Star Wars: The Force Awakens (novel)
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| Author | Alan Dean Foster |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Film novelizations Canon G |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Del Rey Books |
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Publication date
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Hardcover: January 5, 2016 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | Hardcover: 268 |
| 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 novelization of the first Star Wars film.
Contents
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]
Differences between the novel and the film
The novelization includes additional scenes and dialogue.[2] These include:
- A prologue featuring an excerpt from the "Journal of the Whills": this fictional journal was first mentioned in Foster's first Star Wars novelization.
- Early in the novel, a sequence with Leia reveals the origin of main factions in the film: the Resistance, the New Republic and the First Order.
- A section revealing how Poe Dameron escaped from the crashed TIE fighter and left Jakku.
- A sequence where Rey and Chewbacca encounter Unkar Plutt on 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 ebook was released on December 18, 2015.[3] The book was a #1 New York Times best seller.[4]
