Star Wars: The Force Awakens (novel)

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
ISBN
978-1-101-96549-8

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the novelization of the 2015 film of the same name. The author, Alan Dean Foster, also wrote Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, the 1976 novelization of the first Star Wars film.

Development

Asked to write the novelization by Shelly Shapiro of Del Rey Books, Foster was given access to the screenplay of the film, along with stills from the film of characters and sets.[1]

Foster wanted to develop a romance between

Disney to do anything with [it]."[3][a]

Differences between the novel and the film

The novelization includes additional scenes and dialogue.[5][6] These include:

  • A prologue featuring an excerpt from the "Journal of the Whills", a fictional journal first mentioned in Foster's first Star Wars novelization.
  • Early in the novel, a sequence with
    New Republic and the First Order
    .
  • A section revealing how Poe Dameron escapes from the crashed TIE fighter and leaves Jakku.
  • A sequence where Rey and
    Takodana
    .

Publication history

To avoid spoilers caused by the book being released before the movie, the hardcover release was delayed until January 5, 2016. The e-book was released on December 18, 2015.[7] The book was a #1 New York Times best seller.[8]

Notes

  1. Aunt Beru.'" ComicBookMovie.com opines that "that doesn't sound any better than what The Rise of Skywalker delivered."[4]

References

  1. Blastr. Archived from the original
    on March 16, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  2. ^ Coffey, Kelly (December 27, 2020). "A Rey and Finn Romance? 'Star Wars' Author Says It Was Supposed to Happen". Inside the Magic. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  3. ^ Campbell, Scott (December 27, 2020). "Longtime Star Wars Novelist Says The Last Jedi Is A Terrible Film". We Got This Covered. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  4. ^ Wilding, Josh (December 30, 2020). "STAR WARS Novelist Alan Dean Foster Hated THE LAST JEDI; Shares His Wacky Ideas For An Alternate EPISODE IX". Comic Book Movie. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  5. ^ Shepherd, Jack (January 7, 2016). "Star Wars: The Force Awakens: 16 questions the novel answers". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  6. ^ Taylor, Chris (December 29, 2015). "27 Star Wars: The Force Awakens questions answered by the novel". Mashable. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  7. ^ Anderton, Ethan (November 3, 2015). "Disney delays The Force Awakens novel to avoid spoilers". /Film. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  8. ^ Jones, Dominic (January 14, 2016). "The Force Awakens Novelization Hits #1 on New York Times Best Sellers List". Star Wars Underworld. Retrieved August 12, 2016.

External links

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