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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (novelization)
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is the novelization of the film of the same name. It was written by Donald F. Glut and based on a story by George Lucas. It was first published in paperback by Del Rey on April 12, 1980.
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Facts
- Title
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
- Author
- Donald F. Glut
- George Lucas (Based on a story by)
- Cover artist
- Roger Kastel
- Publisher
- Del Rey
- Released
- April 12, 1980
- Media type
- Hardcover
- Paperback
- eBook
- Pages
- 224
- Isbn
- 9780345283924
- Audiobook
- Abridged
- Unabridged
- Timeline
- 3 ABY
- Series
- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- Preceded by
- A New Hope novelization
- Followed by
- Return of the Jedi novelization
Who turns up here
Characters: 39
- Cal Alder (first appearance)
- 2-1B (first appearance)
- Bossk (first appearance)
- Lando Calrissian (first appearance)
- C-3PO
- Chewbacca
- Dengar (first appearance)
- Bren Derlin (first appearance)
- E-3PO (first appearance)
- Toryn Farr (first appearance)
- Boba Fett
- FX-7 (first appearance)
- IG-88 (first appearance)
- Jabba Desilijic Tiure (mentioned only)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (as a Force spirit)
- Derek Klivian (first appearance)
- Lobot (first appearance)
- M'Kae (first appearance)
- Lorth Needa (first appearance)
- Nemet (first appearance)
- Leia Organa
- Kendal Ozzel (first appearance)
- Palpatine (first appearance, as a hologram)
- Firmus Piett (first appearance)
- Corman Quien (first appearance)
- R2-D2
- Dak Ralter (first appearance)
- Tamizander Rey (first appearance)
- Carlist Rieekan (first appearance)
- Zev Senesca (first appearance)
- Luke Skywalker
- Han Solo
- Darth Vader
- Unidentified probe droid (first appearance)
- Maximilian Veers (first appearance)
- Venka (first appearance)
- Yoda (first appearance)
- Zuckuss (first appearance)
- King of the Dragonsnakes (first appearance)
Species: 14
- Bantha (mentioned only)
- Dragonsnake (first appearance)
- Exogorth (first appearance)
- Gundark (first mentioned)
- Mynock (first appearance)
- Tauntaun (first appearance)
- Wampa (first appearance)
- Gand (first appearance)
- Gank (first mentioned)
- Human
- Trandoshan (first appearance)
- Ugnaught (first appearance)
- Yoda's species (first appearance)
- Wookiee
Planets: 7
- Bespin (first appearance)
- Dagobah (first appearance)
- Hoth (first appearance)
- Ord Mantell (first mentioned)
- Tatooine (mentioned only)
- Triton (first mentioned)
- Yavin Prime (mentioned only)
Places: 11
- Cloud City (first appearance)
- East Platform (first appearance)
- Cloud City apartment complex (first appearance)
- Platform 327 (first appearance)
- Yoda's Hut (first appearance)
- Echo Base (first appearance)
- South Slope (first appearance)
- Mos Eisley (indirect mention)
- Mos Eisley Cantina (indirect mention)
- Echo Station 3-8 (first appearance)
- Echo Station 5-7 (first appearance)
Galaxy: 1
- Anoat system (first appearance)
Starships: 12
- Death Squadron (first appearance)
- Bright Hope (first appearance)
- Executor-class Star Dreadnought (first appearance)
- Executor (first appearance)
- Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft (first appearance)
- Slave I (first appearance)
- Imperial II-class Star Destroyer (first appearance)
- Avenger (first appearance)
- T-65 X-wing starfighter
- TIE/ln space superiority starfighter
- YT-1300 light freighter
- Millennium Falcon
Vehicles: 3
- All Terrain Armored Transport (first appearance)
- Storm IV Twin-Pod cloud car (first appearance)
- X-34 landspeeder (indirect mention)
Organizations: 11
Events: 6
- Clone Wars (mentioned only)
- Mission to Norval II (indirect mention)
- Galactic Civil War
- Battle of Hoth (first appearance)
- Battle of Yavin (mentioned only)
- Occupation of Bespin
Technology: 17
- 2-1B surgical droid (first appearance)
- 3PO-series protocol droid
- FX-series medical assistant droid (first appearance)
- IG-series (first appearance)
- R2-series astromech droid
- Viper probe droid (first appearance)
- Carbon-freezing chamber (first appearance)
- Darth Vader's meditation chamber (first appearance)
- Alluvial damper (first appearance)
- Darth Vader's armor
- Stormtrooper armor
- Borg Construct Aj^6 (first appearance)
- E-Web heavy repeating blaster (first appearance)
- Fusion furnace
- Hologram
- Lightsaber
- Gimer stick (first appearance)
Lore: 6
- Galactic Emperor (first appearance, as a hologram)
- Jedi Master
- Dark Lord of the Sith
- Bacta (first appearance)
- Code Force Seven (first appearance)
- Telekinesis (first appearance)
Media: 1
- Sabacc (first mentioned)
Everything else: 38
- Power droid
- Echo Three (first appearance)
- Echo Seven (first appearance)
- Bounty hunter
- Commander
- Cyborg
- Luke Skywalker's snowspeeder (first appearance)
- Armor
- Bacta mask (first appearance)
- Blaster
- Breath mask
- Comlink
- Com-scan (first identified)
- Droid sensorscope
- Electrobinoculars
- Electrorangefinder
- Electrotelescope
- Glowlamp (first appearance)
- Holoprojector
- Hydrospanner (first appearance)
- Macrofuser (first appearance)
- Portable scanner (first appearance)
- Power lamp (first appearance)
- Remote
- Sentry marker (first mentioned)
- Tractor beam
- Bog tree (first appearance)
- Carbonite (first appearance)
- Dormo-shock (first appearance)
- Death
- The Force
- Lightsaber combat
- Lightsaber duel
- Obsidian
- Plasma
- Plastoid
- Shyriiwook
- Water
Not in the archive: 1
- Code One Five (first appearance)
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