Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker

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It was known just like that, Star Wars, at the beginning, but with the incoming of the rest of movies, TV series, novels, comics, etc... soon enough, it turned to be known as Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Not at all. It was George's story idea. I was merely expanding upon it. Not having my name on the cover didn't bother me in the least. It would be akin to a contractor demanding to have his name on a Frank Lloyd Wright house. [4] The novel begins with the words "Another galaxy, another time," rather than "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...." Miller, David (December 13, 2021). "Rey's Dark Side Temptation Is Made Worse By Being A Palpatine". Screen Rant . Retrieved May 4, 2023. It is commonly held that although George Lucas' name is on the cover, Alan Dean Foster wrote the book. As a professional science fiction writer, he brings a little more gravitas to the telling of what could have been seen as a silly little space fantasy. His ability to write terrific descriptions has much to do with the success of this book, I think. When he describes Ben Kenobi's face as having a "flashflood of wrinkles and scars" or Grand Moff Tarkin as a "quiescent piranha" he is going above and beyond the call of duty for a genre movie tie-in. But it leaves a more lasting impression.

In the prequel film Revenge of the Sith (2005), during the waning days of the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Separatists, Senator Padmé Amidala, wife of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, becomes pregnant with Luke and Leia. Anakin has a prophetic vision of Padmé dying in childbirth, and allows Chancellor Palpatine – secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious – to corrupt him to the dark side as Darth Vader. Robinson, Melia (December 29, 2015). "An Easter egg in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' pays homage to the original movie". Tech Insider. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016 . Retrieved January 19, 2022. Well, first of all, no, George Lucas didn’t write the book (and to have balance in the Force, no, Gene Roddenberry didn’t write Star Trek: The Motion Picture novelization neither), but what both books have in common is that they shared the same “ghost writer” (and no, it wasn’t a Force ghost!), Alan Dean Foster, known novelist, popular writer of novelizations, and a staple name in sci-fi literature.Nastasi, Alison (July 13, 2012). "Luke Starkiller? Indiana Smith? Famous Film Characters' Nixed Names". The Atlantic. Boston, Massachusetts: Emerson Collective. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018 . Retrieved January 27, 2019.

Kamp, David (May 25, 2017). "Star Wars Nerds, Mark Hamill Is One of You". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on August 8, 2021 . Retrieved June 5, 2018. Luke Skywalker challenged the stormtroopers of a distant galaxy on a daring mission—where a force of life became the power of death! Series creator George Lucas considered various characterizations for the protagonist of the original Star Wars film. This included a 60-year-old grizzled war hero, a Jedi master, a dwarf, and a woman. [2] [3] In an interview about his early drafts, Lucas said: Harth, David (February 18, 2021). "Star Wars: 10 Ways Luke Skywalker Is Different In Legends". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 26, 2021 . Retrieved September 25, 2021. At the end of the Star Wars Rebels episode " Twin Suns", the silhouette of a young Luke Skywalker is seen from afar by Obi-Wan Kenobi. [32]Pirello, Phil; Collura, Scott; Schedeen, Jesse; Goldman, Eric; Fowler, Matt (December 6, 2010). "Ultimate Movie Boss Battles". IGN. Archived from the original on December 12, 2010 . Retrieved April 3, 2011. Just this week, Jason Fry's long-awaited novelization of Star Wars: The Last Jedi arrived. It continues a major Star Wars tradition of book adaptations, which began with 1977's Star Wars.

New Books Starring Luke and Lando, Obi-Wan and Anakin, and More Revealed - Exclusive". StarWars.com. October 7, 2021. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022 . Retrieved May 15, 2022. Another deleted scene from the movie that appears in the book is the scene were Han Solo talks to Jabba the Hut (spelled with just one “T” in the book) outside his ship on Tatooine. This scene was included in the Special Editions of the movie, but in the book it happens as it was originally filmed: with Han speaking to the man Jabba. Jabba the Hutt is a human being in this scene. Personally, I love it in the Special Editions of the movie when Han says to the giant slug “you’re a wonderful human being.” It’s not as fun of a line when he actually is a human. Luke is rescued from a dangerous desert encounter by one Obi-Wan Kenobi, an older man whose face shows some hint of all that he has been through:urn:oclc:record:1359389305 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier starwarsfromadve00geor Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t04x7pf22 Invoice 11 Isbn 0345273923 Chapter two is the exception to that rule, however. The second chapter introduces Luke Skywalker to us much earlier than the movie does, and we get a little peak at what life was like for him on Tatooine before C-3PO and R2-D2 show up and turn his world upside down. He’s pretty miserable, working on his uncle’s moisture farm, and very lonely, as most of his friends have left Tatooine to join the Imperial Academy, including his best friend, Biggs Darklighter. The people he now hangs around with don’t really respect him and don’t really seem to be his friends (as a side note, having just barely played through the video game Star Wars: Republic Commando, I found it interesting that one of these “friends” is named Fixer, a name shared by one of the Commandos of Delta Squad) and that probably contributes to why Luke wants to get away from Tatooine and join the Academy so badly. Biggs comes home and pays Luke a surprise visit, telling him that he is going to “jump ship” and join the rebellion. Luke is thrilled to see him, and you can tell that these two really are great friends. This makes Biggs’ appearance later in the book much more gratifying, and makes his death at the Battle of Yavin much sadder. This little glimpse into what Luke’s life was like before we meet him in the movie is another one of my favorite parts of the book, and most of it actually was filmed for the movie, but was eventually cut out for some reason. Escape from Darth Vader · Death Star Battle · Trapped in the Death Star! · Trouble on Tatooine · From a Certain Point of View

Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (cover art by John Berkey)In an alternative ending pitched by Lucas for the original Star Wars trilogy's final film, Return of the Jedi (1983), Luke assumed his father's role as Darth Vader after the latter's death and intending to rule in his place. Though co-writer Lawrence Kasdan favored the idea, Lucas ultimately declined, since the films were made for children. [12] Another conclusion to the film featured the character disappearing into the wilderness akin to " Clint Eastwood in the spaghetti westerns." [13] The novel also has instances that were retconned by later works. The book's prologue quotes from the Journal of the Whills, and it says that Emperor Palpatine was merely a figurehead controlled by the Imperial bureaucracy. Additionally, some words are spelled differently; " Wookiee" is spelled as "Wookie", and " Hutt" is spelled as "Hut". Several other portions of the novel deviate from the film, including scenes that were filmed but not inserted into the final cut of the movie. Most notable of these are scenes with Luke Skywalker and his friends at Tosche Station on Tatooine. Also included is the scene with Jabba the Hutt that was re-inserted in the Special Edition of the film; however, in this novelization he is written as a fat biped with an ugly, "shaggy skull" and "jowels" that shake with his head, and he has scars that are a sign of his ferocious reputation in combat. This differs both from the script's version of Jabba (which is described as a creature with "eyes on stalks"), and the giant slug creature that finally appeared in Return of the Jedi. Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor is a standalone novel that chronicles the Battle of Mindor, a fictional event in the Star Wars expanded universe. The novel was written by Matthew Stover and released in December 2008. [54]