The Last 'Clone Wars' Comics

After five seasons, Star Wars: The Clone Wars ended abruptly last year with the final episode left in limbo. Lucasfilm later announced that the last season would be released in October on Blu-ray and DVD, with bonus content that would include what had been in the works for season six. However, that meant that story arcs that never made it to full production would remain unresolved - including the subject of the series: what happened to Darth Maul.

Dark Horse recently announced that it will release a four-issue miniseries as a final chapter to Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir will debut in May!

According to series writer Jeremy Barlow, the story arc is not a "series finale." "The Maul comic is very cool, but it wasn't the series finale," and from a tweet from Pablo Hidalgo - Lucasfilm Sotrygroup Member - "It was a 4-part arc that fell beyond what was already in production."

*This is the final year for Dark Horse's comic license for Star Wars.

The Star Wars #1 - George Lucas' Original Screenplay

Creators: (W) Victor Gischler (A) Juan Ferreyra (CA) Dave Johnson

Before Star Wars, there was The Star Wars! J.W. Rinzler and Mike Mayhew present this authorized adaptation of George Lucas’s rough-draft screenplay of what would eventually become a motion picture that would change the world! High adventure and derring-do from longer ago, in a galaxy even further away!

Available in regular, variant and ultravariant covers, Dark Horse offers customers the official adaptation of George Lucas's original Star Wars screenplay. Written J.W. Rinzler, executive editor at LucasBooks, The Star Wars tells the intergalactic tale of good versus evil featuring the popular characters that made the franchise legendary.

“While researching in the Lucasfilm Archives I’ve found many treasures—but one which truly astounded me was George’s rough draft for The Star Wars. His first complete imaginings were hallucinating to read—mind blowing,” said writer J.W. Rinzler. “While working with George on another book project, I once asked if we could adapt his rough draft. He was hesitant. Years later, with Dark Horse’s invaluable help, we showed him a few drawn and colored pages of what it might look like. He gave us the okay.”