Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Storybook

Star Wars Legends: Novels

by Shep Steneman

The further adventures of Luke Skywalker and his friends in their continuing battle against Darth Vader and the evil side of the Force.

Genres: Star Wars, Science Fiction, Childrens, Media Tie In, Fiction, Collections, Film

58 pages, Hardcover

First published April 12, 1980

Reviews

[Cameron Rhoads · Rating 5 out of 5]

1980. Excellent telling of the story. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Daniel Kukwa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I recently rediscovered this slice of my childhood in a used book store. I will unashamedly admit that I felt the same rush of geeky excitement flipping through this photo book as I did when I was six years old. It's a little bit of heaven from my golden age...a time before we could simply slot a movie into a VCR, never mind modern DVD players. Something to cherish.

[Jay Gabler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easter eggs: text features the wampa-invasion subplot cut from the final film, and the scripted carbon-freeze dialogue (“I’ll be back”) instead of the lines revised on set (“I know”).

[HeavyReader · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book even more than I read The Star Wars Storybook. I was a little young when I saw Star Wars, but I was at the perfect age for obsession when I saw The Empire Strikes Back.

So glad to have found this book after doing a bit of internet poking. After finding The Star Wars Storybook, this one was easy.

[Andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun storybook version of The Empire Strikes back with an additional scene of some kind of creature breaking into the base? I read another review that said this was a scene that didn't make it into the film so it's nice to read about it for the first time.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable to read the original story and see the photos.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very entertaining and comical adaptation of The Empire strikes back. Below my reading level, it's probably perfect for young readers.