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Events that occur between 1,000 and 0 years before the Battle of Yavin.

		Title:		A New Hope (aka Episode IV: A New Hope, aka Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker)
		Author:		George Lucas (Alan Dean Foster), Roy Thomas, Bruce Jones, Hisao Tamaki, et. al.
		Formats:		PAPERBACK NOVEL, Comic Book Series, Graphic Novel, Manga Graphic Novels, Photo Comic Book
		Published:		1976, 1977, 1994, 1998, 2005 (2008)

Synopsis:
Luke Skywalker lived and worked on his uncle's farm on the remote planet of Tatooine - and he was bored beyond belief. He yearned for adventures out among the stars, adventures that would take him beyond the farthest galaxies to distant and alien worlds.
But Luke got more than he bargained for when he intercepted a cryptic message from a beautiful princess held captive by a dark and powerful warlord. Luke didn't know who she was, but he knew he had to save her - and soon, because time was running out.
Armed only with courage and with the lightsaber that had been his father's, Luke was catapulted into the middle of the most savage space war ever... and headed straight for a desperate encounter on the enemy battle station known as the Death Star...

Chronology:
This story details the Battle of Yavin.

Related Stories (in chronological order):

The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks (George Lucas)
Attack of the Clones by R. A. Salvatore (George Lucas)
Revenge of the Sith by Matthew W. Stover
A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut (George Lucas)
Return of the Jedi by James Kahn (George Lucas)

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Comic Book covers: Written by Roy Thomas et al. and originally published from July to December 1977 by Marvel Comics in 6 issues:

Cover: Marvel issue 1	Cover: Marvel issue 2	Cover: Marvel issue 3	Cover: Marvel issue 4


	Cover: Marvel issue 5	Cover: Marvel issue 6

The Marvel comic series was republished by Dark Horse Comics as A New Hope in June and July 1994 in 2 issues:

	Cover: Dark Horse issue 1	Cover: Dark Horse issue 2

Written by Bruce Jones, et. al. and published from January 1997 to April 1997, Dark Horse Comics' A New Hope: Special Edition in 4 issues:

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Cover: Special Edition issue 1

Cover: Special Edition issue 2

Cover: Special Edition issue 3

Cover: Special Edition issue 4

Graphic Novels: Published November 1995 A New Hope collecting Dark Horse Comics' A New Hope issues 1 & 2 (also published as boxset featuring Star Wars Trilogy); and is also collected in Along Time Ago...Volume 1: Doomworld.

	Cover: A New Hope	Cover: Trilogy boxset	Cover: Doomworld

Published January 1997 A New Hope: Special Edition collecting Dark Horse Comics' A New Hope: Special Edition issues 1 to 4 (also published as boxset featuring Star Wars Special Edition Trilogy):

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Cover: A New Hope
Special Edition

Cover: Trilogy Special
Edition boxset

Manga Graphic Novels:
Written by Hisao Tamaki, et. al. and published from July to December 1998 by Dark Horse Comics in 4 volumes:

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Cover: Manga issue 1

Cover: Manga issue 2

Cover: Manga issue 3

Cover: Manga issue 4

Photo Comic Book:
First published 2005 by TokyoPop as Cine-Manga (restricted territories), republished in February 2008 by Dark Horse Books:

Cover: photo comic book

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