“Yesterday’s” Comic> Star Wars Droids Special (Dark Horse)

And I thought I had clutter issues.

Star Wars Droids Special

Dark Horse (January, 1995)

Sold at auction to a junk dealer, Artoo and Threepio are on their way to Kalarba and as usual find themselves in trouble IG-88 appears to have been captured by his target, Olag Greck, but it’s a trick and the bounty hunter droid escapes and takes a shot at the crime boss. Then he forces Artoo to help him escape and after a chase around the merchant area Threepio finds himself IG-88’s unwilling aid as well. The two droids escape the bounty hunter by falling into a lifepod and IG-88 escapes, Greck assuming his actual mission was not to kill Greck but to make him look bad. Meanwhile, our heroes land near a family having a picnic and the Astromech and Protocol Droids are perfect to help with their new operation. Now if the droids can only survive their son.

What they got right: The art, reverting to the movie designs rather than Nelvana’s cartoon designs, is really good. C3PO moves like the costume allowed and/or how Anthony Daniels played him. IG-88 popped up for a moment in the movie but his action figure was cool so it was nice to see more about him, where we learn he’s an old battle droid.

What they got wrong: Hindsight is a pain, and there are two hits here. Anyone who has seen the prequels and IG-88 knows that, unless a new design popped up between the trilogies, that isn’t what a battle droid looks like. Threepio mentions hoping to be purchased by a senator from Alderaan, which is a nice nod to where they were when the original movie started, but we know he actually WAS owned by a senator from Alderaan…who mind wiped him and I still don’t understand why outside of not having him privy to certain knowledge by the original trilogy. So why wasn’t R2’s mind wiped as well? He was Anakin’s Astromech after all.

Recommendation: This was a good story. It’s worth a read.