Star Wars (1977) 37

"I've thoroughly tested you... made you perform in a hostile environment... probed your emotions by placing your friends in jeopardy. I now know your limits... and your limitations!"

―Darth Vader

Star Wars 37: In Mortal Combat is the thirty-seventh issue in the Marvel Star Wars series of comics.

Plot summary

Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader enter the dangerous Crystal Valley as arranged by Domina Tagge, her plan is to not only have Luke killed, but Vader as well since he was a long time rival of her brother Baron Orman Tagge. The Millennium Falcon arrives on the planet on the order of Baron Tagge, and he enters the Crystal Valley to confront Vader. Vader reveals to Orman that his sister is not as innocent as the eldest Tagge would believe and convinces him to duel Luke in Vader's place. Orman does so, but Vader makes a visual illusion so that Luke believes he is really fighting Vader. Luke kills Orman and escapes the Crystal Valley, and is reunited with his Rebel comrades.

Media

Cover gallery

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  First printing (Newsstand)
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  First printing (Direct)

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

Mosep Binneed (Retcon) C-3PO Chewbacca Fan-eared bounty hunter (First appearance) Crimson Jack (Mentioned only) Obi-Wan Kenobi (Mentioned only) Leia Organa Palpatine (Indirect mention only) R2-D2 Luke Skywalker Han Solo Domina Tagge Orman Tagge Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) (As alias) Darth Vader Mulchive Wermis (Indirect mention only)

Droid models

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

Events

Galactic Civil War Mission to Monastery

Locations

Drexel system Monastery Crystal Valley (First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Captain Galactic Empire Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only) Supreme Commander House of Tagge Baron Order of the Sacred Circle All-High Priestess Order of the Sith Lords Sith Lord Princess

Sentient species

Human Corellian Cyborg Hutt (depicted as Nimbanel) Nimbanel (Retcon) Wookiee Rwook

Vehicles and vessels

Desilijic scout (First appearance) Star Destroyer Captain Wermis's battlecruiser (Mentioned only) Crimson Jack's battlecruiser TIE Advanced x1 Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1 TIE/LN starfighter YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon

Weapons and technology

Armor Darth Vader's armor Blaster Blaster pistol Cybernetics Cyber-vision Headset comlink Laser cannon AG-2G quad laser cannon L-s1 laser cannon Lightsaber Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber Darth Vader's lightsaber Retrorocket Ultra-frequency laserwave link Visi-cube (First appearance)

Miscellanea

Bandolier Eye patch The Force Mind trick Telekinesis The galaxy (Mentioned only) Utility belt Languages Binary Galactic Basic Standard Shyriiwook

Behind the scenes

The last page of this issue shows "Jabba the Hutt" reinstating Han Solo's debt to him after he forgave it in Star Wars (1977) 28. He is, however, erroneously illustrated. The article "Red Five" in Star Wars Insider 149 establishes that the "Jabba" in the Marvel comics is in fact Jabba's Nimbanel accountant Mosep Binneed, who sometimes used Jabba's name in interactions.

It is also possible that the very last page was meant to depict an encounter with the bounty hunter on Ord Mantell, referenced in The Empire Strikes Back, although canon version of this event was later featured elsewhere.

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

Sources

• "Comic Marvels" – Star Wars Insider 91

Notes and references

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