Untitled Star Wars/Superman crossover

An untitled crossover comic book between the Star Wars and Superman franchises was an unpublished mini-series from Dark Horse Comics, presumably in collaboration with DC Comics.
==Development==
Around the late 2000s, Howard Chaykin noted there was a period in which Lucasfilm Ltd. was interested in teaming up with other brands which included a possible pairing between Indiana Jones and Batman that didn't come to pass. Having worked for Dark Horse Comics in some covers for their Star Wars comic books due to having been a fan of the franchise since seeing the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, Alex Ross put together alongside Kurt Busiek, already experienced in cross-brand stories like 2003-2004's DC Comics/Marvel Comics miniseries JLA/Avengers, a pitch for a crossover between Star Wars and DC Comics heroes. To present the pitch, Ross did a number of art pieces, including a Superman vs. Darth Vader and a mash-up piece of the Rebel Alliance heroes with the Justice League. 
Unfortunately, according to Busiek's Twitter account in 2017, the Star Wars/Superman crossover ultimately fell apart due to the corporate parties involved not being able to agree on how to divvy up the money, which while not exactly a rejection, it signaled the project's ending. In the Tampa Bay Comic Convention 2024, former DC publisher Dan DiDio apparently elaborated that he cancelled the project due to these fights, which also involved which character would look better or would have their heroic moments, leading him to conclude that the project wasn't worth it and didn't make sense. DiDio admitted the creator (without explicitly naming Busiek or Ross) got angry with him due to brokering the deal. Busiek later said that DiDio may have been confused, as the project fell apart due to DC wanting half of the money just like Lucasfilm Ltd. as well as Dark Horse, himself and Ross.
==Continuity==
So far, the Superman franchise's only "crossover" with Star Wars was in the 2006 non-canonical comic book Tag & Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace, the fourth and last installment of the Star Wars: Tag & Bink comic book series. There, the narration discretly states how Darth Plagueis caused Superman's origins by his strong disturbance in the Force exploding Krypton's red sun and destroying the planet, resulting in Superman being sent to become the Earth's greatest hero.
While the Star Wars franchise never crossed over with any DC Comics ones and it's highly unlikely they ever will now that The Walt Disney Company owns the franchise since Lucasfilm's acquisition by them in 2012 while DC is owned by Warner Bros., the galaxy far, far away did form a crossover with the video game franchise Soulcalibur, including the 2008 comic book arc Star Wars: Visions of the Blade,Star Wars: Visions of the Blade in addition to the lenghty line of licensed Star Wars Transformers toys between 2005-2011.Star Wars Transformers at TFWiki.netTransformers: Crossovers at TFWiki.net
==Appearances==
==Notes and references==
Category:Canceled comics