Star Wars (manga)

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Star Wars
The first volume of the Star Wars manga, published in Japan on July 15, 1998
スター・ウォーズ
Genre	Science fiction[1]
Manga
A New Hope
Written by	George Lucas
Illustrated by	Hisao Tamaki
Published by	MediaWorks
English publisher	NA Dark Horse Comics
Volumes	2
Manga
The Empire Strikes Back
Written by	George Lucas
Illustrated by	Toshiki Kudo
Published by	MediaWorks
English publisher	NA Dark Horse Comics
Volumes	2
Manga
Return of the Jedi
Written by	George Lucas
Illustrated by	Shin'ichi Hiromoto
Published by	MediaWorks
English publisher	NA Dark Horse Comics
Volumes	2
Manga
The Phantom Menace
Written by	George Lucas
Illustrated by	Kia Asamiya
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA Dark Horse Comics
Volumes	1
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Four Star Wars films were adapted into manga by MediaWorks between 1997 and 1999: Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999). They were published in English by Dark Horse Comics.^[2][3][4]

Volumes[]

In the English versions the art was copied in mirror-image in order to be read from left to right and the content was split into more volumes than the Japanese edition.

A New Hope[]

Artwork –
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 –
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 –
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[]

External links[]

• Animerica review of A New Hope
• Animerica review of The Phantom Menace