Star Wars (1977) 33

"The weapon of a Jedi Knight. I hope you're as skillful with it as you were with an X-Wing fighter during my operation on Yavin... because I have in mind a little game as my way of avenging that business."

―Baron Orman Tagge to Luke Skywalker

Star Wars 33: Saber Clash is the thirty-third issue in the Marvel Star Wars series of comics.

Plot summary

As the Millennium Falcon and her crew depart Tatooine they recognize a House of Tagge Mining Explorer readying to jump to hyperspace. The Rebels decide to follow them to Feriae Junction where the Mining Explorer meets with an Imperial battlecruiser. There the Tagges transfer their mysterious Omega Frost technology to the Imperial craft, and lure Luke Skywalker into a trap. With Luke captured, Han Solo pilots the Falcon to the Rebel base at Yavin 4 to let them know that the Empire plans to use their Omega Frost weapon against Junction, a critical source of supplies for the Alliance. Back on the Mining Explorer Luke engages in a lightsaber duel with Baron Orman Tagge, and at first the elder Tagge toys with Luke, but soon realizes that the youth has more ability than he expected. Luke eventually defeats Tagge by destroying his cyber-vision and thus rendering him helpless, and heads back to the Rebel base to inform them of the true target of the Omega Frost weapon since the news that Han brought back was misinformation.

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 Obi-Wan Kenobi (Appears as a ghost or spirit) Leia Organa R2-D2 Shanks Luke Skywalker Han Solo Domina Tagge (First mentioned) Orman Tagge Silas Tagge Ulric Tagge Darth Vader (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2-series astromech droid Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid Remote Marksman-H combat remote

Events

Galactic Civil War Duel aboard the Tagge Mining Explorer (First appearance) Mission to Metalorn (Mentioned only) Mission to Tatooine Yavin blockade (Mentioned only)

Locations

Asteroid Corridor Junction Metalorn (Mentioned only) Tatooine Jundland Wastes (In flashback(s)) Yavin 4 Great Temple

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Farm boy (Mentioned only) Galactic Empire Commander (Mentioned only) Stormtrooper General House of Tagge Baron Jedi Knight (Mentioned only) Sith Lord (Mentioned only) Spy (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Human Corellian Wookiee Rwook

Vehicles and vessels

Cargo orbiter (Mentioned only) Mining Explorer Module pack (First appearance) Tagge battlecruiser General Tagge's battlecruiser Sandcrawler (In flashback(s)) Digger crawler (In flashback(s)) Shuttle Star Destroyer (Mentioned only) T-65 X-wing starfighter (Mentioned only) TIE/LN starfighter YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon

Weapons and technology

Armor Stormtrooper armor Survival armor Blaster Blaster pistol Conductor tower Cybernetics Cyber-vision Headset comlink Lightsaber Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber Omega Frost Rocket pack Stun Subspace transceiver Tractor beam (Mentioned only)

Miscellanea

Asteroid Bandolier Dejarik The Force Hyperspace Spice (Mentioned only) Languages Binary Galactic Basic Standard Shyriiwook

Behind the scenes

Ironically Luke's lightsaber on this issue's cover is miscolored red, the traditional color of the Sith, while Baron Tagge's lightsaber is colored green, one of the traditional lightsaber blade colors of the Jedi.

Collections

• Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 2: Dark Encounters
• 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. 2

Notes and references

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