"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…" All you’ve come to expect following those classic words has been blown wide open. In life, the tiniest change of events can send fate spiraling into a million different directions with an equal amount of possible outcomes. How might a small change in the Star Wars galaxy many know so well send the story in a whole new direction? Dark Horse dared to answer that question in the miniseries Star Wars: Infinities—A New Hope, now collected as a trade paperback!

In a scene familiar to all Star Wars fans, Infinities opens with Luke Skywalker racing his X-Wing fighter towards the exhaust port of the ominous Death Star with the hope of firing a fatal torpedo into its belly. Luke blazes a path towards his goal, fires a torpedo at its markÂ… and misses! Flying away from the Death Star, Luke and his cohorts Han Solo and Chewbacca quickly realize the menacing machine is not going to blow up. To their horror the Death Star has just fired on and destroyed the moon where the rebel base was located! Fearing all is lost Luke, Han, and Chewbacca travel to Dagobah to meet Yoda and decide what to do next. Unbeknownst to them, Princess Leia and C-3PO, who barely escaped the destruction, are now prisoners of Darth Vader. Worse still, Vader intends to make the young princess his apprentice!

"The real challenge was to try to dig deep and figure out who the characters really are and keep them true to their natures while reflecting those natures in vastly different circumstances," said series writer Chris Warner. "While I was pretty certain that a lot of Star Wars fans would get a kick out of the ‘What if...?' speculation, I was just as certain that nobody would buy into what I was doing if the characters didn't ring true."

The Star Wars: Infinities- A New Hope trade paperback features exciting writing by Chris Warner and the fantastic art of Drew Johnson. It arrives in stores February 6 and retails for $12.95.