The collection titled Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition (TPB) includes all four comic book installments from the Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition comic series. Its release date was in January of 1997.
George Lucas, during the production of the original Star Wars film, filmed a sequence featuring Han Solo meeting Jabba the Hutt. However, as every Star Wars enthusiast is aware, Jabba's debut was in the third movie, Return of the Jedi. Lucas faced a technological limitation—he was unable to create Jabba in the manner he envisioned, leading to the scene's removal from the initial, groundbreaking picture. Now, two decades later, he has incorporated that original footage—featuring a young Harrison Ford as the daring Han Solo—and integrated Jabba into it. The outcome is truly remarkable. You will get goosebumps, and you'll feel as though you've gone back in time twenty years as you relive that incredible excitement. You'll have the same feeling when you read the brand-new adaptation of Star Wars: A New Hope. This adaptation, entirely created by Bruce Jones, Eduardo Barreto, and veteran Star Wars artist Al Williamson, showcases a stunning cover by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt, and features the new scenes from the Special Edition. For those eager to avoid waiting for the individual monthly publications, and for the new readers sure to be drawn to this comic, we are releasing this simultaneously as both a trade-paperback collection and as a monthly, four-part comic series. Relive the experience, as if it were the first time.