Star Wars Marvel "Special" Issue: Did they "sneak in" Luke's Father? — Page 2

Aragh?

The noise I make when I read stuff like this.

Anyone know the issue number for this? I'd like to read the whole thing myself, just for kicks. Shouldn't be too hard to get a hold of.

Just based on reading the one panel alone, I assumed "muffin hair" was one of the same kind of aliens as the winged woman at the bottom. They have the same kind of hairline, so that makes sense. Though she has very pointy ears, and his aren't really pointy at all. On top of that, the story tells about three Jedi coming to visit, and the panel depicts three men. Of course, Vader is in his costume, and Obi-Wan looks about as old as he is in SW... So, it is hard to tell what to make of that anyway. Maybe Obi-Wan is meant to look younger and the illustrator assumed Vader always wore that getup?

Star Wars Purist said:

Still, though, at the end of this comic, the creature states that Luke is wearing the lightsaber of the Jedi who was chiefly responsible for saving them and Luke says that his father was someone he could be proud of

If this is really in the story (memory can be a tricky thing), then I'd say it is non-debatable, the other pupil was definitely meant to be Luke's father. The wookipedia entry about the third pupil is clearly ret-con, so I wouldn't even consider it in this discussion. 

I'd say if "muffin man" isn't one of the winged aliens, then there is a good chance he was intended to be Luke's father. It seems pretty clear the story was implying Luke's father to be one of the three Jedi, given the comment on his lightasber and calling Luke "the chosen one".  

EDIT:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/S%27kytri

Wookipedia claims the S'kytri alien males have blue skin, while the females have green skin, which, if not just an interpretation of that page by some LFL employee, supports it just being a random S'kytri male. I imagine the actual comic has to have more images of the Skytri in it, right? If they look at all like muffin head, then this discussion is kind of pointless.

The lightsaber thing all can retrospectively be seen as a bit of 'need to know' pricktease.

Yes he has the same sword as one the Jedi who helped save them.

Yes Luke could be proud of him from their point of view.

Yes one of them returned wearing armour after killing the other two.

Yes one of them had a funny hair do.

We are led to believe via the power of retcon that funny hairdo man is meant to be Luke's dad but he isn't (well not now, but if Vader wasn't meant to be Anakin he would have to be bad hair-do guy).

Star Wars Purist said:

George Puke-is and Rick the D*#k ruined what could have been an AMAZING fictional era. 

They're not inconsistencies; they're disturbances in the Force.

CP3S wrote: Anyone know the issue number for this?

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Marvel-Special-Issue-Did-they-sneak-in-Lukes-Father/post/576772/#TopicPost576772

Silverwook wrote: The story you refer to appeared in Star Wars Annual #1 in 1979. Some of these once a year specials were reprinting stories that first ran in the UK Marvel Star Wars book, which was a weekly black and white publication, and sometimes needed more material as a result.

Star Wars Purist said:

I love the Legacy Comics Series for the most part though!

Well, all I see is a rehashing of the OT when I read Legacy. The Empire has risen AGAIN. The Sith have risen to power AGAIN. The Jedi are facing extinction AGAIN. New coat of paint, same old car.

I'd like to see a Star Wars future where there is no Empire, no Republic, no Jedi, no Sith. Everything that has been has fallen, been replaced, or changed beyond recognition into something completely different. Frankly, I want to see something like this

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Storyteller_%28comic%29

as the future of that galaxy far, far away. I want change - evolution - not stagnation and recycling.

none said:

CP3S wrote: Anyone know the issue number for this?

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Marvel-Special-Issue-Did-they-sneak-in-Lukes-Father/post/576772/#TopicPost576772

Silverwook wrote: The story you refer to appeared in Star Wars Annual #1 in 1979. Some of these once a year specials were reprinting stories that first ran in the UK Marvel Star Wars book, which was a weekly black and white publication, and sometimes needed more material as a result.

 

Wow, I swear I looked back at that very post and the rest of the thread trying to find that info before I asked. I feel like a little forum newb now. I even made a double posted a bit ago to go along with it.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Frankly, I want to see something like this

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Storyteller_%28comic%29

as the future of that galaxy far, far away. I want change - evolution - not stagnation and recycling.

That sounds kind of cool. Is much of Star Wars Tales like that?

Back in the 90's there was a one shot Tales from Mos Eisley comic. It was just a small collection short sci-fi stories of random people taking place somewhere in the SW universe. I loved it. I wish I could find more like it. The best part was they weren't even characters we had see or heard of before (unlike the "Tales from..." books that take background characters and give them a story).

I've always been disappointed that was a one off. That storyteller thing reminds me a bit of it and sounds like it might be the kind of stuff I am looking for.