Han Solo at Stars' End is a comic strip originating as an adaptation of the Brian Daley novel of the same name. Archie Goodwin adapted the novel, with illustrations by Alfredo Alcala in 1980. It came close to being the final Star Wars comic in newspaper format.
Dark Horse Comics put out a new edition of the strip in 1997. It also appeared in the webstrips area of StarWars.com's Hyperspace section.
Han Solo and Chewbacca discover they are in need of a special permit to legally operate the Millennium Falcon within the Corporate Sector. They then attempt to contact Doc, a renegade technician. However, Doc's daughter, Jessa, tells them Doc has disappeared, and she suspects he was kidnapped. Han makes an agreement with Jessa: if she provides the waiver and modifications to the Falcon, he and Chewbacca will assist in finding out what happened to Doc and other adversaries of the Corporate Sector Authority, the capitalist and dictatorial organization in charge of the Corporate Sector.
As part of this endeavor, Han and Chewbacca take two droids, Bollux and Blue Max, to the planet Orron III, where they meet with Rekkon, who is leading the search for the missing people. Blue Max, a miniature computer probe concealed inside Bollux's chest, gets into the Authority's computer network and looks for the location of those who were abducted. However, Rekkon's small group has a traitor among them, and their actions are exposed.
While the group tries to flee the planet, Chewbacca is captured by Espos (Security Police of the Authority) and carried away. Han and the rest escape the planet on the Falcon. As they take off, the traitor shoots Rekkon and destroys the data that Blue Max had collected. But before he dies, Rekkon writes the words "Stars' End, Mytus VII" on the Falcon's game table. Han figures out that this must be where the Authority's secret prison is located. After exposing and dealing with the traitor, Han and the remaining members of Rekkon's group travel to Stars' End. Disguised as interstellar performers, they get into the facility and free the kidnapped victims, including Doc and Chewbacca. The facility and its personnel are destroyed during the escape.
This strip almost became the last Star Wars newspaper comic in the Los Angeles Times. The LA Times discontinued the Star Wars strip in January of 1981, due to a perceived lack of reader interest. The Star Wars Fan Club responded with a letter of protest, which convinced the LA Times to resume the strip, starting with The Bounty Hunter of Ord Mantell.
The initial strip for the story was later posted on the official Star Wars Tumblr account.