Valance saves Princess Leia, and the entire galaxy, before finally being at peace. He learns that the source of the disease, two mysterious jewels, could also cure heal his broken body, so Valance sets out to claim them for his own.Īlong the way he once again crosses paths with Luke Skywalker, to whom he feels indebted for redeeming some of his humanity. He finds himself onboard a ship that’s in league with Domina Tagge, a villain who once tried to spread a galaxy-wide disease called the Crimson Forever. Years later, after the Battle of Endor, Valance’s cyborg body is salvaged and comes back to life. A large creative team tells the final Legends story of Valance the Hunter, who, incredibly, survived his encounter with Darth Vader. Cover-numbered “#108” (the original Star Wars run ended in 1986 with issue #107), this new tale provides a brief history of Valance the Hunter before diving in to a brand-new story about the relentless bounty hunter. To celebrate Marvel’s 80 th anniversary, Star Wars returned to the Legends era for one time only in a special throwback issue. Darth Vader has learned that the runaway knows the name of the pilot who destroyed the Death Star, a secret that Valance knows as well - and refuses to let Darth Vader discover. They’re both on the hunt for a former rebel who fled in a fit of cowardice when the Death Star arrived at Yavin 4. That same creative team brings Valance and Vader together in a clash of wills and weapons in Star Wars #29. But when he tracks down the farm boy and the protocol droid, C-3PO saves the day by convincing Valance to have an unexpected change of heart. Disgusted by Luke Skywalker’s affection for R2-D2 and C-3PO, it’s a personal vendetta, not a bounty, that earns the hunter’s ire. This time Valance has set his sights on the hero of Yavin 4. Valance returns to the classic comics in 1979’s Star Wars #27, written by Goodwin and drawn by Carmine Infantino (speaking of legends) and Wiacek. The end of the story reveals the dark irony of Valance’s burning hatred for “mechanicals”: parts of his own body were replaced with cybernetics to keep him alive after a rebel attack, and he abhors what he has become. While the iconic characters of Star Wars are noticeably absent from this issue, they’re mentioned several times as Jaxxon, the green rabbit-like Lepi, battles the bounty hunter head-on. He’s a former Imperial, violent and ruthless - especially when it comes to droids. Published in 1978, the book opens with explosive action as “the hunter” isn’t on a mission for any bounty, but instead determined to erase his past. Whether you want to catch up on the character’s appearances in the Legends-era comics or you’re intrigued to find out more about the antagonist of Marvel’s Target Vader, it’s time to meet the hunter Beilert Valance.Ĭomics industry luminary Archie Goodwin created Valance with artists Walt Simonson and Bob Wiacek in Star Wars #16. There aren’t a lot of bounty hunters who would take on a Dark Lord of the Sith as a target, but Valance is no ordinary mercenary. He returns to the hunt with writer Robbie Thompson and artist Marc Laming’s new story in Target Vader, now available in comic book stores everywhere. That’s right, years before we met Bossk, IG-88, Dengar, and more for-hire scum in The Empire Strikes Back, there was already a bounty hunter in Marvel’s Star Wars comic books making a name for himself. Here’s everything need to know about the storied bounty hunter stalking the galaxy in Marvel's Target Vader.īeilert Valance might be one of the oldest Star Wars characters you’ve never heard of the bounty hunter has a long legacy that stretches back to 1978.
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