WARNING: Minor spoilers below for Star Wars #18Įarlier this year, the “War of the Bounty Hunters” event that brought together a number of different Star Wars comics explored the return of Solo: A Star Wars Story‘s Qi’ra as the head of the Crimson Dawn.
In Star Wars #18, fans were given a tease that an unexpected figure could have helped with the Rebels’ rescue efforts. With the current storyline unfolding between the events of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, it’s exploring how Luke, Leia, and Lando attempted to rescue Han Solo frozen in carbonite from Boba Fett, a point in time in which Star Wars fans had little information about. Ever since Marvel Comics began releasing its Star Wars series back in 2015, various storylines have allowed it to fill in gaps on key components of the original trilogy of films, with the current narrative continuing to hint at revelatory information.