Star Wars 103 : Tai Star Wars 103 : Tai was the one - hundred - third issue in the " Marvel Star Wars " series of comics . Publisher ' s summary . " Leia alone on a world full of hostile aliens . . . and the only people she has to help her are four teenagers — and one badly wounded enemy ! " TAI " is written by Jo Duffy , penciled by Cynthia Martin and inked by Art Nichols . " Plot summary . Den Siva is aboard his ship lamenting over a holograph ic image of Dani ; he ' s wondering where she is and realizing that she was the first Zeltron prisoner the Nagai ever had . He wants to see her again when he gets a message of a new prisoner on board . Commander Knife has brought a prisoner from the Alliance of Free Planets . Discussion turns to lack of word from the squadron at the Trenwyth system in the Stensen sector and how two days earlier word came from a dead world in an Alliance System about an unexpected enemy far superiors in number and fire power . As Knife and Siva turn their attention to their prisoner , he begins sweating . Princess Leia meanwhile has come out of hyperspace on her way to Zeltros into the middle of a pitched battle in the Trenwyth system and catch a stray blast from an energy cannon that takes out one of their stabilizers . They have recognized some of the ships as being Nagai and speculates the others were from the Trenwyth system . They proceed cautiously over the battlefield littered with bodies and set down after dark to recon the scene , but Leia is cornered by a Nagai and starts to take him down , but he collapses from his injuries . When he finally regains consciousness , Leia is now joined by several other Zeltrons including Jahn , Marruc and Rahuhl . Leia keeps the injured Nagai as a prisoner as she and the others observe troop movements sweeping the area for survivors , but their prisoner eyes one of their guns . Leia brings him food , but he hasn ' t talked yet to her yet ; he ' s just silently observing her and the Zeltrons . When she turns from him , he jumps up and traps her in a hold . The Zeltrons notice this and rush to Leia ' s defense . She frees herself by biting him , but then he attacks the others trying to restrain him . His strength is a bit above par , but he subdues as they use a rope to tie his hands and feet . Leia and the Zeltrons return to their campfire to debate the motives of the attack . Their prisoner meanwhile has dreams of being beaten by a large bald figure with a beard . Leia meanwhile decides to surrender their prisoner who is so unprepared by the act of compassion that he weeps into their hands . During the time on the planet , their prisoner never leaves them ; Marruc believes he is infatuated with Leia . Meanwhile , the enemy movement seems to be moving out . Jahn tells their prisoners stories from her past to their prisoner who by now has turned out to be more of a companion . Once the ship is repaired , Leia promises to leave their guest with supplies and equipment , and at that moment he finally talks and reveals his name as Tai . They depart and Tai eventually departs Trenwyth to report to Den Siva . It turns out he is a Wing Leader who reports on how Leia and the Zeltrons gave him shelter while in hiding from their common enemies . Knife accepts this news of mercy as a sign of weakness and flings a knife into Tai ' s chest , killing him . Behind the scenes . This is the final issue of " Star Wars " to be published monthly . The final four issues were published bi - monthly .