Classic ‘Star Wars’ Is Getting The Manga Treatment With ‘The Legends Of Luke Skywalker’
Star Warshas the power of the Force and anime on its side. The sci-fi franchise has conquered every medium — movies, TV, video games, comic books — so why not add the lucrative globe-spanning medium of manga to that? Manga publishing juggernaut VIZ Media, which has brought popular manga likeNaruto, Bleach,andInuyashato the States, is releasingStar Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker: The Mangain collaboration with Lucasfilm. Ready to see Luke turned into a dashing, wide-eyed anime hero? Well, you’re gonna.
“Luke Skywalker? I thought he was a myth.”
The myth of Luke Skywalker and his adventures between the events ofReturn of the JediandThe Force Awakensgets told inThe Legends of Luke Skywalker: The Manga. Written by a group of renowned Japanese manga artists, Akira Himekawa, Haruichi, Subaru, Akira Fukaya, and Takashi Kisaki,The Legends of Luke Skywalkeris a series of stories about the mythic Jedi Master inspired by Ken Liu’sJourney to Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
In the manga, which tells tales of Luke’s adventures through the perspectives of those who run into him, “Encounters with the elusive Jedi Luke Skywalker have mystified many in a galaxy far, far away.” The first few pages of the manga, which were previewed by the official Star Wars Twitter account below, follow a young biology student who gets swept off her feet by a bearded Luke, looking way cooler than he ever did in the movies. (Sorry Mark Hamill!)
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— Star Wars (@starwars)June 20, 2025
This isn’t the first timeStar Warshas gotten the manga treatment. FourStar Warsfilms were adapted to manga by Dark Horse Comics between 1998 and 1999:Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. ButThe Legends of Luke Skywalkeris the first time we’re seeing wholly original content rendered in that unique manga style.
It’s kind of fitting thatStar Warswould come full circle like this — after all, the series takes major inspiration from Japanese culture and samurai movies. But the question is, when are we getting aStar Warsanime series? I’m ready to declare anime Luke Skywalker the Best Boy.
