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Star Wars is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 12, 1977 [a] to May 27, 1986. Featuring classic Star Wars characters Luke Skywalker , Princess Leia , Han Solo , Chewbacca , C-3PO , and R2-D2 , the first six issues adapt the May 1977 film Star Wars .
Star Wars comics have been produced by various comic book publishers since the debut of the 1977 film Star Wars. [a] Marvel Comics launched its original series in 1977, beginning with a six-issue comic adaptation of the film and running for 107 issues, including an adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back.
Blackthorne Publishing published a run of 3-D comics from 1987 to 1988, [2] and Dark Horse Comics published Star Wars comic books from 1991 until 2014. Exclusive publishing rights returned to Marvel Comics in 2015. [1] Almost all Star Wars comics published prior to 2015 have been rebranded as non-canon with the designation Legends. [3]
The 1977 installments were the first original Star Wars stories not directly adapted from the films to appear in print form, as they preceded those of the Star Wars comic series. [181] From 1985 to 1987, the animated children's series Ewoks and Droids inspired comic series from Marvel's Star Comics line.
The 1977 installments of the serialized Star Wars comic featured in Pizzazz are the first original Star Wars stories not directly adapted from the films to appear in print form, preceding both the original stories in Marvel's Star Wars comic series and the 1978 novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye. [3]
The first Star Wars film had just come out in May 1977 and was the biggest thing in pop culture.So, in September of that year, The Donny & Marie Show put on their very own Star Wars special ...
24-page read-along adaptations of the 1977 Star Wars comic by Marvel Comics. They are accompanied by a 7-inch 33 1/3 record or cassette. They are accompanied by a 7-inch 33 1/3 record or cassette. Droid World (1983), adaptation of Star Wars #47 by Archie Goodwin (adapter) and Dick Foes (illustrator) (3 ABY)
The comics are set between the original Star Wars film and The Empire Strikes Back, with the exception of an adaptation of Brian Daley's Han Solo at Stars' End (1979). The first run, by Russ Manning , was primarily created before the release of The Empire Strikes Back , while Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson , in their storylines, worked with ...