Star Wars | |
The first volume of the Star Wars manga, published in Japan on July 15, 1998
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スター・ウォーズ | |
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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).
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.
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
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
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
Artwork - Kia Asamiya
Volumes - 2
Volume 1: Finding of Anakin
Volume 2: Qui-Gon's death and Darth Maul battle