Star Wars 73 : Lahsbane Star Wars 73 : Lahsbane is the seventy - third issue in the " Marvel Star Wars " series of comics . Publisher ' s summary . " Star Wars # 73 will now feature a story by Mary Jo Duffy , pencilled by Ron Frenz and inked by Armando Gil " [ sic ] " , in which we witness a team up between PRINCESS LEIA and a woman who has designs on none other than LUKE SKYWALKER . " Plot summary . Following Dani ' s joining of the Rebels in the . Luke Skywalker , Leia Organa , Lando Calrissian , R2 - D2 , C - 3PO , and Dani have come to Lahsbane on a mission to recover the datatape s of a crashed Rebel pilot , Yom Argo . As Luke tries to converse with the native Lahsbees using C - 3PO to translate , he is thwarted by their less than serious demeanor as well as Dani ' s amorous advances . The Lahsbee eventually explain that both Argo and a Lahsbee that was helping him were killed in the crash , and the natives had taken the tapes to the Forbidden City to honor their fallen comrade . The city is separated from their landing zone by a large canyon , but the Rebels are unable to fly there due to the " Millennium Falcon " ' s intake valves becoming clogged by a fine pollen present on the world . R2 begins work on removing the pollen , but it will be a day - long job . Unfortunately , a shuttle of Imperials were also on the trail of Argo , and had also landed on the world , making the retrieval of the tapes much more urgent . As the Imperial officer begins to question the local Lahsbee , Lando and Luke scramble to hide their presence from the Imperials , leaving Leia and Dani feeling useless . The two women begin to insult each other over their apparent lack of importance , eventually challenging each other to retrieve the Argo datatapes to prove their worth . Both agree to set out for the Forbidden City at nightfall . At dusk , the two women acquire a pair of hot air balloon s to cross the canyon . As they prepare to cross , they are nearly discovered by the Imperials but escape detection through Dani ' s quick thinking . The two eventually make their way to the city and begin to explore , surprised that the doorways of the city are quite large , since the native Lahsbees are a very diminutive species . Meanwhile , back with the " Millennium Falcon " , C - 3PO tells Lando and Luke of Dani and Leia ' s mission , who are both shocked , fearing for their safety . Luke immediately sets out to find them , using a primitive glider . At the same time , Lando is suddenly attacked by a Huhk , the mature form of the Lahsbee race , an aggressive , hulking beast . Chewbacca attempts to fight off the Huhk , but is slowly overpowered by the larger creature . C - 3PO explains that once Lahsbees become Huhks , they go to the Forbidden City to live , giving Lando another reason to fear for Leia and Dani ' s safety . Right before Chewbacca is about to succumb to the Huhk ' s stranglehold , Lando is able to hit the Huhk with a stun blast , knocking him unconscious . Meanwhile , at the Forbidden City , Leia and Dani eventually locate the datatapes among a huge treasure trove . As Leia secures the tapes , Dani takes the time to steal a large amount of the treasure in the room . However , as they leave , they are confronted by a large group of Huhks , who quickly back the women into a corner . Without weapons , the two are helpless , but are saved at the last moment by Luke , who stuns the Huhks with his blaster . With the tapes in hand , the group makes their way back to the " Millennium Falcon " which has been repaired by R2 . The Lahsbees are content to let the Rebels take the tapes after learning that they are related to advanced technology , something that they detest . As the Rebels prepare to leave , they are shocked to see the Imperial shuttle flying through the sky , as the Lahsbees had reported the Imperials to still be out on patrol . On the Imperial shuttle , Dani is surrounded by a load of treasure that she had stolen from the Forbidden City and on a course back to Rik Duel . Behind the scenes . This issue was originally intended to feature the story " " , which eventually appeared in . " The New Essential Chronology " placed the search for Tay Vanis ( starting here and concluded in issue # 80 ) after " " .