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COMFORTABLY NUNB




                        One of the Resistance fighters flying an X-wing
           42against Starkiller Base is none other than Lando
           Calrissian’s Sullustan co-pilot from the Battle of Endor, Nien
           Nunb. In the Princess Leia-focused book Moving Target and
           Battlefront: Twilight Company, Nien Nunb is revealed to be a vital
           combatant in the fight against the Empire, and willingly signs

           back up to take on the First Order. Actor Mike Quinn, who plays
           Nunb in Return of the Jedi, was tapped to bring life back to the
           character he made famous for The Force Awakens.
                                                                                         4      LEIA’S LOSS


                                                                                                Through the Force, General Leia can feel the
                                                                                  4 44 loss of Han Solo in the same way Yoda feels
                                                                                  Order 66 in Revenge of the Sith and Obi-Wan Kenobi feels
                                                                                  the destruction of Alderaan in A New Hope. Leia previously
                                                                                  sensed Luke was in danger at the climax of The Empire
                                                                                  Strikes Back and knew he was safe after the destruction
                                                                                  of the Death Star in Return of the Jedi.



                                                                                             DROID

                                                                                45  STORY


                                                                                Look closely and you’ll see as
                                                                                Rey and Chewie leave aboard
                                                                                the Millennium Falcon in search
                                                                                of Luke that C-3PO’s red arm
                                                                                has been replaced with a golden
                                                                                one. The reason behind
                                                                                C-3PO’s red arm is
                                                                                explained in the
                                                                                comic book Star
                                                                                Wars Special:
                                                                                C-3PO #1
                                                                                by James
                                                                                Robinson
                                                                                and Tony
                        ANOTHER TRAP?                                           Harris.

                        Admiral Ackbar makes appearances in the war
           43room at the Resistance Base on D’Qar. According to
           The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary, General Leia had to coax him
           out of retirement to meet the growing threat of the First Order. Tim
           Rose, the voice behind everyone’s favorite fishy commander from


           Return of the Jedi, reprises his role in the new film.
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