Star Wars (1977 comic book) Star Wars (1977 comic book) Star Wars is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 12, 1977 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". The series chronicled their subsequent adventures for 107 issues and three annuals, including a six-issue adaptation of the 1980 sequel film "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980–1981. The "Star Wars" comic was originally written by Roy Thomas with art by Howard Chaykin. Charles Lippincott, Lucasfilm's publicity supervisor, initially approached publisher
Journey to Star Wars the release of "The Force Awakens" in December 2015. Three novels and a comic miniseries related to the 2017 film "" were announced in April 2017. A large number of licensed novels and comics were produced between the originating 1977 film "Star Wars" and the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company, set in what was dubbed the "Star Wars" Expanded Universe. In April 2014, with "The Force Awakens" in production, Disney rebranded this body of work as "Star Wars Legends" and declared it non-canon to the franchise. "Journey to "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"", consisting of "at