Variant Alert: STAR TOURS on Bounty Hunters #15
The most devoted of Marvel Blog True Believers already know that Bounty Hunters #15, one of the tie-in books in the ongoing Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters crossover event from Marvel Comics, is an excellent read. But we would be remiss if we didn’t spotlight one of the covers in the Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary series of variants: a Star Tours variant by Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, and Neeraj Menon!
Star Tours Variant for Bounty Hunters #15. Photo: Marvel Comics
Star Tours? What Are YOU Doing Here?
Star Tours is an attraction at Tomorrowland in Disneyland (and at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris).
Star Tours Short (1987). Photo: IMDb
The original version, which is featured on the cover, opened on January 9th, 1987 at Disneyland. It featured an opening show that centered on C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 as they performed work on the Starspeeder 3000, and while this opening show continues to this day, it has since been updated with new material from a galaxy far, far away.
As has the ride itself. Now, in Star Tours: The Journey Continues, riders are treated to a randomized selection of Star Wars planets.
Star Tours. Photo: Disneyland
But in the original version, there was only one route – an ill-fated voyage to the forest moon of Endor. The pilot of the ship was RX-24, also known as Rex! Voiced by Paul Reubens, Rex is still visible in the queue for Star Tours…
Plus, he now has a gig working in Oga’s Cantina on Batuu as a DJ. You know, now that we think about it, Marvel Blog True Believers, that’s probably a better career path for him, anyway!
DJ Rex. Photo: Rebecca Kaplan
Bounty Hunters #15
Have you had a chance to pick up Bounty Hunters #15 by Ethan Sacks, Paolo Villanelli, Arif Prianto, and Travis Lanham? What did you think of this issue? Did you get the chance to pick up one of the exciting variant covers? At Marvel Blog, we saw the Star Tours variant after we read the issue and loved it so much, we couldn’t resist! Let us know in the comment section!
