Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker is the title of a science fiction novel credited to George Lucas, but actually ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster and first published on November 12, 1976 by Ballantine Books. The book, which was based upon Lucas's original screenplay for the first Star Wars film, has been published under several titles, first as Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, later as simply Star Wars, and most recently as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, reflecting the retitling of the film that occurred following the announcement that Lucas would film the... first three episodes of the Star Wars Saga. This book was published about six months before the original Star Wars movie was released; at that point, the source material for this story in particular, and the whole Star Wars universe in general, was still somewhat fluid. As a result, the story in the book differs from the story that ended up in the movie in a few points. There are several portions of the novel that deviate considerably from the film, such as scenes that were filmed but not included in the final cut of the movie.
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| Author: | Alan Dean Foster |
| Genre: | Science Fiction, Speculative fiction |
| Year published: | 2004 |