Picking
up with the Tusken Raider attack, there is a definite change in the
quality of the art. Roy Thomas is still the writer and editor, Howard
Chaykin remains the illustrator, but the addition of Steve Leialoha
as the embellisher (inker) and colorist changes the entire texture of
the issue. Leialoha would go on to have a long career, working at
Marvel and DC on various titles.
Gone
are Chaykin's sketchy in strokes, and the whole issue has a more
photo accurate art style in general. I would assume that they
received reference photos from Lucas as the movie came closer to
release, but that's assumption. There are also more blues in the
color palette, adding a cooling balance to the reds and oranges.
The
plot follows along closely with the movie. Ben saves Luke and starts
telling him about “The Force.” (Their quotes, not mine). Darth
Vader interrogates Leia. Luke & Ben find the wrecked sandcrawler
and then Luke's farm is burnt down. They go to Mos Eisley and hire
Han Solo and Chewbacca. There is a firefight in the docking bay and
they make the jump to lightspeed in the Millennium Falcon.
One
point of difference is the deleted scene where Han meets Jabba that
was restored in the Special Editions. This was well before Jabba's
design was finalized as a giant slug, so here we have a random alien
who would later be retconned as Mosep Binneed, Jabba's accountant and
occasional face-man.
There's
not much to say about the issue. Its a faithful adaptation of that
section of the movie and the slight shift in art style is for the
better.
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