Star Wars: A New Hope – The 40th Anniversary

Star Wars: A New Hope — The 40th Anniversary is a hardcover collection, which collects all 48 special 40th anniversary variant cover, which Marvel Comics released with various issues throughout the year of 2017. The covers are compiled in a way that they graphically tell the story of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, with extras like sketches and commentaries from the artists. It also included a reprint of the first issue of Marvel's original Star Wars series. It was released on April 17, 2018.
==Publisher's summary==
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope! This deluxe edition collects all of Marvel's 40th anniversary cover art retelling the story of A New Hope — as illustrated by some of the industry's most gifted artists, including Stuart Immonen, Adi Granov, Kevin Wada, Terry Dodson, Stephanie Hans and more! Extras include sketches and pencils, commentary, essays and the original Star Wars #1 from 1977 that began Marvel's adaptation of the saga!
==Collected 40th anniversary variant covers of these issues==
Color code key:	Color code key:	Color code key:
Released cover 	Future cover 	
Number	Issue 	Artist(s)
1 	Doctor Aphra (2016) 3 	Juan Giménez
2 	Poe Dameron 10 	Stuart Immonen
3 	Star Wars (2015) 27 	Ryan Stegman & Jordan Boyd
4 	Star Wars (2015) 28 	Meghan Hetrick
5 	Poe Dameron 11 	Michael Walsh
6 	Darth Maul (2017) 1 	Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson
7 	Doctor Aphra (2016) 4 	Pepe Larraz & David Curiel
8 	Star Wars (2015) 29 	Kevin Wada
9 	Doctor Aphra (2016) 5 	Marc Laming & Matthew Wilson
10 	Poe Dameron 12 	Leinil Francis Yu & Sunny Gho
11 	Darth Maul (2017) 2 	Paul Renaud
12 	Star Wars (2015) 30 	Javier Rodriguez & Alavard Lopez
13 	Doctor Aphra (2016) 6 	Rod Reis
14 	Poe Dameron 13 	Jeff Dekal
15 	Star Wars (2015) 31 	Kevin Nowlan
16 	Rogue One Adaptation 1 	Mike Mayhew
17 	Doctor Aphra (2016) 7 	Greg Land & Edgar Delgado
18 	Poe Dameron 14 	David Marquez & Justin Ponsor
19 	Darth Maul (2017) 4 	Chip Zdarsky
20 	Star Wars (2015) 32 	Will Robson & Jordan Boyd
21 	Doctor Aphra (2016) 8 	Jen Bartel
22 	Poe Dameron 16 	Stephanie Hans
23 	Darth Maul (2017) 5 	Julian Totino Tedesco
24 	Star Wars (2015) 33 	David López
26 	Doctor Aphra (2016) 9 	Reilly Brown & Jim Charalampidis
26 	Doctor Aphra (2016) 10 	Caspar Wijngaard
27 	Poe Dameron 17 	Paulina Ganucheau
28 	Doctor Aphra (2016) 11 	Paolo Rivera
29 	Star Wars (2015) 34 	Daniel Acuña
30 	Jedi of the Republic – Mace Windu 1	Russell Dauterman & Matthew Wilson
31 	Star Wars (2015) 35 	Amy Reeder
32 	Poe Dameron 18 	Tradd Moore & Matthew Wilson
33 	Star Wars (2015) 36 	Ed McGuinness, Mark Morales & Laura Martin
34 	Doctor Aphra (2016) 12 	Nick Roche & Jordan Boyd
35 	Poe Dameron 19 	Chris Samnee & Matthew Wilson
36 	Jedi of the Republic – Mace Windu 2	Adi Granov
37 	Star Wars (2015) 37 	Greg Smallwood
38 	Jedi of the Republic – Mace Windu 3	Declan Shalvey & Jordie Bellaire
39 	Doctor Aphra (2016) 13 	Rahzzah
40 	Poe Dameron 20 	Brian Level & Jordan Boyd
41 	Star Wars (2015) 38 	Kris Anka
42 	Jedi of the Republic – Mace Windu 4	Will Sliney & Rachelle Rosenberg
43 	Poe Dameron 21 	Ashley Witter
44 	Doctor Aphra (2016) 14 	Mark Brooks
45 	Star Wars (2015) 40 	Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer
46 	Jedi of the Republic – Mace Windu 5	Angel Unzueta & Salvador Larroca
47 	Poe Dameron 22 	Mike del Mundo
48 	Doctor Aphra (2016) 15 	Phil Noto
==Cover gallery==
File:Marvel_40th_anniversary_collection_cnf_cover.jpg|Preliminary cover by Phil Noto 
File:ANewHope-40th-3D.jpg|Solicitation cover by Greg Land 
File:Star_Wars_40th_collection_final.jpg|Final cover by Paul Renaud 
File:Darth Maul 2 Star Wars 40th.png|Cover art
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