Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
The first Star Wars book, published six months before the first Star Wars film.
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Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back
Better than its reputation, and the first prose to state the thing out loud.
Published by Del Rey in April 1980, ahead of the film, Donald F. Glut’s adaptation was written from Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan’s screenplay. It preserves several sequences the film trimmed and, because it reached readers first, it is where a great many people learned who Luke Skywalker’s father was.
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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