- "All right, Dengar, we're safe enough now. I think it's time you told me what you know about Boba Fett."
- ―Leia Organa
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| Star Wars | |
| Title: | "The Search Begins" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 68 |
| Cover price: | .60 |
| Cover date: | February, 1983 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jim Shooter |
| Writers: | David Michelinie |
| Pencilers: | Gene Day |
| Inkers: | Tom Palmer |
| Cover artists: | Gene Day |
| Cover inker: | Gene Day |
| Colorists: | Glynis Wein |
| Letterers: | Joe Rosen |
| Editors: | Louise Jones |
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"The Search Begins" is the title to the sixty-fourth issue of the first Star Wars ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series is based on the Star Wars film series developed by Lucasfilm Ltd. and the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. The story was written by David Michelinie with layouts by Gene Day and finishes by Tom Palmer. It was colored by Glynis Wein and lettered by Joe Rosen. The story was edited by Louise Jones. This issue shipped with a February, 1983 cover date and carries a cover price of .60 cents per copy.
"The Search Begins"[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- C-3PO
- Chewbacca
- Fenn Shysa (1st appearance)
- Lando Calrissian
- Luke Skywalker
Villains
Minor characters
- Boba Fett (In flashback only)
- Han Solo (In flashback only)
- Parma
- R2-D2
- Sheev Palpatine (In flashback only)
- Tem
- Tobbi Dala (In flashback only)
Organizations
- Alliance to Restore the Republic
- First Galactic Empire
- Imperial Stormtroopers (In flashback only)
- Mandalorian Protectors (1st appearance)
- Order of the Sith
Races & Animals
- Alderaanians
- Birds
- Corellians (In flashback only)
- Cyborgs
- Hoojibs
- Mandalorians
- Tatooinians
- Wookiees
Locations
- Bespin (In flashback only)
- Death Star I (In flashback only)
- Mandalore
- Kedalbe
Items
- Astromech droid
- Beskar armor
- Blasters
- Carbonite (In flashback only)
- DL-44 heavy blaster pistol
- E-11 blaster rifle
- Jet-pack
- Knife
- Protocol droid
- Robots
- Sword
Vehicles
- All Terrain Scout Transport
- Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft (In flashback only)
Miscellaneous
- 3 ABY
- Alien animals
- Bondage
- Clone Wars (Referenced only)
- Galactic Civil War
- Planet
- Space station (In flashback only)
- Space travel
- Space vessels
Notes & Trivia[]
- Star Wars was created by writer, director and executive producer George Lucas. It first captured the imaginations of movie goers in May, 1977 with its inaugural installment, which has since come to be identified by its full title, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The movie led to two sequels, a prequel trilogy, a third trilogy, several spin-off films, and numerous television programs, animated projects, novels, comic books, and video games, as well as developing into a merchandising giant.
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- The events of this issue are part of "Legends" continuity and is no longer considered part of canon continuity.
- Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter is credited as Corellian Chief in this issue.
- The events of this issue take place in 3 ABY, shortly before the events of the 1996 novel Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.
- This issue includes flashbacks to events that take place in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
- This story establishes that the bounty hunter known as Dengar is a cyborg.
- Jabba the Hutt is referred to as Jabba the Hut in this issue.
- In Legends continuity, the capital city of Mandalore was called Kedalbe.
- This is the first appearance of Fenn Shysa and Tobbi Dala who, along with Boba Fett, were the last surviving members of the Mandalorian Protectors. Tobbi and Boba appear in flashback only in this issue.