Now, dig this- the alien killer was described as "Rruouthk'kar, an <b>Ariguan Sith-Lord</b>"
That's the one and only time he's referred to that way, because, just a few short panels later, he finds himself impaled on the business-end of Star-Lord's saber (just a regular ol' sabre), putting a quick end to that part of the tale. A few years later ('83?), a reprint of that story, "Star-Lord, the Special Edition", came out and in the accompanying article, which makes mention of Star Wars, says nothing about the "Sith" connection- probably because the word had almost no meaning in the Star Wars universe of the time.
Dictionary.com tells me only that "sith" is an archaic word meaning "since"... nothing there. Wikipedia pretty much tells me the same.
Now, to compound this odd coincidence <i>(or is it?)</i>, Chris Claremont, the man who wrote that story and is probably better know to folks here as the long-time writer of Marvel Comics' X-Men, co-wrote three novels with George Lucas! But you probably already knew that.
So...does anyone out there have any idea what the connection is there? And while we're at it, I noticed that the word "Ariguan" actually turns up on this very site!!!
It's a conspiracy, I tells ya! All kidding aside, any info on this would be greatly appreciated. Also, hi! I'm new.
