Movies See all of EW's Star Wars covers through the years By EW Staff Updated on March 9, 2022 09:19AM EST Close 01 of 42 EW's travels through the Star Wars galaxy It's been more than 40 years since the 1977 debut of the first Star Wars movie, and three decades since the first issue of Entertainment Weekly arrived in 1990. In the years since, the franchise and its stars have graced the cover of EW more than a dozen times. Head here to get a sneak peek at our cover story on Obi-Wan-Kenobi, and keep clicking to look back through all of EW's Star Wars issues. 02 of 42 Jan. 10, 1997 EW 03 of 42 June 13, 1997 EW 04 of 42 March 26, 1999 EW 05 of 42 May 21, 1999 EW 06 of 42 April 21, 2000 EW 07 of 42 June 30/July 7, 2000 EW 08 of 42 April 12, 2002 EW 09 of 42 May 17, 2002 EW 10 of 42 May 17, 2002 EW 11 of 42 Sept. 24, 2004 EW 12 of 42 April 1, 2005 EW 13 of 42 April 1, 2005 EW 14 of 42 April 1, 2005 EW 15 of 42 April 1, 2005 EW 16 of 42 April 1, 2005 EW 17 of 42 April 1, 2005 EW 18 of 42 May 20, 2005 EW 19 of 42 April 16, 2010 EW 20 of 42 Nov. 23, 2012 EW 21 of 42 Aug. 21/28, 2015 Entertainment Weekly 22 of 42 Nov. 20/27, 2015 Jules Heath/2015 Lucasfilm Ltd & TM. All Rights Reserved. 23 of 42 Nov. 20/27, 2015 Jules Heath/2015 Lucasfilm Ltd & TM. All Rights Reserved. 24 of 42 Nov. 20/27, 2015 Jules Heath/2015 Lucasfilm Ltd & TM. All Rights Reserved. 25 of 42 Nov. 20/27, 2015 Jules Heath/2015 Lucasfilm Ltd & TM. All Rights Reserved. 26 of 42 July 1, 2016 27 of 42 Dec. 2, 2016 Lucasfilm 28 of 42 Dec. 2, 2016 Lucasfilm 29 of 42 Aug. 18/25, 2017 Bruno Dayan/© 2017 Lucasfilm Ltd. 30 of 42 Aug. 18/25, 2017 Ed Miller/© 2017 Lucasfilm Ltd. 31 of 42 Dec. 1, 2017 Ed Miller/© 2017 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved 32 of 42 Dec. 1, 2017 Ed Miller/© 2017 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved 33 of 42 Dec. 1, 2017 Oscar Isaac: Ed Miller/© 2017 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved; Laura Dern: David James/© 2017 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved 34 of 42 Dec. 1, 2017 Bruno Dayan/© 2017 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved 35 of 42 Feb. 16, 2018 Ed Miller/© 2018 Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. 36 of 42 October 2019 Francois Duhamel/Lucasfilm 37 of 42 December 2019 2019 © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM, All Rights Reserved. 38 of 42 December 2019 2019 © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM, All Rights Reserved. 39 of 42 December 2019 2019 © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM, All Rights Reserved. 40 of 42 October 2020 © LUCASFILM LTD. & TM. 41 of 42 October 2020 © LUCASFILM LTD. & TM. 42 of 42 April 2022 Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi on the cover of Entertainment Weekly's April 2022 issue. Lucasfilm Ltd.