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Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars: Novelizations #5)
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—it continues in The Empire Strikes Back.
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 Ho...more
in a galaxy far, far away
Luke, Han, and Princess Leia's story didn't end with the destruction of the Death Star—it continues in The Empire Strikes Back.
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 Ho...more
Mass Market Paperback, 214 pages
Published
May 1980
by Del Rey/Ballantine Books
(first published January 1st 1980)
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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...more
The movie was playing in the theater the first time I read this classic. My father, for perhaps reasons understood only to himself, felt that Star Wars was a bad influence and refused to let my brother and I go to the movie.
So the book replaced seeing the movie (which I eventually saw AFTER seeing Return of the Jedi in theaters in 1983 by RENTING a VCR).
I was in just second grade at the time, too young to understand the book on my own which was several reading levels above my education. I did no...more
So the book replaced seeing the movie (which I eventually saw AFTER seeing Return of the Jedi in theaters in 1983 by RENTING a VCR).
I was in just second grade at the time, too young to understand the book on my own which was several reading levels above my education. I did no...more
"The Empire Strikes Back" represents the place at which many of us first began to understand the operatic scope of George Lucas' intentions for this series. And the film version of this story is arguably the finest movie in the whole Star Wars saga. Unfortunately, the book is not as memorable.
By the time this came out, Lucas, 20th Century Fox and all the rest already knew what a gold mine this franchise was going to be. The marketing tie-ins and the intentional pandering to younger viewers/reade...more
By the time this came out, Lucas, 20th Century Fox and all the rest already knew what a gold mine this franchise was going to be. The marketing tie-ins and the intentional pandering to younger viewers/reade...more
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 est le meilleur...more
Sur les six histoires originales qui sont en film, c'est celui-ci qui est le meilleur...more
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 the death st...more
"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.
I Liked:
I really liked Glut's writing style. It's nice and clean, easy on the ears. Also, Gl...more
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.
I Liked:
I really liked Glut's writing style. It's nice and clean, easy on the ears. Also, Gl...more
Jun 02, 2011
Shinn
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5 of 5 stars
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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 assertion...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 assertion...more
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 planet, they could not esca...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 planet, they could not esca...more
If you're reading this review, I'm going to assume you've either already read this book or you've seen the movie. I really loved this book, but not quite as much as A New Hope. I found this book slightly harder to follow and I altogether didn't think it is as deserving of an amazing rating. That said, it's still a very good book and is definitely worth reading. I've always liked the names for things that George Lucas comes up with, and this novel contains a lot of said things. (view spoiler)...more
Jun 03, 2013
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This is one of my favorite movies, of both the series, and of all. But unfortunately the book really doesn't work as well as the movie.
One of the biggest problems is that it is almost a direct translation of the movie to the book, this is something that doesnt work in both directions. When you read a book of a movie you need to have much more story and character depth but this is lacking in this book.
There are many small changes, mostly to the dialogue, rephrasing what a character says or changi...more
One of the biggest problems is that it is almost a direct translation of the movie to the book, this is something that doesnt work in both directions. When you read a book of a movie you need to have much more story and character depth but this is lacking in this book.
There are many small changes, mostly to the dialogue, rephrasing what a character says or changi...more
One of my favourite movies, not just of Star Wars saga but of all time, unfortunately the book really doesn't match up.
One of the biggest problems is that it is almost a direct translation of the movie to the book, this is something that rarely works in either direction. When you read a book of a movie you need to have much more story and character depth but this is lacking in this book.
There are many small changes, mostly to the dialogue, rephrasing what a character says or changing who says it...more
One of the biggest problems is that it is almost a direct translation of the movie to the book, this is something that rarely works in either direction. When you read a book of a movie you need to have much more story and character depth but this is lacking in this book.
There are many small changes, mostly to the dialogue, rephrasing what a character says or changing who says it...more
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 presently in real danger of de...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 presently in real danger of de...more
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.
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 scen...more
It is wicked hard to decently novelize a film, especially one as well known and often watched as this; I couldn't escape the fact that each character was saying the lines in my head as I read them, and there were a couple of places where the lines were changed and I felt rather cheated. Much as I love the EU, I think the films are best left to themselves, although it is nice to get all of the character personality that you can't get in pure-dialogue film--the best example of this is the constant...more
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 sceans stuff...more
The reason I chose this book is because I wanted to learn some behind the sceans stuff...more
One of my fav. all time movies, so i just had to read the book! Very good, and funny!!!!!!=)
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It was interesting finally reading this book. It was much closer to the movie than the first novel, so it was difficult to find too many differences. Some stand out, though: Yoda is a swift-moving blue creature in the book, was one notable difference; Leia and Han's farewell was also different - instead of the iconic "I know," we have a different exchange, not nearly as memorable. A few of Lando's lines are different as well, but not too many different scenes exist - on the whole it is, as I sai...more
A thrilling novel, Star Wars:The Empire Strikes Back follows the journey of young Luke Skywalker, a pilot in the Rebel Armada, Leia, the former princess of Alderan and a commander in the Armada, and Han Solo and his copilot Chewbacca, a pair of former smugglers that pilot The Millennium Falcon, "the fastest ship in the galaxy." The story takes them through perils, from the Imperial assault on Hoth to an epic duel on Bespin between Luke and the villainous Darth Vader the leaves the young Jedi wit...more
Had an interesting experience reading this book as a child. When Luke is frozen into the ceiling of the space yeti's cave, I suddenly imagined that the scene took place on a stage. The walls of the cave were cardboard, the space yeti a costume, the snow Styrofoam beads. I couldn't get this impression out of my head. Immersion utterly disrupted, I wondered if I'd ever be able to read a book again.
Out of the original trilogy this is my favorite book. The Empire Strikes back has a lot that happens, very detailed and it goes with the whole plot of the series. I didn't expect to like it after A New Hope was painful to get through, but this episode really gets to what the series is about. One thing I have to complain about is the revelation scene, over the years there has been so much hype about it and I'm sure in the movie it comes off better but in the book it was just terrible and I ended...more
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!
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.
This is the book that got me to read when I was a kid who hated reading. I fell in love with Star Wars and someone got me this book. It did not take long to gobble it up. I recall trying to hurry up and finish reading it before I saw the movie.
Sorry my review has nothing to do with the actual story.
Sorry my review has nothing to do with the actual story.
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.
Though I have a much more prominent memory of Zahn's written works on Star Wars, I do remember this being an exciting and well adapted version of the movie's story. I read it many years ago and this is the only movie-novel I read in the series but I enjoyed it well enough as a kid.
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.
I enjoyed this novelization MUCH better than 'Star Wars' by George Lucas. I don't think it's the content so much as just the quality of the writing. I will never choose the book over the movie for Ep. 4, but for Ep. 5 it's close to being a tie.
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 Lestari
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4 of 5 stars
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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.
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DONALD F. GLUT has been professionally active in both the entertainment and publishing industries since 1966.
Born in Pecos, Texas, Don grew up in Chicago, IL. At age nine, already bitten by the film-making “bug,” he made Diplodocus at Large, the first of 41 amateur movies featuring dinosaurs, human monsters (Frankenstein’s Monster, Teenage Werewolf, etc.) and superheroes (Spider-Man, Captain Marv...more
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Born in Pecos, Texas, Don grew up in Chicago, IL. At age nine, already bitten by the film-making “bug,” he made Diplodocus at Large, the first of 41 amateur movies featuring dinosaurs, human monsters (Frankenstein’s Monster, Teenage Werewolf, etc.) and superheroes (Spider-Man, Captain Marv...more
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