Product Description

Dark Horse Comics presents the latest volume of Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... featuring classic Star Wars stories not seen in over twenty years! Originally printed by Marvel Comics, these stories have been re-colored and are sure to please both new and old Star Wars fans. Screams in the Void collects issues 54 to 67 of the original Marvel run, along with Star Wars Annual #2. These stories take place after The Empire Strikes Back, as Han Solo's friends continue to search for their lost scoundrel - and Lando Calrissian joins Luke, Leia, Chewie, and the droids on their continuing, galaxy-spanning adventures. Also highlighted are several tales focusing on Luke Skywalker and such classics as "Coffin in the Clouds," "The Mind Spider," and "Serphidian Eyes." Introduction by Geoff Johns!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #335819 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 376 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781569717875
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

More classic Star Wars. Well-drawn, well-written.
I started picking up the Star Wars comics halfway through its run -- right when this book takes off. Compared to the first issues in the series, the art is quite sophisticated and matches well with the imagery seen in the films. Characterizations are remarkably deep considering the plotters were barred from using situations that would pop up in Return of the Jedi.

My favorite bit deals with a young Rebel woman who looks like she could be Luke's first girlfriend, but is actually much more. I won't spoil the surprise here, but let's just say that Mara Jade wasn't exactly a totally original creation.

Most importantly, these stories are FUN and are a great read for all Star Wars fans young and old. I can't recommend them highly enough.

terrific art on display.....
Reprints issues #54-67 of the Marvel Comics series, from 1981-83. Next to comics great Al Williamson, this volume features the second best art the series ever had, most issues done by mainstream comics greats Walt Simonson and Tom Palmer. This was just before Simonson started his work on The Mighty Thor, so you know he was in top form.

Star Wars - A Long Time Ago Vol. 4 . . . surprisingly good (Contains SPOILERS!)
When I ordered this, I wasn't quite sure what to expect.

Surprisingly, considering how long ago this was written in Star Wars' production run, it's very well written.

The stories are highly enjoyable, and often have you glued to the pages. The stories are set after Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, so if you're looking for Han Solo, you won't see much of him, but we have Lando in his place, as well as Chewbacca, Leia, Luke, R2-D2, C-3PO, and the terrifying Darth Vader! There are also many new characters to better flesh out the Star Wars universe. At times, the writing may seem rather cautious, as the writers had to be careful not to contradict anything upcoming from Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. The only negative that I can see in the whole collection is that the Ugnaughts seem to be Irish. (?)

What really surprises me though is that the modern books are using some of these stories as source material.

(SPOILER!) Luke Skywalker has a girlfriend of sorts in this story, by the name of Lt. Shira Brie. In an attack on an Imperial Star Destroyer, using stolen TIE-Fighters. Luke's targeting computer is knocked off-line, and he uses the Force to identify friends or enemies. He fires on what turns out to be Shira, and is disgraced among the Alliance. But with Chewbacca's help, he uncovers solid evidence that Brie was in fact a specially trained agent of Darth Vader himself. In a scene with Vader, we also learn that she survived.

In the new "Legacy of the Force" books, Luke's nephew Jacen Solo is corrupted by the appearance of a Dark Lady of the Sith, by the name of Lumiya. She tells Jacen how Luke nearly killed her, a long time ago, and she is out to revive the Sith Order, (considering Palpatine a psychopath who used his powers for his own advantage instead of the good of the Sith Order. Sounds rather like the Jedi, doesn't it?) and he eventually comes around to her way of thinking, becoming a new Sith Lord.

The artwork is well done, and I spent several days enjoying it. It was well worth the price. If you're in the mood for old-fashioned Star Wars fun, this book is well worth buying.
Enjoy!