Tatooine Sojourn Tatooine Sojourn is a comic strip that was distributed by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate and published in U . S . and Canadian newspapers . The series was written by Steve Gerber and drawn by Russ Manning . It was collected in " " , and was also available in the Webstrips section of . It was also the first comic strip to appear in both the Sunday and Weekly strips , as the prior strips were either Sunday - only ( The Kashyyyk Depths and The Constancia Affair ) or Weekly - only ( Gambler ' s World ) . Plot . A capsule lands on the planet Tatooine . Jawas check it for traps then bring it to one of their Sandcrawlers . Inside the capsule are Squill s , which Jawas like to eat . Stormtroopers are looking for the capsule and are upset the Jawas took it , as by the time the Jawas eat them , their " dead little eyes would be impossible to read . " Luke Skywalker is on a ship with droids R2 - D2 and C - 3PO when he gets orders to go to Tatooine to track the capsule . Luke pilots the ship to Tatooine and when he gets close he gets a message to go to the Mos Eisley Cantina and ask for Anduvil . Luke lands and makes his way to the cantina . The Galactic Empire has now set up a permanent base on Tatooine . Luke leaves the droids at the door of the cantina and enters . Luke has a flashback of the first time he came to this cantina with Obi - Wan Kenobi . While lost in thought a bounty hunter shoots at Luke , but in turn is shot by Anduvil causing him to miss . Anduvil explains that the capsules have been landing at other planets bringing with them Bledsoe ' s disease . Just then , a Jawa in the cantina falls over dead with the disease . Luke , Anduvil and the droids leave and make their way to Ben Kenobi ' s hut . Tusken Raiders hear them talking and attack the hut . Luke defeats them , though their Landspeeder is destroyed . They get on the Banthas that belonged to the Tusken Raiders and ride off to a sandcrawler . Stormtroopers are inspecting the dead Jawas from the sandcrawler who all have died from Bledsoe ' s disease . Anduvil tells the troopers that Luke was bitten by a Squill , so they take them to the imperial base . Once at the base , Luke ' s eyes become starry windows , meaning he actually has contracted the disease . Dr . Kaaldar quarantines Luke instead of curing him , though Luke escapes . Luke and Anduvil force Kaaldar to provide the serum . Kaaldar explains that the starry eyes have allowed the empire to track down rebel bases . The sandcrawler piloted by R2 - D2 and C - 3PO enter the imperial base , though it gets stopped . Luke sees the droids in trouble and tries to get the commander to call off an order to junk the droids . Meanwhile , Anduvil finds a hangar of TIE Fighters and sabotages them to explode . They explode right before stormtroopers can fire on Luke . The troopers are killed , and Luke , Anduvil , and the Droids can safely leave the base . Luke , Anduvil and the droids can now leave Tatooine in Luke ' s ship , while the imperial commander comes to ensure their safe departure . Behind the scenes . An abandoned concept meant for " Tatooine Sojourn " to have indicated that Princess Leia was also involved , but held hostage throughout the mission . Because of this , Luke needed to capture a living Tusken Raider to find out where Leia was being held , and have C - 3PO and R2 - D2 act as decoys while he knocks one unconscious . However , a small hitch in the plan occurred when a trio of Raiders ambushed them , forcing 3PO to tackle Luke to save him from the ambush . Luke fights off one while the other two are attacking 3PO and R2 . Eventually , 3PO , per R2 ' s suggestion , fired a blaster at the remaining two Tusken Raiders , forcing them to flee , while Luke manages to blasterwhip the remaining Tusken Raider into unconsciousness . Luke then states that they need to securely tighten the Tusken Raider , and also prepares to unmask the Tusken Raider . When republished in " Classic Star Wars 4 " , there were some slight modifications from the original comic . Besides being printed entirely in color , the " Stars in the eyes " effect Luke experienced was also different : Originally , Luke had a ringed planetary body among the window effect , while in the " Classic Star Wars 4 " version , this was removed .