Who This Author Is

GEORGE LUCAS has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 38 catalog-linked books across 1975 to 2015, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Backlist browsing.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with Script Facsimile: Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1975 to 2015; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Ballantine Books and Dark Horse.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Backlist browsing entry points • common used copies from Ballantine Books and Dark Horse

Genres and themes: Backlist browsing

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1975 to 2015; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Ballantine Books and Dark Horse.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Script Facsimile: Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

    Ballantine Books • 2000 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2000 • 144 pages.

  2. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Illustrated Screenplay

    Ballantine Books • 1999 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1999 • 192 pages.

  3. Script Facsimile: Star Wars: Episode 4: A New Hope (Star Wars)

    Ballantine Books • 1998 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1998 • 152 pages.

  4. Star Wars a New Hope

    Orbit • 1999 • standard commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  5. Star Wars, Episode IV - A New Hope

    Del Rey • 1997 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1997 • 247 pages.

  6. Star Wars, Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    CBS/Fox Video • 1990 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1990 • 128 pages.

  7. American Graffiti

    Pgw • 1975 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1975 • 188 pages.

  8. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

    Dark Horse • 2008 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2008 • 96 pages.

  9. Star Wars

    Dark Horse • 2008 • quick commitment

    readers who want a faster first book

  10. Star Wars Episode I

    Dark Horse • 2007 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2007 • 96 pages.

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