Good morning,
Hope everyone's having a great Sunday! It's time for me to discuss the eighty-eighth issue of Marvel's first Star Wars title. The cover showed Princess Leia Organa facing off against a mysterious female opponent. The tale was titled "Figurehead." The issue had a cover date of October 1984.
The story started on the planet Herdessa, where C-3PO announced the arrival of the Alliance delegation, which included Leia, Mon Mothma, R2-D2, and himself. Their arrival was not entirely received with approval. There were a few boos and even a clod of dirt that was tossed at Organa. The native government promised to send their security forces, led by the cyborg Lumiya, to track down the dissidents.
It became quite evident right away that there were differing opinions on how the people should be led. Leia offered more freedom through membership in the Alliance of Free Planets, while guild spokesman Brylin countered that his word was the voice of his people, and that he had always decided what was best for all. A short while after the ship's arrival, the delegates met in a more secluded section of the city.
Leia was tired of the discussion after a while and went for a walk. She was accompanied by Luke Skywalker's faithful droids. Before long, they saw Lumiya, who had apprehended the person who had thrown mud at Leia. Organa was more upset with how the young girl was being treated than with having mud thrown in her face. The girl talked about how laws protected the strong and the rich and killed anyone who opposed those laws.
The girl went on to say that she wished she'd thrown a knife, even though Leia was more than willing to discuss things and allow the girl to go free. Leia stepped in to try to release the prisoner, which angered the cyborg. Lumiya was distracted enough to free her captive and turned her ire on the Rebels, firing blaster bolts from one of her gloves at the trio of Alliance members after calling for reinforcements.
Leia wanted answers and followed the girl to her hideout, followed closely by Threepio and Artoo. While she was trying to get to the bottom of things, Mothma continued to explain the Alliance's plans, although Herdessa's leaders had other ideas in mind. Later that evening, the security detail stormed the hideout. Leia was forced to flee and leave the droids behind.
Ogana ran through the city streets alone. When she knocked on a window asking for help, the occupants quickly locked the window, shutting her out. She returned to the city headquarters and found out that their main trade was slaves, and that Mon and other fellow delegates were now prisoners of Imperial Stormtroopers.
Lumiya led the charge and called for Leia to show herself. Mothma called for the townspeople to revolt against their oppressors, and her words had some effect. Lumiya was about to torture a captive when the girl she'd captured earlier caught her attention. The soldiers and troopers ran into the woods following her, not expecting anyone to fight back.
Leia shot at the cyborg, accidentally exploding one of the chief of security's power packs in the process. She and the other dissidents fought back and eventually overpowered the slavers. Afterward, the freedom fighter thanked Leia and her companions for their efforts. Things would be different on Herdessa, but this wasn't Lumiya's last fight.
If you think that Lumiya looked familiar to another character that was featured earlier in this series, you're probably right. More details will be revealed later on during this title's run. This was an interesting issue. It was the first time I can remember where Mothma was involved in visiting other worlds to promote the Alliance's mission. I just wish that we had had a return trip to Herdessa to learn what the people did after overthrowing the slavers.
That's it for this article. Next time, I'll cover the eighty-ninth issue of this series. Luke assists revolutionaries on another planet in overthrowing the Imperial yoke. However, their victory is tainted when word is spread that there was a traitor in their ranks. Luke will experience a painful loss as he tries to discover just who the traitor was. Until then, have a great week and don't forget to be kind to one another.
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