OCTOBER 2, MILWAUKIE, OR—New York Comic Con, the largest pop culture event on the Eastern Seaboard, is right around the corner, and Dark Horse is bringing you the latest and greatest in exclusive comics and Dark Horse Deluxe products! The Star Wars #1 NYCC 2013 Exclusive (Limited Edition of 1,000) Before Star Wars, there was The Star Wars! This is the authorized adaptation of George Lucas’s rough-draft screenplay of what would eventually become a motion picture that would change the world. Price: $5.00 Availability: Two per person, while supplies last Elfquest: The Final Quest Special NYCC 2013 Exclusive (Limited Edition of 500) Elfquest is a
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Comic Review: “The Star Wars” #2 (of 8)
Mild spoilers below. This month’s issue of The Star Wars is the print-version of deja vu. There is much in this story that will make you think, “… this seems familiar”, because you can start seeing more of how the final version of Star Wars: A New Hope came into being from this first draft. Case in point: this issue contains a huge space battle. It’s no surprise. First, it’s Star Wars – of course there’s a space battle. Second, the previews from Dark Horse showed it. What’s interesting about this battle is that it’s obviously the Rebels vs. the Death Star from the
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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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The official Star Wars website has posted a preview of “The Star Wars #1”. Go. Click that link. Look at the pages. Then come back here. Wow. I love this stuff. This and “Star Wars Rebels” are two of the big Star Wars projects I’m eagerly anticipating. (The third is Episode VII, naturally.) I’m a sucker for Ralph McQuarrie’s concept artwork, so “Rebels” ticks all the right boxes in the artwork we’ve seen so far. “The Star Wars”, though, not only fulfills my McQuarrie love but also my love for behind-the-scenes info. I love the little minutia you find
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DARK HORSE DIGITAL: MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU SALE! A galaxy of Star Wars comics for $30 or $100: reader’s choice! MAY 3, MILWAUKIE, OR—Dark Horse Comics is joining in on the May the 4th festivities with a very exclusive limited offer to their digital comics readers. Get blasted into a galaxy far, far away with two amazing May the 4th MegaBundles! One MegaBundle is for devout comics readers, and the other is for the younger Star Wars fan in all of us!
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