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Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi

by James Kahn

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Luke Skywalker and his friends in the Rebel Alliance formulate a daring plan to battle with the Empire and its evil leaders, Darth Vader and the Emperor.
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The writing is much better in this one! Which makes me happy, because Return of the Jedi is my fave movie, so it's good that it also gets to be my fave book. James Kahn seems to have a much better grasp of the characters, and gives them their own voices: Luke is philosophical and sentimental, Lando thinks in gambling metaphors, Han is more casual and so on. I works.

It's also funny, and I smile a lot and even laughed at a few times. With that said, let's discuss quotes again!

"I was killing your kind when being a Jedi meant something."


I kinda wish we'd seen more of Jabba doing that in the prequels rather than, ehhh, whatever it was he did at that podrace. (Note: I was ten when ep I came out. I LOVED the podrace)

Luke wanted to burn the villain. [...] Of course, his primary objective was to free his friends, whom he loved dearly; it was this concern that guided him now, abolve all else. but in the process, to free the universe of this ganster slug - this was a prospect that tinted Luke's purpose with an ever-so-slightly dark satisfaction.


Luke's flirting with the dark side works so well in the novel. You kinda see why he is tempted and you can almost see him crossing over by going a little too far at some point. It comes sorta close, I think.

[Leia is captured by Jabba.] But there were worse things, and in any case, this wouldn't last.
The worse things she knew well. Her standard of comparison was the night she'd been tortured by Darth Vader. She's been almost broken.


I love how her being captured by Jabba is compared to her being tortured by Vader. She's like "there were worse things, like idk the worst night of my entire life that I never wanna talk about" and not "oh it was fun I got to wear a cute golden bikini for a while". That bikini will never define her and it never should.

Yet Leia's hold was not merely physical. She closed her eyes, closed out the pain in her hands, focused all of her life-force - and all it was able to channel - into squeezing the breath from the horried creature.


Leia uses the force to kill Jabba. Piss off with your "we don't know if Leia is force-sensitive or not"-bullshit.

Yoda stood still smiling inside, his small green hand clutching his walking stick for support.


Yoda is green now, not blue. You get more continuity in Sweet Valley.

Ben continued his narrative. "When your father left, he didn't know your mother was pregnant. Your mother and I knew he would find out eventually, but we wanted to keep you both as safe as possible, for as long as possible. So I took you to live with my brother Owen, on Tatooine ... and your mother took Leia to live as the daughter of Senator Organa, on Alderaan."


!!! WAIT WHAT!? UNCLE OWEN IS OBI-WAN KENOBI'S BROTHER??????? IS HIS NAME OWEN KENOBI THEN??? HOW DID LUKE NEVER SEE THAT FUCKING CONNECTION GROWING UP!?

Oh my gods, this is like 50005050350050 times better than the prequels WHYYY wasn't this the story? I'm so mad.

"Leia!" Luke and Han shouted together.
"Rahrhah!"
"Boo dEEdwee!"
"Your Highness!"


For some reason all alien languages are spelled out in this one, so here's how you say Leia in wookiee and binary droid language. In case you were wondering.

I don't have the energy to quote it, but when Han finds Leia right after Luke has left, the scene is kinda different from the movie in all the wrong ways. In the movie Leia is like "I want to be left alone for a while, I don't wanna talk about it" and Han's like "BUT YOU COULD TELL LUKE!?!??!" and then he's about to leave because you know, that's what she said, but then he sorta turns back and apologizes at which point Leia says "hold me" and Han does. In the book Han gets pissed when she won't tell him what's going on and starts shaking her!?!??!?!?!? And idk she does kinda embrace him, but I still like it much better when he's shown as someone who listens to her and not someone who gets irrationally angry and shakes her? The fuck!?

[Paploo the ewok steals a bike from the stormtroopers to draw them off.] He was going farily low velocity for what the bike could do - but in Ewok-time, Paploo was absolutely dizzy with speed and extiement. It was terrifying; but he loved it. He would talk about this ride until the end of his life, and then his children would tell their children, and it would get faster with each generation.


Ewoks are the best. Fuck off if you don't agree.

With a last, heartfelt smile, he whspiered, "I love you."
"I know," she answered simply.


Doesn't work as well now that Han never said his line in the last book, but it's still such a great line. I'm glad it got to be there.

Now that I'm done with the Star Wars trilogy, I think it's time for the Lando Calrissian adventures. :D Never read them before, so it'll be fun. ( )
  upontheforemostship | Feb 22, 2023 |
I don’t care what anyone else says, but Return of the Jedi has always been and will always be my favourite of the Star Wars films. It’s got an excellent amount of action, a lot of storylines are wrapped up, and we get some truly in-depth character development. Oh, and we get to see Leia take some very feminist vengeance, which I’m always in favour of. Like the previous two pulp paperback Star Wars novels, this one wasn’t the height of literary accomplishment, but it was such a good rollicking adventure that I can let it go in favour of just enjoying a fun story. The book does benefit from being able to get into more of the characters’ inner thoughts, and it has a few scenes left out of the film which hint at previous Star Wars storylines that are explored in the prequel trilogy, so even for fans of the film this book is worth a read - even if we’re mostly trading on nostalgia and trivia. ( )
  JaimieRiella | Feb 25, 2021 |
The original Star Wars trilogy finishes off with this competent novelization that doesn't veer off all too much from the movie. The best part of the book is that it does get inside the characters' minds to give their thoughts during key scenes of the story. The Vader, Palpatine, and Luke dialogue is also expanded. Also, the ghost of Obi-Wan tells Luke that Owen is Obi-Wan's brother and that Luke & Leia's mother lived until they were 4 (which works much better than the retcon of the prequels). All in all it's an engaging retelling of a great story. ( )
1 vote Othemts | Nov 3, 2020 |
Amazing!
Frozen in carbonite and imprisoned in Jabba the Hutt's palace Han Solo awaits his rescue by Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Lando Calrissian.
But the battle has just begun as the empire has gathered together their largest fleet to decimate the Rebel Alliance once and for all. And even worse, the Death Star is rebuilt and operational! Can Luke Skywalker and his friends stop the evil empire before they claim the galaxy has their own?
Perfectly written just like the other two books. Again true to the movie so much that it is like reading a screenplay. The lines that they say the characters that they play and everything surrounding was just like in the film. Though this book was not written by George Lucas it was written off of his original screenplay and story. Hence the reason why they're probably so much alike.
I am very sad to report however that this is the only book out of the three which starts with a page that says those immortal words:
"A long time ago in a galaxy far far away..."
Very sad. But I guess when these books were first published (mine are first editions) Star Wars hadn't really become as big of a franchise as it is today and those words weren't really a big deal until the third movie was released. So it all makes sense and I will forgive them.
As the third and final installment in the Holy Trilogy this is definitely something that every Star Wars fan needs to complete their Star Wars library. ( )
  SumisBooks | Sep 16, 2018 |
Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa managed to get captured during what seems to be an attempt on rescuing a frozen Han Solo from the wall of an evil Hutt crime lord, Jabba. After Luke defeated the dreaded Rancor, Jabba became furious and sent them on a one way trip to the horrid pit of Carkoon. How will the Jedi and his friends manage to escape this one? James Kahn has done it again, another movie adaptation novel that explains the movie close to exact. In Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi published by Del Rey, Kahn manages to perfect the mood and tone of each moment. It also includes 8 stunning full graphic movie screenshot inserts.
-Wuher MosEisley ( )
  Wuher | Jul 17, 2013 |
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Return of the Jedi was the last of the Star Wars Original Trilogy, and so James Kahn had a lot more material to work with in his novelization than Donald F. Glut for The Empire Strikes Back or Alan Dean Foster for A New Hope. Consequently, Kahn seems a lot more confident with the characters and story, spending much more time on added scenes and internal character motivation. Although not all of this material fits with the later movies and Expanded Universe, it makes for an interesting and well-thought-out interpretation of the story.
 
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Luke Skywalker and his friends in the Rebel Alliance formulate a daring plan to battle with the Empire and its evil leaders, Darth Vader and the Emperor.

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It is a dark time for the Rebel Alliance...

Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, had been delivered into the hands of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. Determined to rescue him, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Lando Calrissian launched a hazardous mission against Jabba's Tatooine stronghold.

At the same tine, Darth Vader and the Emperor have ordered--and begun--construction on a new and even more powerful Death Star. Their goal: to crush the Rebel Alliance once and for all. The only hope for the Rebellion is to gather all the warships of the Rebel fleet into a single giant armada...and launch a heroic, last-ditch assault on the most deadly battle station in the galaxy.
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