The series was such a smash hit for marvel in an otherwise dismal sales year that many who worked at marvel in 1977 consider it to have. Episode iii revenge of the sith and episode iv a new hope, obiwan kenobi comes to the aid of the residents of tatooine during his exile. Think of it as like netflixspotify but for marvel comics. Since 2015, the year of the release of star wars vii.
An eponymous series by marvel comics began in 1977 with a sixissue comic adaptation of the film and ran for 107 issues until 1986. Star wars for all the variations of the subject on the site. Star wars is a comic book series, set in the classic era. In this original novel set between the events of star wars. Star wars books and comics about obiwan kenobi what to. Browse the marvel comic series star wars 2015 present. The clone wars gambit books, stealth and siege, form a twopart story arc.
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