Star Wars: A New Hope — The 40th Anniversary is a trade paperback, which collects all 48 special 40th anniversary variant cover, which Marvel Comics is releasing with various issues throughout the year of 2017. The covers are compiled in a way, that they graphicly tell the story of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, with extras like sketches and commentaries from the artists. It will be released on April 17, 2018.