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 | |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Manga | |
| Return of the Jedi | |
| Written by | George Lucas |
| Illustrated by | Shin'ichi Hiromoto |
| English publisher | |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Manga | |
| The Phantom Menace | |
| Written by | George Lucas |
| Illustrated by | Kia Asamiya |
| English publisher | |
| 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
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
