Star Wars 84 : Seoul Searching Star Wars 84 : Seoul Searching is the eighty - fourth issue in the " Marvel Star Wars " series of comics . Plot summary . Much the same as Luke Skywalker in , Han Solo has been asked to invite planetary leaders to a Galactic Congress . After delivering an invite to the people of Zhotta 3 , Solo and his Wookiee co - pilot make their way to a low - life cantina on a backwater world to relax . Solo ' s card - playing abilities eventually sees him taking the money from every gambler in the house . However , one gambler decides to make one final bet , for more interesting stakes . He decides to wager a crystal which he found in the Seoul 5 system as well as a holomap to the system , against Solo ' s ship , the " Millennium Falcon " . Solo is skeptical of the man ' s story , as the popular tale is that Seoul 5 was destroyed in a cosmic war eons ago , and the only Seoularian presence is in old abandoned outposts . The man becomes angry at Solo ' s disbelief and tells him his story . He was an advance scout for the Galactic Empire Exploratory Division when a meteor hit his ship just as he was entering hyperspace . Upon finding the system , he landed on the fifth planet where he discovered the crystal that he now possesses . He returned to the Empire , but due to the escalating conflict of the war , he was unable to earn enough money for a return trip . As a final piece of proof that his story is true , he uses the crystal to telekinetically throw Chewbacca across the toom . Intrigued by the man ' s story , Solo agrees to the bet . The man lays down a " full system " , content that he has won Solo ' s ship , since the odds against beating his hand are " astronomical " . However , Solo still has the winning hand . The man , infuriated over his loss , draws his blaster , yelling that Solo is a cheat . Upon hearing the man ' s claims , and still sore about losing their money to Solo , the rest of the cantina pulls their weapons , intending to gun Solo down . Chewbacca and Solo are only barely able to escape , and without their winnings . However , Solo has snatched the holo - map and the crystal , and he decides to investigate the man ' s story . The " Millennium Falcon " arrives in the Seoul 5 system , where they spot Seoul 5 , just as the spy had told them . However , as they go to land on the world , Chewbacca picks up humanoid life - signals coming from the planet . Solo is puzzled by the presence of another group , but they land anyway , on the outskirts of an ancient city . Solo decides to investigate on his own , claiming that he needs Chewbacca back at the ship in case they need to make a quick getaway . Although the Wookiee is skeptical about splitting up , he agrees to remain with the " Falcon " . Meanwhile , the humanoid lifeforms detected by the two Rebels happen to be an Imperial landing force . Despite Palpatine ' s death , their large ship has come to Seoul 5 by the order of one of the Emperor ' s Imperial Governors in pursuit of further wealth and power . The leader , of the Imperials , Captain Drezzel , has detected the arrival of the " Millennium Falcon " , and he summons his Force Adept , Adjutant Ssssk ! to track down the intruders . The Imperials make their way into the main city , where they find Solo investigating an ancient statue of the Mother Goddess , Onrai , the apparent mistress of the planet Notron , cradle of all Humans in the galaxy . Solo is skeptical of the claim of Notron , as at least a half - dozen other planets make the same claim . Just as he is pondering the statue , he is struck by a telekinetic attack by Ssssk ! , causing him to collapse . After a brief shootout ensues , Solo presses a button on the statue , transporting him through a trap door and into the crystal room that the old man had described . However , the Imperials had already set up shop in the room . As Solo comes closer to the crystals , they begin to whine loudly , attracted to the crystal that Solo already possesses . Before he can investigate further , a group of stormtroopers appears , and Solo is forced to duck out of sight . Inside a small room that Solo goes to hide in , he finds two tied - up xenoarchaeologist s , Dr . Xathan and his assistant Fem Nu - Ar . The two , quickly explain that they were the ones who led the Imperials to the planet on an information gathering expedition . Upon discovering the crystals , they had learned that the devices were used by the Seoularian s to power everything in their city . Unfortunately , upon making this discovery , they were mind probed by Ssssk ! , who immediately informed Drezzel . The Imperials quickly took the archaeologists prisoner , planning to use the crystals for weapons development . Fem Nu - Ar pleads with Solo to help them escape and steal the crystals from the Imperials to keep them from manipulating the crystals in such a way . Solo agrees to help them , and after untying the two archaeologists , he uses his hiding place to stun the stormtroopers in the area . As the trio attempt to gather up the crystals , the other crystals begin to hum once again . Intrigued by the odd reaction of the crystals , Dr . Xathan demands to see what Solo has with him . Upon showing the archaeologists the crystal that he had brought with him , the two are shocked , claiming that it is the Key crystal , the main crystal which powers all the others . Before they can decide what to do with it , the Imperials , led by Drezzel , flood the crystal room and open fire . Pinned down , Solo tells the two archaeologists to run back to the entrance he came in , and he begins to lay down covering fire . Before Solo can escape with the two archaeologists , Ssssk ! arrives to take care of the Rebel leader . Luckily , the crystal has the power to boost mental energy , and Solo is able to ward off the Adjutant ' s attacks , turning his own tricks against him . Ssssk ! collapses from the mental blow , and Solo is free to make his escape . However , before he can make his getaway , he inadvertently slams the key crystal into a slot on a Seoularian pedestal . The action floods the chamber with light , blinding the Imperials and giving Solo the time to escape . However , the action had had unintended consequences . Locked in alongside the other crystals , the crystal room ' s power begins to build to the breaking point . Knowing that the area is soon to explode , Solo and the archaeologists make their way out of the trap door that Solo had come in and sprint back to the " Millennium Falcon " . As the city begins to be filled with a large whine , the " Falcon " takes off , pursued by TIE fighters . Before the fighters can open fire on Solo ' s ship , the Seoularian city is destroyed in a massive explosion , which destroys the TIE fighters as well . As the " Millennium Falcon " makes its getaway , Solo claims that he hasn ' t seen such an explosion since " we blew away the Death Star " . The archaeologists are saddened by the monumental loss of archaeological knowledge , but they thank Solo for the rescue , glad that at least the crystals won ' t be able to be used by the Imperials . As a final thanks to Solo , Fem Nu - Ar plants a kiss on her savior , causing Solo to exclaim that it was about time he got a pleasant surprise out his trip . Behind the scenes . This issue was originally scheduled to feature " " , which appeared in the .