Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)

The Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization, written by Donald F. Glut, is the official novelization of the film of the same name.

Publisher's summary
''Although they had won a significant battle, the war between the Rebels and the Empire had really just begun. Soon, Luke, Han, the princess and their faithful companions were forced to flee, scattering in all directions&hellip;the Dark Lord's minions in fevered pursuit&hellip;''

Editions
ISBN 0722156537; 1980, Sphere, 215-page paperback (with color photos)

Characters

 * 2-1B
 * C-3PO
 * Bossk
 * FX-7
 * Lando Calrissian
 * Chewbacca
 * Bren Derlin
 * Boba Fett
 * Jabba Desilijic Tiure
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Derek Klivian
 * Lorth Needa
 * Leia Organa
 * Kendal Ozzel
 * Palpatine
 * Firmus Piett
 * R2-D2
 * Dak Ralter
 * Zev Senesca
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Han Solo
 * Darth Vader
 * Maximilian Veers
 * Yoda

Creatures

 * Bantha
 * Dragonsnake
 * Gundark
 * Mynock
 * Space slug
 * Tauntaun
 * Wampa

Droid models

 * 2-1B surgical droid
 * 3PO-series protocol droid
 * FX-series medical assistant droid
 * Power droid
 * R2-series astromech droid
 * Viper probe droid

Locations

 * Bespin
 * Cloud City
 * Cloud City apartment complex
 * Landing platform 327
 * Dagobah
 * Yoda's hut
 * Hoth
 * Echo Base
 * Ord Mantell
 * Tatooine
 * Mos Eisley Cantina
 * Triton
 * Yavin Prime

Organizations and titles

 * Alliance to Restore the Republic
 * Commander
 * Dark Lord of the Sith
 * Death Squadron
 * Echo Three
 * Echo Seven
 * Galactic Emperor
 * Galactic Empire
 * Imperial Navy
 * Jedi Master
 * Order of the Sith Lords
 * Snowtrooper
 * Stormtrooper

Sentient species

 * Corellian
 * Gank
 * Human
 * Trandoshan
 * Ugnaught
 * Unknown tridactyl species
 * Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

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

Weapons and technology

 * Bacta
 * Blaster
 * Comlink
 * Darth Vader's armor
 * E-web heavy repeating blaster
 * Electrobinoculars
 * Glowlamp
 * Hologram
 * Holoprojector
 * Lightsaber
 * Portable scanner
 * Sentry marker

Miscellanea

 * Bog tree
 * Gimer stick
 * The Force
 * Force Pull
 * Force Throw

Cover Gallery
This is a gallery of the different cover variations of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

Differences from the film

 * Yoda is a blue skinned creature.
 * Han never says "And I thought they smelled bad... on the outside."
 * During the Battle of Hoth, Hobbie crashes his snowspeeder into the head of General Maximilian Veers's All Terrain Armored Transport walker, killing both.
 * Lorth Needa's death is not directly shown, at the beginning of one of the paragraphs, all it says is "Two stormtroopers lifted the lifeless body of Lorth Needa off the floor".
 * Lando says "I have a bad feeling about this".
 * Luke never bumps his head in his hurry to tell Obi-Wan and Yoda he is ready to become a Jedi.
 * It says Luke saw scrolls of what looked like hand written manuscripts
 * Han never says "I know" in response to Leia's "I love you", which was due to Harrison Ford ad-libbing the line.
 * Luke falls towards the clouds from the weather vane at the bottom of Cloud City before the Millennium Falcon intercepts him.
 * The nebula at the end of the film is now a red-orange star in the book.