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neilrcoulter's review against another edition
3.0
In anticipation of a lot more manga and anime in Star Wars, I’m finally going back to this manga of the original movie, drawn by Hisao Tamaki, published in 1998. I love the idea of manga Star Wars, but for me, this attempt plays it too safe. The text is word-for-word the original movie (with brief additions such as the Biggs scene on Tatooine), and the visuals are not very different from the film versions. (Darth Vader, the Death Star, lightsabers, and many other things look exactly the same.)
What’s most disappointing is that the American publisher decided to make the book read left-to-right, and so they simply flipped all the pages. I found it really disorienting to see such classic scenes presented in mirror-image orientation. Manga familiarity in the US has clearly increased enormously in the past couple of decades; I can’t imagine a publisher making this choice today.
What’s most disappointing is that the American publisher decided to make the book read left-to-right, and so they simply flipped all the pages. I found it really disorienting to see such classic scenes presented in mirror-image orientation. Manga familiarity in the US has clearly increased enormously in the past couple of decades; I can’t imagine a publisher making this choice today.
jedi_indyjones's review against another edition
4.0
I am just breaking in to manga, but Star Wars is nothing new to me. My library had this first volume of the Star Wars Manga, which covers A New Hope's first act. Unfortunately my library only had the first volume. How will I know what happens?!? Ok, obviously I know the story, but this is a really awesome way to relive it. I will procure the other volumes soon enough and then I'll have to tackle the rest of the trilogy. Great art panels in this, with loads of action!
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