The Star Wars

Series: The Star Wars
Publication Date: 2013 - 2014
# of Issues: 8
Writers: J. W. Rinzler
Era: Infinities

Annikin Starkiller

One of my original blog posts in the fall of 2012 was titled “The Hidden History of Star Wars” and focused on an early draft of “The Star Wars” written by George Lucas. So I was quite ecstatic when I found out that Dark Horse was actually going to be publishing a mini-series based on an early Lucas draft. 

Luke Skywalker

“The Star Wars” takes us to a familiar universe, but gives us characters that are unrecognizable. The story starts out with Kane Starkiller, a Jedi Bendu, living on the planet Aquilae with his sons Annikin and Deak. Young Deak is killed by a Sith knight so Kane & Annikin are forced to seek out help from Luke Skywalker. In this version Luke is an old Jedi Knight and bares a striking resemblance to Lucas himself.

Talking Artoo

Other familiar characters slip into the story, though they bare little resemblance to the ones we know. C-3P0 and R2 are there, yet they are drawn a little more like some of the original concept art. Also R2 can talk.

Han Solo

Han Solo is a big green gilled alien. Princess Leia is only 14 and quite spoiled. Darth Vader is different from Annikin and the iconic helmet is gone.

Darth Vader

But characters aren’t the only thing that’s familiar. One of the coolest parts about Lucas’ original script is that so much of the final movies are there. If Lucas had enough money to create what he wanted, we may have seen Tatooine, Hoth, the asteroid belt, and the forested home planet of the Wookiees (not Ewoks) all in the first film. 

This comic is a really cool version of what might have been, but one thing Star Wars fans are going to have to soon realize is that the original trilogy won’t last forever. It’s already getting old and outdated. Somewhere down the line someone is going to try and reboot the franchise, and the original film will get a fresh new makeover.

In history the best stories are the ones that get told over and over again a thousand different ways. If we are lucky, Star Wars will be one of those tales.

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