Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
The first Star Wars book, published six months before the first Star Wars film.
Original generated cover art
Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi
The one with the extra Anakin, and a surprisingly interior Vader.
Published by Del Rey in May 1983, James Kahn’s adaptation of Return of the Jedi runs closer to the shooting script than its predecessors and gives Darth Vader’s final turn considerably more internal detail than the film shows. It includes material on the Emperor and on Anakin Skywalker cut from the finished picture.
This entry is catalogued but not yet reviewed. The publication details above are verified; the write-up is still in the queue.
0 BBY – 4 ABY
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The sequel that was written in case the first film flopped.
Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back
Better than its reputation, and the first prose to state the thing out loud.
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
A multimedia campaign with a novel bolted to the front of it.
