Lando offers to crawl through the tight service crawlway to run the diagnostic as a fleet of Hutt ships arrive, presumably also looking for Solo. SoloвЂ™s captaincy of the Falcon has been far less maintenance-focused than Calrissians was and so the work begins to check diagnostics. Luke tells Lando that Vaders ship is down and out just as we see the Sith lord raise the x1 from the icy waters while back on the Falcon Lando deduces that the problem affecting all ships was a seismic charge, a signature weapoin most likely set off by Boba Fett. Luke contacts the Millennium Falcon to confirm VaderвЂ™s story about Solo and learns that it is indeed true, but also finds that the ships in orbit are all knocked out вЂ“ itвЂ™s a race to repair and get to the shuttle before it can complete its journey to the Executor. HeвЂ™s not yet ready to face the man who could be his father, and while logically we know he canвЂ™t best him yet вЂ“ weвЂ™re in the year between Empire and Jedi, so certain meetings need to be avoided вЂ“ itвЂ™s undoubtedly a tense moment. Vader pops the cockpit window and steps out, igniting his blade as Luke swings the X-Wing around but instead decides not to fire, instead speeding away. Luke notices the waters of JekaraвЂ™s Polar Sea freezing as it sprays up and pulls a sudden turn, lashing water towards VaderвЂ™s TIE which freezes in mid-air, clipping the TIE Advanced and sending it crashing into the ice floes below. He immediately goads Luke as he speeds away, reigning fire down on the T-65 he tells Luke how heвЂ™ll never see Han Solo again, the carbonite-frozen Corellian captain now on a Lambda class shuttle headed for the Executor. When the Dark Lord of the Sith is hot on your tail, itвЂ™s normal to check left, right, up and down to find him, but as Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 blast across the Polar Sea of Jekara, staying as low as possible to keep off enemy radars, the last place theyвЂ™d expect Darth VaderвЂ™s TIE Advanced x1 to appear from is underneath the icy waters and up into the sky, but thatвЂ™s exactly where he springs from. Writer:В Charles Soule Artist:В Ramon Rosanas Letterer:В Clayton Cowles Colorist:В Rachelle Rosenberg Cover artist:В Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Rain Beredo Editor:В Mark Paniccia Publication date: September 29, 2021 Now Luke must keep Vader at bay while Leia attempts to save her love, Han SoloвЂ¦. Luke approached, then quickly fled, leading Vader away from the вЂќVermillionвЂќ and Solo.

Darth Vader has claimed the carbonite-imprisoned Han Solo for himself and threatened to destroy Solo to draw Luke Skywalker out.

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