Roy Thomas



Roy Thomas (born November 22, 1940) is a comic book writer and editor. He wrote the comic adaptation for A New Hope, and was one of the first to contribute to the Expanded Universe as he wrote the subsequent stories in Marvel Star Wars comic series, but only stayed on for a total run of ten issues. Thomas began in the comics industry in 1965 when he started working as an assistant editor at DC Comics. But he didn't last long at DC as just eight days later he accepted a job at Marvel Comics as writer and editor. In 1972 Thomas succeeded Stan Lee as editor-in-chief of Marvel while he continued to write many of Marvel's top titles at the time. He was instrumental in bringing the Star Wars franchise to Marvel.

He currently lives in South Carolina, editing the comic book fanzine Alter Ego.

Thomas had the distinction of creating Jaxxon, the only character to appear in the Marvel series to be put to pasture by Lucasfilm.

Writer

 * Marvel Star Wars 1
 * Marvel Star Wars 2: Six Against the Galaxy
 * Marvel Star Wars 3: Death Star
 * Marvel Star Wars 4: In Battle with Darth Vader
 * Marvel Star Wars 5: Lo, The Moons of Yavin
 * Marvel Star Wars 6: Is This the Final Chapter?
 * Marvel Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils
 * Marvel Star Wars 8: Eight for Aduba-3
 * Marvel Star Wars 9: Showdown on a Wasteland World
 * Marvel Star Wars 10: Behemoth from the World Below
 * The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Star Wars
 * Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars 1
 * Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars 2
 * Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars 3
 * Marvel Movie Showcase 1
 * Marvel Movie Showcase 2
 * Classic Star Wars: A New Hope 1
 * Classic Star Wars: A New Hope 2
 * Classic Star Wars: A New Hope (TPB)
 * Classic Star Wars Box Set
 * Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1: Doomworld