rights to Conan the Barbarian, Roy talks a bit about Star Wars. Here's a transcript of the revelant material:--------------------------------------Roy was also responsible for bringing "Star Wars" to Marvel. One night in 1976, Roy received a visit from his friend, Ed Summer, who brought with him a young filmmaker by the name of George Lucas, along with Lucas's right-hand man, Charlie Lippincott. Roy knew George's work: "He had done this wonderful movie I loved called 'American Graffitti'. Charlie and Ed told me they would like me to see if I could get Marvel to do a comic about 'Star Wars', before the movie comes out. Of course, I had never heard of it. Contrary to later rumor, there was not a lot of advance publicity about 'Star Wars'."

At first,use Darth Vader, you can't do anything with the romance between Luke and Leia (though we know why now!)...it just wasn't any fun." Lucasfilm also objected to Roy's green rabbit character, who was deemed "too humorous."

Having brought both Conan and "Star Wars" to Marvel "makes me look very prescient," admits Roy.----------------While we're on the subject of Star Wars, Wikipedia claims copies of Marvel Super Special #27 (which first adapted Return of the Jedi) were available one month prior to the film's theatrical release on May 25th, 1983. Mark Hammill noticed this and alerted Lucasfilm. Carol Kalish swiftly recalled the book off the stands though none of the three people in the Sales Department were fired over the incident. Was this the first time a Marvel project had been