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Star Wars (manga)

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Written by
  
George Lucas

English publisher
  
Dark Horse Comics

Written by
  
George Lucas

Illustrated by
  
Hisao Tamaki

Volumes
  
4

Genre
  
Science fiction, Fantasy

Four Star Wars films were adapted to manga by Dark Horse Comics between 1998 and 1999: Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999).

Contents

Volumes

To conform to Western standards, for the English versions the art was copied in mirror-image in order to be read from left to right.

A New Hope

Artwork - Hisao Tamaki
Volumes - 4
Volume 1: Luke meeting Obi-wan and the droids, destruction of Luke's home
Volume 2: Meeting of Han Solo, journey to Death Star
Volume 3: Death Star events, Obi-wan's death
Volume 4: Attack of Death Star

The Empire Strikes Back

Artwork - Toshiki Kudo
Volumes - 4
Volume 1: Hoth Battle
Volume 2: Meeting Yoda
Volume 3: Han, Leia, Chewbacca, C3P-O on Cloud City
Volume 4: Han frozen, Luke loses his hand to Vader

Return of the Jedi

Artwork - Shin-Ichi Hiromoto
Volumes - 4
Volume 1: Everyone captured by Jabba
Volume 2: Escape from Jabba, head to Dagobah
Volume 3: Ewok village, Luke's capture
Volume 4: Death of Vader and Palpatine

The Phantom Menace

Artwork - Kia Asamiya
Volumes - 2
Volume 1: Finding of Anakin
Volume 2: Qui-Gon's death and Darth Maul battle

References

Star Wars (manga) Wikipedia