heavy blaster pistol Model 57 blaster pistol Blaster rifle E-11 blaster rifle EE-3 carbine rifle Borg Construct Aj^6 Bowcaster Class three carbon-freezing chamber Hyperdrive (Mentioned only) Jetpack Lightsaber Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber Rangefinder Scan grid

Miscellanea

Alliance Starbird Boot Carbon freezing Carbonite I've got a bad feeling about this Mile Mining (Mentioned only) Sabacc (Mentioned only) Shyriiwook Sleep (Mentioned only) Table The Force Dark side of the Force Force deflection Force ghost Force vision Telekinesis Tibanna (Mentioned only) Torture Tree

Behind the scenes

This is part five of the six part adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back.

This issue includes a pinup section with illustrations of scenes from the film done by Terry Austin, Michael Golden, John Byrne, Marie Severin, and Frank Miller.

Collections

• Marvel Special Edition 2: The Empire Strikes Back
• Marvel Super Special 16: The Empire Strikes Back
• The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
• Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 2
• Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (TPB)
• Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - The Special Edition (TPB)
• Classic Star Wars Box Set
• Star Wars: The Special Edition Box Set
• Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 3: Resurrection of Evil
• Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... Volume 2
• Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Vol. 1
• Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 3
• Star Wars: The Original Trilogy — The Movie Adaptations

Notes and references

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