Not yet reviewed
This run is in the catalogue but has not been written up. Everything above is verified publication data; there is no opinion here yet, and a placeholder review would be worse than none.
Original generated cover art — not a reproduction of any published cover
Star Wars: A New Hope – The Special Edition
A brand-new comics adaptation of the 1997 Special Edition cut of the first film, timed to its theatrical re-release.
Four issues from January to April 1997, written by Bruce Jones and drawn by Eduardo Barreto with inks by Barreto, Al Williamson and Carlos Garzón. Dave Dorman painted the issue covers; the collected edition used a Hildebrandt cover.
Every issue
Issue list — 4 of 4 catalogued
Number, title, cover date and credits. A dash means the field is not verified — not that it is empty.
| # | Title | Cover date | Writer | Artist | Cover artist | Arc | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | January 1997 | Bruce Jones | Eduardo Barreto | Dave Dorman | — | |
| 2 | — | February 1997 | Bruce Jones | Eduardo Barreto | Dave Dorman | — | |
| 3 | — | March 1997 | Bruce Jones | Eduardo Barreto | Dave Dorman | — | |
| 4 | — | April 1997 | Bruce Jones | Eduardo Barreto | Dave Dorman | — |
In print
Collected editions
No collected edition of this run has been catalogued here yet.
Dossiers
Who is in it
Encyclopedia entries for the figures this run develops.
Luke Skywalker
The farm boy the whole shelf is built around — and the character the two continuities disagree about most.
Leia Organa
A politician first, a fighter by necessity, and the character the novels have served best.
Han Solo
The genre’s most durable scoundrel, and a surprisingly hard character to write well in prose.
Darth Vader
Two characters in one suit, and the publishing programme has spent fifty years arguing about the seam.
Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Order’s most dutiful son, which is exactly the problem the books keep poking at.
