Star Wars (manga)

Star Wars

The first volume of the Star Wars manga, published in Japan on July 15, 1998
Genre Science fiction, Fantasy
Manga
A New Hope
Written by George Lucas
Illustrated by Hisao Tamaki
English publisher
Volumes 4
Manga
The Empire Strikes Back
Written by George Lucas
Illustrated by Toshiki Kudo
English publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Volumes 4
Manga
Return of the Jedi
Written by George Lucas
Illustrated by Shin'ichi Hiromoto
English publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Volumes 4
Manga
The Phantom Menace
Written by George Lucas
Illustrated by Kia Asamiya
English publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Volumes 2

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).[1][2][3]

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

Main article: Star Wars (film)

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

Main article: 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

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