The artist's depictions of Owen and Beru are pretty far from what we see of them in the movie, particularly Beru who actually looks like quite the cougar here...
Luke heads off to Beggar's Canyon for Biggs' farewell do and they race their Skyhoppers. After the race a landspeeder crashes the party (literally) and a wounded militia scout is dragged from the wreckage, babbling about Tusken Raiders on the warpath with newly acquired weapons after one of their sacred wells was poisoned. This seems to draw some sort of parallel between the Tusken Raiders and Native Americans of the Old West, which I've never really considered before.
The Sandpeople arrive and there is a firefight. Luke and Biggs try to make for one of the Skyhoppers to get help, but are attacked and Biggs takes a hit in the shoulder with a garderffi stick with its tip dipped in sand bat venom. With the poison working fast, Luke pilots the Skyhopper through the deadly 'Diablo Cut' and narrowly avoids being blasted by more Sandpeople. He lands back at his uncle's farm safely where Biggs presumably gets the medical treatment he needs, leaving Luke to gaze at the twin suns and daydream once more. We are then treated to a great one page panel montage of future events...
This Micronaut cruiser here which can split into 7 different vehicles looks thoroughly awesome.
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Is this the one with Herb Trimpe art? It looks like it, as I keep waiting for the Hulk to turn up!
I also believe that this is the issue which begins and ends with Luke daydreaming while on watch aboard the Millenium Falcon. Han "snaps" him out of his Tatooine remembrance.
That is correct. This is one of those 'flashback' stories where a character daydreams or tells a story about past events. There's one about Ben Kenobi coming up...
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