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Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition #4

Dark Horse · Series began 1997 · April 1997

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Dates

Cover date: April 1997
On sale: April 21, 1997
In stores: April 2, 1997
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #4 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition (original)

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

Barcode 76156895368800411
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07098932490904
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Creators

pencils: Dave Dorman, Eduardo Barretoinks: Dave Dorman, Carlos Garzón, Al Williamsoncolors: Dave Dorman, Cary Porterscript: Bruce Jones, George Lucasletters: Steve Dutro

Stories

A New Hope Part Four · 23 pages

Publisher’s description

The all-new adaptation of the first Star Wars motion picture continues! So special is this Special Edition motion picture that Dark Horse is releasing the comics version simultaneously as a four-issue, monthly comics series and as a single-volume, trade-paperback collection. The covers of the four-issue series are each painted by Dave Dorman and, when placed beside one another, they form one massive Star Wars image with the Death Star at the center.

Characters

Luke SkywalkerAnakin SkywalkerDarth VaderLeia OrganaHan SoloR2-D2ChewbaccaC-3POWedge AntillesWilhuff TarkinJan DodonnaBiggs Darklighter

Reprinted in

Star Wars: A New Hope (1997), Star Wars Omnibus: The Complete Saga - Episodes I through VI (2011), Star Wars Special Edition: A New Hope (2017), Star Wars Legends: The Empire Omnibus (2021)