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VOLUME TWO

SJAR WARS:
RETURN OF THE JEDI —* MANGA .

VOLUME; 2*
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A long time ago in a galaxy far,
far away....
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I UK
 DON'T

LANDO.

THOUGHT
YOU WERE
BLIND!

IT'S ALL
RIGHT.
TRUST CHEWIE,
ME.
I GET THE
' GUN!
ARTOO,
WHERE
ARE WE
GOING?,

COULDN'T'
POSSIBLY
JUMP...
* MEET f
YOU
BACK AT
THE
FLEET.

HURRY.
THE \
ALLIANCE X
SHOULD BE
.ASSEMBLED;
k BY NOW. j
 NOW
I OWE
YOU
l ONE.

HEX \ ,>(2S=d
LUKE, ^
THANKS. THANKS
K FOR
COMIN'
AFTER
ME.

^THAT'S
RIGHT,
: ARTOO,

^ WE'RET
GOING
TO THE
OAGOBAH
^SYSTEM. j

...TO
HAVE A AN OLD
PROMISE FRIEND.
TO
KEEP...
 YOU
HAVE DONE
WELL,
LORD
VADER.

AND
NOW I
SENSE..,

THE
DEATH STAR
WILL BE
COMPLETED
ON
SCHEDULE.

...YOU
WISH TO
CONTINUE
YOUR
SEARCH...
 PATIENCE,
MY
FRIEND.
...FOR
YOUNG
SKY-
WALKER.

YES, MY
MASTER.

AND
WHEN
HE
DOES...

...YOU
MUST AS
BRING HIM YOU
BEFORE WISH.
ME.

HE HAS
GROWN
STRONG.
ONLY
TOGETHER
CAN WE TURN
HIM TO THE
DARK SIDE
OF THE
FORCE.
THAT
FACE
YOU
MAKE?
LOOK
I SO
OLD...
SICK
HAVE I
BECOME.
...TO
YOUNG
EYES?

OLD
AND
WEAK.
WHEN >
NINE
HUNDRED
YEARS OLD ...LOOK
YOU AS GOOD
REACH. ..j YOU WILL
NOT
HMM?

EARNED
IT/1
HAVE.
 STRONG
AMI
WITH THE
FORCE...
MASTER
YODA...

...YOU
CAN'T
DIE. ...BUT
NOT
THAT
STRONG!

TWILIGHT ...THE
IS UPON ME WAY OF
AND SOON THE
NIGHT THAT FORCE.
MUST FALL. IS THE
WAY OF
THINGS...

THEN I OHHH.
NOT
AM A
YET.
BUT I JEDI.
ONE
NEED I'VE COME THING
YOUR BACK TO REMAINS.
HELP. COMPLETE
THE
TRAINING.

NO MORE
TRAINING
DO YOU
VADER.
REQUIRE.

r ALREADY'
KNOW
YOU THAT
WHICH YOU
k NEED. i
 YOU
MUST
CONFRONT
VADER.

THEN,
ONLY
THEN-

JEDI WILL
YOU
AND
CONFRONT
HIM YOU
M/ILL.
 remember;
A JEDI'S
STRENGTH
FLOWS
I'M l FROM THE
SORRY, \ FORCE. /

ONCE YOU
START DOWN
THE DARK PATH,
FOREVER WILL IT
DOMINATE
YOUR DESTINY.
LUKE...

THE DARK
SIDE ARE
THEY.
LUKE.
 J CAN'T**—
/DOIT, {
ARTOO.

^ CAN'T
•S<50^
/^ON
.'./'ALONE.

YODA
WILL
ALWAYS
BE WITH
YOU.

OBI-
WAN)’
 I TOOK
IT UPON
MYSELF TO
TRAIN HIM AS
A JEDI.

WHEN I
FIRST KNEW
HIM, YOUR
/ THOUGHT
FATHER WAS THAT 1 COULD
BUT I WAS INSTRUCTHIM
ALREADY
AMAZED HOW JUST AS WELL
A GREAT
STRONGLY THE AS YODA.
W PILOT. i FORCE WAS
WITH HIM.

I WAS
WRONG.

THERE IS
STILL
GOOD IN
HIM.
WELL.
 X THE \
EMPEROR
HAS MADE A
CRITICAL ERROR
AND THE TIME
FOR OUR
ATTACK HAS
\ COME. y

-PIN¬
POINTS THE
X THE EXACT LOCA-
f DATA 1 TIONOF THE
BROUGHT TO EMPEROR'S
US BY THE NEW BATTLE
k BOTHAN J STATION.
SPIES— ’

X WE ALSO \
f KNOW THAT N
THE WEAPON
SYSTEMS OF
THIS DEATH STAR
k ARE NOT YET
k OPERATION- A
AL.

BUT MOST
IMPORTANT
OF ALL...

W WITH THE \
r IMPERIAL FLEET \
SPREAD THROUGH¬
OUT THE GALAXY IN
A VAIN EFFORT TO
ENGAGE US. IT IS
v RELATIVELYUN- /
\ PROTECTED. /

Viinr ini
 x WE'VE
/ LEARNED THAT ll
' THE EMPEROR HIM- >
SELF IS PERSONALLY
OVERSEEING THE
FINAL STAGES OF THE
CONSTRUCTION ,
\ OF THIS DEATH A
STAR. M

W MANY
f BOTHANS M
’DIED TO BRING]
i US THIS J
k INFORMA- J
Ilk TION yT

ADMIRAL
ACKBAR,
PLEASE.

...THE
DEATH STAR
Wr YOU CAN DOES HAVE
l SEE HERE THE 1
A STRONG
DEATH STAR ORBIT¬ DEFENSE
ING THE FOREST
MECHAN¬
MOON OF ENDOR.
ISM.
ALTHOUGH THE
WEAPON SYSTEMS
ON THIS DEATH STAR
, ARE NOT YET
\OPERATIONAL... A
 y rris \
/ PROTECTED \
BY AN ENERGY
SHIELD WHICH IS
GENERATED FROM
THE NEARBY
FOREST MOON ,
;

k OFENDOR. /

f THE SHIELD
MUST 8E
DEACTIVATED
IF ANY AT¬
TACK IS TO BE
ATTEMPTED.

W ONCE THE ^
f SHIELD IS DOWN, 1
'OUR CRUISERS WILL'
CREATE A PERIM¬
ETER, WHILE RIGHT¬
LY ERS FLY INTO THE i
L SUPERSTRUC- A
^ TURE... A ...AND
ATTEMPT
TO KNOCK
OUT THE
MAIN REAC¬
TOR.

f GENERAL '
CALRISSIAN
HAS VOLUN¬
TEERED TO LEAD
THE FIGHTER
v ATTACK. ,
 WAIT.

LOOK...
I WANT YOU
TO TAKE HER.
1MEAN IT.
TAKE HER.

YOU
NEED ALL
THE HELP
YOU CAN
GET. I'LL TAKE
GOOD
' ALL RIGHT, CARE OF
OLD BUDDY. HER. SHE-
YOU KNOW, I SHE'S THE SHE WON'T
KNOW WHAT FASTEST GET A
SHE MEANS SHIP IN THE SCRATCH.
, TO YOU. FLEET. ALL RIGHT?
 HEY, ARE
YOU
AWAKE?

r —WHEN n
THEY
DESIGNED
HER,
\ CHEWIE. a
 SEND THE ^
FLEET TO THE
FAR SIDE OF
ENDOR. THERE
IT WILL STAY
UNTIL CALLED
. FOR.

SOON THE
REBELLION
WILL BE ...AND
CRUSHED... YOUNG
SKYWALKER
WILL BE ONE
WHAT
OF US!
IS THY
BIDDING.

...MY
MASTER? WHAT OF
THE REPORTS
OF THE REBEL
FLEET MASS¬
ING NEAR YOUR ^
SULLUST? WORK
HERE IS
FINISHED, MY
FRIEND.

GO OUT
TO THE
COMMAND
IT IS SHIP AND
OF NO AWAIT MY
CONCERN. ORDERS.

YES, MY
MASTER.
 ' we A
HAVE YOU
ON OUR
SCREEN
PLEASE
v NOW.
IDENTIFY.
crd
 SHUTTLE
TYDIRIUM..

...TRANSMIT
THE
CLEARANCE
CODE FOR
. SHIELD
K PASSAGE. /

TRANSMISSION
COMMENCING.
" -THE ^
PRICE WE
NOW WE l PAID.
FIND OUT KEEP
IF THAT IT'LL YOUR
CODE IS WORK. DISTANCE
CHEWIE.
,
WORTH- IT'LL
WORK.

I DON'T
KNOW.
 NOW
DON'T GET
JITTERY,
LUKE.

r THERE ^
AREA
VADER'S LOT OF
ON THAT COMMAND
SHIP. SHIPS.

WHERE
IS THAT
SHUTTLE
GOING?

PARTS AND
TECHNICAL
CREW FOR
THE FOREST
MOON. IT'S AN
DO FOLDER CODE, \
THEY HAVE SIR, BUT IT '
CODE CHECKS OUT. I
CLEARANCE? , WAS ABOUT i
i TO CLEAR J
THEM, y
 SHALL I
HOLD
THEM?

NO.
LEAVE 1 WILL
THEM TO DEAL WITH
ME. THEM
MYSELF.

THEY'RE
NOT GO/N'
FOR IT,
CHEWIE.
V SHUTTLE \ TOLD YOU
TYDIRIUM, IT WAS
DEACTIVATION GONNA
OF THE WORK. y
SHIELD WILL
COMMENCE
IMMEDIATELY. >

'FOLLOWs
YOUR
PRESENT
COURSE

NO
PROBLEM.
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