Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Special Edition (Star Wars (Dark Horse)) [Deluxe Edition] [Paperback]

Archie Goodwin (Author), Al Williamson (Author), Carlos Garzon (Author)

Book Description

Series: Star Wars (Dark Horse)

Dark Horse presents Star Wars: Return of the Jedi -- The Special Edition, the third thrilling chapter in the greatest space fantasy ever! The Emperor and Darth Vader make the final preparations to destroy the Rebel Alliance once and for all. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker, now a Jedi Knight, must rescue Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, from the palace of Jabba the Hutt. Shipping to coincide with the theatrical release of the third Star Wars Special Edition movie, this collection includes a 30-page gallery featuring the original pre-production sketches by Ralph McQuarrie, as well as production sketches of the Special Edition movie release.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse; Special edition edition (March 4, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569712352
• ISBN-13: 978-1569712351
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #992,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Return of the Jedi shows promise., September 5, 2005

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J. Giannotti "avid fan" (Livermore, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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The comic book adaptation of Return of the Jedi does a good job of describing the events that take place in the movie. The sketches drawn show enough detail to give them depth. Found at the back of the book are production sketches from the original trilogy by Ralph McQuarrie, Ivor Beddoes, Joe Johnston, Derek Thompson, George Hull, Doug Chiang, and Terryl Whitlatch including an early concept design of a stormtrooper. I prefer the version that is in the movies. Also included were sketches of the Special Edition of ROTJ including the celebration scenes at the end of the movie.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Return of the Jedi comic book, October 17, 2009

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Heather Ezzy (Maynard, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This book is great in getting our son to love reading! Book is very well written and is basically the whole movie in comic book form.

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing Edition, January 10, 2011

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John C. Hyde "WJCK5" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

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If you want to collect the whole run of Marvel's Star Wars series, and why wouldn't you, you'll need the Return of the Jedi limited series to make it complete.

Dark Horse's releases for all of the other issues of Marvel Star Wars are huge, beautiful, plush graphic novels, with all of the issue covers (sans Marvel references) and even great pin-ups from classic artists. That's why I am wondering why this limited series was not simply released as a part of Volume 5. That book ends with a single issue set AFTER ROTJ. These 4 issues should have been in that book, with all of the covers featured, and preferably, all of the captions and titles from the original issues, which are edited out.

This particular edition of ROTJ features a massive sketchbook that's almost as long as the story itself. I really miss not having a cover gallery. Pin-ups would have been nice too.

Other than that it's a decent edition. It's not like you're gonna not want this if you have all of the other classic Star Wars from Dark Horse, although you might look into the previous TPB.