Marvel Comics' remastered 'Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope' comic adaptation released

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(C) 2015 Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm Ltd. 

On April 12, 1977, a then-struggling Marvel Comics published Star Wars 1, the first issue of a six-part adaptation of George Lucas's Star Wars (aka Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope). Released more than a month before the movie was in theaters, Star Wars 1 gave many sci-fi and comics fans their first glimpse at Lucas's space fantasy set "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away."
Adapted by Roy Thomas, who was Marvel's editor-in-chief at the time, and with art by Howard Chaykin, Marvel's Star Wars comic series closely follows the basic plot of Lucas's 1977 blockbuster. However, since Thomas used Lucas's fourth revised draft of the screenplay and had access to a handful of publicity photos provided by Lucasfilm, his version includes several scenes that were deleted from the film before its May 25, 1977 release.
Star Wars' comic book adaptation was a major success. It saved Marvel Comics from bankruptcy and helped establish the "Star Wars" brand as a multi-media franchise. The six-part adaptation of Star Wars - Episode IV is also one of the most reprinted comics in the industry's history.
On May 5, 2015, seven months before the premiere of Disney/Lucasfilm's Star Wars - Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Marvel (which is also owned by Disney) published Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope, the 11th reissue of Thomas and Chaykin's seminal comic adaptation. 
According to a December 2014 announcement by Marvel Comics, the oversized hardcover edition was originally  scheduled for a March 2015 release but was held back for two months by the New York-based publishing company, which is also owned by Disney. It contains the original script by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin's artwork. The new edition also features a new cover by Adi Granov and remastered coloring by Chris Sotomayor.
"When Star Wars took the world by storm in 1977, Marvel Comics was right there with exciting comic adaptations and new stories set in a galaxy far, far away," said David Gabriel, Marvel's senior vice-president for sales and marketing.  “With new Star Wars comics being published by Marvel in 2015, we’re proud to look back on this exciting remastered adaptation of the original film, with remastered adaptations of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi coming later in 2015.”
 Marvel followed the publication of Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope in August 2015 with a similarly remastered hardcover edition of Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson's adaptation of Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, with dust jacket artwork by Granov and new coloring by Sotomayor. That November, the trilogy was complete with the release of Star Wars - Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
All three titles are available on Amazon.
The classic Star Wars film trilogy is also available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Publication Specifications
  • Series: Star Wars
  • Hardcover: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Marvel (May 5, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0785193480
  • ISBN-13: 978-0785193487

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