History ComicBook / MarvelStarWars

Marvel ''Star Wars'' eventually ran [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_%28Marvel%29 for a total of 107 issues and three annual specials]]. It ended in 1986. The series covered the events of the movies as well as stuff happening between them and eventually after them, making it an ExpandedUniverse before the [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Star Wars Expanded Universe]] as we know it today.[[note]]Or [[HereWeGoAgain as we know it]] [[HereWeGoAgain ''today'']]; Disney's buyout of Lucasfilm triggered a CosmicRetcon which saw the old expanded universe ExiledFromContinuity and rebranded as ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends''.[[/note]]

In February 2019, it was revealed that, after over 30 years since its cancellation, the series was to return in May of 2019, picking up with issue 108

* ElvesInSpace: The Nagai have many typical Elf traits - they are tall, slender yet strong, agile, androgynusly good looking, are arrogant towards most other species, have angular features and even pointed ears.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: They often forget Luke's [[UncannyValley right hand]], though there is the absurd line "I love you, mechanical right hand!"

** Lumiya is the most famous character in the series and the only one to feature in an important role in later ExpandedUniverse stories but she had a mere six appearances (plus seven more as Shira Brie). Her lightwhip appeared in [[NeverLiveItDown just three issues]] but is similarly iconic.

* ChekhovsBoomerang[=/=]BrickJoke: Drebble. Lando owes him money because Drebble claims Lando cheats at cards. So Lando uses him as a fake identity. Lando's work is so good that the Rebels want to give Drebble a medal!

* [[ElvesInSpace Dark Elves In Space]]: The Nagai have many typical Elf traits - they are tall, slender yet strong, agile, androgynusly good looking, are arrogant towards most other species, have angular features and even pointed ears.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything / {{Anvilicious}}: The entire Mary storyline. Luke goes on a mission to help guerrillas fight the Empire. While there, he falls in love with a guerrilla named Mary. They succeed, but then [[WeAreStrugglingTogether they turn on each other]], and in the process, Mary is killed. Yes, this was around the same time as Iran-Contra. Why do you ask?

* HeroicBuild: This was very much a Marvel Comic, and the art often followed this aspect of Marvel's house style. Particularly obvious in the "corner art" depiction of Luke on the cover of every issue. With a bit of art touch-up, the "swordsman" would be indistinguishable from Marvel's ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian.
** DependingOnTheArtist. In ''The Crimson Forever'', halfway through the series, he looked like [[http://images.plurk.com/e1f5f4d1748250176994101c3eae425f.jpg this]]. Near the end he was usually drawn as muscular but slim, as in [[http://images.plurk.com/ee25e35646dfea961cd77025c33f4114.jpg My Hiromi]] - however, in the last issue, ''All Together Now'', he looked like [[http://images.plurk.com/fa35826647b815e1c9edc5348d298f19.jpg this]].

* OvertookTheManga[=/=]OvertookTheSeries: The comic got ahead of the movies themselves after the first six issues (which were adaptations of the film). Ironic since it's a comic book adaptation of a screen franchise.
* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Pink Skinned Space Babe]]: Dani.
** All Zeltrons in fact, though Dani is certainly the most prominent Zeltron character. We also get male examples with Leia's Zeltron fanboys Bahb, Jahn, Marruc and Rahuhl.

* [[{{Sleepwalking}} Sleep Fighting]]: Luke's not bad at this, apparently.

** An issue of the Marvel series deals with Wes Janson's death. Wes is alive and well in the ComicBook/XWingSeries, set a few years later. [[AllThereInTheManual Supplemental material]], specifically [[http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20040401adumarmain Adumar: Pilots Wanted]], {{Retcon}}s this rather than ignoring it completely. It's a story Wedge would tell new recruits before calling in Wes. Even Luke fell for it.

* BreakoutCharacter: Lumiya is the most famous character in the series and the only one to feature in an important role in later ExpandedUniverse stories but she had a mere six appearances (plus seven more as Shira Brie). Her lightwhip appeared in [[NeverLiveItDown just three issues]] but is similarly iconic.

** Another good example would be Jaxxon, a giant green humanoid rabbit. Legend has it that Lucas stated that Marvel were to never, ''ever'', use him again. His race, the Lepi, has resurfaced in more recent RPG material.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Many characters appear in a very different form than they do in the movie. This is usually because many of the the comics were written before the films were released so the artists relied on concept art that didn't make the final cut or just guesswork. Most notably, Jabba appears as a yellow, bipedal walrus like guy.

* PettingZooPeople: The "Lepus carnivorus", better known as [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lepi Lepi]], such as Jaxxon himself, are man-sized, green-furred sentient rabbits.

With Creator/{{Disney}} now owning the rights to both Marvel Comics and ''Star Wars'', [[http://marvel.com/news/comics/2014/1/3/21703/lucasfilm_and_marvel_join_forces_to_publish_star_wars_comics the company has since re-obtained the rights from Dark Horse to make new comics set in the universe]]. For tropes relating to the 2015 reboot bearing the same name, go [[ComicBook/MarvelStarWars2015 here]]. Marvel has likewise gained the rights to reprint this series under the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' banner.

* TheDreaded: Wookies seem to be this in this setting. Torture-hardened imperials immediately beg to be asked questions when Chewie confronts them, and pirates, thugs, and all manner of galactic tough guys want nothing to do with him.

Marvel ''Star Wars'' eventually ran [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_%28Marvel%29 for a total of 107 issues and three annual specials]]. It ended in 1986. The series covered the events of the movies as well as stuff happening between them and eventually after them, making it an ExpandedUniverse before the StarWarsExpandedUniverse as we know it today.[[note]]Or [[HereWeGoAgain as we know it]] [[HereWeGoAgain ''today'']]; Disney's buyout of Lucasfilm triggered a CosmicRetcon which saw the old expanded universe ExiledFromContinuity and rebranded as ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends''.[[/note]]

** As can be seen [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Canon#Canon_in_the_Holocron_continuity_database here]], Marvel Star Wars is considered to be on a lower level of canon than most of the StarWarsExpandedUniverse, although its material can be used or discarded as other authors wish, as long as it does not contradict the higher levels of canon.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: The Marvel series probably has more female antagonists than the rest of the StarWarsExpandedUniverse ''combined''. Lumiya is by far the most famous but there are many others ranging from serious villainesses like Kharys to one issue annoyances like Captain Traal. There are even a couple of nameless female {{Mooks}}!

* VillainousValor: Baron Tagge in his lightsaber-duel with Luke. As an expert swordsman, he believed he could defeat a Jedi. He doesn't, but for a while he makes a credible showing.

* OutOfFocus: The Empire itself in the first year or so of the series run. Between issue #6 (the last installment of the adaptation of ''Film/ANewHope'') and issue #18 the Empire did not appear 'onscreen' ''at all'' except in the form of flashbacks which the villains in the interim being space pirates, mercenaries and raiders. After this though the Empire was almost never OutOfFocus again until the post-[=RotJ=] stories.

* VillainEpisode: "The Hunter" is a combination of this and ADayInTheLimelight as the focus is on both the evil cyborg Captain Valance and the surviving heroes of the group Han and Chewie assembled in "Eight for Aduba-3" from earlier in the series run. Uniquely ''none'' of the core heroes (Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie and the droids) appear outside of flasbacks.

** Another good example would be Jaxxon, a giant green bunny man. Legend has it that Lucas stated that Marvel were to never, ''ever'', use him again. His race, the Lepi, has resurfaced in more recent RPG material.

* RuleOfFunny: Disco planet? Funny. Green carnivorous bunny? Funny. Goth elves? Hilarious. Hoojibs? Possibly their own MemeticMutation.

* AscendedExtra: Lando Calrissian is very prominent in the stories set between TheEmpireStrikesBack and ReturnOfTheJedi, more so than in either movie. This, of course, is justified by him having to play the part of TheLancer in Han Solo's absence.

* OutOfFocus: The Empire itself in the first year or so of the series run. Between issue #6 (the last installment of the adaptation of ''ANewHope'') and issue #18 the Empire did not appear 'onscreen' ''at all'' except in the form of flashbacks which the villains in the interim being space pirates, mercenaries and raiders. After this though the Empire was almost never OutOfFocus again until the post-[=RotJ=] stories.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Sort of. Wedge Antilles was in ANewHope, but never featured in the non-movie-adaptation comics until "Hoth Stuff", when he was suddenly Luke's oldest friend and had Biggs Darklighter's backstory.

* PaperTiger: [[ShoutOut Don-Wan Khiotay]], seemingly a loony old guy who believes he's the last of the Jedi, is surprisingly badass, and holds his own alongside hardened mercenaries.