San Diego became a Mecca for Star Wars fans. The movie was celebrated everywhere during Comic-Con 2011. Electronic Arts had the new Star Wars: The Old Republic game playable. Sony Online Entertainment had new content for The Clone Wars Adventures. Microsoft featured Kinect Star Wars and unveiled a new Star Wars console bundle. And 20^th Century Fox Home Entertainment unveiled new bonus features for the upcoming September Blu-ray Disc release. But there was also news in the comic book realm, involving Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

The wait is finally over, as Dark Horse and Lucasfilm announce the arrival of Star Wars comics in the Dark Horse digital store. During the Dark Horse Star Wars Comics 20th Anniversary panel today, news of digital Star Wars comics was delivered to a packed house of fans, media and industry professionals.

Fans can now download their favorite Star Wars with over 50 comics available for purchase. Fans can now download, the original Star Wars: Crimson Empire series, Marvel’s adaptation of Episode IV: A New Hope, The Clone Wars, Knights of the Old Republic, Legacy: War, Knight Errant, The Old Republic, Jedi: The Dark Side, and the top-selling Darth Vader and the Lost Command. Most single issues will be priced at the standard $1.99, with KOTOR #1 and Clone Wars #1 available for free download! Additionally, Crimson Empire #1, Knight Errant #1, and The Old Republic #1 will be just $.99.

Moving forward, Dark Horse will release a mix of new and backlist titles weekly.
 

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John Gaudiosi has been covering videogames for the past 20 years for outlets like The Washington Post, CNET, Wired Magazine and CBS.com. He has focused on the convergence of entertainment and videogames for outlets like Video Business, Home Media Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Gamerlive.TV and is also a freelance game columnist for Reuters and writes for outlets like Forbes.com, NVISION, Official PlayStation Magazine, EGM Now, Geek Monthly, PrimaGames.com, and Yahoo! Games. John also serves as the video game expert for NBC in Washington D.C. and has produced videogame documentaries for The History Channel and Starz Entertainment. John was named one of the Top 50 Game Journalists in the world by Next-Gen.biz in 2007. He is the co-author of Scholastic Books' How to Get into Videogames, Prima Publishing's Madden: Twenty Years of Videogame Football and Electronic Arts: The Official History.