Novelizations
of Star
Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Star
Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (novel,
Del Rey, August 1995)
Originally titled Star Wars:
Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back (Del Rey, 1980), collected with Star
Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope and Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of
the Jedi in The Star Wars Trilogy (Del
Rey, 1987), and retitled again as Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes
Back (Del Rey, 1994) for the Classic Star
Wars: The Star Wars Trilogy (Del Rey, 1994) collection
Collected with Star Wars:
A New Hope and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in the special
collector's hardcover The Star Wars Trilogy
(Guild America Books, 1997)
Cdaptation written by Donald
F. Glut
Star
Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (a "Pop-Up Book", Random House,
1980)
Illustrated by Patricia Wynne
Paper-engineered by Ib Penick
Star
Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Panorama Book (3-D fold-out book,
Random House, 1981)
NOTE: this book adapts
Star
Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes
Back, and Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi
Illustrated by Gerry Daly
Paper-engineered by Jim Razzi;
includes punch-out characters and fold-out scenes
Star
Wars: The Empire Strikes Back—The Illustrated Edition (illustrated
novel, Del Rey, 1983)
Adaptation written by Donald
F. Glut
Illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie
Star
Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Storybook (children's storybook,
Random House, 1980)
Collected individually with
The
Star Wars Storybook and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi—The Storybook
Based on the Movie in Star Wars Treasury
(Scholastic, Inc., 1983) and the three-in-one trade paperback Star
Wars Movie Trilogy Storybook (Scholastic, Inc., 1990)
Adaptation written by Shep Steneman
Classic
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (young
reader's novelization, Random House, 1995)
This "Step-Up Movie Adventure"
book was originally titled Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1985)
Adaptation written by Larry
Weinberg
Star
Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (children's "Big Little Book,"
Chronicle Books, 1996)
Adaptation written by John Whitman
Illustrated by Brandon McKinney
Star
Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (children's "Golden Book &
Tattoos", Golden Books Publishing, Inc., 1997)
Collected with the story-based
Star
Wars: An Ewok Adventure ("Comics to Color") and Star Wars: A New
Hope ("Golden Book & Tattoos"), as well as the non-story-based
Star Wars: Heroes & Villians ("My Coloring Book") and Star Wars:
The Rebel Alliance vs. Imperial Forces ("Puzzles & Mazes") in Star
Wars: Jedi Pack (children's books, Golden Book Publishing Company,
Inc., 1997)
Written by [unknown]
Illustrated by [unknown]
Star
Wars: Luke Skywalker—Jedi Knight (children's
book, Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc., 1997)
NOTE: this book adapts
Star
Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes
Back, and Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi
Adaptation written by [unknown]
Illustrated by Ken Steacy
Star
Wars: Princess Leia—Rebel Leader (children's
book, Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc., 1997)
NOTE: this book adapts
Star
Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes
Back, and Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi
Adaptation written by [unknown]
Illustrated by Ken Steacy
Star
Wars: R2-D2 & C-3PO—Droid Duo (children's
book, Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc., 1997)
NOTE: this book adapts
Star
Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes
Back, and Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi
Adaptation written by [unknown]
Illustrated by Ken Steacy
Star
Wars: Luke Skywalker's Battle with Darth Vader—A Star Wars Reading Story
Workbook: A workbook for children grades 2-3 (children's
"Lightspeed Learning" reading workbook, Golden Books Publishing Company,
1998)
Adaptation written by Hannah
Jordan
Activities by Sheila Sweeney
Illustrated by Bill Hughes
Star
Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (children's "Shimmer Book," Fun
Works, February 1998)
Written by John Whitman
Illustrated by Ken Steacy
Star Wars: The Hoth Adventure (children's book, Golden Books
Publishing, Inc., February 1998)
Written by [unknown]
Star Wars: Meltdown on Hoth (children's book, Golden Books Publishing,
Inc., May 1998)
Written by [unknown]
"Read about R2-D2 and C-3PO
as they make adjustments to the temperature in Princess Leia's quarters
on Hoth—with disasterous results!" (From confidential Lucasfilm source)
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