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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back(paperback novel)

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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Attribution information

Author(s)

Ryder Windham

edited byEmil Fortune

Publication information

Publisher

Egmont UK Ltd^[1]

Release date

May 4,2017^[1]

Media type

Paperback

Pages

192^[1]

ISBN

978-1405285438

Chronology

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is a paperback junior novelization ofStar Wars: Episode VThe Empire Strikes Back. It was released onMay 4,2017, in honor of the 40th anniversary ofA New Hope's theatrical release.^[1]

The book updates theStar Wars Legends Star Wars: Episode VThe Empire Strikes Back junior novelization, which was written byRyder Windham.Egmont editorEmil Fortune has edited the book to make it fit with the currentcanon.

Publisher's summary[]

2017 sees the 40th anniversary of the release of Star Wars: A New Hope, the film that launched the greatest space fantasy epic in history. To celebrate this, Egmont are publishing a set of junior novel adaptations of the original trilogy.

Plot summary[]

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Continuity[]

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back states thatLuke Skywalker hadn't heardObi-Wan Kenobi's voice since theBattle of Yavin. However, he hears from Kenobi inThe Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure,^[3]Choose Your Destiny: A Luke & Leia Adventure,^[4]Star Wars (2015) 1,^[5] andStar Wars (2015) 14,^[6] which are set between these two events.

Appearances[]

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

2-1B
4-LOM
Cal Alder
Wedge Antilles
Bewil
Bossk'wassak'Cradossk
C-3PO
Cabbel
Trey Callum
Landonis Balthazar Calrissian
Canonhaus(Appears in hologram)
Chewbacca
CR978(Starfighter only)
Biggs Darklighter(Mentioned only)
Dengar
Bren Derlin
E-3PO
Isdam Edian
Toryn Farr
Boba Fett
FX-7
IG-88B
JA189(Starfighter only)
Jabba Desilijic Tiure(Mentioned only)
Tigran Jamiro
Tigran Jamiro's assistant
Wes Janson
Obi-Wan Kenobi(Appears as a ghost or spirit)
Derek Klivian "Hobbie"
L3-37(Indirect mention only)
Beru Whitesun Lars(Mentioned only)
Owen Lars(Mentioned only)
Lennox
Lobot
M'Kae
Romas Navander
Lorth Needa
Nemet

OL701(Starfighter only)
Kesin Ommis(Snowspeeder only)
Leia Organa
Kendal Ozzel
Penrie(Starfighter only)
Firmus Piett
R2-D2
Dak Ralter(as Dack)
Ciena Ree(Indirect mention only)
Carlist Rieekan
Zev Senesca
Wyron Serper(First identified as Wyron Serper)
Sheckil
Darth Sidious(Appears in hologram)
Skorr(Indirect mention only)
Luke Skywalker
Pedar Solardo
Han Solo
Helder Spinoza
Treadwell
Unidentified dragonsnake
Unidentified Echo Base deck officer
Unidentified Imperial officer
Unidentified rebel(Voice only)
Unidentified wampa
Darth Vader
Kit Valent
Maximilian Veers
Nash Windrider(Indirect mention only)
XJ9-CS14
Yoda
Zuckuss

Organisms

Exogorth
Gundark(Mentioned only)
Insect(Mentioned only)
- Flea(Mentioned only)
Mynock
Nerf(Mentioned only)
Parasite
Reptavian
- Bogwing
Reptile
Wampa

Droid models

Events

Republic Era(Mentioned only)
Imperial Era
- Escape from Skystrike Academy(Mentioned only)
- Galactic Civil War
  - Battle of Hoth
  - Battle of Yavin(Mentioned only)
  - Duel on Cloud City
  - Escape from Cloud City
  - Rescue of Princess Leia(Mentioned only)
- Great Jedi Purge(Indirect mention only)

Locations

Backup Rendezvous Point Gamma-Nine
Coruscant(Mentioned only)
- Jedi Temple(Mentioned only)
Ord Mantell(Mentioned only)
Outer Rim Territories
- Greater Javin
  - Anoat sector
    - Anoat system
    - Bespin system
      - Bespin
        Cloud City
        Administrator's Palace
        Rinetta dining room
        East Platform
        Grand Bespin Hotel
        Imperial Garrison(Indirect mention only)
        Platform 327
    - Hoth system
- Juris sector
- Sluis sector
  - Dagobah system
    - Dagobah
- Unidentified rendezvous point(Mentioned only)
- Tatooine(Mentioned only)
  - Jundt Massif(Indirect mention only)
  - Lars Homestead(Indirect mention only)
- Yavin Prime(Mentioned only)
- Yavin 4(Mentioned only)
Skystrike Academy(Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Administrator
- Baron Administrator
Aide
Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Rebel Alliance Intelligence Service
- Alliance Military
  - Rebel Alliance Navy
    - Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps
      - Rebel pilot
      - Rogue Squadron
        Rogue Eleven(Mentioned only)
        Rogue Leader
        Rogue Ten(Mentioned only)
        Rogue Three
        Rogue Two
  - Echo Seven
  - Echo Three
  - Alliance Army
    - Rebel trooper
    - Tauntaun Rider
  - Alliance officer
  - Rebel technician
- Rebel Alliance Corps of Engineers(Mentioned only)(First identified as Alliance Corps of Engineers)
Bespin Wing Guard
Bounty hunter
Chief of Security
Controller
Corellian Engineering Corporation(Mentioned only)
Crime lord(Mentioned only)
First Mate
Galactic Empire
Gambler(Mentioned only)
Gangster(Mentioned only)
Gunner

House of Organa
- Princess
Interpreter
Jedi
- Jedi Order
  - Jedi Knight(Mentioned only)
  - Jedi Master
  - Padawan
Lord
Mercenary(Mentioned only)
Millennium Collective(Indirect mention only)
Mining Guild(Mentioned only)
Navigator
Officer
- Admiral
- Captain
- Commander
- Commanding officer
- Communications Officer
- Deck officer
- First officer
- General
- Lieutenant
- Logistics officer
- Major
- Sergeant major
- Tracking officer
Old Republic(Mentioned only)
Pilot
Pirate(Mentioned only)
Professor(Mentioned only)(as insult)
Security officer
Sith
- Dark Lord of the Sith
- Darth
- Sith apprentice
- Sith Lord
- Sith Master(Appears in hologram)
Skywalker family
Smuggler
Soldier
Technician
Wingmate(Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Gand
- Breathing Gand
Human
- Alderaanian
- Chandrilan
- Clone
- Corellian
- Coruscanti
- Cyborg
- Lothalite(Starfighter only)
- Naboo(Appears in hologram)
Hutt(Mentioned only)
Trandoshan
Ugnaught
Wookiee
Yoda's species

Vehicles and vessels

Hyperdrive pod
Repulsorcraft
- Cloud car
  - Storm IV Twin-Pod cloud car
- Laser-ice cutter(Indirect mention only)
- Speeder
  - Airspeeder
    - T-47 airspeeder
      - Snowspeeder
Space station(Mentioned only)
- Death Star(Mentioned only)
  - DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station(Mentioned only)
  - Docking Bay 327(Mentioned only)
Starship
Walker
- All-terrain vehicle
  - All Terrain Armored Transport
    - All Terrain Armored Transport (Galactic Civil War)

Weapons and technology

Armor
Astromech socket
Bacta tank
Blaster
Bowcaster
- Chewbacca's bowcaster
Breath mask
- Roamer-6 emergency breathing mask
Cannon
Carbon-freezing chamber
Cloaking device(Mentioned only)
Comlink
Comm/scan processor
Computer
- Targeting computer
Cybernetics
- AJ^6 cyborg construct
- Mechno-arm
Deflector shield
Deflector shield generator
Droid
Electrobinoculars
Electrorangefinder(First identified as Electrorangefinder)
Engine
- Ion engine

Fire extinguisher
Force field
Fusioncutter
Grenade
- Thermal detonator
Harpoon gun
Hologram
Holoprojector
- HoloNet transceiver
Hydrospanner
Hyperdrive
- Alluvial damper(Mentioned only)
- Horizontal booster(Mentioned only)
- Hyperdrive motivator(Mentioned only)
- Transfer circuit(Mentioned only)
Ion cannon
- V-150 Planet Defender
Jetpack
- Z-6 jetpack
Laser cannon
Life support
Lightsaber
- Sith lightsaber
  - Dual-phase lightsaber
    - Darth Vader's lightsaber
- Skywalker lightsaber
Macrobinoculars
Magnet
Magnetic harpoon
Meditation chamber
- Darth Vader's meditation chamber
Missile
Missile launcher
Power coupling
Power generator
- Fusion furnace(First identified as Fusion furnace)
Power socket
Rangefinder
Reactor shaft
Reactor stalk
Repulsorlift
Retrorocket
Scan Grid(First identified as Imperial torture device)
Sensor
Stuncuffs
Synthskin
Tractor beam(Mentioned only)
Transmitter
Turbolaser
Turbolift
Weather scanner vane

Miscellanea

Alien
Asteroid
Asteroid field
Atmosphere
Attack pattern Delta
Bacta
Bespinite
Blanket
Blockade
Blood
Bounty
Braid
Brain(Mentioned only)
Bridge
Carbon-freezing
Carbonite
Cave
Centimeter
City
Clock(Mentioned only)
Clothing
- Belt
  - Utility belt
- Boot
- Cape
- Cloak(Appears in hologram)
- Flight suit
  - Flight helmet
- Glove
- Imperial military uniforms
- Jacket
- Robe
Cockpit
Code Force Seven
Code K-one-zero
Color
Command tower
Coolant(Mentioned only)
Credit(Mentioned only)
Death
Death mark

Death Star plans(Mentioned only)
Dismemberment
Dream(Mentioned only)
Durasteel
Ear
Eye
Factory(Mentioned only)
Farm(Mentioned only)
- Moisture farm(Mentioned only)
Flexisteel
Foodstuff
- Ration bar(as dehydrated nutrition bar)
- Stew
  - Rootleaf stew
- Vegetable
  - Rootleaf
The Force
- Dark side of the Force
- Disturbance in the Force
- Force power
- Force spirit
- Light side of the Force
- Vergence
Forest
Garrison(Mentioned only)
Gas
- Tibanna
Gas giant
Gimer stick
Glowrod
Goggles
- Welding goggles(First identified as Welding goggles)
Gold
Gravity
Hair
Hangar
Holster
Homeworld(Mentioned only)
Hull
Humanoid
Hyperspace
Hypothermia
Immortality
Jedi temple(Mentioned only)
Jedi training
Kilogram
Kilometer
Language
- Binary
- Galactic Basic Standard
  - "Laserbrain"
  - "May the Force be with you"
  - "Nerf herder"(as insult)
- Huttese
  - "E chu ta"
- Shyriiwook
Laser
Leather
Life Zone
Light-year
Lightspeed
Lightsaber combat
- Lightsaber duel
Limb
Meditation
Meteorite(Mentioned only)
Meter
Mining
Moon

Mouth
Navy
Nose
Orbit
Planet
Plant
- Moss(Mentioned only)
- Tree
  - Gnarltree
Plasma
Porcine
Prison
Prisoner
Project Swarm
Rule of Two(Mentioned only)
Self-destruct mechanism
Silicon(Mentioned only)
Skyscraper
Spice(Mentioned only)
Star
Stone
Stun(Mentioned only)
Swamp
Telepathy
Temperature
Time
- Second
- Standard day
- Standard minute
- Standard week
- Standard year
Tooth
Torture
Transparisteel
Viewport
Viewscreen
Water
Zeyd cloth(Appears in hologram)

Notes and references[]

↑^1.0^1.1^1.2^1.3 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Junior Novel onEgmont'sofficial United Kingdom website(original link is obsolete)
↑Star Wars: Galactic Atlas placesStar Wars: Episode VThe Empire Strikes Back, which this novel adapts, in3 ABY.
↑The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure
↑Choose Your Destiny: A Luke & Leia Adventure
↑Star Wars (2015) 1
↑Star Wars (2015) 14

External links[]

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Junior Novel onEgmont'sofficial United Kingdom website(original link is obsolete)

Star Wars junior film novelizations

Prequel trilogy
The Phantom Menace ·Attack of the Clones(audiobook) ·Revenge of the Sith
Original trilogy
2004 Legends novelizations:
A New Hope ·The Empire Strikes Back ·Return of the Jedi
2017 Canon novelizations:
A New Hope ·The Empire Strikes Back ·Return of the Jedi
2015 Canon novelizations:
The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy(audiobook) ·So You Want to Be a Jedi?(audiobook) ·Beware the Power of the Dark Side!(audiobook)
Sequel trilogy
The Force Awakens(audiobook) ·The Last Jedi(audiobook) ·The Rise of Skywalker(audiobook)
The Force Awakens Stories:
Rey's Story(audiobook) ·Finn's Story
Other
The Clone Wars ·Rogue One(audiobook) ·Solo(audiobook)

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Star Wars: Episode VThe Empire Strikes Back

Books
Legends full adaptations Novel ·Storybook(1980) ·Book-and-record ·A Pop-Up Book ·Classic Star Wars ·Mighty Chronicles Classic Star Wars book-and-tape ·A Storybook(1997) ·The Empire Strikes Back Read-Along Little Golden Book ·Junior novelization ·Read-Along Storybook and CD The Empire Striketh Back(Non-canonical)
Legends partial adaptations: The Hoth Adventure ·Meltdown on Hoth ·I Want to Be a Jedi Choose Your Own Star Wars Adventure ·(Non-canonical)
Canon full adaptations Little Golden Book(audiobook) ·The Power of the Dark Side ·The Film Novel(French) ·So You Want to Be a Jedi? Junior novel(Updated edition) ·The Empire Strikes Back(French) ·Disney Die-Cut Classics Collector's Classic Board Book ·Epic Adventures(Canceled)
Canon partial adaptations: Use the Force! ·AT-AT Attack! ·From a Certain Point of View
Comics
Legends comics: Marvel:39 ·40 ·41 ·42 ·43 ·44 ·Marvel Illustrated Version Marvel Special Edition 2 ·Marvel Super Special 16 ·Annual 1980 Classic:1 ·2 ·TPB ·The Special Edition Infinities:1 ·2 ·3 ·4 ·TPB ·Manga:1 ·2 ·3 ·4 ·PhotoComic
Canon comics: Cinestory ·Graphic Novel Adaptation ·Screen Comix
Video games
1982 video game ·1985 arcade game ·1991 video game Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back(Official Game Secrets) ·Mobile
Activity books
1980 Coloring Book ·1982 Coloring Book ·Mix or Match Storybook ·Activity Book
Behind the scenes
The Art of ·The Making of ·Notebook A Journal of the Making of ·Portfolio ·Sketchbook ·Official Collector's Edition
Guide and reference books
Galaxy Guide 3(Second Edition) ·Illustrated Screenplay
Other material and merchandise
Official Collectors Edition ·Panorama Book ·Radio drama(NPR Dramatization) Soundtrack ·Toy line ·Trading card game ·Widevision ·Illustrated Official Poster Monthly:1 ·2 ·3 ·4 ·5