Yup, you heard that right! Dark Horse Comics is planning on an 8-issue adaptation of the original screenplay of George Lucas'
The Star Wars!
With McQuarrie inspired designs and a script adapted from the original source by Lucasfilm editor & author Jonathan Rinzler (
The Making of Star Wars, The Making of the Empire Strikes Back) and artist Mike Mayhew (
Avengers, Fear Itself, Mystique).
You can see some of the concept art via
BleedingCool.com.
UPDATE: Now with the press release.
LUCASFILM AND DARK HORSE ANNOUNCE
THE BIGGEST EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF
STAR WARS COMICS! George Lucas痴 original-draft screenplay for
The Star Wars to be adapted by J. W. Rinzler and Mike Mayhew!
APRIL 1, MILWAUKIE, OR蜂t痴 no April Fools� prank! Dark Horse is honored to announce a dream project: working with J.W. Rinzler, executive editor at LucasBooks, and artist Mike Mayhew (
Avengers) to adapt the rough-draft original screenplay which spawned the biggest franchise in film history!
Three years before his 1977 film, George Lucas put down on paper his first story set in a galaxy far, far away預 tale of fantastic adventures, daring escapes, 斗azer swords,� romance, and monsters. A story of Jedi Annikin Starkiller and General Luke Skywalker, an alien named Han Solo, and evil Sith Knights. The screenplay was titled
The Star Wars!
的知 not sure where I first read about
The Star Wars擁t was years and years ago傭ut the idea of Luke Skywalker being an older Jedi General, and Han Solo being a six-foot-tall lizard, turned my
Star Wars fan brain on its side,� said longtime
Star Wars editor Randy Stradley. 的 always assumed this would be one of those stories that would be 鼠ost to history,� so getting to work on bringing it to life is kinda like a dream come true.�
展hile researching in the Lucasfilm Archives I致e found many treasures傭ut one which truly astounded me was George痴 rough draft for
The Star Wars. His first complete imaginings were hallucinating to read洋ind blowing,� said writer J.W. Rinzler. 展hile working with George on another book project, I once asked if we could adapt his rough draft. He was hesitant. Years later, with Dark Horse痴 invaluable help, we showed him a few drawn and colored pages of what it might look like. He gave us the okay.�
Originally conceived in 1974,
The Star Wars has been the subject of rumor and legend in the fan community throughout the history of the galaxy far, far away. Now, Lucas has seen fit to grant Dark Horse the right to adapt this fabled story into an eight-issue comic series launching in September!
