So I just finished reading “The Last Gift from Alderaan” & “Starfire Rising” for the first time, and I’m quite confused by the sudden appearance of giant stormtroopers. Now I’m well aware of the fact that this story was originally a John Carter story, hence the unusual (for SW) designs, but what’s up with the big stormtroopers? I’ve only read the Norwegian translation of the comic, so maybe some explanation was skipped in the translation? The only time it’s even acknowledged by any of the characters is in this panel.

Does anyone know what big Barsoom characters were turned into the giant stormtroopers? (I couldn’t even find an EU explanation/retcon on Wookieepedia.)

(The funny thing about this cover is that I’ve had this issue for quite a while, and I only recently realized that the Stormtrooper is huge compared to Leia.

Just as a side note, since the work of (and based on) Robert E. Howard has been discussed a lot recently (and screams in the void mentioned Savage Sword of Conan earlier), I was wondering if the Solomon Kane comic from the 70’s by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin is something that you’d recommend.

Just looking at the first few pages on ComiXology it reminds me a lot of the first issue of SW with the “pure” Chaykin art.