Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy: From Tatooine to Dark Empire

Dark Horse Comics has published the absolute compendium of comics featuring Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, the 832-page tome Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy: From Tatooine to Dark Empire. “Epic” is the word Dark Horse uses to describe the book, enthusing, “Luke Skywalker’s greatest adventures from over thirty years of comics are compiled in a single slipcased hardcover! A deluxe edition worthy of the hero who saved the galaxy, this massive volume follows Luke Skywalker on his journey from the moisture farms of Tatooine to the final days of the Dark Empire! Each story painstakingly selected from every Luke Skywalker comic ever published — from Marvel’s first issue to Dark Horse’s latest — this masterpiece collection is the ultimate portrait of one of the most widely known and widely loved heroes of modern mythology! All of the most exciting, most significant stories of Luke Skywalker are here in this breathtaking oversized hardcover. Never has there been a more magnificent assemblage of Star Wars comics, or a more perfect prize for any Star Wars fan!”

Includes:
“Luke Skywalker’s Walkabout” — Dark Horse Presents Annual 1999
“Falling Star” — Tales #15
“The Day After the Death Star” — Marvel UK Star Wars #97-99
“The Return of Ben Kenobi” — Classic Star Wars #10-11
“Crucible” — Marvel Star Wars #17
“General Skywalker” — Empire #26-27
“The Wrong Side of the War” — Empire #36-40
“My Brother, My Enemy” — Rebellion #1-5
“Riders in the Void” — Marvel Star Wars #38
“Splinter of the Mind’s Eye”
“Shira’s Story” — Marvel Star Wars #60-63
“Duel With a Dark Lady” — Marvel Star Wars #95-97
“Dark Empire”
“The Boy I Once Was” — Chewbacca #4

In honour of 2007’s 30th anniversary of Star Wars, Dark Horse Comics has also rereleased the highlights of their Star Wars comics line in the limited-edition hardcover Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collection: “Since 1991, it has been Dark Horse Comics’ privilege to bring its readers monthly adventures set in that galaxy far, far away. It is to celebrate thirty years of Star Wars, and to thank our loyal readers that we present this twelve-volume collectors’ showcase of some of the finest graphic novel sagas ranging from one end of the Star Wars timeline to the other.” These commemorative books, with their matching black-matte-and-silver covers, inset with glossy, full-colour art panels, will be a focal point of any Star Wars library, so be sure to get them while you still can.

Dark Horse Comics’ Star Wars titles are recommended for ages 12 and up.

Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy: From Tatooine to Dark Empire and the Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collection are distributed by Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics, in partnership with Lucas Books. For more Star Wars information, visit Dark Horse Comics’ Star Wars Zone.

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