The Birth of the Star Wars Comic Book: From Film Cell to Panel! is an Insider piece penned by J. W. Rinzler. The content consists of the documented record of a discussion held on July 27, 1976. Participants included George Lucas, Lucasfilm's marketing and merchandising head Charles Lippincott, illustrator Howard Chaykin, and Marvel Comics's editor Roy Thomas. The topic was the comic book version of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. It initially appeared in Star Wars Insider 122 and was subsequently republished in Star Wars Insider Special Edition 2014.