NEWS: ALEX ROSS COVER FOR STAR WARS COMIC

Dark Horse Comics has just revealed a new comic book series simply called Star Wars, which will take place in the universe of the original trilogy.

Written by the acclaimed indie writer of DMZ and Northlanders Brian Wood with art by Carlos D'Anda who designed characters for the video games Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City.

This masterpiece cover by Alex (left) will surely be the delight of Star Wars and comic book fans in general.

More details of this new series will be revealed this weekend at the San Diego Comic-Con. In the meantime, read this interview with Dark Horse editor Randy Stradley about this new series at io9.com

UPDATE: Brian Wood talks about this series in more detail over at CBR.