"The True Story of George Lucas and the Creation of Star Wars" in graphic novel form. This is the English language edition of "Les Guerres de Lucas", first published in France in 2023. Quite sharply illustrated by Renaud Roche, who manages the feat of capturing all the likenesses quite astutely, while at the same time, maintaining a light breezy style, not overworking or over-rendering anything. 

From the publisher:

Rebellious child who cheated death. Indomitable visionary. And mastermind behind one of the world's most enduring fandoms: Star Wars.

In a tale befitting the saga he created, Lucas Wars follows George Lucas’s journey from aimless dreamer to filmmaking trailblazer and prodigy of the New Hollywood movement. While his fellow rising stars—directors like Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and Martin Scorsese—craft The Godfather, Jaws, and Taxi Driver, Lucas follows his childhood dreams and begins work on an epic fantasy . . . which, he soon discovers, is not without its epic challenges.

Writer Laurent Hopman and artist Renaud Roche dive deep into the creative process behind Star Wars: A New Hope, from the hell of casting to the nightmare of filming. Lucas is forced to juggle actor quarrels, a secret love affair, costume and set mishaps, and constant pushback from film execs. But despite it all, a landmark movie emerges—one that changes the medium of film forever.

Lucas Wars is an exhilarating underdog story and a unique glimpse into the world of cinema. But most of all, it’s an ode to the magic of childhood and the value of perseverance.

Translated by Jeremy Melloul.

From the Hollywood Reporter story on this book:

Hopman acknowledges that any biography carries some degree of subjectivity but says he wanted to stick to the historical reality as much as possible.

“I didn’t want to take any kind of literary license,” he said via email to The Hollywood Reporter. “As a viewer, I find it extremely frustrating when a biopic plays fast and loose with history. Whether it’s a movie like the Freddie Mercury biopic or a series like The Offer about the making of The Godfather, I walk away disappointed when I realize facts were sacrificed just to crank up the drama. I understand why it’s done, obviously, but I truly believe there’s a way to respect reality while still crafting a script that’s gripping and intense. So I took the bare minimum of liberties. Every time a reader asks themselves, “Did this really happen?” the answer is yes.”

A writer of what he calls a “biographic,” Hopman saw his job of taking the immutable facts and create an intense narrative out of them. “My role was…to decide how to stage them, to bring certain moments into the spotlight more than others, in order to build a gripping story—but without inventing anything, without changing the chronology, without creating conflicts or drama out of thin air.”

The graphic novel overcomes two tricky challenges. One, is that the decade-sprawling story often features people sitting and talking in office or boardroom settings. Roche took to his bag of artistic tricks gleaned from an animation career of using camera angles and framing to help wring the drama of those situations.

Secondly, in retelling a true story with very recognizable people, the creators hit a comic book paradox: realistic faces often clash with expressiveness. “Either you get faces that look very accurate but feel stiff, or you get faces that are very expressive but veer into cartoon territory,” Hopman explains. “One of Renaud’s real talents is his ability to stylize his characters so they’re both highly recognizable and highly expressive.”