With The Star Wars #1, J. W. Rinzler and Mike Mayhew take us to a time and place they call “Longer ago, in a galaxy either further away.” Adapted from the original screenplay by George Lucas, this comic shows what might have been if Lucas’s original plans hadn’t been altered by several revisions of the script. What we know as Star Wars: A New Hope started life as The Star Wars, a tale of Jedi-Bendu vs. the Knights of Sith, as the New Empire had hunted down the architects of the Imperial Space Force. You’ll notice similar themes and characters — Luke, Leia, Jedi,
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