When the Star Wars Weekly began in February 1978, Marvel's U.S. publishing already had a backlog of Star Wars stories for the British market to absorb. At first, each U.S. issue was broken up into 2 Star Wars Weekly issues. Eventually, the U.S. stories ran out and sporadically, as needed, original Star Wars content was created for the Star Wars Weekly. Not surprisingly, after the Star Wars Weekly caught up to the U.S. publishing, each U.S. issue was spread over 3 Star Wars Weekly issues to limit how much original content had to be created. Other science fiction Marvel properties were used to fill the magazine, including Micronauts, Guardians of the Galaxy, Deathlok, Warlock, and the Watcher.
One original content storyline was Way of the Wookiee published in Star Wars Weekly #94 - 96. This is my favorite original British storyline and takes place before the events of the Star Wars movie. In the story, Han Solo and Chewbacca cross paths with an Imperial prison ship full of slave Wookiees bound for the Spice Mines of Kessel. Han Solo ends up dumping a spice delivery for Jabba the Hutt, providing a back story for the events of the movie.
Star Wars Weekly #94a - Marvel Comics, England (December 12, 1979) original contentStar Wars Weekly #95a - Marvel Comics, England (December 19, 1979) original contentStar Wars Weekly #96a - Marvel Comics, England (December 26, 1979) original content
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