During
WonderCon, LucasFilm and Dark Horse announced that the rough draft of the
original screenplay for the 1977 blockbuster, Star Wars will be converted into
an eight issue comic to which both companies called it, “the biggest event in
the history of Star Wars comics”.
The publisher
Dark Horse announced that “Three years before his 1977 film, George Lucas put down on paper his
first story set in a galaxy far, far away—a tale of fantastic adventures,
daring escapes, “lazer 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!”
And
“I’m not sure where I first read about The
Star Wars—it was years and years ago—but 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. “I always assumed this would be one of those stories that would
be ‘lost to history,’ so getting to work on bringing it to life is kinda like a
dream come true.”
“While researching in the Lucasfilm Archives I’ve
found many treasures—but one which truly astounded me was George’s rough draft
for The Star Wars. His first complete
imaginings were hallucinating to read—mind blowing,” said writer J.W. Rinzler.
“While 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’s
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!”
On a personal note, i'm not sure if the fans are going to be ok with an alien Han Solo and someone called Annikin Starkiller. The first is going to shattered the image of the character, the second just has a childish name STARKILLER. But because LucasFilm and George Lucas have a history of doing basically whatever they want to do, as a fan i'm going to be disappointed with this new story and its changes on the movies and there characters.
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