From a Certain Point of View

From a Certain Point of View

Publisher's summary[]

Forty years. Forty stories.

In honor of the fortieth anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope, this collection features Star Wars stories by bestselling authors, trendsetting artists, and treasured voices from Star Wars literary history. More than forty authors have lent their unique vision to forty "scenes," each retelling a different moment from the original Star Wars film, but with a twist: Every scene is told from the point of view of a background character. Whether it's the X-wing pilots who helped Luke destroy the Death Star or the stormtroopers who never quite could find the droids they were looking for, Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View places the classic movie in a whole new perspective, and celebrates the influence and legacy of the unparalleled cultural phenomenon, Star Wars.

Contents[]

From a Certain Point of View is a collection of 40 stories written by 43 authors.^[5] The stories, their authors, and their main characters are as follows:

Additional authors were announced prior to the book's publication. All of the authors have forgone being compensated for their writing. The book's proceeds are being donated to First Book, a nonprofit organization that provides books and other educational material to teachers and children's organizations. Penguin Random House has also donated $100,000 to First Book, andLucasfilm donated 100,000 children's books, valued at $1 million, as well.^[5]

InStar Wars Insider174,Adam Savage was announced as an author for the book, but his work did not appear in the final product.^[6]

Theaudiobook features multiple narrators, includingJonathan Davis,Ashley Eckstein,Janina Gavankar,Jon Hamm,Neil Patrick Harris,January LaVoy,Saskia Maarleveld,Carol Monda,Daniel José Older, andMarc Thompson.^[7]

Development[]

From a Certain Point of View was first teased on social media onApril 6,2017, using the hashtag #OperationBlueMilk. The anthology was officially announced onApril 7 with the news that it was a collection of 40 short stories, written by 40 authors, to celebrate the 40th anniversary ofStar Wars: Episode IVA New Hope, which was released in1977. The book was released inOctober 2017.^[5] It is now also available as an e-book.^[2]

The book is told from the perspective of background characters inA New Hope. Characters includeX-wingpilots who fought in theBattle of Yavin alongsideLuke Skywalker, as well asstormtroopers who searched forR2-D2 andC-3PO onTatooine. The characters who populated the background ofA New Hope helped create the world that fans fell in love with, so this book helps flesh those characters out in the officialStar Warscanon.^[5]

Continuity[]

AlthoughFrom a Certain Point of View forms part of theStar Warscanon, it presents several contradictions. As such,Lucasfilm Story Group'sMatt Martin confirmed that the contradictions present in the stories were intentional, as that was part of the project's nature.^[8]

Media[]

Editions[]

American[]

• ISBN 9780345511478;October 3,2017;Del Rey; U.S. hardcover^[1]
• ISBN 9780425286708; October 3, 2017; Del Rey; U.S. e-book^[2]
• ISBN 9781524797607;October 5, 2017; Del Rey; U.S. hardcover,New York Comic Con 2017 Limited Convention Edition^[4][9]
• ISBN 9780345511485;November 10,2020; Del Rey; U.S. paperback^[3]

International[]

• ISBN 9780099542698;May 3,2018;Arrow Books; UK paperback^[10]

Cover gallery[]

Solicitation cover

Hardcover

New York Comic Con 2017 Limited Convention Edition

Paperback

Arrow Books UK paperback

Sources[]

• Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View Anthology Book Celebrates 40 Years of A Galaxy Far, Far Away onStarWars.com(backup link)
• From a Certain Point of View Audiobook Exclusive - Jon Hamm (as Boba Fett!) Leads an All-Star Cast onStarWars.com(backup link)
• The Star Wars Show:We Unearth Super Rare Star Wars Toys, Talk with John DiMaggio and Danny Jacobs, and More! on the officialStar WarsYouTube channel(backup link)(Posted on StarWars.com)
• Go Inside Jeffrey Brown'sFrom a Certain Point of View Sketchbook onStarWars.com(backup link)
• The Making ofFrom a Certain Point of View onStarWars.com(backup link)
• Qui-Gon Jinn Visits His Former Padawan inFrom a Certain Point of View - Exclusive Excerpt onStarWars.com(backup link)
• NYCC 2017: Highlights from theFrom a Certain Point of View Author Panel onStarWars.com(backup link)
• Meg Cabot on Celebrating Aunt Beru inFrom a Certain Point of View onStarWars.com(backup link)
• Nnedi Okorafor on Giving the Dianoga a Soul inFrom a Certain Point of View onStarWars.com(backup link)
• Daniel M. Lavery on Admiral Motti's Force Problems inFrom a Certain Point of View onStarWars.com(backup link)
• How theLast Jedi Novelization Connects to a Galaxy ofStar Wars Books and Comics onStarWars.com(backup link)
• "We're Enough": An Ode to Owen and Beru onStarWars.com(backup link)
• "Playing With Shadows" —Star Wars Insider 212
• "The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Author" —Star Wars Insider 214
• "Zoraida Córdova: The Force of Fantasy" —Star Wars Insider 219
• "Launchpad" —Star Wars Insider 220
• OurStar Wars Reads Picks For Every Type of Reader in Your Life onStarWars.com(backup link)
• The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic: Volume II
• Leia Organa and Rey Return inStar Wars: Legacy - Exclusive Interview onStarWars.com(backup link)

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars) onPenguin Random House'sofficial website(backup link)
• Get the Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View Convention Edition at NYCC onUnboundWorlds.com(original site is defunct)