Marvel Star Wars Comic Books. Marvel Comics Group's nine-year run of Star Wars comics saw more than its fair share of talented creators weaving the ongoing monthly into the classic series that it is today. The books themselves carried an innocence granted by a largely popular set of films that hadn't yet been bogged down with years of expanded universe continuity. Unlike most of the Dark Horse comics of today, the Marvel run was geared mostly towards young readers and it showed in the way the storytelling carried out. For the most part, these tales didn't continue longer than two or three issues and always saw all loose ends tied up. Though many of these old tomes were as lighthearted as a Saturday morning cartoon, others shined with such mature undertones that they hold up to this day.
It is more than just enjoyable to read these stories; it's 22 pages of the truest nostalgia there is. Back To Comic Books | Back to Photo Archive. Star Wars Comic Book Resource. Star Wars in a Notebook! | Star Wars Fan Movie Champions | Animation | Atom. Star Wars (Marvel) Left "Long ago in a galaxy far, far away... there exists a state of cosmic civil war. A brave alliance of underground freedom fighters has challenged the tyranny and oppression of the awesome Galactic Empire. This is their story! " ―Introduction to many issues of Marvel's Star Wars[src] Issues 1–6 adapted the events of A New Hope and Issues 39–44 adapted The Empire Strikes Back; however, the Return of the Jedi adaptation was published as a separate four-issue mini-series outside of the regular series.
Many issues of the regular series included a letter column titled Star-Words. Canonicity Edit Echo Station: "What kind of approval process did you need to adhere to? " Archie Goodwin: "In the beginning I would send a synopsis of the story line I was planning to do to Lucasfilm and the folks in their licensing department would check over what I was doing. ―Allan Kausch from 1996, referring to the Shadows of the Empire multimedia project[src] Issues Annual Issues Collections A New Hope Edit Edit Devilworlds. StarWars Zone. By Albert Ching It can be intimidating to think of a new story set in the familiar territory of the original "Star Wars" trilogy.
Luckily for Matt Kindt, that intimidation led to inspiration. Despite being a fan of the franchise, the Mind MGMT" creator originally declined when Dark Horse Comics asked him if he was interested in writing a Star Wars miniseries, due both to his busy schedule and the uncertainty that he'd be able to come up with something new to the franchise. Yet his mixed emotions soon led to him discovering his idea for the story -- introducing new members of Rebel Alliance and showing how they view the icons of the Star Wars universe.
The end result is the four-issue "Star Wars: Rebel Heist" miniseries, debuting in April and illustrated by Star Wars comic alum Marco Castiello. CBR News: Much has been made out of your busy writing schedule as of late, so presumably a "Star War" miniseries was something you were uniquely interested in.