First Appearance Sana Starros

One of the more popular and enduring characters introduced in the inaugural year of Marvel's new Star Wars line is Sana Starros.  In Star Wars #4 Sana first appears in Mos Eisley as an unnamed masked character who is confronted by a Rodian gang who hears she is offering a reward for finding Han Solo.  The Rodian gang quickly learn she is not an easy mark and, after Sana cripples the group, the gang's leader reluctantly confesses:

Rodian Gang Leader: Solo isn't on Tatooine.  He fled off-world, after ambushing and murdering one of our brother Rodians named Greedo.  Nobody knows where the coward is hiding.  trust me, if Solo was still around here ... he'd be dead already.
Sana Starros: Yeah, I'm sure he would be.  You're certainly a fearsome lot.  I imagine I won't sleep right for weeks.
Rodian Gang Leader: Wait ... we helped you.  What about the reward?
Sana Starros: You're alive aren't you?  But if you're hoping to stay that way, best remember one thing, boys ... Han Solo belongs to me.

Star Wars #4a - Marvel Comics, U.S. (April 2015)
1st appearance of Sana Starros (3 pages - unnamed and masked)

In Star Wars #5 Han and Princess Leia are in the Moddell Sector searching for a suitable Rebel base in the Outer Rim.  Using a stolen Imperial Shuttle they are confronted by Imperial starships, but Han decides to flee and takes Leia to an uncharted planet that Han and Chewbacca use as a hideout nearby in the Monsua Nebula.  A probe Sana placed in orbit signals her and she flies her starship, the Volt Cobra, to the remote planet.  Sana is still unnamed and masked in this issue.

Star Wars #5a - Marvel Comics, U.S. (May 2015)
2nd appearance of Sana Starros (1 page - unnamed and masked)

In Star Wars #6 Han and Leia are hiding out from the Imperials on the planet when the Volt Cobra lands.  Princess Leia wonders out loud:

Princess Leia: Han, who is it?  Who's found us?
Sana Starros: Why bother asking him?  He'd just lie.  It's the only thing he's ever been good at.  I should know.  The name is Sana Solo.  I'm his wife.

As Sana Starros descends from her starship, she is now unmasked.

Star Wars #6a - Marvel Comics, U.S. (June 2015)
3rd appearance of Sana Starros (2 pages - claims to be Sana Solo)

Sana Starros appears next in Star Wars #8 and she makes her cover debut in Star Wars #9.  She is still proclaiming to be Han Solo's wife.

Star Wars #9a - Marvel Comics, U.S. (September 2015)
1st cover appearance of Sana Starros

In Star Wars #12 it is revealed that Han and Sana were never really married, but the marriage was part of an elaborate ruse they concocted for a heist.

Star Wars: Darth Vader Doctor Aphra Halloween ComicFest 2016 #1

Halloween ComicFest is a similar event to Free Comic Book Day.  Started in 2012, the idea is to attract customers to stores near Halloween by enticing them with free holiday themed comics.  Some of the comics are small-sized and sold in packs of 25 for giving out on Halloween.  Others are full-sized, like an offering from Marvel Comics on October 29, 2016, Darth Vader Doctor Aphra #1.  This comic reprints Star Wars: Darth Vader #3 and is timed to promote the new Doctor Aphra ongoing series that is coming out.

Star Wars: Darth Vader Doctor Aphra Halloween ComicFest 2016 #1a - Marvel Comics, U.S. (October 2016)
reprints Star Wars: Darth Vader #3

The cover art is the same as the standard cover for Darth Vader #3 with the image cropped at the bottom to make room for the Halloween ComicFest logo at the top.

Star Wars (1998) #13

Star Wars (1998) #13 kicks off the 6 part Emissaries to Malastare story arc.  The issue begins with the Dark Woman testing A'Sharad Hett in the Jedi Temple.  Afterwards, the Dark Woman asks Ki-Adi Mundi if it was true that Aurra Sing, her former Padawan, was on Tatooine and killed Sharad Hett.  Ki-Adi confirms it was Aurra.  Later, the Jedi Council convenes and picks six volunteers from the council to travel to Malastare to broker a peace between the planet Lannik, Jedi Master Even Piell's homeworld, and a terrorist organization called Red Iaro.

The cover shows the Dark Woman testing A'Sharad Hett in a lightsaber duel.  During the duel, the Dark Woman employs unorthodox methods of testing A'Sharad, including insulting his Tusken Raider heritage.  In the end, A'Sharad remains calm by citing Jedi phrases taught to him by his father and passes the tests.

Star Wars #13a - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (December 1999)
direct

It is the cover to the newsstand edition of Star Wars #13 that is interesting.  The UPC box has a sticker.

Star Wars #13b - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (December 1999)
newsstand

I actually noticed the sticker when I bought this other newsstand copy of Star Wars #13 because the sticker covers up the words "Star Wars".  Interestingly, the numbers on the sticker appear to match the numbers printed in the UPC box.  It is not clear what is different on the printed copy that warrants the sticker.

Star Wars #13b - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (December 1999)
newsstand UPC sticker

After some investigation, I believe every newsstand copy of Star Wars #13 has this sticker.

Star Wars: Chewbacca #1 AOD Collectables Exclusive

Chewbacca #1 was released in October 2015 with one standard and six variant covers that all retailers were able to qualify for.  Only one comic retailer released an exclusive cover, Canada's AOD Collectables.  Canadian Dale Keown drew the cover.  Keown is best know for his art on the Incredible Hulk title in the early 1990s and his creator owned title Pitt published first by Image comics and later by Keown's own publishing company, Full Bleed Studios.

Chewbacca #1h - Marvel Comics, U.S. (October 2015)
AOD Collectables exclusive

The Chewbacca #1 AOD Collectables exclusive is limited to 3000 copies.

First Appearance Darth Krayt

Darth Krayt is the main antagonist for Cade Skywalker in the Star Wars: Legacy title.  But he first appeared as A'Sharad Hett in Dark Horse's Star Wars #10 from September 1999.

Jedi Council member Ki-Adi-Mundi is sent to Tatooine to learn why Jedi Knight Sharad Hett has reappeared leading a Tusken Raider attack on Anchorhead.  Sharad Hett, a Jedi hero, was presumed dead years earlier.  On Tatooine, Ki-Adi-Mundi is trapped by a Krayt Dragon when Sharad's war party encounters him.  Upon learning that his former master Eeth Koth sent Ki-Adi-Mundu, Sharad and his 15 year old son, A'Sharad Hett, attack the Krayt Dragon and A'Sharad is left on his own to finish the creature.  The Tusken Raiders were hunting the Krayt Dragon as an initiation of A'Sharad as a warrior to the Jundland Tusken clan.  Sharad has been training A'Sharad as his Jedi padawan.  Unfortunately, shortly after Ki-Adi-Mundi learns why Sharad is leading the Tusken Raiders, Sharad Hett is killed along with much of his clan and A'Sharad returns with Ki-Adi-Mundi to Coruscant to become his padawan.  A'Sharad Hett would appear in several more stories in the Star Wars and Star Wars: Republic titles.

Star Wars #10a (September 1999)
1st appearance of A'Sharad Hett

Darth Krayt's first appearance is in Star Wars: Legacy #1 as the leader of the One Sith.

Star Wars: Legacy #1a (June 2006)
1st appearance of Darth Krayt

Darth Krayt tells a captive Cade Skywalker at the end of Star Wars: Legacy #15 that he was formerly the Jedi A'Sharad Hett.

Star Wars: Legacy #15a (August 2007)
Darth Krayt revealed to be A'Sharad Hett

The inter-connectivity of the Expanded Universe is a big draw for longtime Star Wars fans.  Dark Horse was masterful at using characters and situations that otherwise would be forgotten to build a rich experience for comic readers.  How cool is it that Dark Horse re-used a supporting character from one era and re-invented that character as a heavy-weight villain in another era?  If Marvel can capture even a portion of this technique that made Dark Horse's contribution to the Expanded Universe magical, fans have much to look forward to.

Hebrew Star Wars #1

Kevin Comics was started by Kevin Picker, an immigrant to Israel from South Africa, who acquired the rights to publish both Marvel and DC comics.  From January 1986 to December 1986, Kevin Comics published מלחמת הכוכבים or Star Wars in Hebrew.  Lasting only 6 issues, these 36 page full color comics contain 2 issues of the Marvel Star Wars series starting with issue #7 and ending with issue #18.  There is a 7th issue that contains a compilation of these comics.  The art is a mirror image of the U.S. editions since Hebrew is read from right to left.

Star Wars #1a - Kevin Comics, Israel (January 1986)
contains Star Wars #7 and 8

Interestingly by 1986 the branding for products was using "Star Wars" written in English in many foreign countries, but this comic covers shows the title in Hebrew.

Star Wars #7 Kansas City Comic Con Exclusive

Many sites had a checklist for the avalanche of variants and exclusive that were released for Star Wars #1 in January 2015.  This was also true for Darth Vader #1 and Princess Leia #1.  By the time Star Wars #7 was released in July 2015, the continuous release of alternate covers became so commonplace, sites were no longer tracking these covers.  Marvel has even released variant covers that many collectors are not aware of like the Han Solo #1 Scholastic Club or the Poe Dameron #1 Calgary Expo exclusive covers.

I believe the Kansas City Comic Con exclusive falls into this category.  It was released without much fanfare and unless you happen to be actively following Marvel's Star Wars publications, it is one that I feel would be easy to miss.  None of these exclusives are shown on the Marvel Wookieepedia page for the respective comic; instead Wookieepedia show just the incentive variants that all Diamond accounts qualify for.

Star Wars #7g - Marvel Comics, U.S. (July 2015)
Kansas City Comic Con exclusive

The cover art is by Kevin Nowlan.  Since the art has nothing to do with the story content which is the first solo Obi-Wan Kenobi tale, I can only guess this is suppose to be Chewbacca carrying C-3PO from The Empire Strikes Back movie.  It is decent enough art, but like many of these Star Wars variant covers, there is nothing memorable about it.