#is the “lando's commandos” strip by ian edginton in star wars tales

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May 1984. STAR WARS #83 was one of a number of fill-in issues published following the release of RETURN OF THE JEDI, this time featuring a solo adventure of Lando Calrissian by guest writer Linda Grant, as Lando is roped into aiding an old flame who's now queen of the planet Drogheda and ends up helping to overthrow her instead. A few lines of dialogue suggest that this story takes place after the Battle of Endor, but, as with the following issue's Han Solo outing, it's probably more comfortably positioned at an earlier moment in his career, before the movies, but following the events of the L. Neil Smith novels.

The best parts of this story are the attractive art by Bob McLeod, which has an appealing Kurt Schaffenberger vibe, and the amusing ending, which sets up a sequel that was unfortunately not forthcoming. I wouldn't have minded a followup with Lando and Sarna as bickering con artists, especially if it had been drawn by McLeod. Lando was handled relatively well in the Marvel series, but he only occasionally got the spotlight, and halfway decent Lando solo adventures would become few and far between in later years.