Star Wars (manga)

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
Manga
A New Hope
Written by	George Lucas
Illustrated by	Hisao Tamaki
Published by	MediaWorks
English publisher	NA: Dark Horse Comics;
Published	1997
Volumes	2
Manga
The Empire Strikes Back
Written by	George Lucas
Illustrated by	Toshiki Kudo
Published by	MediaWorks
English publisher	NA: Dark Horse Comics;
Published	1998
Volumes	2
Manga
Return of the Jedi
Written by	George Lucas
Illustrated by	Shinichi Hiromoto
Published by	MediaWorks
English publisher	NA: Dark Horse Comics;
Published	1999
Volumes	2
Manga
The Phantom Menace
Written by	George Lucas
Illustrated by	Kia Asamiya
Published by	Shogakukan
English publisher	NA: Dark Horse Comics;
Published	2000
Volumes	1

Three Star Wars films were adapted into manga by MediaWorks between 1997 and 1999: A New Hope (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983). Later Shogakukan adapted The Phantom Menace (1999) into manga too. 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 – 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: A New Hope – Manga #1 (of 4)". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
^ Green, Scott (2015-01-08). ""Star Wars" Manga Returns in Digital Format". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
^ "Animerica: Animerica Feature: Star Wars: Episode 1 in manga". 12 February 2004. Archived from the original on 12 February 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Animerica: Animerica Feature: Star Wars, the Manga". 7 April 2004. Archived from the original on 7 April 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

[1] "Star Wars: A New Hope – Manga #1 (of 4)". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved May 27, 2018.

[2] Green, Scott (2015-01-08). ""Star Wars" Manga Returns in Digital Format". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2020-12-10.

[3] "Animerica: Animerica Feature: Star Wars: Episode 1 in manga". 12 February 2004. Archived from the original on 12 February 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[4] "Animerica: Animerica Feature: Star Wars, the Manga". 7 April 2004. Archived from the original on 7 April 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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