Because, in a way, it's the most pivotal realization in the entire saga.

You know the one we mean; the moment when Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith, the Emperor’s right hand, learned the identity of the Rebel pilot who destroyed the first Death Star. And while we never saw it in a Star Wars film, it appeared in the pages of a Star Wars comic book…twice!

The beauty of Marvel’s history with the Galaxy Far, Far Away lies in its dual chronicles, one long ago and one unfurling even as you read this. Writers and artists past and present have detailed the Moment, each in their own way.

After the events of A New Hope, illustrated in STAR WARS #1-6, it wasn’t until STAR WARS #18 when Luke Skywalker again found himself in the presence of the Dark Lord—sort of. As he and his Rebel pals headed to a strange satellite called the Wheel, he brushed Darth Vader’s mind as he practiced the his of the Force and set in motion of a series of events he’d long remember.

For his part, Vader followed up on that fleeting encounter in STAR WARS #21 by following the Force to the Wheel, though at the time he’d no idea who was so strong in the energy field to cause the disturbance. The Rebels escaped the satellite in STAR WARS #23 and Luke left the Sith Lord with a little Force backlash as a going-away present…which only made Vader even more determined to learn his identity.

After a side-trip in STAR WARS #29 to wrest Luke’s name from a Rebel deserter—Vader was foiled by the cyborg bounty hunter called Valance and the Rebel himself—the Dark Lord finally got what he’d been looking for in STAR WARS #35.