The Bounty Hunter of Ord Mantell

"Well, the bounty hunter we ran into on Ord Mantell changed my mind."

―Han Solo

The Bounty Hunter of Ord Mantell is a comic strip written by Archie Goodwin and illustrated by Al Williamson, originally published in February 1981 by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. It was later reprinted in Amazing Heroes magazine #1–5.

It was republished by Dark Horse Comics in Classic Star Wars 1, and up to page 15 of Classic Star Wars 2. It was republished again on StarWars.com's webstrips section of Hyperspace and was made available to the public after penciller Al Williamson passed away on June 14, 2010.

Plot summary

While searching for a new planet to host a Rebel base, Luke and Leia's ship gets destroyed, and Han Solo has to come rescue them. They escape, but Solo's ship suffers major damage. Han stops for repairs on Ord Mantell.

When the bounty hunter Skorr sees that Han has landed on Ord Mantell, he hatches a plan to capture Han and cash in on Jabba Desilijic Tiure's death mark against the smuggler. During the night, Skorr kidnaps Luke and Leia and tells Solo that he will free Luke and Leia if Han surrenders to the bounty hunter. As proof of the kidnapping Skorr gives Han Luke's lightsaber.

The next morning Han flies to the arranged meet-up place, Ten Mile Plateau. After Skorr frees Luke and Leia, the three are saved by Chewbacca. They make their way to the Millennium Falcon and escape from the planet.

Development

The story is based on a line Han Solo uttered in The Empire Strikes Back.

The strip was the first Star Wars newspaper strip released in the Los Angeles Times since the Star Wars Fan Club lobbied for the series' continuation after its near cancellation.

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

C-3PO Chewbacca Jan Dodonna Gribbet (First appearance) Beru Whitesun Lars (Mentioned only) Owen Lars (Mentioned only) Leia Organa R2-D2 Skorr (First appearance) Luke Skywalker Han Solo Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only)

Droid models

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

Events

Galactic Civil War Battle of Endor (Mentioned only) Battle of Yavin (Mentioned only) Blockade of Yavin Mission to Jarnollen (First appearance) Mission to Ord Mantell (First appearance)

Locations

Jarnollen (First appearance) Kessel (Mentioned only) Spice Mines of Kessel (Mentioned only) Ord Mantell (First appearance) Stellar-energy station (First appearance) Ten Mile Plateau (First appearance) Worlport (First appearance) Tatooine (Mentioned only) Mos Eisley (Mentioned only) Yavin 4 Great Temple Bright Jewel system (First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Bounty hunter Galactic Empire Stormtrooper Jedi (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Human Corellian Rybet (First appearance) Wookiee Rwook

Vehicles and vessels

All Terrain Advance Raider (First appearance) Cargo flyer (First appearance) Death Star I (Mentioned only) Imperial-class Star Destroyer Ord Mantell swoop Rebel scout ship (First appearance) Skorr's landspeeder (First appearance) Skorr's starship (First appearance) T-16 skyhopper T-65 X-wing starfighter TIE/LN starfighter YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon Escape pod

Weapons and technology

Armor Stormtrooper armor Blaster Blaster rifle DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle E-11 blaster rifle RT-97C heavy blaster rifle Electrobinoculars Holograph message plaque Hologram Lightsaber Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber Proton grenade

Miscellanea

Star Warriors

Collections

• Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Newspaper Strips Vol. 1
• Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 2

Sources

• The Bounty Hunter of Ord Mantell on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com; backup link)
• Al Williamson Remembered on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)

External links

• The Bounty Hunter of Ord Mantell strips at Daily Star Wars' 30th Anniversary blog (backup link)

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