Stan Lee

Stan Lee was a comic book writer, editor, and publisher. For decades he was the most visible leader at Marvel Comics.

His involvement with Marvel Star Wars was limited but significant. In 1977 he was serving as the publisher of Marvel Comics. He originally planned to decline making a series based on the movie Star Wars, believing it to be just another science-fiction film; however, after learning Sir Alec Guinness was involved, he was intrigued. This allowed Roy Thomas to talk him into it, a decision credited by many with saving Marvel Comics from financial bankruptcy.

Stan Lee wrote the introduction to The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Star Wars, which collected the six-issue adaptation of the film. In 1985, Marvel UK reprinted two of Lee's science fiction comics, both written in 1963, in Return of the Jedi Weekly 83 and Star Wars Summer Special 1985. They were labeled "R2-D2's tales from the Data Banks" despite having no particular connection to Star Wars.

Lee passed away following severe illness on November 12, 2018.

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