The anthology Titans magazine was used to bring the Marvel Star Wars stories to the French public. Star Wars was published in Titans from issue #18 - 95. Each of these Titans issues contained 4 Marvel comics, only one of which was Star Wars. Marvel Star Wars #7 - 10 was never published in Titans. The first Star Wars story published in Titans #18 came from Marvel Star Wars #11.
Titans #18a - Editions Lug, France (January 1979) Star Wars #11
The cover is an original commission for the Titans magazine and shows our intrepid heroes ready for action. Featured are the main heroes from the first movie, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, and R2-D2 on a static white background. Noticeably missing from the ensemble is Chewbacca. The blurb reads "The heroes from the film Star Wars are back in a new cosmic epic." Star Wars ends up rotating cover duty with the other features in Titans during its run.
It is possible the publisher Lug decided to start with Star Wars #11 since this is the first original story from the Marvel Star Wars comic to star all the principal characters. Star Wars #7 - 10 contains a story with only Han Solo and Chewbacca. Lug published the movie adaptation in a separate comic.
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