Star Wars (1998) #9

"Outlander: The Exile of Sharad Hett" continues in Star Wars #9.  Ki-Adi-Mundi quickly dispatches Jabba's minions on the skiff, but the craft is buried in the sandstorm.  The next day, a herd of Bantha wander by the buried skiff and Ki-Adi-Mundi is able to free himself from the sand by grabbing the horns of one of the Banthas.  Using the Force, he locates his lightsaber and mends his broken arm injured during the storm.  He then uses the Force to lift the skiff from the sand and locates his supplies.  From the deck of the skiff, he watches the Bantha slumbering toward the Needles, a rocky outcrop that mark the center of the Jundland Wastes.  He starts walking toward them.

Meanwhile, a Sandcrawler has stopped near a vehicle protruding from a mound of sand and the Jawas begin removing the vehicle.  The vehicle starts and flies away as Aurra Sing chides herself for blundering into the sandstorm.  She pulls out binoculars and thinks to herself that she now has two Jedi to hunt.  Through the binoculars, she spots the Needles and heads in that direction.  She flies over the Bantha but fails to spot Ki-Adi-Mundi among the herd.

At nightfall, Ki-Adi-Mundi is climbing a rocky outcrop but is attacked by a womp rat.  He sense more nearby, but before they reach him, he slips and falls off a ledge into a cavern with large eggs.  He is then attacked by a krayt dragon.  Crouching on the ledge surrounded by an entourage of Tusken Raiders, Sharad Hett greets the Jedi.

The cover is another Ken Kelly work that shows Ki-Adi-Mundi fighting the krayt dragon along with two Tusken Raiders.  This scene is not depicted in this issue.

Star Wars #9b - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (August 1999)

In addition to introducing readers to A'Sharad Hett, the son of Sharad Hett who will eventually go by the name Darth Krayt, the Outlander storyline does a fantastic job of weaving elements from the original trilogy with The Phantom Menace just months after the movie was released.  In this chapter of the story, Ki-Adi-Mundi pulling the skiff from the sand using the Force is reminiscent of Yoda lifting Luke's X-wing fighter from the Dagobah swamp.  Additionally, we are treated to appearances by Tusken Raiders, Jawas, womp rats, and even a krayt dragon.