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{{Comic_book
|image=[[File:SplinteroftheMindsEye_3.jpg]]
|title=Splinter of the Mind's Eye #3
|writer=[[Terry Austin]]
|penciller=[[Chris Sprouse]]
|inker=[[Terry Austin]]
|letterer=[[Steve Dutro]]
|colorist=[[James Sinclair]]
|cover artist=[[Mark Harrison]]
|editor=*[[Peet Janes]]
*[[Ryder Windham]]
|publisher=[[Mike Richardson]]
|publication date=[[April 23]], [[1996]]
|pages=24
|upc=
|timeline=[[2 ABY/Legends|2 ABY]]<ref name="TERC">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''</ref>
|series=[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye (comics)|''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'']]
|issue=3
|preceded by=[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye 2|''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'' 2]]
|followed by=[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye 4|''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'' 4]]}}
'''''Splinter of the Mind's Eye 3''''' is the third issue of [[Dark Horse Comics]]'s [[Splinter of the Mind's Eye|adaptation]] of the novel ''[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye]]''. It begins approximately halfway through chapter eight and ends about halfway through the tenth chapter.

==Publisher's summary==
''Even as [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]] and his [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] garrison approach [[Mimban/Legends|Mimban]] from the air, [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke]] and [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia]] find that their biggest problems lie under the planet's crust. For deep in the soil lives Mimban's deadliest predator&mdash;perhaps the [[The galaxy/Legends|''galaxy's'']] deadliest predator&mdash;the gigantic, wormlike [[wandrella]]; and if the humongous wandrella can't catch them, the subterranean race of aboriginals&mdash;the [[Coway]]&mdash;just might!''

==Plot summary==
{{Quote|Oh dear&mdash;miscreants abound!|C-3PO, coming under attack by the Coway|Splinter of the Mind's Eye 3}}
Luke and Leia manage to simultaneously evade the wandrella and lure it to its death by hiding in a [[Thrella well]]. However, the monster's destruction of the ladder that they used to get into the well forces the pair to temporarily split up from [[Halla]], [[Hin]], [[Kee (Yuzzem)|Kee]], [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]] and [[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]]. After agreeing to meet up with the rest, Luke and Leia venture into the planet's subterranean levels.

Meanwhile, Darth Vader lands on Mimban, drawn by the report on the presence of Luke and Leia on the planet, as well as that of the legendary [[Kaiburr crystal]]. He takes charge of [[Grammel]]'s troops and begins the search for the pair.

Luke and Leia eventually find Halla and the others captured by a tribe of Coway. In order to free the others, Luke must prove himself in [[Death duel|single combat]] with the tribe's greatest warrior or be killed by the tribe along with the others. The fight goes badly for Luke, and he ends up with his face held underwater by the Coway warrior.

==Notable differences from the novel==
The comic adaptation of ''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'' remained fairly faithful to its source material. Because of the requirements of the format and the limited space in which to tell the story, a number of elements were either altered or omitted. The departures from the book included:

*The scene showing Darth Vader demanding a status report from Captain Piett never appeared in the book. It contains a possible continuity error, since Luke and Leia are on Circarpous V and Vader is asking Piett how long it will be until the ''Executor'' is within the orbit of Circarpous IV. However, it is possible that Vader believed that going directly to Circarpous V might inadvertently alert the Circarpousians to the presence of the Empire's illegal [[Energy mining/Legends|energy mining]] operation on that planet.<ref name="Splinter of the Mind's Eye 3 1-2">''Splinter of the Mind's Eye #3'', pages 1&ndash;2</ref>

*In the book, when Luke reaches the end of the ladder in the Thrella Well, he discovers a ledge, steps onto it and informs Leia of his discovery.<ref name="Splinter of the Mind's Eye 171-172">''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'', pages 171&ndash;172 (Chapter 8)</ref> In the comic, Leia is the one to discover the ledge.<ref name="Splinter of the Mind's Eye 3 5">''Splinter of the Mind's Eye #3'', page 5</ref>

*In the book, while the wandrella pokes its head into the well, Luke discovers that he has lost his blaster pistol.<ref name="Splinter of the Mind's Eye 174">''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'', page 174 (Chapter 8)</ref> Before he and Leia discover the well in the comic, Luke tells her that he lost his blaster pistol when he leapt from the swamp crawler.<ref name="Splinter of the Mind's Eye 3 2">''Splinter of the Mind's Eye #3'', page 2</ref>

*When Halla is asked about the Coway by Luke and Leia in the book, Halla says that little is known about them, but they are "not the least bit subservient." She then appears to conjecture that the Coway are "shy and peaceful."<ref name="Splinter of the Mind's Eye 177-179">''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'' 177 (Chapter 8)</ref> In the comic, Halla says that the Coway's relation to the "Greenie" Mimbanites means that they are "shy and peaceful," but adds that not much is known about them. When Halla, the droids and the Yuzzem leave the well's opening, Halla tells C-3PO that she lied to Luke and Leia about the Coway because they would be too scared by the truth to go any further.<ref name="Splinter of the Mind's Eye 3 8">''Splinter of the Mind's Eye #3'', page 8</ref>

*When Luke and Leia discover the underground lake, Luke thinks of the darkness of the water as being as black as the inside of the [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Emperor's]] mind.<ref name="Splinter of the Mind's Eye 189">''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'', page 189 (Chapter 9)</ref> In the comic, Leia voices this sentiment.<ref name="Splinter of the Mind's Eye 3 10">''Splinter of the Mind's Eye #3'', page 10</ref>

*Another scene that does not appear in the book shows Halla, the Yuzzem and the droids sitting around a campfire. It segues into Vader's arrival on Mimban as Halla mistakes his shuttle for a shooting star.<ref name="Splinter of the Mind's Eye 3 12-13">''Splinter of the Mind's Eye #3'', pages 12&ndash;13</ref> The last scene that doesn't appear in the book shows Halla and the others being captured by the Coway.<ref name="Splinter of the Mind's Eye 3 16">''Splinter of the Mind's Eye #3'', page 16</ref>

==Appearances==
{{App
|characters=
*[[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]]
*[[Grammel]]
*[[Halla]]
*[[Hin]]
*[[Kee (Yuzzem)|Kee]]
*[[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]]
*[[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] {{Imo}}
*[[Firmus Piett/Legends|Firmus Piett]]
*[[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]]
*[[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]]
*[[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]]
|creatures=
*[[Lake Spirit of Mimban]]
*[[Wandrella]]
|droids=
*[[Astromech droid/Legends|Astromech droid]]
**[[R2-series]]
***[[R2-series astromech droid]]
*[[Protocol droid/Legends|Protocol droid]]
**[[3PO-series protocol droid/Legends|3PO-series protocol droid]]
|locations=
*[[Circarpous IV]] {{Mo}}
*[[Mimban/Legends|Circarpous V]] / "[[Mimban/Legends|Mimban]]"
**[[Thrella well]]
|organizations=
*[[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]]
*[[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]]
**[[Captain/Legends|Captain]]
**[[Captain-Supervisor]]
**[[Death Squadron/Legends|Death Squadron]]
**[[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Galactic Emperor]] {{Mo}}
**[[Imperial Navy trooper]]
**[[Stormtrooper/Legends|Stormtrooper]]
*[[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Master]] {{Mo}}
*[[Order of the Sith Lords]]
**[[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]]
**[[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]]
*[[Prince/Legends|Princess]]
|species=
*[[Coway]]
*[[Human/Legends|Human]]
*[[Mimbanite]] / "Greenie" {{Mo}}
*[[Thrella]] {{Imo}}
*[[Yuzzem]]
|vehicles=
*[[Executor-class Star Dreadnought/Legends|''Executor''-class Star Dreadnought]]
**[[Executor/Legends|''Executor'']]
*[[Imperial-class Star Destroyer/Legends|''Imperial''-class Star Destroyer]]
*[[Lambda-class T-4a shuttle/Legends|''Lambda''-class T-4a shuttle]]
*[[Swamp crawler]] {{Mo}}
|technology=
*[[Armor/Legends|Armor]]
**[[Darth Vader's armor]]
**[[Stormtrooper armor/Legends|Stormtrooper armor]]
*[[Blaster/Legends|Blaster]]
**[[Blaster pistol/Legends|Blaster pistol]]
***[[Model 57 blaster pistol]] {{Imo}}
**[[Blaster rifle/Legends|Blaster rifle]]
***[[E-11 blaster rifle/Legends|E-11 blaster rifle]]
*[[Lightsaber/Legends|Lightsaber]]
**[[Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber]]
*[[Tracomp]]
|miscellanea=
*[[Canu]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Cho mai/Legends|Cho mai]]''
*[[Coway (language)|Coway]]
**''[[Saen]]''
*[[Death duel]]
*[[Food concentrate]] {{Mo}}
*[[Kaiburr crystal]] {{Mo}}
*[[Luminous fungus]]
*''[[Sai tok/Legends|Sai tok]]''
*''[[Shiak]]''
*[[The Force/Legends|The Force]]
}}

==Collected in==
{{Mediacat|imagecat=Images from Splinter of the Mind's Eye 3}}

*[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye (TPB)|''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'' (TPB)]]
*''[[Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collection Volume 8: Splinter of the Mind's Eye]]''
*''[[Star Wars Omnibus: Early Victories]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy]]''
*''[[Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Rebellion Vol. 5]]''

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=93-857 ''Splinter of the Mind's Eye #3'' Profile]

{{Interlang
|ka=გონების ნამსხვრევი 3
|ru=Осколок кристалла власти, часть 3
}}

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