^ That stuff is all for the actual film. It's more or less (Or even exactly) what we saw on screen.
^ This one is in there. The costume on the left is in those 9 panels almost exactly. Wonder if early-comic Chewie and R2 will look like this. It seems like mid-75 stuff, after that McQuarrie and Co seem to have started locking down the final designs.
Wonder if Yoda in his more Gnome-ish guise will be in the comic...
^I think the one on the right would make a great Yoda.
^ You're right about the Flash Gorden influence all right. The Emperor in the comic is very Ming The Merciless.