Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (novel)

The Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novelization, written by James Kahn, is the official novelization of the film of the same name.

Publisher's summary
''It was a dark time for the Rebel Alliance&hellip; Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, had been delivered into the hands of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. Determined to rescue him, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Lando Calrissian launched a hazardous mission against Jabba's Tatooine stronghold.''

''The Rebel commanders gathered all the warships of the Rebel fleet into a single giant armada. And Darth Vader and the Emperor, who had ordered construction to begin on a new and even more powerful Death Star, were making plans to crush the Rebel Alliance once and for all.''

Characters

 * Ackbar
 * Barada
 * C-3PO
 * Salacious Crumb
 * EV-9D9
 * Lando Calrissian
 * Chewbacca
 * Boba Fett
 * Bib Fortuna
 * Jerjerrod
 * Beru Whitesun Lars
 * Owen Lars
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Crix Madine
 * Mon Mothma
 * Nien Nunb
 * Hermi Odle
 * Oola
 * Palpatine
 * R2-D2
 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Han Solo
 * Leia Organa
 * Jabba Desilijic Tiure
 * Wicket W. Warrick
 * Ree-Yees
 * Yoda

Creatures

 * Bantha
 * Rancor
 * Sarlacc

Droid models

 * 3PO-series protocol droid
 * EV-series supervisor droid
 * R2-series astromech droid

Locations

 * Alderaan
 * Dagobah
 * Yoda's hut
 * Death Star I
 * Death Star II
 * Kessel
 * Pesmemben IV
 * Tatooine
 * Great Pit of Carkoon
 * Jabba's Palace
 * Mos Eisley

Organizations and titles

 * Alliance to Restore the Republic
 * Emperor's Royal Guard
 * Galactic Empire
 * Stormtrooper

Vehicles and vessels

 * T-65 X-wing starfighter
 * TIE/In starfighter
 * X-34 landspeeder
 * YT-1300 light freighter
 * Millennium Falcon

Weapons and technology

 * Blaster
 * Jetpack
 * lightsaber
 * Thermal detonator
 * Class-A thermal detonator

Sentient species

 * Baragwin
 * Ewok
 * Gran
 * Gamorrean
 * Human
 * Hutt
 * Ishi Tib
 * Jawa
 * Klatooinian
 * Kowakian monkey-lizard
 * Mon Calamari
 * Tusken Raider
 * Twi'lek
 * Unknown tridactyl species
 * Weequay
 * Wookiee

Miscellanea

 * The Force
 * Force Lightning

Languages

 * Huttese
 * Shyriiwook
 * Ubese

Cover Gallery
This is a gallery of the different cover variations of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Differences from the film

 * The deleted scene of Vader trying to get into the throne room and being stopped by an officer is included
 * Moff Jerjerrod, acting on orders given to him by Emperor Palpatine, orders the Death Star to turn and fire on the sanctuary moon of Endor but is killed when the Death Star's reactor is destroyed before the station can complete its final task
 * There is an alternate version of the "Different Point-of-View" speech by Obi-Wan Kenobi; in it he divulges that Owen Lars is his brother and that Luke and Leia's mother went into hiding as Queen Breha's handmaiden in Alderaan and dying when Leia was four.
 * Reference to how Darth Vader was left for dead in a volcanic pit and how he remembered the molten lava crawling up his back.
 * At the beginning of the confrontation in Palpatine's throne room, the Emperor reads Luke's mind and discovers that Yoda completed Luke's Jedi training, and that Yoda is now dead. However, he gives no sign of recognition on hearing Yoda's name.
 * Darth Vader also gave no indication of having memory of Yoda.

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