BASED ON THE ORIGINAL ROUGH DRAFT SCREENPLAY BY GEORGE LUCASet hie ee te eC ere THE pe A ota . a . 2 Pere Ee : i ner oad . x Med wate eno 5 an : 5 ce Tt a - eae : : MICHAEL HEISLER = ot ed = , . * told o . “ Teese ate eee ea oe : Seen esen MeeyCee te meer et ttt ee oe Pe eee ene rerer try ee neem rey peered Sr er eet ees rcs Poet aeeortt td peer errr) Ea en ees Ce eee eee ee ts enter) at eer ee eee el Cee ae ett Pa ennenet et fren erence rT) STAR WARS and rulated text and {IleTable of eS aoe me at THE STAR WARS #2 Tae oe er Tarot eae Noe SY THE STAR WARS #5 er ee ae 2) Mee eS ad a ac Ne toe te SITY Tees)Sa Ca GeeUntil. the recent GREAT Petr Luts ett AT) fe Dee CU eae CCU Ce eC RAL UES LLL Pg . years; generations of JEDI Pett) Hibee errs personal Pe ee ee ac eC a Carns eon ce FAS I panded) the ENIPIRE Pe diet e ead Lh eC EL across the galaxy, from -the celestial equator to | reaches of the GREAT RIFT. 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Se haw eo you make tho oxatie mare oxotie? inod in our sharad First, you ge back te the basice—you pull from the infil, unused cosigna from the original cosian: who workod on Tho Star Wars, Dolving into Lucashim's vast archives, wee were abe to-find many hints as to what Goorge Lucas had envisioned botare subsequent vorsians of the s6ript requined newer or diferent designs to be procucod. But events were moving quickly during tho roll up to production of that first film, andl thera are many, many characters, veltictos, ancl cations in The Stor Wars that woro novor designod back in the midSowontios So, the nest step is to azzomble your awn group, af talontod dosignore~all ef thar staoped in the milieu of Star Wars=and assign them cifacent aspects of this alternative galaxy. ‘That's what wo did, Assembled here ie a. ling of the literally hundeads of designe: Produced for the series, Bul even witl an entiro team of designers at our disposal, the majority ff the work fell to interior artist Mikes Mayhew. ut of nocassity te meot aur schodula, Mike had to bagin drawing the first seus bofere any of the: thor dosignore had put poneil to paper, and alang the way we discowatod dazens of devices and locations that had never been depicted. All told realizing this sorios was a maszive effort, but thon, Mike and tha team wore only designing an entire gary .THE STARKILLERS When we fis encounter he 1 Station arly tater Hane ane hist sora Anakin ard Doak va tro never tld what happemed o Jha baja otbed they nie a rekon uoting the shadow Ehibilcbresbeclone psec ot tha desolate urfunn oft outh moon of Ulan Kane i rug aged iil and roe ram. nly ttr tht we farm els aod trary Rom te restrained, monklike heroes, fj ot he OSKane's design, which hidos his -eyborg nature, harks back to tho Flash Gordon—inepired easly Stor ‘Wars designs by Ralph McQuarrie, Naturally, it was desirable that Annikin Starkiler avoke young Mark Hamill's impetousness tkom Star Wars! Episode IV A dfew Hope, since the Annikin character file more or less the same role in this earlier draft. But because Anrikin is alse supposed ta be a veteran of several batts, much of his youthful innocence was tansforved te his ilhfatae! litle brother, Denk.‘With his claasies hare features anal his artventurer's garb, it wasvital Aquilan—where his manners lo! somothina te bo dosirod,LUKE SKYWALKER Jedi. Gamneral, Legend. Luke Skywalker is the military leader of tho nat fae planotary system in the galaxy. As much a mystery 19 his enemas ae he is razpmeted by thoso in his command, Skywalker is an ageloss warrior=and possibly the laat of his time. Wan Gonoral Skywalkor first appoara in the story tho raughcratt screenplay say: Ho in. lange man, apparently in his early sixtins, but actually much older. Bveryane senaea the aura of pawer Uhat rdiates from this great warrior Hare ts a leader: 8 SEDI general. Like his langtime tiiond Kano Starkillar, Luke Skywalkor was initially designed in the style of Flash Gordon, but he was finally given a croam-colored wnilorm with a definite military extALLIES Within the Palace of Lite=and far below @ in the Hidden Fortiaes= Luke Skywalker has olfer alles, including King Kayos and Queen Broha, wha dapond on the general for military advice cencoening the protection ‘of theit world ane! their daughter, Princess Leia. Later, two iconic decide (wha originally bhotongad to the Empizal become an essential part of Skywalker's retinue,One of General Skpwalker's most rusted operatives js Gliog Whitsun. He risks his life spying on the Empiro on Alciornan, and later aids in Princess Lai snpeqpe whom Aguila i invactod. ‘While in the Imperial capital, Whitsun: mace cantact in | posh nightclub with - 4 Pough-locking man, BAIL ANTILLES, ronced inthe distinetive gold and furs ef tne Galactic Traders. (One of tho bigest visual departures from what was ‘eventually saan in the movies was the appearance af smuggler Man Solo, Rather than a human, hei an LUraatlian, described in the seroonplay as “a huge, green monster? Mike Maybaer's first rough akatch of Han Solo sat tha tone for tha alion roguo and was the only relerence for the character available to inaue #1 cover artists Nick Runge, Jan Duursorsa, and Douglas Wheatley.BRING ON THE BAD GUYS (Of course thore'a an Emperor, and yas, he rules the ‘galaxy. But unlike the fearsome, Force-using Emperor Palpatine from the films, this predecessor was mare of 8 politician who won the supper of the populace, Nis woos, and his minions through guile and favor rather than intimidation, Among those willing te thes Emperors bidding in turn tar tank and earaor advancomont ia ‘Govemor Crispin Hoedoack, who: ccontrives to-get himself promoted 19 First Lord of the Aquilanan ‘System. And all Hoadawck has ‘to de to-msintain that position is invade and conquer Aquilae,Sil, ome cannot now hear the name Vader without 0 Miko Mayhew gave Hoadanck's ambition and Vader's trope and tanks would alone make a formidable: combination, but they sive command the Empire's Istest weapon—a gigantic Space Fortrass,THE SITH Even though Darth Vader is not an their shadaw overthe avents in the story. As the opening scroll tells us, tho Knights of tho Sith are a ferocious and! siniator warrior sect wa have hunted the dodk to near extinction, their number, the Sith still east Despite Moir forecity in batt, not all of the Knights of tho Sith ara brutes, Prinee Valorum presents himsclf as cukurod and aloaf—and pravos to be a match for Gonoral Skywalker, a least strategically, Even Daeth Vader is awed by Valorum's presence,OTHER FORCES OF THE EMPIRE As ithe films, the Empire commands vast resources im men and machines. But unlike the stormiionpere in the movies, tho shackiroopors. ia Tie Star Wars: designed by Stéphane Rous} carry “lazerswords” into battle. But this til dosn't make ther a match for tha Joa. .AQUILAEAN FIGHTERS rall of the scomenplay. That's joke and Kilian ised either two enough fer two erew mombars.IMPERIAL STARDESTROYERS la addition to the Aquitaean fighlers, Sean Cooke also. produced a selection of passible Imperial fightors— before it was decicod to qo with Mike: Mayhaw's Rarvinspired miniature Star Oustrayer for this story’ ®PILOTS Early on, pilots on both tan what played out on the pagas of the comic. This indert fram another moctum te always toss 1 a page than gino. Bul, ia planning tor the pessiblo, Sean Cooke provided a variaty of dasigns,BALTARIAN FREIGHTER Originally proposed ax the Imperial chip which Skywalker and company commandaer at the midpoint of the slory, Kilian Plunkett's design ended up eing wned for the Baltarian Froighler on which Prince Valorum ‘attompts.to trap our horoos, Hore aro the stages Plunkett's design want through— from basic ckoeh to. computer rondoring.THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL Forget Gorusca gaseous planet Alderaan, and the city af the: same name which floats majestically above it, Aldoraan is tho clear procursar to Baspin’s Claud City trom The Empire Strikes Back, bul more regal and lees indy Prow've ne-doubt noticed that many of the place and character nam: which originated in The Star Wars showad up latorin tho movins— usually applied to allinew locations or characters.) Artist Sean Gooke, who supplied a number of for this project, produced a varialy af floating itive feom which ta choos, In The Star Véars, the capital ol this Empire isthe,IMPERIAL AIR TANKS ‘Among the Empiro's primary assault velhiclos, the "air tanks" in tho rough-draft acraonplay aventwatly sav lit ‘on the big 2eroee as the Trace Federation's hover tanks. ‘Sean Cooke alec: provided a number of diveree choices {01 thin dosign,AND SO MUCH MORE... Some characters and vehicle ‘Star Wars wore inspired by images igns croated by Ralph McQuarrie, Colin (Cantwoll, andl ethars. But f what you soe In the comic had to bs eroated from serateh, based en how Me artiste invelvad ware ingpirad by tho ways in which Gonrge Lunas deseribad them in the sereenplay. ‘Somatimos it felt bost to hark back to somothing astablishod in tha films, fram the films or by the ear lor what was callad to tell the story had to be there existed no clear analog ia the y. But overything neces uly By Mikes Mayo,COVERS ‘These are saveral of coves artist Nick Runge's rough sketches far proposed covers, Because: ‘covors are required fer solicitation 20 far in aekanes ef when the ‘comics go on sale, Nick also found himsell lending a hand in designing for which the interiors had not yat | been completed. crealuresVARIANT COVERS ee eee eee tay Ce eee) Cs: ia ‘nut Patt me eae RU Ld ce Pe ci CULL Le ccm Re aricd ee ROR M elt ‘o jeer se DEST Ame 0) cea Ben emir pst Te se tN “ ms Ba a Sr oe Ce rT) (SRS una . Rage Jackson ... -fz") = r | | rhBEFORE STAR WARS, Sn SN ee on A To Thie is the official adaptation of the original rough-draft ecreenplay by George Trem cle ee oe ea cg is unlike the one you've seen in the films. Strap yoursetf in fer high adventure. and lazeraword duels, Jedi Knights and Knights of the Sith, a familiar Princess Loia and a vary different Han Solo, and a battle ta defeat an evil Empire! rere Cen eee Re acagc vs Die noe Sma eae