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{{Book
|image=[[File:FromtheAdventuresofLukeSkywalker.png]]
|book name=''Star Wars Episode IV:<br />A New Hope''
|author=[[Alan Dean Foster]] {{ID|[[George Lucas]]}}
|cover artist=[[Ralph McQuarrie]]
|illustrator=
|editor=
|publisher=[[Ballantine Books]]
|release date=*[[November 12]], [[1976]] {{C|Paperback}}<ref name="StarWars.com">{{SW|url=news/check-out-over-40-years-of-star-wars-a-new-hope-novelization-covers|text=Check Out Over 40 Years of ''Star Wars: A New Hope'' Novelization Covers}}</ref>
*[[October]] [[1977]] {{C|Hardcover}}<ref name="Hardbound Ballantine Books Edition">[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker'']], Hardbound [[Ballantine Books]] Edition</ref>
*[[June 28]], [[2011]] {{C|eBook}}<ref name="Penguin-eBook">{{Penguin|url=books/104227/a-new-hope-star-wars-episode-iv-by-george-lucas/9780307795472|text=A New Hope: Star Wars: Episode IV|archivedate=20190926045719}} {{C|eBook}}</ref>
|media type=*Hardcover
*Paperback
*eBook
|pages=224
|isbn=9780345260611
|isbn2=
|isbn3=
|timeline=[[0 BBY/Legends|0 BBY]]&ndash;[[0 ABY/Legends|0 ABY]]<ref name="TERC">''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''</ref>
|series=[[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']]
|preceded by=
|followed by=*''[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye]]''
*[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'']]}}
{{Quote|Soon to be a spectacular motion picture! From Twentieth-Century Fox!|First Edition, back cover tagline|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)}}
'''''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope''''', formerly titled '''''Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker''''', is a [[Star Wars Legends|Legends]] novel written by [[Alan Dean Foster]]. It adapts the [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|film]] of the same name, and it was based on the screenplay by [[George Lucas]]. The novelization was first published on [[November 12]], [[1976]] by [[Ballantine Books]], prior to the film's [[1977]] release.

A sequel, ''[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye]]'', was written by Foster and published in [[1978]]. ''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' was later collected in ''[[The Star Wars Saga]]'' ([[1983]]) and ''[[The Star Wars Trilogy]]'' ([[1987]]).

==Publisher's summary==
''[[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] challenged the [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtroopers]] of a distant [[The galaxy/Legends|galaxy]] on a daring mission&mdash;where a force of life became the power of death!''

''Farm chores sure could be dull, and Luke Skywalker was bored beyond belief. He yearned for adventures out among the [[Star/Legends|stars]]&mdash;adventures that would take him beyond the furthest [[Galaxy/Legends|galaxies]] to distant and [[Alien/Legends|alien]] worlds.''

''But Luke got more than he bargained for when he intercepted a cryptic message from a beautiful [[Prince/Legends|princess]] held captive by a dark and powerful [[Warlord/Legends|warlord]]. Luke didn't know who she was, but he knew he had to save her&mdash;and soon, because time was running out.''

''Armed only with courage and with the [[Lightsaber/Legends|light saber]] that had been his father's, Luke was catapulted into the middle of the most savage space war ever&hellip;and he was headed straight for a desperate encounter on the enemy battle station known as the [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|Death Star]]!''

==Development==
''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' was ghostwritten by [[Alan Dean Foster]], based on writings from [[George Lucas]]. It was first published by [[Ballantine Books]] under the title ''Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker'', and it was released on [[November 12]], [[1976]]. The novel's first edition features cover art by [[Ralph McQuarrie]], and many later printings feature cover art by [[John Berkey]].<ref name="StarWars.com" />

==Continuity==
===Differences from the film===
The novelization was based on the screenplay of [[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|''Star Wars'': Episode IV ''A New Hope'']], and it has several minor differences from the final film. Some differences include:
*The novel begins with the words "Another galaxy, another time," rather than "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...."
*During the battle aboard the [[Tantive IV/Legends|''Tantive IV'']], the stormtroopers drop through the ceiling, rather than charging through a door.
*Before [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]] is captured, she kills two stormtroopers, instead of only one.
*Before [[Grand Moff/Legends|Grand Moff]] [[Wilhuff Tarkin/Legends|Tarkin]] and [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]] enter the conference room scene, there are eight Imperial Senators and officers around the table. In the film, there are only seven officers. During the scene, Vader uses [[The Force/Legends|the Force]] to summon a cup from the table to his hand.
*[[Conan Antonio Motti/Legends|Conan Antonio Motti]] is absent from the conference, instead the argument is between [[Cassio Tagge/Legends|Cassio Tagge]] and [[Hurst Romodi/Legends|Hurst Romodi]]. Also, it is Tagge who mocks Vader's use of the force and is force-choked by him.
*Skywalker's [[X-34 landspeeder/Legends|X-34 landspeeder]] has an enclosed cockpit unlike the open cockpit seen in the film.
*Skywalker's [[Lightsaber/Legends|lightsaber]] is described as having a jeweled hilt.
*In the novel, Tarkin is present during Organa's torture. In the film, Organa does not encounter Tarkin until she is taken to the [[Death Star/Legends|Death Star's]] [[Overbridge/Legends|Overbridge]].
*[[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]] is described as having bright, yellow eyes.
*In the [[Cantina/Legends|cantina]], Skywalker is haggled by a trio of individuals. [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Kenobi]] cuts a smaller alien in half and cuts off the arm of another. [[Ponda Baba/Legends|Ponda Baba]] is described as having multiple eyes.
*[[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba]] is described as a fat biped with an ugly, shaggy skull and jowls. His scars are said to be a sign of his ferocious reputation in combat.
*After the [[destruction of Alderaan]], Vader reports that [[Alderaan/Legends|Alderaan]] had possessed defensive systems "as strong as that of the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Empire]]." In the novel, Obi-Wan does not feel Alderaan's destruction through the Force.
*Stormtrooper [[TK-421/Legends|TK-421]] is identified as THX-1138.
*The [[Shann Childsen/Legends|officer]] commanding the detention block is killed activating an alarm rather than drawing a blaster. When the gang dives into the garbage chute, [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] dives in before Skywalker. The garbage chamber's number is 366-17891 instead of 3263827.
*During the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]], Skywalker, [[Biggs Darklighter/Legends|Biggs Darklighter]], and [[Wedge Antilles/Legends|Wedge Antilles]] are all in [[Blue Squadron (Rebel Alliance)/Legends|Blue Squadron]] but in the film, they are all in [[Red Squadron (Rebel Alliance)/Legends|Red Squadron]] instead. Skywalker also makes two attack runs through the Death Star trench. When Skywalker learns that Darklighter had been killed, his eyes begin to water and he reflects, "'We're a couple of shooting stars, Biggs' he whispered huskily, 'and we'll never be stopped.'"
*At the novel's end, Organa gives Chewbacca a medal.

===Differences from later works===
The novel also has instances that were [[retcon]]ned by later works. The book's prologue quotes from the [[Journal of the Whills/Legends|Journal of the Whills]], and it says that Emperor [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] was merely a figurehead controlled by the Imperial bureaucracy. Additionally, some words are spelled differently; "[[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiee]]" is spelled as "Wookie", and "[[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]]" is spelled as "Hut".

==Reception==
The novel appeared in the New York Times Paperback Best Sellers list from July 3, 1977 to October 23, 1977. The description given was "STAR WARS, by George Lucas (Ballantine/Del Rey, $1.95) The Space fantasy film hit in novel form, written by its director."<ref name="NYT Best Sellers">{{Cite_web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1977/07/03/96999147.html|title=TimesMachine July 3, 1977|work=[[Wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]]|nobackup=1}}</ref>
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|July 3, 1977
|7
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|July 10, 1977
|4
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|July 17, 1977
|4
|-
|July 24, 1977
|3
|-
|July 31, 1977
|3
|-
|August 7, 1977
|1
|-
| August 14, 1977
|1
|-
| August 21, 1977
|2
|-
|August 28, 1977
|1
|-
|September 4, 1977
|2
|-
|September 11, 1977
|3
|-
|September 18, 1977
|5
|-
|September 25, 1977
|4
|-
|October 2, 1977
|3
|-
|October 16, 1977
|4
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| October 23, 1977
|5
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==Media==
===Editions===
====American====
*{{ISBN|9780345260611}}; [[November 12]], [[1976]]; [[Ballantine Books]]; US paperback, First Edition<ref name="StarWars.com" />
*{{ISBN|9780345260796}}; [[June]] [[1977]]; [[Del Rey]]; US paperback, 2nd&ndash;19th printings<ref name="Second Printing">[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker'']], Second Printing</ref>
*{{ISBN|9780345274762}}; [[October]] 1977; Ballantine Books; US hardcover, Hardbound Ballantine Books Edition<ref name="Hardbound Ballantine Books Edition" />
*{{C|No ISBN}}; [[December 12]], 1977; Ballantine Books; US hardcover, [[Science Fiction Book Club]] edition<ref name="Amazon-BookClub">{{Amazon|url=Star-Wars-Adventures-Luke-Skywalker/dp/0345274768|text=Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker|archivedate=20190926054331}}</ref>
*{{ISBN|9780345273833}}; June [[1978]]; Del Rey; US paperback, 20th printing
*{{ISBN|9780345293688}}; June [[1980]]; Del Rey; US paperback, 22nd&ndash;25th printings
*{{ISBN|9780345307354}}; June [[1982]]; Del Rey; US paperback, 26th&ndash;30th printings
*{{ISBN|9780345341464}}; [[September 12]], [[1986]]; Del Rey; US paperback, 35th&ndash;64th printings<ref name="Penguin-Paperback">{{Penguin|url=books/104227/a-new-hope-star-wars-episode-iv-by-george-lucas/9780345341464|text=A New Hope: Star Wars: Episode IV|archivedate=20190926032615}} {{C|Paperback}}</ref>
*{{ISBN|9780345400772}}; [[August 29]], [[1995]]; Del Rey; US hardcover, First Ballantine Books Edition<ref name="BN-hardcover">{{BN|url=w/star-wars-episode-iv-george-lucas/1101922886?ean=9780345400772|text=Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926054442/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/star-wars-episode-iv-george-lucas/1101922886?ean=9780345400772}}</ref>
*{{ISBN|9780307795472}}; [[June 28]], [[2011]]; Del Rey; US eBook<ref name="Penguin-eBook" />

====International====
*{{ISBN|0722156693}}; 1977; [[Sphere Books]]; UK paperback
*{{ISBN|344203633X}}; 1978; [[Goldmann]]; [[Wikipedia:German language|German-language]] paperback
*{{C|No ISBN}}; 1978; [[Prosveta Publishing House]]; [[Wikipedia:Serbo-Croatian language|Serbo-Croatian&ndash;language]] hardcover
*{{ISBN|0316882038}}; [[1996]], [[Little, Brown and Company]]; UK hardcover
*{{ISBN|8820023857}}; 1997; [[Sperling & Kupfer]]
*{{ISBN|3442247659}}; [[1997]]; Goldmann; German-language paperback
*{{ISBN|1857239458}}; [[1999]], [[Orbit Books]] UK hardcover
*{{ISBN|9789545288128}}; [[2008]]; [[Trud (publisher)|Trud]]; [[Wikipedia:Bulgarian language|Bulgarian-language]] paperback

===Cover gallery===
====American====
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<gallery>
File:FromtheAdventuresofLukeSkywalker.png|US paperback, First Edition
File:StarWarsNovelCoverArt-MOSW.png|US paperback, First Edition cover art
File:FromtheAdventuresofLukeSkywalker-BackCover.png|US paperback, First Edition back cover
File:FromtheAdventuresofLukeSkywalker-2ndPrinting-A.jpg|US paperback, 2nd printing A
File:FromtheAdventuresofLukeSkywalker-2ndPrinting.jpg|US paperback, 2nd printing B
File:Ep4_2.jpg|US paperback, 6th printing
File:Ep4_2_Back.jpg|US paperback, 6th printing back cover
File:FromtheAdventuresofLukeSkywalker-HC.jpg|US hardcover, Hardbound Ballantine Books Edition
File:ANH_novel_BC_cover.jpg|US hardcover, Science Fiction Book Club edition
File:FromtheAdventuresofLukeSkywalker-22ndPrinting.jpg|US paperback, 22nd printing
File:FromtheAdventuresofLukeSkywalker-30thPrinting.jpg|US paperback, 26th printing
File:FromtheAdventuresofLukeSkywalker-39thPrinting.jpg|US paperback, 39th printing
File:StarWarsANewHope-47thPrinting.jpg|US paperback, 47th printing
File:Ep4_3.jpg|US hardcover, First Ballantine Books Edition
File:Ep4_4.jpg|US paperback, 53rd printing
File:Ep4_6.jpg|US paperback, 60th printing
File:Episodeivnovel.jpg|US paperback, 64th printing
File:ANewHopeAudiobook-1994.jpg|US Cassette {{C|1994}}
</gallery>
}}

====International====
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<gallery>
File:Ep4_1.jpg|UK paperback
File:Ep4_Dutch.jpg|Dutch-language edition
File:Ep4_De.jpg|German-language edition
File:ANH-novel-HU.jpg|1980 Hungarian-language edition
File:SWEpIVANH-Japanese1.jpg|Japanese-language edition
File:Ep4_Pl_Interart.jpg|Polish-language edition
File:ANh_paperback_aust.jpg|1995 Australian paperback
File:Ep4_De SE.jpg|German-language edition
File:SWEpIVANH-Japanese2.jpg|Japanese-language edition
File:SWEpIVANH-Japanese3.jpg|Japanese-language edition
File:Ep4_Pl_2.jpg|Polish-language edition
File:A_New_Hope_Rus.jpg|Russian-language hardcover
File:EpIV.jpg|Romanian-language edition
File:StarWars77Novel40th.jpg|[[Century (Random House)|Century]] hardcover
</gallery>
}}

===Newspaper serialization===
In 1977, a version of the novel was published in serialized form in North American newspapers.<ref name="Fishwrap">{{Cite_web|url=https://blog.newspapers.com/find-looking-back-on-the-original-star-wars|title=Find: Looking Back on the Original ''Star Wars''|author=Hammond, Trevor|date=2015-12-18|work=[[Wikipedia:Ancestry.com#Newspapers.com|Newspapers.com]]|archivedate=20211202031903}}</ref><ref name="San Antonio Express">{{Cite_web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3657137/newspaper-serializes-star-wars-novel|title=Newspaper serializes Star Wars novel|work=[[Wikipedia:Ancestry.com#Newspapers.com|Newspapers.com]]|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/GV06Y}}</ref><ref name="Star-Phoenix">{{Cite_web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/510083064|title=09 Sep 1977, 7 - Star-Phoenix|work=[[Wikipedia:Ancestry.com#Newspapers.com|Newspapers.com]]|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/G6gnH}}</ref>

==Appearances==
{{Incomplete_list}}
{{App
|characters=
*[[Raymus Antilles/Legends|Raymus Antilles]] {{1st}} {{ID|Colton}}
*[[Wedge Antilles/Legends|Wedge Antilles]] {{1st}}
*[[Ponda Baba/Legends|Ponda Baba]] {{1st}}
*[[Moradmin Bast/Legends|Moradmin Bast]] {{1st}}
*[[Bolvan/Legends|Bolvan]] {{1st}}
*[[BoShek/Legends|BoShek]] {{1st}}
*[[John D. Branon/Legends|John D. Branon]] {{1st}}
*[[C-3PO/Legends|C-3PO]] {{1st}}
*[[Siward Cass/Legends|Siward Cass]] {{1st}}
*[[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]] {{1st}}
*[[Biggs Darklighter/Legends|Biggs Darklighter]] {{1st}}
*[[Deacon]] {{1st}}
*[[Jan Dodonna/Legends|Jan Dodonna]] {{1st}}
*[[Garven Dreis/Legends|Garven "Dave" Dreis]] {{1st}}
*[[DV-692]] {{1st}}
*[[Cornelius Evazan/Legends|Cornelius Evazan]] {{1st}}
*[[Davin Felth/Legends|Davin Felth]] {{1st}}
*[[Garindan]] {{1st}}
*[[Del Goren/Legends|Del Goren]] {{1st}}
*[[Greedo/Legends|Greedo]] {{1st}}
*[[Hija/Legends|Hija]] {{1st}}
*[[Jenny/Legends|Jenny]] {{1st}}
*[[Daine Jir/Legends|Daine Jir]] {{1st}}
*[[Kabe/Legends|Kabe]] {{1st}}
*[[Kitik Keed'kak]] {{1st}}
*[[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] {{1st}}
*[[Davish Krail/Legends|Davish "Pops" Krail]] {{1st}}
*[[Beru Whitesun Lars/Legends|Beru Whitesun Lars]] {{1st}}
*[[Owen Lars/Legends|Owen Lars]] {{1st}}
*[[Camie Loneozner]] {{1st}}
*[[Laze Loneozner/Legends|Laze Loneozner]] {{1st}}
*[[Conan Antonio Motti/Legends|Conan Antonio Motti]] {{1st}}
*[[Bail Prestor Organa/Legends|Bail Prestor Organa]] {{1stm}}
*[[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]] {{1st}}
*[[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] {{1stm}}
*[[Jek Tono Porkins/Legends|Jek Tono Porkins]] {{1st}}
*[[Nahdonnis Praji]] {{1st}}
*[[Hurst Romodi/Legends|Hurst Romodi]] {{1st}}
*[[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]] {{1st}}
*[[R5-D4/Legends|R5-D4]] {{1st}}
*[[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] {{1st}}
*[[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] {{1st}}
*[[Windy Starkiller]] {{1st}}
*[[Cassio Tagge/Legends|Cassio Tagge]] {{1st}}
*[[Tanbris]] {{1st}}
*[[Wilhuff Tarkin/Legends|Wilhuff Tarkin]] {{1st}}
*[[Tiree]] {{1st}}
*[[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba Desilijic Tiure]] {{1st}}
*[[TK-421/Legends|TK-421]] {{1st}} {{ID|THX-1138}}
*[[Tocneppil]] {{1stm}}
*[[Pol Treidum]] {{1st}}
*[[Unidentified female (Anchorhead)]] {{1st}}
*[[Unidentified gantry officer]] {{1st}}
*[[Unidentified Dianoga]] {{1st}}
*[[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]] {{1st}}
*[[Jon Vander/Legends|Jon "Dutch" Vander]] {{1st}}
*[[Vanden Willard/Legends|Vanden Willard]] {{1st}}
*[[Wioslea/Legends|Wioslea]] {{1st}}
*[[Wuher/Legends|Wuher]] {{1st}}
|creatures=
*[[Bantha/Legends|Bantha]] {{1st}}
*[[Cat/Legends|Cat]] {{1stm}}
*[[Dog/Legends|Dog]] {{1st}}
*[[Duck/Legends|Duck]] {{1stm}}
*[[Dianoga/Legends|Dianoga]] {{1st}}
*[[Krayt dragon/Legends|Krayt dragon]] {{1stm}}
*[[Womp rat/Legends|Womp rat]] {{1stm}}
|droids=
*[[3PO-series protocol droid/Legends|3PO-series protocol droid]] {{1st}}
*[[Binary loadlifter/Legends|Binary loadlifter]] {{1stm}}
*[[IT-O Interrogator]] {{1st}}
*[[R2-series astromech droid]] {{1st}}
*[[Remote/Legends|Remote]] {{1st}}
*[[WED Treadwell repair droid/Legends|WED Treadwell repair droid]] {{1st}}
|events=
*[[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]] {{1stm}}
*[[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]] {{1st}}
**[[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]] {{1st}}
**[[Destruction of Alderaan]] {{1st}}
**[[Rescue of Princess Leia/Legends|Rescue of Princess Leia]] {{1st}}
|locations=
*[[Alderaan system/Legends|Alderaan system]] {{1st}}
**[[Alderaan/Legends|Alderaan]] {{1st}}
*[[Bestine IV/Legends|Bestine]] {{1stm}}
*[[Commenor/Legends|Commenor]] {{1stm}}
*[[Corellia/Legends|Corellia]] {{1stm}}
*[[Dantooine/Legends|Dantooine]] {{1stm}}
*[[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|Death Star I]] {{1st}}
**[[Cell 2187/Legends|Cell 2187]] {{1st}}
**[[Cell Block 1138/Legends|Cell Block 1138]] {{1stm}} {{ID|TS-138}}
**[[Death Star conference room/Legends|Death Star conference room]] {{1st}}
**[[Detention Block AA-23/Legends|Detention Block AA-23]] {{1st}}
**[[Garbage Compactor 3263827]] {{1st}} {{ID|Unit 366-117891}}
**[[Thermal exhaust port/Legends|Thermal exhaust port]] {{1st}}
*[[Fornax/Legends|Fornax]] {{1stm}}
**[[Fire Rings of Fornax]] {{1stm}}
*[[Kessel/Legends|Kessel]] {{1stm}}
**[[Spice Mines of Kessel]] {{1stm}}
*[[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]] {{1st}}
**[[Tatoo I/Legends|Tatoo I]] {{1st}}
**[[Tatoo II/Legends|Tatoo II]] {{1st}}
**[[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]] {{1st}}
***[[Anchorhead/Legends|Anchorhead]] {{1st}}
****[[Tosche Station/Legends|Tosche Station]] {{1st}}
***[[Beggar's Canyon/Legends|Beggar's Canyon]] {{1stm}}
***[[Dune Sea/Legends|Dune Sea]] {{1st}}
****[[Ben Kenobi's hut]] {{1st}}
****[[Western Dune Sea/Legends|Western Dune Sea]] {{1st}}
****[[Lars homestead]] {{1st}}
***[[Jundland Wastes/Legends|Jundland Wastes]] {{1st}}
***[[Mos Eisley/Legends|Mos Eisley]] {{1st}}
****[[Docking Bay 94/Legends|Docking Bay 94]] {{1st}}
****[[Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina/Legends|Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina]] {{1st}}
*[[Yavin system/Legends|Yavin system]] {{1st}}
**[[Yavin Prime/Legends|Yavin Prime]] {{1st}}
**[[Yavin 4/Legends|Yavin 4]] {{1st}}
***[[Great Temple/Legends|Great Temple]] {{1st}}
****[[Grand Audience Chamber]] {{1st}}
****[[Strategy Center]] {{1st}}
|organizations=
*[[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]] {{1st}}
**[[Blue Squadron (Rebel Alliance)/Legends|Blue Squadron]] {{1st}}
**[[Green Squadron (Rebel Alliance)/Legends|Green Squadron]] {{1st}}
**[[Red Squadron (Rebel Alliance)/Legends|Red Squadron]] {{1st}}
**[[Gold Squadron (Rebel Alliance)/Legends|Gold Squadron]] {{1st}}
*[[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]] {{1st}}
*[[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] {{1st}}
**[[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Galactic Emperor]] {{1stm}}
**[[Grand Moff/Legends|Grand Moff]] {{1st}}
**[[Stormtrooper/Legends|Stormtrooper]] {{1st}} {{ID|storm trooper}}
**[[Chief gunnery officer/Legends|Chief gunnery officer]] {{1st}}
**[[Gunnery captain/Legends|Gunnery captain]] {{1st}}
*[[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] {{1stm}}
**[[Galactic Senate/Legends|Galactic Senate]] {{1stm}}
**[[President of the Senate]] {{1stm}}
*[[Incom Corporation/Legends|Incom Corporation]] {{1stm}}
*[[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]] {{1st}}
*[[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Master]] {{1st}}
*[[Order of the Sith Lords]] {{1st}}
*[[Scanning crew BT-445/Legends|Scanning crew BT-445]] {{1st}}
|species=
*[[Aqualish/Legends|Aqualish]] {{1st}}
*[[Chadra-Fan/Legends|Chadra-Fan]] {{1st}}
*[[Human/Legends|Human]] {{1st}}
*[[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]] {{1st}} {{ID|Hut}}
*[[Jawa/Legends|Jawa]] {{1st}}
*[[Kubaz/Legends|Kubaz]] {{1st}}
*[[Rodian/Legends|Rodian]] {{1st}}
*[[Tusken Raider/Legends|Tusken Raider]] {{1st}}
*[[Vuvrian/Legends|Vuvrian]] {{1st}}
*[[Wookiee/Legends|Wookiee]] {{1st}} {{ID|Wookie}}
*[[Yam'rii/Legends|Yam'rii]] {{1st}}
|vehicles=
*[[BTL Y-wing starfighter/Legends|BTL Y-wing starfighter]] {{1st}}
*[[CR90 corvette/Legends|CR90 corvette]] {{1st}}
**[[Tantive IV/Legends|''Tantive IV'']] {{1st}}
*[[Imperial I-class Star Destroyer/Legends|Imperial I-class Star Destroyer]] {{1st}}
**[[Devastator/Legends|''Devastator'']] {{1st}}
*[[Rand Ecliptic/Legends|''Rand Ecliptic'']] {{1stm}}
*[[Sandcrawler/Legends|Sandcrawler]] {{1st}}
*[[T-16 skyhopper/Legends|T-16 skyhopper]] {{1stm}}
*[[T-65 X-wing starfighter/Legends|T-65 X-wing starfighter]] {{1st}}
*[[TIE/LN starfighter]] {{1st}}
*[[X-34 landspeeder/Legends|X-34 landspeeder]] {{1st}}
*[[XP-38 sport landspeeder|XP-38]] {{1stm}}
*[[YT-1300 light freighter/Legends|YT-1300 light freighter]] {{1st}}
**[[Millennium Falcon/Legends|''Millennium Falcon'']] {{1st}}
|technology=
*[[Armor/Legends|Armor]] {{1st}}
**[[Darth Vader's armor]] {{1st}}
*[[Blaster/Legends|Blaster]] {{1st}}
*[[Cogitative Theory Unit|Cogitative theory unit]] {{1st}}
*[[Comlink/Legends|Comlink]] {{1st}}
*[[Droid/Legends|Droid]] {{1st}} {{ID|'droid}}
*[[Freeze-floating control]] {{1st}}
*[[Gaderffii]] {{1st}}
*[[Lightsaber/Legends|Lightsaber]] {{1st}}
*[[Hologram/Legends|Hologram]] {{1st}}
*[[Holoprojector/Legends|Holoprojector]] {{1st}}
*[[Obedience-rational module]] {{1st}}
*[[Remote/Legends|Remote]] {{1st}}
|miscellanea=
*[[Chrysopaz]] {{1st}}
*[[Clothing/Legends|Clothing]] {{1st}}
**[[Robe/Legends|Robe]] {{1st}}
*[[Galactic Credit Standard|Credit]] {{1st}}
*[[Durindfire (firework)|Durindfire]] {{1st}}
*[[Electronic hallucination]] {{1stm}}
*[[The Force/Legends|The Force]] {{1st}} {{ID|force}}
**[[Mind trick/Legends|Mind trick]] {{1st}}
**[[Telekinesis/Legends|Telekinesis]] {{1st}}
*[[Language/Legends|Language]] {{1st}}
**[[Aqualish (language)/Legends|Aqualish]] {{1st}}
**[[Bocce/Legends|Bocce]] {{1st}}
**[[Galactic Basic Standard/Legends|Galactic Basic Standard]] {{1st}}
**[[Huttese/Legends|Huttese]] {{1st}}
**[[Rodese]] {{1st}}
**[[Shyriiwook/Legends|Shyriiwook]] {{1st}}
*[[Pool]] {{1st}}
*[[Shang stew]] {{1st}}
*[[Sun shawl]] {{1st}}
*[[Sunscreen oil]] {{1st}}
*[[Transatomic physics]] {{1stm}}
*[[Ancient Order of the Whills|Whill]] {{1st}}
}}

==Collections==
*''[[The Star Wars Saga]]''
*''[[The Star Wars Trilogy]]''

==Sources==
{{Mediacat|imagecat=Images from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)}}
*''[[The Jedi Master's Quizbook]]''
*{{InsiderCite|23|Star Wars Publications Timeline|''Star Wars'' Publications Timeline}}
*''[[The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire]]''
*{{InsiderCite|75|Bookshelf}}
*''[[Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle]]''
*''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''
*{{SW|url=news/star-wars-novelizations-how-they-fuel-the-imagination|text=''Star Wars'' Novelizations: How They Fuel the Imagination}}
*{{SW|url=news/an-annotated-guide-to-the-star-wars-portfolio-by-ralph-mcquarrie|text=An Annotated Guide to ''The Star Wars Portfolio'' by Ralph McQuarrie}}
*{{SW|url=news/original-trilogy-novelizations-a-look-back|text=Original Trilogy Novelizations: A Look Back}}
*{{SW|url=news/the-del-rey-star-wars-covers-of-ralph-mcquarrie-part-1|text=The Del Rey ''Star Wars'' Covers of Ralph McQuarrie, Part 1}}
*{{SW|url=news/how-book-and-comic-adaptations-expanded-and-changed-the-star-wars-films-part-1|text=How Book and Comic Adaptations Expanded (and Changed) the ''Star Wars'' Films, Part 1}}
*{{InsiderCite|181|Launchpad}}
*{{SW|url=news/check-out-over-40-years-of-star-wars-a-new-hope-novelization-covers|text=Check Out Over 40 Years of ''Star Wars: A New Hope'' Novelization Covers}}
*{{InsiderCite|201|Adventures in the Audiosphere}}

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Penguin|url=books/104227/a-new-hope-star-wars-episode-iv-by-george-lucas/9780345341464|text=A New Hope: Star Wars: Episode IV|archivedate=20190926032615}}
*{{WP|Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker|''Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker''}}

{{Film-novels}}
{{Episode_IV_multimedia}}

{{Interlang
|cs=Hvězdné války: Nová naděje
|de=Episode IV – Eine neue Hoffnung (Roman)
|es=Star Wars Episodio IV: Una Nueva Esperanza (novela)
|fi=Tähtien sota: Episodi IV – Uusi toivo (romaani)
|fr=Star Wars épisode IV : Un Nouvel Espoir (roman)
|hu=Csillagok háborúja IV: Egy új remény (regény)
|ja=スター・ウォーズ エピソード4/新たなる希望（小説）
|ka=ვარსკვლავური ომები, ეპიზოდი IV: ახალი იმედი (რომანი)
|pl=Nowa nadzieja (adaptacja powieściowa)
|ru=Звёздные войны. Эпизод IV: Новая надежда (роман)
|sr=Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)
}}

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