While many have rumored that Dark Horse Comics may soon lose the Star Wars license due to the Lucasfilm purchase by Disney (who owns rival Marvel Comics), if they are losing it - Dark Horse has decided to go out with a bang.

On the heels of the success this year of the post-A New Hope series written by Brian Wood titled, simply, Star Wars, Dark Horse has announced plans over the weekend to take on, of all things…The Star Wars.

The Star Wars was the name of the original 1974 script by George Lucas, which presented a Star Wars similar to, but very unlike, what we came to know in 1977.  The lead is an Annikin Starkiller, Han Solo is a Lizard of some type, as a whole, it’s very different - but, we’ll be seeing it come to life in comic form!

Here’s the official Dark Horse press release, with the first image of beautiful art at the top of the post. This will be a definite must read for any and all Star Wars fans.

It’s no April Fools’ prank! Dark Horse is honored to announce a dream project: working with J.W. Rinzler, executive editor at LucasBooks, and artist Mike Mayhew (Avengers) to adapt the rough-draft original screenplay which spawned the biggest franchise in film history!

Three years before his 1977 film, George Lucas put down on paper his first story set in a galaxy far, far away—a tale of fantastic adventures, daring escapes, “lazer swords,“ romance, and monsters. A story of Jedi Annikin Starkiller and General Luke Skywalker, an alien named Han Solo, and evil Sith Knights. The screenplay was titled The Star Wars!

“I’m not sure where I first read about The Star Wars—it was years and years ago—but the idea of Luke Skywalker being an older Jedi General, and Han Solo being a six-foot-tall lizard, turned my Star Wars fan brain on its side,“ said longtime Star Wars editor Randy Stradley. “I always assumed this would be one of those stories that would be lost to history,’ so getting to work on bringing it to life is kinda like a dream come true.“

“While researching in the Lucasfilm Archives I’ve found many treasures—but one which truly astounded me was George’s rough draft forThe Star Wars. His first complete imaginings were hallucinating to read—mind blowing,“ said writer J.W. Rinzler. “While working with George on another book project, I once asked if we could adapt his rough draft. He was hesitant. Years later, with Dark Horse’s invaluable help, we showed him a few drawn and colored pages of what it might look like. He gave us the okay.“

Originally conceived in 1974, The Star Wars has been the subject of rumor and legend in the fan community throughout the history of the galaxy far, far away. Now, Lucas has seen fit to grant Dark Horse the right to adapt this fabled story into an eight-issue comic series launching in September!