Before becoming a legend with works like Watchmen and V for Vendetta, Alan Moore wrote five Star Wars comics only released in the UK. Fans won't be surprised they contain unique stories, such as a planet for dumping droids becoming an electronic god.
Among comic book fans, Alan Moore is legendary due to the stories he wrote that shook the medium to the core, but before penning classics like Watchmen, V for Vendetta or the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, he took a detour into a galaxy far, far away to write five stories in the Star Wars universe.
Beginning in February 1978, Marvel Comics UK published Star Wars Weekly, a Star Wars magazine that serialized the now non-canon American Marvel Star Wars comics, as well as original comics and articles. The series underwent several name changes during its run, often to reflect the most recent Star Wars movie that was selling out cinemas.
Now that Alan Moore is retired from writing comic books, fans have been exploring the lesser-known regions of his catalogue, and there are many gems to be found. While the original stories were published in The Empire Strikes Back Monthly #151, 154-156, and #159 between November 1981 and August 1982 in the UK, these stories weren't printed in North America until 1996, fifteen years after their publication.
It wouldn't be long after these stories were published before Alan Moore started work on Swamp Thing, which would be the first of many comics to make him a household name and firmly place him as an important figure in comics history. If there is one thing Moore nailed with his five short stories, it's the implied depth of history that exists in the Star Wars universe.
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