The French anthology magazine Titans had several Star Wars covers during the Star Wars run in that title. Some of these covers are based on the original U.S. covers and others are entirely new depictions of events within the story. Titans #32 features a cover based on the original Marvel Star Wars #26 that is contained within its pages.
Star Wars #26a - Marvel Comics, U.S. (August 1979)Titans #32a - Editions Lug, France (May 1981) Star Wars #26
Neither cover accurately shows the familiar rebel pilot uniform worn by Luke Skywalker at this point in the story. Instead the U.S. cover shows Luke wearing his all too familiar white tunic from the original movie. Outside of the rebel pilot uniform, Luke Skywalker would not change his clothes in Marvel's stories until The Empire Strikes Back! Even though the story was original published in the U.S. before the sequel, the French cover has Luke wearing the jumpsuit he wore in The Empire Strikes Back. Luke is shown viewing his trusty companion R2-D2 after having been shot by a House of Tagge TIE pilot. On both covers the TIE pilot is looming in the background although on the U.S. cover the pilot is menacingly aiming his pistol at Luke's back. Absent from the French cover is the wrecked TIE fighter.
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