The Second Kessel Run The Second Kessel Run is a comic strip that was distributed by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate and published in U . S . and Canadian newspapers . This story was written by Russ Helm and drawn by Russ Manning . It was collected in " " , and was also available in the Webstrips section of . Plot . Above the planet Zerm , Professor Renn Volz tests his Ion Ring . The test proves successful , and the weather on Zerm changes and killer storms stop . Volz then plans on using the Ion Ring on Kessel . However , before he can do this , Captain Bzorn arrives on board Volz ' s ship and takes the professor ' s daughter , Mira Volz as hostage . Bzorn plans to use the Ion Ring to devastate Rebel planets . He threatens the professor , telling Volz that if the professor won ' t obey him , Bzorn will kill his daughter . On a distant spaceport , Mira manages to escape from the stormtroopers who were guarding her and sneak into the " Millennium Falcon " , which was being loading with spice . Han Solo and Chewbacca are going to make another Kessel Run for Jabba the Hutt , but first he was going to pick up Luke Skywalker . On the hidden Rebel base on the planet Randa , Han picks up Luke , Artoo and Threepio and finds his unexpected guest . Mira tells Luke and Han about Bzorn ' s plan and asks Han to deliver her to the professor , knowing that he will stop the destruction after he learns that Mira is safe . Meanwhile , the Ionic Ring turns the rebel planet Rion from a tropical paradise to a snowy desert . After arriving on Rion , Han gives some of his spice to the refugees who are starving . One refugee turns Mira over to the stormtroopers for food , but with the help of the other Rebels , she manages to escape . During her escape she learns that Bzorn ' s next target is going to be Kessel , her home planet . The " Millennium Falcon " manages to arrive on Kessel before the Ionic Ring , setting another new record for the Kessel Run . Mira uses her father ' s sub - space image transmitter to project her image on the Ionic ring , which has already arrived in the system and has started an earthquake . Han suggests trying something else and they board the ship in the guise of surrendered Rebels . Mira ' s floating image creates enough distractions for the stormtroopers to allow Han and Luke to get to the command center . After Volz sees the image of his daughter , Bzorn orders the stormtroopers to kill everyone , but he is soon hit by friendly fire . Professor Volz , fearing that the Empire won ' t stop until it obtains his creation again , commences the ship ' s self - destruction and barely escapes with Luke , Han and Chewbacca on the " Millennium Falcon " . Behind the scenes . Han Solo states that he is making the Kessel Run for Jabba the Hutt . This means that the events depicted in the comic happened between Marvel " " and " " , in a period when Jabba forgave Solo ' s debt . Kessel , as depicted in this series , was a lush , idyllic world containing the Giant Fungi Forest . According to " The Essential Atlas " , and confirmed by Jason Fry on the Jedi Council Forums , this depiction has been retcon ned into being Little Kessel , a world not far off the Kessel Run .