Star Wars 79 : The Big Con Star Wars 79 : The Big Con is the seventy - ninth issue in the " Marvel Star Wars " series of comics . Publisher ' s summary . " All new adventures of the world famous characters from the greatest science fantasy epic ever ! You won ' t believe the car chase this issue with Lando and a drunken Wookiee , as the search for Han Solo continues ! " Plot summary . After being sent on a search for Han Solo in , Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca travel to the planet Arcan IV to interview some old contemporaries of Solo ' s , Lemo and Sanda ' s gang . In order to not rouse their suspicions , the two travel to the world in Lando ' s ship , the " Cobra " instead of the " Millennium Falcon " . Lando and Chewbacca both wear a disguise to enter Lemo and Sanda ' s den , and Calrissian identifies himself as Captain Drebble , claiming that he is searching for Solo . In order to convince the gang to help the Rebels search for Solo , Lando claims that Han was secretly a very talented treasure hunter , citing his of the lost idol Vol as proof . Calrissian is aware that the gang is searching for two valuable relics , the Dancing Goddess and the Minstrel , and he hints that Solo will be able to help them find the two artifacts . In reality , Calrissian is just searching for any information that the gang might have on Solo ' s whereabouts . In their guises as fellow pirates , the Rebels inadvertently raise the ire of one of the gang members , Koruu , who attempts to shoot " Captain Drebble " in the back . However , Lando is able to quickly turn on his attacker and throw a knife through his chest , killing him and earning the gang ' s respect . Lemo and Sanda invite the two Rebels to dinner , planning to figure out " Drebble ' s " plan and then kill him . During dinner , the gang attempts to get Lando drunk on Deltron spice wine to make him spill his plans . However , before Lando can become too intoxicated , he learns that the gang believes that Solo is headed for Tatooine , to be turned over to Jabba the Hutt . Lando claims that he had heard that rumor , but when the duo had gone to Tatooine earlier , Fett had not arrived yet . Upon hearing the pirates claims , the Rebels finally know for sure that Han is to be delivered to Tatooine . Unfortunately for Lando , when he tells the gang of his journey to Tatooine , he accidentally mentions Chewbacca ' s name , and the group pulls their weapons on him . Chewbacca is able to help them make a break for it when he swings his bench at the gang , knocking several of them across the room . Chewbacca and Lando flee from the restaurant and commandeer a hover car , fleeing into the city . As Lemo and Sanda ' s gang give chase , Lando is forced to stop momentarily to ask a prostitute for directions . However , the woman is in a foul mood , as her customer base had been dried up by the presence of pirates on the planet . Mistaking Lando for being with the same crowd , she gives him faulty directions , leading him down the wrong street towards oncoming traffic . As Lemo and Sanda catch up with the Rebels , both groups find themselves trying to dodge the oncoming vehicles . Lando and Chewbacca are able to jump their car into an empty street , but a couple of Lemo and Sanda ' s crew are killed trying to make the same turn , smashing their craft into nearby buildings and other vehicles . However , the pirate gang continue the chase , firing their blasters at the fleeing duo . Tired of being shot at , Chewbacca jumps from Calrissian ' s hovercar onto one of the pirates ' vessels . After throwing the rival group from their vehicle , the Wookiee commandeers the vehicle . Now in two separate hover cars , Lando tells Chewie to meet him back at the " Cobra " , and they split up . As they both simultaneously lose their pursuers , they end up taking opposite routes , inadvertently setting themselves up for a head - on collision . As both Lando and Chewbacca ' s cars crash into each other , the Rebels are thrown from the wreckage , only to land directly in front of Dafi , a member of Lemo and Sanda ' s gang . Although the pirate initially plans to kill the pair , she happens to spy a small statue that had fallen out of Lando ' s pocket . The Minstrel , one of the artifacts that the gang had been searching for , was in Calrissian ' s possession all along , as he had won it in a card game a long time ago . Upon seeing the statue , Dafi is filled with a desire for the artifact , and she snatches it from the Rebels . When the rest of the gang shows up , she believes that they have come to steal her prize , and she begins to shoot her blaster wildly at the group . In the chaos that follows , Chewbacca and Lando are able to sneak back to the " Cobra " . Lando is excited to have confirmed the final whereabouts of Han Solo — Jabba ' s headquarters on Tatooine . As the duo leave the world , Lando wonders just what the gang wanted with the Minstrel , claiming that it might be worth investigating after they save Han . To top it off , he also wonders what they would have done to him had they known that he also possessed the Dancing Goddess , the other statue that the gang was after . Behind the scenes . Sanda claims in this issue that the bounty on Han Solo was one hundred thousand credits . Lando mistakenly calls the Stenax homeworld " Stenax " instead of " Stenos . " The " Star - Words " letter page of hinted that Lando Calrissian ' s disguise as Captain Drebble in this issue is based on the anime character . This issue includes a one - page comic about assistant editor Eliot Brown explaining how to build a Darth Vader costume , but in the end George Lucas reprimands him . " The Big Con " was originally intended to appear in the but was pushed back when " " was published instead . This issue was originally scheduled to feature " Lady " , which was later retitled " " and published in the .