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Return of the Jedi Novelisation Free FREE RETURN OF THE JEDI NOVELISATION PDF Scholastic | 188 pages | 31 Oct 2004 | Scholastic US | 9780439681261 | English | New York City, United States Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (junior novelization) | Wookieepedia | Fandom It is based on the script of the film of the same name. According to Publishers Weeklyit was the bestselling novel of that year. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. A Guide to the Star Wars Universe 2nd ed. Del Rey. This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. January Star Wars Legends novels — Full list of Star Wars books. 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Warrick was mostly brave and courageous, but when it came to unidentified objects like crashed princesses and Rebel trooper hats, his bark was bigger than his bite. Before you brag about how much you know, try again. Watch the film again, you must. Just like Chief Chirpa, you always have the right answers. Now go join Return of the Jedi Novelisation others at the victory celebration, you earned it! Yub nub! Log In. WED treadwell droid. Astromech droid. GNK power droid. He has to help a friend. He has Return of the Jedi Novelisation promise to keep. He has unfinished business. He has to finish what he started. Mon Cala. Flying the Falcon. Getting the shield down. Destroying the Executor. Reaching the main reactor. May the Force be with you. Leave me. Remember me. You were right. Luke and Chewbacca. Han and Lando. Nien Nunb and a Rebel pilot. C-3PO and Wicket. Take this quiz again! Your Facebook name, profile photo and other personal information you make public on Facebook e. Learn More. This site does not work on your browser. Please upgrade your browser to experience the site. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (novel) | Wookieepedia | Fandom The time is at hand when we can crush them, without mercy, in a single blow. Can you imagine having read the final chapter of the Star Wars trilogy before actually having seen the movie? I guess some people did that. What a strange thought. What little extra bits of information the book does give us are pretty great though, and they really made this novelization worth reading. A few scenes that were deleted from the movie still appear in this book, to my delight. Most notably, we get to see Luke building his new lightsaber at the beginning of the story. He assembles his lightsaber in a cave, and gives it to Artoo. And, finally, he appears as we know him from the movies. Not a human. For me, the best parts of the book were parts where we got to get into the heads of the characters a little more. Through the narration we get to know and understand the characters better than we do in the film. These are things that cannot be shown in a movie. We only learn about them through reading. Luke wanted to burn the villain, and so was actually rather glad Jabba had refused to bargain—for now Luke would get his wish precisely. Of course, his primary objective was to free his friends, whom he loved dearly; it was this concern that guided him now, above all else. He lit his lightsaber before they could squeeze off a shot; a moment later they were smoking corpses. It was a welcome addition to the book for sure. Many moments are expanded upon and leave us with some great new insights about the story. We learn that Obi-wan never told Luke about his real father because Yoda forbade him from revealing the truth to him. You see, what happened to your father was my fault. He regrets training Anakin. He trained the boy anyway, taught him about the Force and how to be a Jedi knight, and then Anakin became a Sith Lord. Obi-wan thinks this is all his fault. The scene goes on, and it is one of my Return of the Jedi Novelisation scenes in the novel, because Obi-wan tells Luke more about Anakin than what he told in the movie:. You should not think of that machine as Return of the Jedi Novelisation father. When I saw what had become of him, I tried to dissuade him, to draw him back from the dark side. We fought. When Return of the Jedi Novelisation father clawed his way out of that fiery pool, the change had been burned into him forever—he was Darth Vader, without a trace of Anakin Skywalker. Irredeemably dark. Kept alive by machinery and his own black will. Sound familiar? Like how the novelization of A New Hope basically summarized the entire prequel trilogy in its prologue, this novelization Return of the Jedi Novelisation Return of the Jedi once again shows us just how much of the Return of the Jedi Novelisation trilogy George Lucas already had in mind when making the original trilogy. And reading Return of the Jedi Novelisation really made Return of the Jedi Novelisation two trilogies feel more connected. One of my favorite things about reading these old novelizations of the original Star Wars trilogy is trying to pick out the differences between the films and the novels. Obi-wan and Owen are brothers in this version of the story. Your mother and I knew he would find out eventually, but we wanted to keep you both as safe as possible, for as long as possible. So I took you to live with my brother Return of the Jedi Novelisation, on Tatooine. In that book, Darth Vader was terrified of Emperor Palpatine. I loved that detail and hoped to see it expanded upon in this book. Though this is more true to the movies, I was hoping it would be different. It is a line most people would be familiar with. In the dogfight over the first Death Star, and later in the lightsaber duel on Bespin. I find it interesting how often his name was used in this book. I could keep going on, and Return of the Jedi Novelisation every little thing I liked about this book, and talk about every little detail that I found interesting. But, I do want to say that my favorite Return of the Jedi Novelisation of the entire book is at the end, after Vader threw the Emperor to his death, when he asks Luke to take his mask off. Anakin feels very self-conscious, and thinks Luke is crying in horror at the sight of his horribly scarred and sickly pale appearance. His mind starts to wander. Yes, that was how he looked once. These memories Return of the Jedi Novelisation to more memories. Anakin thinks back to his time as a Jedi. Then, he thinks about molten lava crawling Return of the Jedi Novelisation his back, and at that moment he stops, not allowing himself to think of such terrible things. He smiled up again at his son, and for the first time, loved him. And for the first time in many long years, loved himself again, as well. The rest of the scene plays out like it does in the movie. But these extra details really made this scene so much more powerful. Knowing exactly what Anakin was thinking in these last moments of his life, knowing the memories that were coming to his mind and the emotions that he was feeling before he died made reading this small section of the novel a real treat. For whatever reason, I really enjoyed this novelization. I certainly enjoyed it. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. The scene goes on, and it is one of my favorite scenes in the novel, because Obi-wan tells Luke more about Anakin than what he told in the movie: You should not think of that machine as your father. Sadly, no. Score: 7. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment Return of the Jedi Novelisation Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. Name required. Post to Cancel. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy..
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