THE REBELS ARE on the run! From the Battle of Hoth to the battle between Luke and Darth Vader, The Empire Strikes Back continues the story ...
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Feb 24, 2008
Fred D
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A very excellent adaptation of the movie. I really enjoyed the author's writing style. I read this book before I saw the movie, and I would have to say the book was better than the movie. That's saying a lot, because a lot of people say Empire Strikes Back was the best of the Star Wars movies. As for me, Empire was not my favorite of the Star Wars movies. That's because the book was so good, it really spoiled the movie for me. The book went into so much more descriptive detail. The movie was too
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Oct 16, 2011
Yves
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Après la destruction de l'Étoile de la Mort par les rebelles, l'Empire passe à l'attaque et traque la Rébellion jusqu'au moindre recoins de la galaxie. Darth Vader est obsédé de retrouver le jeune Skywalker pour le faire joindre les Sith et le côté obscur. Il retrouvera sa trace sur la planète de glace nommée Hoth. Débutera alors une poursuite qui culminera par l'affrontement entre Darth Vader et Luke Skywalker.
Sur les six histoires originales qui sont en film, c'est celui-ci qui More...
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Feb 09, 2011
Jeffrey
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Arguably the best Star Wars stories to ever hit the shelf, "The Empire Strikes Back" has been recognized as one of the top ten best written screenplays of all time. But why such an honor for a science-fiction piece? It is the ability for a sequel to jump into the character's lives without needing a description for each of them; but more than that it is the drastic changes that Luke Skywalker must go through that makes him into a Jedi. At the beginning he is well known for destroying th
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Jul 20, 2010
Crystal Starr Light
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"Adventure, excitement...A Jedi craves not these things"
Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia are on Hoth with the main Rebel base. But Vader's singular goal is to find Luke Skywalker. When the Imperials find the Rebel base on Hoth, the Rebels must flee the Empire. But the Falcon is damaged...and Luke has been called to train under the mysterious Jedi Master, Yoda.
NOTE: Based on novel and audiobook.
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Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia are on Hoth with the main Rebel base. But Vader's singular goal is to find Luke Skywalker. When the Imperials find the Rebel base on Hoth, the Rebels must flee the Empire. But the Falcon is damaged...and Luke has been called to train under the mysterious Jedi Master, Yoda.
NOTE: Based on novel and audiobook.
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Jun 02, 2011
Shinn
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Although Star Wars (fine, 'A New Hope') is my favourite movie in the series, I understand that The Empire Strikes Back is, critically speaking, the best of the trilogy. So, I was curious to see how it would turn out in print.
Donald F. Glut's writing is somewhat less melodramatic than Alan Dean Foster's. It's not perfect, but then again, excessively erudite writing is neither expected nor necessary in a book with lightsabers and a floating city. I heartily disagree, though, with Glut's More...
Donald F. Glut's writing is somewhat less melodramatic than Alan Dean Foster's. It's not perfect, but then again, excessively erudite writing is neither expected nor necessary in a book with lightsabers and a floating city. I heartily disagree, though, with Glut's More...
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Mar 16, 2010
Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z and Naruto
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Ttile: Star Wars episode 5, The empire strikes back
Author: Donald F. Glut
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Luke, Han, and Princess Leia's story didn't end with the destruction of the Death Star....
Though they had won a significant battle, the war between the Rebel Alliance and the Empire had really just begun. Now, several months later, the Rebels had established an outpost on the frozen wasteland of Hoth. But even on that icy, backwater pla More...
Author: Donald F. Glut
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Luke, Han, and Princess Leia's story didn't end with the destruction of the Death Star....
Though they had won a significant battle, the war between the Rebel Alliance and the Empire had really just begun. Now, several months later, the Rebels had established an outpost on the frozen wasteland of Hoth. But even on that icy, backwater pla More...
Sep 22, 2010
Rachel
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First of all, you have to love the author's last name.
Second, he handled the growing attraction between Leia and Han well.
Third, in light of the prequels, Luke's personal conflict of training vs. saving his friends takes on new significance: ". . .how could he fear these abstract things (vulnerability, being lost on the path to evil) when Han and Leia were real and were suffering? How could he permit himself to fear possible danger to himself when his friends were p More...
Second, he handled the growing attraction between Leia and Han well.
Third, in light of the prequels, Luke's personal conflict of training vs. saving his friends takes on new significance: ". . .how could he fear these abstract things (vulnerability, being lost on the path to evil) when Han and Leia were real and were suffering? How could he permit himself to fear possible danger to himself when his friends were p More...
Dec 17, 2009
Antonio
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What a sentimental book for me. I loved this franchise so much and this was the first book that I ever bought on my own. Back then I was really into movie adaptations (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Scarface). I'm a voracious reader and this book started it all.
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Mar 29, 2011
Mark
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The Rebel Alliance, laying low on the ice planet of Hoth, is tracked down by the Empire and attacked. Han & Chewie take Princess Leia and C3PO - after a chase through an asteroid field - to Bespin, where an old friend called Landa Calrissian isn’t perhaps as trustworthy as Han thinks. Luke and R2 head to Dagobah, where they meet Jedi Master Yoda, who instructs ‘young Skywwalker’ in the ways of the Force. However, Luke senses something wrong, involving his friends and Darth Vader and the scene
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Jun 02, 2010
Avaladez1
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This was an amazing comparison to the actual movie and included scenes nit from the movie. In this book after the empire lost Death Star 1 the were already constructing a new one. The rebels were hidding on a remote planet called Hoth. Its basically a frozen wasteland of snow. The next morning on Hoth the empire showed up and destroyed the base forcing the Rebels off the planet and into the blockade in space.
The reason I chose this book is because I wanted to learn some behind the sc More...
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Dec 14, 2009
Valora
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I bought this book, with my own money, in the 5th grade ($4.99, can you believe it!). I loved every bit of this book and read it at least three times over. My mom finally threw it out when she cleaned out her garage.
Of course, my favorite part, when Han Solo finally kisses Leia after all their bickering and banter back an forth. Very romantic!
Of course, my favorite part, when Han Solo finally kisses Leia after all their bickering and banter back an forth. Very romantic!
Oct 11, 2011
Aidan
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This book is a classic, yes. However, it doesn't help that the book was easier to predict than the amount of rainfall in Arizona, and the plot itself was plagued with cliches. That said, this IS one of the first sci-fi novels written, so I'll cut it a bit of slack. But it isn't the best. I'd reccomend this to hardcore fans of the Star Wars franchise, but no one else.
Dec 31, 2009
Noah
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As Luke Skywalker goes through the snow on his bonthon investigating around the planet of Hoth to protect the Republic base.
This book was good but it was not great it didnt have as much adventure as the other ones but it was still good.
I would reccomend this book to people who like science fiction.
This book was good but it was not great it didnt have as much adventure as the other ones but it was still good.
I would reccomend this book to people who like science fiction.
Apr 09, 2010
Richard
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I read a lot of Star Wars novels in Jr. High. It took a few dozen books before I realized many of them just weren't all that stellar. Ah, well, I'll squirrel away the memories on the internet and free up a book shelf.
This one was better as a movie.
This one was better as a movie.
Aug 27, 2010
Jesse
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Probably my favorite out of the movies, but not the books. Glut just tried way too hard. There was WAY too much C3PO dialogue. The writing itself is definitely not the greatest. George Lucas did a better job with A New Hope. The story itself was 5 stars, but that is not attributed to the way the author presented it.
Jan 10, 2010
Indah "Threez"
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"I am your father."
What a bloody revelation, if it's the first time you see the movie.
I miss Harrison Ford's spontaneous dialogue here. Han's supposed to say "I know" when Leia admitted "I love you" before he's carbonized.
What a bloody revelation, if it's the first time you see the movie.
I miss Harrison Ford's spontaneous dialogue here. Han's supposed to say "I know" when Leia admitted "I love you" before he's carbonized.
Jan 16, 2011
Mell
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Admit to being a recovered star wars junkie. I now see the acting was kinda cheesy, tho the Princess Leia/Han Solo kiss in the Millennium Falcon was the swoon-worthy moment of my adolescence.
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Oct 04, 2010
Tamra
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Oh my. I must have read this book 5-6 times back when the original movie came out. I was so desperately in love with Han Solo! A good and faithful adapation from the movie
Dec 18, 2011
Kent
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Was Randal right for saying this was the better Star Wars film due to it ending on a down-note just like life? Quite possibly. It's a good book and a good story.
Apr 16, 2010
Nycdreamin
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I got this one a month or so before the movie was released and read it, like the 1st book, several times, until the binding fell apart. I no longer own my original copy.
Jul 19, 2010
Claire
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Read this before i saw the film as always the books alot better.
Can still remember sitting on my bed reading this book in 1983.
Can still remember sitting on my bed reading this book in 1983.
Oct 26, 2009
Travis
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The first ever novelization of movie I ever bought and still holds up as it's a nice adaption with a few nice extra bits fleshing out the story.
Aug 11, 2011
Jeremiah
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This is almost exactly like the movie. A story by George Lucas, from before he lost his mind.
Mar 23, 2011
Christopher
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Considered better than the original starwars... wonderfully faithful to the movie. A modern classic.
Dec 08, 2010
Nathan
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This is my favourite movie of all time and it translates very well into book form. Great story.
