The Guardian of Forever!

The Guardian of Forever! is a comic story which serves as the third part of a three-part comics series written by Chris Claremont, originally published in the UK's Star Wars Weekly 113–115. It was reprinted in 1981 in the Marvel Illustrated Books collection Star Wars 2: World of Fire, where it was named after the first part published in Star Wars Weekly 113. The other two original parts are "Betrayal!" and "The Monster's Secret!". The story was started in World of Fire! and The Word for World is Death!.

Plot summary

The Guardian of Forever! continues the story of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa that are in the process of searching the planet Alashan. Along with Major Wil'm Grau, the team enters an underground city and go exploring. However, they are attacked by the Sentinel who is intent on stopping the intruders to its home. After a hunt in which the Guardian almost kills the team, Leia Organa finds the source of the Guardian's power in the Alashan control center. Destroying the structure, they are able to destroy the Guardian. After digging out of the rubble, the team boards the Staraker and Organa offers Grau a place in the Rebellion. However, he declines, leaving the ship in an escape pod. As the Humans leave the planet, the destroyed underground city comes to life and a cryptic laughing resounds through the complex...

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

Anarine C-3PO Eger Djambo Wil'm Grau Kyril Lopaki Leia Organa Palpatine (Indirect mention only) R2-D2 Sentinel Mici Shabandar Luke Skywalker Han Solo (Mentioned only) Voss

Creatures

Swamp beetle (Mentioned only)

Droid models

3PO-series protocol droid R2-series astromech droid

Events

Galactic Civil War Battle of Yavin (Indirect mention only) Second mission to Alashan

Locations

Alashan system Alashan Unidentified Alashan city (First appearance) Alashan control center (First appearance) Alderaan (Mentioned only) Tatooine (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Galactic Empire Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only) Imperial commando Ensign Fleet Sergeant Major Stormtrooper Corporal Princess Rebel Alliance

Sentient species

Human Unidentified Alashan culture (First mentioned)

Vehicles and vessels

Death Star I (Mentioned only) Scoutboat Star Destroyer (Mentioned only) Staraker

Weapons and technology

Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber Battle lantern Blaster Grappling hook Proton charge Stormtrooper armor

Collections

• Star Wars 2: World of Fire
• Star Wars Omnibus: Wild Space Volume 1
• Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Vol. 3
• Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 2
• Star Wars: The Marvel UK Collection Omnibus

In other languages

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