STAR WARS ANNUAL #3 - 1983

Star Wars Annual #3. Page 22, panel 5.

Credits for this issue:

Jo Duffy (writer); Klaus Janson (artist & colorist); Joe Rosen (Letterer); Jim Shooter (editor in chief)

Marvel Comics, 1983.

STAR WARS ANNUAL #2 - 1982

The second comic outwith the regular Star Wars run.

A flashback story in order to feature Han Solo, absent from the series for three years due to being frozen in carbonite. 

Star Wars Annual #2. Page 18, panel 2.

Credits for this issue:

David Michelinie (scripter); Carmine Infantino (penciler); Rudi Nebres (inkers); Rosen & Chiang (Lettering); George Roussos (colorist); Jim Salicrup (editor); Jim Shooter (word speeder)

Marvel Comics, 1982.

STAR WARS ANNUAL #1 - 1979

The first comic outwith the regular Star Wars run.

This story is a bit notorious. Most of the time, the comics steered clear of saying anything about the events that happened before the first Star Wars movie. This one doesn't say too much either, but it does extrapolate from Ben Kenobi's chat to Luke, and comes up with the following...

Star Wars Annual #1. Page 38, panel 4.

Credits for this issue:

Chris Claremont (guest writer); Mike Vosburg & Steve Leialoha (guest artists); John Costanza (letterer); Bob Sharen (colorist); Archie Goodwin (editor); Jim Shooter (consulting ed)

Marvel Comics, 1979.