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We have reached the obligatory epic battle that is a part of any good cliched fantasy epic worth its salt. Well… not really. It only lasts a couple of pages in the book and the main cast of heroes escape thanks to the convenient native cannon fodder (much more visible in the book than in our adaptation). The scene echoes a theme that would be used later in Star Wars: humanity vs technology, or the soul vs the machine. The early draft ideas for Star Wars saw Wookiees overthrowing the Empire / Death Star. Here we have the primitive Coway overpowering the Empire. Finally in Return of the Jedi we actually witness the Ewoks (in lieu of Wookiees) pulling together and crushing the Imperial Endor garrison. ROTJ had more fun with it.

Luke, Leia, Halla, C3PO, R2D2 and the two Yuzzem (Kee and Hin) are trapped in the Coways’ cavern… supposedly. The Coway (native people, not pictured in BMS) want to fight and defend their territory from Vader, Grammel and TK8008. I particularly like the emotion on the Coway’s face in panel 2, as she stands beside Leia, like a mother defending a child. ;=

You might have noticed that Vader is still preoccupied with levitating TK8008 being that it is the crux of today’s gag and all. Vader did not consent to float TK8008 around the cavern for strategical value (what value is there in an easier target?) but rather because he thought the guy might as well die in style. I mean, if you’re a Stormtrooper going up against Luke Skywalker and invisible Mimbans, what hope have you? But then again, if Vader is only focusing on TK8008 then there’s just as good a chance that he will be the sole Stormtrooper who survives.