Dread Discovery!

"Princess, this is the kind of sector listed on most star-charts under the heading "here be space-dragons!""

―Luke Skywalker

Dread Discovery! was the third installment of The Keeper's World, published in Pizzazz 3 in December 1977. The entire story arc was reprinted in the UK in Star Wars Weekly 47–50 in 1978–79, and in the 1999 limited-release comic Star Wars 0.

Plot summary

Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, C-3PO, and R2-D2 have crash-landed on an unknown planet while escaping an Imperial fleet. C-3PO discovers evidence of large creatures dwelling on the planet. Meanwhile, the Imperials discover their crash site and send a landing craft to re-capture them.

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

C-3PO Darth Vader (Mentioned only) Leia Organa Luke Skywalker Palpatine (Mentioned only) R2-D2 Unidentified Imperial commander

Droid models

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

Events

Galactic Civil War Battle of The Keeper's World

Locations

Akuria Rebel Base (Indirect mention only) Keeper's World Yavin 4 (Mentioned only) Great Temple (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Dark Lord of the Sith (Mentioned only) Galactic Empire Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only) Imperial Fleet Commander Princess

Sentient species

Human Space-dragon (First mentioned) Wookiee (Mentioned only)

Vehicles and vessels

Unidentified Imperial fighter craft (First appearance) Leia Organa's Rebel scout craft

Weapons and technology

Blaster Blaster pistol Tractor beam (Mentioned only)

Miscellanea

Language Binary Galactic Basic Standard Pancake (Mentioned only)

Collections

• Star Wars 0
• 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. 1

In other languages

• русский