Star Wars 82 : Diplomacy Star Wars 82 : Diplomacy is the eighty - second issue in the " Marvel Star Wars " series of comics . Plot summary . Shortly after the Battle of Endor , Luke Skywalker is on the forest moon of Endor training with the local Ewoks , including Wicket W . Warrick . The Ewoks attack Skywalker with spears and rocks , and the young Jedi Knight is able to fend off their attacks , finishing by levitating Wicket into the air . Following his training session , Skywalker is approached by Lando Calrissian , Chewbacca , C - 3PO , and Admiral Ackbar . Ackbar tells Skywalker about the Rebellion ' s plan to set up a new government . He tasks the Jedi Knight with visiting several worlds to ask their leaders if they would attend and participate in a planetary council . The Hoojib Plif decides to go along on Skywalker ' s mission , and the two depart Endor in his X - wing starfighter . The first planet on Skywalker ' s list is Iskalon , and the Jedi is hesitant to return due to the destruction that took place the Skywalker visited the world . Skywalker makes a bearing for the destroyed city of Pavillion and is shocked to see a starship landed among the wreckage . Skywalker lands near the ship and begins to investigate , looking for sign of the Iskalonian s . However , the ship actually belongs to Rik Duel , and Skywalker is immediately pounced on by Dani , a Zeltron who Skywalker had previously encountered . The woman is incredibly infatuated by Skywalker , and Luke is forced to fend off her advances . Upon talking with Duel and Chihdo , Skywalker learns that the " Moonshadow " is on Iskalon to salvage the wreckage from the attack by the Empire . Skywalker and Plif are appalled by Duel ' s tactics , and they try to convince him to leave the world and their equipment alone . However , Duel refuses , claiming that this is the best caper he has ever cooked up . During their conversation , a Chiaki rises out the water and attacks the salvagers . Skywalker is able to ward off the beast , but Plif reads the Chiaki ' s mind before it returns to the ocean . The monster had actually been drawn to the surface by the Iskalonian s , who had been angered by the " airbreathers " coming to their world . Skywalker senses an incoming attack , and he knocks the Rik Duel gang aside . The Iskalonians emerge from the sea equipped with water tank s but are met head on by Skywalker who does everything he can to fend off the attack without killing anyone . Before the Iskalonians can step up their attack , they are stopped by Kiro , who has recognized Skywalker . Kiro asks his friend why he is helping the Rik Duel gang , who are heartless scavengers . Skywalker claims that he only came as a diplomat to talk with the School ' s leader , and he was just as disappointed in the Rik Duel gang ' s actions . Mone , the leader of the School , appears to Skywalker , but he immediately asks the man to leave Iskalon . Although the Empire has been defeated at Endor , Mone and the School are still hesitant to trust offworlders , and they want no contact with outsiders . Luke is depressed by Mone ' s answer , but he agrees to leave . As Skywalker commands Rik Duel and his gang to leave as well , Kiro speaks with Mone , trying to convince him to send a representative back to the Alliance . However , Mone refuses , claiming that the School cannot send anyone , and if anyone does leave , they cannot represent the Iskalonians . Even with Mone ' s command , Kiro decides to ask Luke to take him along , having become bored of his role on the planet . Equipping himself with a high - impact water tank suit , Kiro prepares to leave Iskalon . Having no room aboard his X - wing , Kiro is forced to board the " Moonshadow " instead . As the group leaves Iskalon , the school stares with incredulity , in disbelief over Kiro ' s choice to leave the world . As an Iskalonian asks Mone whether Kiro will miss his home , Mone responds that Kiro will miss it no more than the School will miss him . Behind the scenes . This is the first Marvel Star Wars issue featuring Luke Skywalker that takes place after . The story takes place concurrently with " " , as Ackbar claims that Leia and Han are away on Tatooine , referencing the events of the previous issue . The storyline begun in this issue — with Skywalker visiting worlds to ask them to send representatives back to the Alliance on Endor — does not continue until 5 issues later , in " " , despite a story by that title being advertised on the final page as the next issue . The solicitation for this issue in " " # 10 advertises " Still Active After All These Years " , meaning the story in this issue — like the previous three issues — was originally intended to appear , but was pushed back when " " was published in . In the story , C - 3PO says " Chewbacca feels he still has more to learn from the Hoojib s and more to teach them . . . and I ' m needed here to translate their tongue . " As the Hoojibs are telepathic , their tongue does not need any translation . This line is more probably a typo , with Chewbacca wanting to learn from and teach the Ewoks , as referred by Han Solo and Princess Leia in the previous issue .