The Empire Strikes Back Storybook

The Empire Strikes Back Storybook is a young readers adaptation of the 1980 film of the same name. The book was written by Shep Steneman and first published on April 12, 1980 by Random House. It is illustrated with full-color photographs, including stills not featured in the film.

The book featured a number of additional credits including Edward McGill as a production director and Roberta Pressel as an associate designer.

Media

Editions

• ISBN 9780394844145; April 12, 1980; Random House; US hardcover
• ISBN 9780590317917; 1980; Scholastic Inc.; US paperback
• ISBN 9780006918011; August 14, 1980; Armada Books; UK paperback

Cover gallery

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  US hardcover
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  US paperback
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  UK paperback

Appearances

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

2-1B Wedge Antilles Bossk C-3PO Lando Calrissian Chewbacca Dengar Boba Fett FX-7 IG-88 Jabba the Hutt (as Jabba the Hut) Obi-Wan Kenobi (Appears as a ghost or spirit) Romas Navander Lorth Needa One-Arm Leia Organa Kendal Ozzel Palpatine (as The Emperor) Firmus Piett R2-D2 Dak Ralter (Indirect mention only) Tamizander Rey (as Deck officer) Carlist Rieekan Zev Senesca Sheckil Luke Skywalker Han Solo Ugloste (as Ugnaught) Darth Vader Maximilian Veers Yoda Yoxgit (as Ugnaught) Zuckuss

Creatures

Dragonsnake (as Swamp creature) Exogorth Gundark (Mentioned only) Mynock Tauntaun Wampa

Droid models

Astromech droid R2-series astromech droid Medical droid 2-1B surgical droid FX-7 medical assistant droid Probe droid Viper probe droid Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid

Events

Galactic Civil War Battle of Hoth Duel on Cloud City

Locations

Bespin Cloud City Carbon-freezing chamber Cloud City dining room Platform 327 Dagobah system Dagobah Dark Side Cave Dragonsnake Bog Yoda's hut Hoth system Hoth Echo Base Echo Base medical lab Hoth asteroid field

Organizations and titles

Admiral Bounty hunter Captain Commander Galactic Empire Galactic Emperor Stormtrooper General Jedi Order Jedi Knight (Mentioned only) Jedi Master Princess Rebel Alliance Rebel pilot Rebel trooper Rogue Squadron Rogue Two Sith Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sith apprentice Sith Lord Sith Master

Sentient species

Human Cyborg Ugnaught Wookiee Yoda's species

Vehicles and vessels

All Terrain Armored Transport (as Snow Walker) EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate Redemption GR-75 medium transport (as Rebel transport) Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft Slave I (Indirect mention only) Star Destroyer Imperial II-class Star Destroyer/Legends Avenger Star Dreadnought Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor Starfighter T-65B X-wing starfighter TIE/LN starfighter T-47 airspeeder/Legends (as Snowspeeder) YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon

Weapons and technology

Armor Darth Vader's armor Mandalorian armor Bacta tank (as Rejuvenation chamber) Blaster Blaster carbine EE-3 carbine rifle Blaster pistol DL-44 heavy blaster pistol Model 57 blaster pistol Blaster rifle DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle Comlink Darth Vader's meditation chamber DAS-430 Neural Inhibitor DF.9 Droid DSS-02 shield generator Electrobinoculars Model TD2.3 electrobinoculars Hyperdrive Ion cannon v-150 Planet Defender Lightsaber Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber Dual-phase lightsaber Darth Vader's lightsaber Power harpoon Relby-v10 micro grenade launcher Z-6 jetpack

Miscellanea

Carbonite The Force Hyperspace

Sources

• The Jedi Master's Quizbook
• "Star Wars Bookshelf" – Star Wars Insider 49

See also

• The Empire Strikes Back: A Storybook

External links

• The Empire Strikes Back Storybook (to borrow). The Internet Archive (content obsolete and backup link not available)
• The Empire Strikes Back Storybook on Amazon.com (backup link) (US hardcover)
• The Empire Strikes Back Storybook on Amazon.com (backup link) (US paperback)
• Empire Strikes Back: Storybook on Amazon.co.uk (backup link)

In other languages

• polski