Lucasfilm Star Wars 50th Anniversary now includes Star Wars: A New Hope: Triple Take, a 2027 graphic novel from Chas! Pangburn and Kim Shearer. The book retells A New Hope through Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, and Han Solo, putting the original film back at the center of the publishing push.
“Celebrate 50 years of Star Wars with a wild graphic novel retelling of the galaxy-changing adventure that started it all!” The pitch is not subtle, and it puts Lucasfilm Publishing’s anniversary strategy in plain view: the original story is being repackaged as a new publication rather than left as archive material.
Pangburn and Kim Shearer
“Sibling writers and Star Wars newcomers Chas! Pangburn and Kim Shearer (Double Booking) pen a fun-filled, multi-perspective retelling that reimagines the events of Star Wars: A New Hope through the eyes of the Rebellion’s most notable heroes: Leia Organa, Han Solo, and Luke Skywalker!” That framing matters because it tells readers exactly how the book is built: not as a straight adaptation, but as a three-viewpoint narrative.
For readers who follow Lucasfilm Publishing, that structure is the operational detail to watch. A multi-perspective retelling can split the same story across three character lanes, which changes pacing and keeps each hero’s part distinct rather than treating the film as a single uninterrupted sequence.
Lucasfilm Publishing plans
Earlier this year, Lucasfilm Publishing used a San Diego Comic-Con panel to reveal a long list of upcoming books, and Triple Take sits inside that broader rollout. The 2027 timing also places it beside Beth Revis’s new Star Wars story, which is set to return that year after Rebel Rising and Princess and the Scoundrel.
The anniversary slate does not stop at print. The source says the original film is also being put out on IMAX at local theaters as part of the same 50th anniversary plans, so the publishing schedule is being built around a wider return to the franchise’s starting point.
The original film revisited
The complication is that the anniversary celebration is framed around the original trilogy, but the source also points to new stories about Kylo Ren, Luke Skywalker, Biggs Darklighter, and Leia. So the publishing push is not a single straight tribute to the 1977 film; it is a broader re-entry into multiple corners of the saga, with Triple Take positioned as the clearest lead item.
For readers tracking the 2027 lineup, the practical takeaway is simple: Triple Take is the anniversary book to watch because it reconnects the franchise’s most familiar heroes to the film that started the whole business. The open question is when in 2027 Lucasfilm Publishing will place it on shelves, and that timing will determine whether the book lands early in the anniversary run or closer to the other Star Wars releases that year.
