Marvel's Classic Star Wars Comics Almost Spoiled the Second Death Star
Marvel’s Legends-era Star Wars comics bridged the gap between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, but one storyline nearly spoiled the Second Death Star before its cinematic debut. The Empire dissolved its senate and restructured its political system around the Death Star in A New Hope, only for the battle station to be destroyed shortly afterward. Naturally, the Empire began work on another superweapon to replace the first, hoping to rule the galaxy through fear rather than the pretense of politics, and Marvel’s Star Wars series showed an interim step towards the second station after nearly debuting the Death Star II prematurely.
Beginning in 1977 as a comic adaptation of Star Wars, Marvel’s classic comics were among the first Legends-era stories, creating new adventures for the Rebellion’s heroes, starting with its seventh issue. Although the Star Wars trilogy was still in progress when the comics were made, their creative teams had an astoundingly thorough understanding of the characters and universe that George Lucas had created in his films, seamlessly continuing the character development of the Rebel Alliance’s heroes between films and creating a coherent narrative that exists in multiple mediums.
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The Marvel Comics writers may have understood the trajectories of the characters and narratives of the Star Wars trilogy a little too well, however. A proposed storyline written by David Michelinie with art by Walter Simonson set after The Empire Strikes Back was initially set to feature a Second Death Star. According to an interview with Simonson that appeared on StarWars.com, Lucasfilm, without specifying why, vetoed the idea but
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