Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode I: The Star Wars

Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode I: The Star Wars was the second draft of the script to the film that would become Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. It was begun in the summer of 1974 and finished on January 28, 1975. It was replaced in May 1975 by a new synopsis called The Adventures of Luke Starkiller (episode one) "The Star Wars."

This version of the script shows a much closer resemblance to the finished film than any of the earlier drafts. Ralph McQuarrie's conceptual drawings and paintings were commissioned to accompany the second draft. McQuarrie began work on conceptual art almost as soon as the script was completed, working through early March 1975. As such, the second draft can be said to have first established the visual character of the Star Wars saga.

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