The Star Wars Storybook is an adaptation of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope published by Scholastic Book Services, a division of Scholastic. The storybook is based on the movie by George Lucas and adapted by Geraldine Richelson. It features sixty pages of full-color photographs from the original film and includes scenes cut from the final film, with production stills.
In 1983, this book's paperback edition was sold with The Empire Strikes Back Storybook and Return of the Jedi: The Storybook Based on the Movie in a box set titled Star Wars Treasury.[3]
Continuity[]
Like other earlier adaptations of the film, the book includes the cut scenes of Luke Skywalker seeing the space battle above Tatooine as well as his meeting with Biggs Darklighter, complete with photos.
One of the full photos from the film, the one showing the Rebel starfighters approaching the Death Star, is reversed from the shot that appears in the pre-1997 cuts of the film. The storybook also switches the Gold and Red Squadrons' callsigns, so that Luke Skywalker flies as Gold Five.
Media[]
Cover gallery[]
Editions[]
- ISBN 0394837851; April 12, 1978, Random House, 60-page hardcover
- ISBN 0394937856; April 12, 1978, Random House, 60-page school/library binding (Pictured)
- ISBN 0590092693; June 1978, Scholastic, 60-page paperback
Sources[]
- The Jedi Master's Quizbook
"Red Five" · — Star Wars Insider 160
"Cut to the Chase" — Star Wars Insider Special Edition 2022
Notes and references[]
- ↑
Product page on Amazon.com (backup link)
- ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion places Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which this book adapts, in 0 BBY–0 ABY
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Vintage 1983 The Star Wars Treasury Book Set on Amazon.com (backup link)
External links[]
- The Star Wars Storybook (to borrow) on The Internet Archive (content obsolete and backup link not available)
Product page on Amazon.com (backup link)