When you think about the words "original Star Wars" most people immediately spring to "Greedo shooting first" and other examples of pre-Special Edition, untampered with, midichlorian-free aspects of the Star Wars universe. But it is, believe it or not, possible to go even more old school and "original" than this. While there was indeed a time when Star Wars referred to the 1977 film, and we all knew its title was Star Wars and not "Episode IV" or "A New Hope" or anything of the sort, you can go back even further to: The Star Wars.
What is (are?) The Star Wars? This was George Lucas' original draft of the film, which had a number of familiar elements, but not necessarily as familiar as some of the names might indicate. Want a non-human Han Solo? An older Luke Skywalker? An Anakin with a very different spelling? Now, Dark Horse is adapting George Lucas' screenplay in comic form from J.W. Rinzler and Mike Mayhew. Interested? We sure are! Check out the nifty trailer right here!
The Star Wars #1 hits shops on September 4th!