The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? (audiobook)

The Empire Strikes Back:So You Want to Be a Jedi?
Attribution information
Author(s)	Adam Gidwitz
Narrator(s)	Marc Thompson
Producer(s)	Aaron Blank (Executive producer)
Director(s)	Kevin Thomsen
Cover artist(s)	Khoa Ho
Publication information
Publisher	Listening Library
Release date	September 22, 2015
Media type	Compact disc Digital download
Run time	4 hours 46 minutes (286 minutes)
Discs	4
ISBN	9781101892053
Chronology
Timeline	3 ABY
Preceded by	A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy
Followed by	Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!

The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? is the unabridged audio version of the canon young-readers novel of the same name, written by Adam Gidwitz. The audiobook was performed by Marc Thompson and was released by Listening Library on September 22, 2015.

Publisher's summary

Acclaimed, New York Times best-selling author Adam Gidwitz delivers a captivating retelling of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back like you've never experienced before, infusing the iconic, classic tale of good versus evil with a unique perspective and narrative style that will speak directly to today's young readers while enhancing the Star Wars experience for core fans of the saga.'

Development

The audiobook was performed by Marc Thompson and was released by September 22, 2015 as both a digital audiobook and a four compact disc set. It was directed by Kevin Thomsen with Aaron Blank serving as executive producer.

Media

Editions

• ISBN 9781101892053; September 22, 2015; Listening Library; Compact disc
• ISBN 9781101892060; September 22, 2015; Listening Library; Digital download

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

2-1B Wedge Antilles Bossk C-3PO Landonis Balthazar Calrissian Chewbacca Chuang (First mentioned) Chuang's apprentice (First mentioned) CR978 (Starfighter only) Dengar E-3PO Boba Fett JA189 (Starfighter only) Tigran Jamiro Wes Janson K'ungfu (First mentioned) Obi-Wan Kenobi (Appears as a ghost or spirit) Derek Klivian Owen Lars (Mentioned only) Lobot Lorth Needa Nemet OL701 (Starfighter only) Leia Organa

Kendal Ozzel Penrie (Starfighter only) Firmus Piett R2-D2 Dak Ralter Carlist Rieekan Zev Senesca Sheckil Darth Sidious (Appears in hologram) Luke Skywalker Pedar Solardo Han Solo Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) Unidentified rebel (Voice only) Unidentified wampa Darth Vader Kit Valent Maximilian Veers XJ9-CS14 (Mentioned only) Yoda Yoda's old Master (First mentioned) Zuckuss

Organisms

Alderaanian wolf-cat (First mentioned) Arachnid Bird Cat (Mentioned only) Chicken (Mentioned only) Cow (First mentioned) Dog (Mentioned only) Elephoth (First appearance) Exogorth Fish (Mentioned only) Fly (Mentioned only) Frog (Mentioned only) Mouse (First appearance) Mynock Nerf (Mentioned only) Rabbit (First mentioned) Rattatakian redjacket (First mentioned) Reptile Dragonsnake Lizard Tauntaun Slug (Mentioned only) Snake Tiger (Mentioned only) Toad (Mentioned only) Wampa Whale (Mentioned only) Starwhale (Mentioned only) Worm (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2 series astromech droid Medical droid 2-1B surgical droid Probe droid (Mentioned only) Viper probe droid (Indirect mention only) Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid Service droid (Mentioned only)

Events

Ice age (First mentioned) Imperial Era Culroon III campaign (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) Zaloriis campaign (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only) Galactic Civil War Battle of Hoth Battle of Yavin (Indirect mention only) Destruction of Alderaan (Indirect mention only) Duel on Cloud City Escape from Cloud City Proclamation of the New Order (Indirect mention only)

Locations

Alderaan (Indirect mention only) Backup Rendezvous Point Gamma-Nine Betthanie system (First mentioned) Culroon III (First mentioned) The galaxy Melchior 5 (First mentioned)

Outer Rim Territories Greater Javin Anoat sector Anoat system Bespin system Bespin Cloud City Administrator's Palace East Platform Platform 327 Hoth system Hoth Clabburn Range Echo Base Lanteel Glacier Hoth asteroid belt Sector Four Juris sector Sluis sector Dagobah system Dagobah Cave of Evil Dragonsnake Bog Yoda's Hut Tatooine (Mentioned only) Jundt Massif (Indirect mention only) Lars Homestead (Mentioned only) Yavin Prime (Indirect mention only) Yavin 4 (Indirect mention only) Great temple (Indirect mention only) Unidentified rendezvous point (Mentioned only) Uthura (First mentioned) Zaloriis (First mentioned)

Organizations and titles

Administrator Baron Administrator Adviser (Mentioned only) Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Military Rebel Alliance Navy Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps Rebel pilot Rogue Squadron Rogue Four Rogue Leader Rogue Seven (First mentioned) Rogue Two Rogue Three Echo Three Echo Seven Alliance Army Rebel trooper Tauntaun Rider Alliance officer Bespin Wing Guard Bounty hunter Culroonian (First mentioned) Engineer Findsman First Mate Galactic Empire Galactic Emperor (Appears in hologram) Imperial Military Imperial Army Stormtrooper Corps 501st Legion Blizzard Force Thundering Herd Cold weather assault stormtrooper Stormtrooper Imperial Navy Death Squadron Imperial Starfighter Corps Imperial Officer Corps Imperial officer Imperial Navy's officer corps

Galactic Republic (Mentioned only) Senator (Mentioned only) Gambler (Mentioned only) Gunner House of Organa Princess Jedi Jedi Order Jedi Knight (Mentioned only) Jedi Master Jedi youngling (Indirect mention only) Padawan King (Mentioned only) Lord Officer Admiral Captain Commander General Lieutenant Logistics officer Tracking officer Pilot Pirate (Mentioned only) Professor (Mentioned only) (as insult) Sith Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sith apprentice Sith Lord Sith Master (Appears in hologram) Skywalker family Smuggler Soldier Teacher Technician Zalorian (First mentioned)

Sentient species

Gand Breathing Gand Human Alderaanian Clone Corellian Cyborg Lothalite (Starfighter only) Naboo (Appears in hologram) Hutt (Mentioned only) Trandoshan (First identified as T'doshok) Wookiee Yoda's species

Vehicles and vessels

Repulsorcraft Speeder Airspeeder T-47 airspeeder Snowspeeder Space station (Mentioned only) Battle station (Mentioned only) Death Star (Mentioned only) DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station (Mentioned only) Starship Capital ship Dreadnought Star Dreadnought Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor Star Destroyer Imperial-class Star Destroyer Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Avenger Tyrant Cruiser Star Cruiser Freighter Light freighter YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft Slave I Frigate EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate Redemption Shuttle Starfighter TIE fighter series TIE/ln space superiority starfighter X-wing starfighter T-65B X-wing starfighter Red Five Transport GR-75 medium transport Quantum Storm Troop transport Troop carrier (Mentioned only) Walker All-terrain vehicle All Terrain Armored Transport All Terrain Armored Transport (Galactic Civil War) Blizzard 2 Blizzard 4

Weapons and technology

Armor Mandalorian armor Macrobinocular viewplate Stormtrooper armor Darth Vader's armor Bacta tank Blaster Blaster pistol Heavy blaster pistol DL-44 heavy blaster pistol Han's heavy blaster pistol Blaster rifle E-11 medium blaster rifle Bowcaster Chewbacca's bowcaster Breath mask Roamer-6 emergency breathing mask Cannon Ion cannon v-150 Planet Defender Comlink Computer Navigation computer Crossbow (Mentioned only) Cybernetics AJ^6 cyborg construct Mechno-arm Droid Engine Grenade Harpoon gun (First identified as Harpoon gun) Headset Hologram

Hyperdrive (Mentioned only) Hyperdrive motivator (Mentioned only) Knife (Mentioned only) Laser Laser-pinball machine (First mentioned) Lightsaber Sith lightsaber Dual-phase lightsaber Darth Vader's lightsaber Skywalker's lightsaber Magnet Magnetic harpoon Meditation chamber Darth Vader's meditation chamber Memory core (Mentioned only) Oxygen mask Power generator Processor (Mentioned only) Quarrel (Indirect mention only) Reactor Reactor shaft Rocket launcher Sensor Sword (Mentioned only) Tractor beam Transmitter Viewscreen Weather scanner vane

Miscellanea

Army Platoon Asteroid Asteroid field Atmosphere Bacta Battalion Bespinite Birthday (Mentioned only) Black hole (Mentioned only) Blockade Blood Bone Brain Bridge Callsign Candle (Mentioned only) Cane Carbon Carbon-freezing chamber Carbon-freezing Carbonite Cave Centimeter City Clothing Belt Boot Cape Cloak (Appears in hologram) Flight suit Flight helmet Glove Goggles Cockpit Code Force Seven Color Crystal Death Death mark Democracy (Mentioned only) Desert (Mentioned only) Dictatorship (Mentioned only) Dismemberment Doll (Mentioned only) Dream (Mentioned only) Ear Emerald (Mentioned only) Eye Farm (Mentioned only) Moisture farm (Mentioned only) Fleet Command ship Flagship Navy Warship

Foodstuff Cake (Mentioned only) Fruit (Mentioned only) Grapefruit (First mentioned) Ration bar (as Protein stick) Stew Rootleaf stew (First identified as root-leaf stew) Toast (Mentioned only) Vegetable Rootleaf (First identified as root-leaf) The Force Dark side of the Force Disturbance in the Force Force power Force choke Force spirit Telekinesis Meditation Vergence Forest (Mentioned only) Fortress (Mentioned only) Galaxy Gas Oxygen Ozone Rethen (First identified as rethen) Gas giant Gimer stick Gold Gravity Hair Hangar Heart (Mentioned only) Holster Hornbeam (First mentioned) Hull Hunting (Mentioned only) Hyperspace Hypothermia Ice Ice age Jedi training Jungle Kilogram Kilometer Language Binary Galactic Basic Standard "May the Force be with you" Huttese "E chu ta" Shyriiwook Life Zone Lightsaber combat Lightsaber duel Lightspeed Limb Lithium

Lung Medical bay Meteorite Meter Metric ton (Mentioned only) Military rank Millimeter Mining Moon (Mentioned only) Mountain (Mentioned only) Mouth Museum (Mentioned only) Nerf herder (Mentioned only) (as insult) Nose Ocean (Mentioned only) Oil Opera (Mentioned only) Orbit Order 66 (Indirect mention only) Parent Planet Plant Moss Tree Gnarltree Platinum (First mentioned) Poison (Mentioned only) Politics Prison (Mentioned only) Prisoner Project Swarm Realspace Refrigerator Sandstorm (Mentioned only) Silicon (Mentioned only) Skyscraper (Mentioned only) Slavery (Mentioned only) Sleep Spaceport (Mentioned only) Squadron Starfighter Corps Steel Stomach Stone Stun (Mentioned only) Suicide (Mentioned only) Summer Swamp Telepathy Temperature (Mentioned only) Throne (Mentioned only) Time Second Standard day Standard hour Standard minute Standard week Standard year (Mentioned only) Tongue Tooth Torture Velvet (Mentioned only) Winter Zeyd cloth (Appears in hologram)

External links

• Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back So You Want to be a Jedi? on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)

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