DISNEY’S LUCASFILM AND MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT JOIN FORCES TO PUBLISH STAR WARS™ COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS
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DISNEY’S LUCASFILM AND MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT JOIN FORCES TO PUBLISH STAR WARS™ COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS
Jedi, Sith, and the rest of the Star Wars Universe Come to Marvel Comics in 2015
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 3, 2014) – The Walt Disney Company’s
Lucasfilm Ltd. and Marvel Entertainment are joining forces to bring new
Star Wars adventures to readers across the galaxy, with Marvel granted
exclusive rights to create and publish Star Wars comics and graphic
novels beginning in 2015.
The agreement marks a homecoming for the Star Wars comic books. Marvel
Comics published the first Star Wars comic book, Star Wars #1, in March
1977, which went on to sell more than 1 million copies. Marvel Comics
published its Star Wars series for nine years. In 1991, Dark Horse
Comics took over the license, publishing fan-favorite titles like Dark
Empire and Star Wars: Legacy. Last year, Dark Horse released The Star
Wars #1, an adaptation of George Lucas’ original rough-draft screenplay
for the film, garnering rave reviews and national media attention and
ranking among the top-selling Star Wars comics of all time.
“Dark Horse Comics published exceptional Star Wars comics for over 20
years, and we will always be grateful for their enormous contributions
to the mythos, and the terrific partnership that we had,” said Carol
Roeder, director of Lucasfilm franchise publishing, Disney Publishing
Worldwide. “In 2015, the cosmic adventures of Luke, Han, Leia and
Chewbacca will make the lightspeed jump back to Marvel, to begin a new
age of adventures within the Star Wars universe.”
“We here at Marvel could not be more excited to continue the publication
of Star Wars comic books and graphic novels,” said Marvel Worldwide
Publisher and President, Dan Buckley. “The perennial brand of Star Wars
is one of the most iconic in entertainment history and we are honored to
have the opportunity to bring our creative talent pool to continue, and
expand Star Wars into galaxies far, far away.”
“We’re incredibly excited by this next chapter in the Star Wars saga,”
said Andrew B. Sugerman, executive vice president of Disney Publishing
Worldwide. “Bringing together the iconic Lucasfilm and Marvel brands to
tell new stories will allow us to continue to thrill lovers of the
original Star Wars comic books and entertain generations to come.”
Marvel has continued to push comic book publishing forward with
innovations and experiments like motion comics and digital-only
releases, in addition to its deep, ongoing catalog of monthly series and
graphic novels created by some of the industry’s most gifted artists
and writers.
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