Star Wars (manga)
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]
| 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[1] |
| Manga | |
| A New Hope | |
| Written by | George Lucas |
| Illustrated by | Hisao Tamaki |
| Published by | MediaWorks |
| English publisher | |
| Published | 1997 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Manga | |
| The Empire Strikes Back | |
| Written by | George Lucas |
| Illustrated by | Toshiki Kudo |
| Published by | MediaWorks |
| English publisher |
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| Published | 1998 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Manga | |
| Return of the Jedi | |
| Written by | George Lucas |
| Illustrated by | Shin'ichi Hiromoto |
| Published by | MediaWorks |
| English publisher |
|
| Published | 1999 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Manga | |
| The Phantom Menace | |
| Written by | George Lucas |
| Illustrated by | Kia Asamiya |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher |
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| Published | 2000 |
| Volumes | 1 |
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.
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