Stories Revealed for STAR WARS: FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
A few months ago, Lucasfilm announced a new book coming titled Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back. The features 40 new short stories that will be written by 40 different authors. These obscure, untold stories are set during the events of The Empire Strikes Back.
This is the second book in the Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View line. The first one focused on stories from the untold stories of Star Wars: A New Hope. It’s explained that this new book is a reimagining of “the classic sequel through the eyes of background characters — heroes, villains, droids and creatures.”
Today, the stories for this upcoming book have been revealed by publisher Del Rey Books. It looks like it’s going to be filled with some fun stories that Star Wars fans will enjoy. One of the stories revolves around the chef who had to cook for Darth Vader when he was on Cloud City.
The illustrations for the book were created by Chris Trevas, and here’s the full list and the order in which they should be read. After this you’ll find some tweets that were shared revealing story details:
Eyes Of The Empire – Kiersten White
Hunger – Mark Oshiro
Ion Control – Emily Skrutskie
A Good Kiss – C.B. Lee
She Will Keep Them Warm – Delilah S. Dawson
Heroes Of The Rebellion – Amy Radcliffe
Rogue Two – Gary Whitta
Kendal – Charles Yu
Against All Odds – R.F. Kuang
Beyond Hope – Michael Moreci
The Truest Duty – Christie Golden
A Naturalist On Hoth – Hank Green
The Dragonsnake Saves R2-D2 – Katie Cook
For The Last Time – Beth Revis
Rendezvous Point – Jason Fry
The Final Order – Seth Dickenson
Amara Kel’s Rules For TIE Pilot Survival (Probably) – Django Wexler
The First Lesson – Jim Zub
Disturbance – Mike Chen
This Is No Cave – Catherynne M. Valente
Lord Vader Will See You Now – John Jackson Miller
Vergence – Tracy Deonn
Tooth and Claw – Michael Kogge
Stet! – Daniel Jose Older
Wait For It – Zoraida Cordova
Standard Imperial Procedure – Sarwat Chadda
There Is Always Another – Mackenzi Lee
Fake It Till You Make It – Cavan Scott
But What Does He Eat? – S.A. Chakraborty
Beyond The Clouds – Lilliam Rivera
No Time For Poetry – Austin Walker
Bespin Escape – Martha Wells
Faith In An Old Friend – Brittany N. Williams
Due On Batuu – Rob Hart
Into The Clouds – Karen Strong
The Witness – Adam Christopher
The Man Who Built Cloud City – Alexander Freed
The Backup Backup Plan – Anne Toole
Right-Hand Man – Lydia King
The Whills Strike Back – Tom Angleberger
Here’s all of the information that has been shared on Twitter. Read through them and let us know what ones you’re looking forward to reading.
1 - Imperial probe droids scour the galaxy, searching for the hidden rebel base. Who exactly is watching? And what else might they discover in service of the Empire? @kierstenwhite #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/OqnHEwQsSI
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
2- Did you ever hear the tragedy of the wampa on Hoth? @MarkDoesStuff #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/OK7mWcbM2e
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
3 - Toryn Farr takes center stage, finally. @skrutskie #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/ThlkeFiE5a
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
Some people on Hoth aren't heroes.
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
Some people on Hoth don't get to stand around flirting with their crush.
Some people on Hoth have an actual job to do.@cblee_cblee #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/xju7HbAqca
5 - We're not crying over tauntauns. You're crying over tauntauns!
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
Oh you aren't? Well, you will be. You will be. @DelilahSDawson #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/rtU4l96wOC
6 - Corwi Selgrothe thought going to Hoth to interview the “Heroes of the Rebellion” would be a fun adventure. She thought wrong. @amy_geek #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/ZBL7mjCiKh
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
7 - When Luke Skywalker goes missing amidst the snow of Hoth, there’s only one thing left for Rogue Squadron to do.
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
Bet on who finds the commander first. @garywhitta #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/pD39wCuTTd
8 - Admiral Ozzel was as clumsy as he was foolish…to the last. @charles_yu #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/KVSGpk1M9H
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
9 - Dak Ralter is ready to take on the whole Empire by himself.
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
He always has been. @kuangrf #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/SeLfiBUPbg
10 - How do you win a war? By finding reasons to fight, even when all hope seems lost. @MichaelMoreci #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/v86nubhf7u
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
11 - And now your watch has ended. General Veers has arrived. @ChristieGolden #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/H7GRNXs3MU
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
12 - Hoth may appear to be a desolate, terrible and worthless place. Unless you take a closer look at the beauty underneath. @hankgreen #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/NdwmdeX6Fd
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
13 - Everyone wants to be friends with R2-D2 @katiecandraw #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/knADOzBrDv
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
14 - Piett might not have come into the role of Admiral by traditional means. But he’s determined to hold onto that power, no matter what. @bethrevis #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/xMqHyw8suS
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
15 - The rebels escaped Hoth. Leia and Luke are missing. Who will step up to lead them? @jasoncfry #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/XgslMfFskw
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
They're just asteroids. What possible threat could they pose to a Star Destroyer and its captain? #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/GsrJBvmA1r
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
TIE pilots don’t usually have long careers. But follow Amara Kel’s rules and you'll survive (Probably). @DjangoWexler #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/o4N0LwGThj
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
18 - The first meeting between a Jedi master and a would-be student is critical. Especially when that would-be Jedi has the last name Skywalker. @JimZub #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/55BIZVlawQ
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
19 - "There has been a great disturbance in the Force. We have a new enemy..."
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
Spooky Force vision? Dark side machinations!?
YOU. ARE. NOT. READY.@mikechenwriter #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/wX8FYu4irC
20 - A mind-bending, beautiful weird tale across the vast expanse of time and space, along the Road of All Moons.
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
This is the space slug. The exogorth.@catvalente #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/fCzg2A4jCI
RAE SLOANE returns. @jjmfaraway #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/7eIXwbbPDL
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
22 - "What's in there?"
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
"Only what you take with you."
You are not prepared. @tracydeonn #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/LiqhPbAovg
The plan is made. The trap is set. And Bossk has fallen right into it! He just doesn't know it yet. @michaelkogge #StarWars#FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/nNqoKCYPPi
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
Parazeen has landed the magazine profile of a lifetime: Fabled bounty hunting duo 4-LOM and Zuckuss. But their editor has a few notes about the story.
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
@djolder #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/p2IfM2kxaj
You can’t have a bounty hunter party without Boba Fett. @zlikeinzorro #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/yuA7nCVk9q
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
One man's trash is another bounty hunter's treasure, that you really, really, shouldn't touch. @sarwatchadda #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/2K3eb3HaJU
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
The problem with Skywalkers is that they care too much. Obi-Wan knows. He’s always known. #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/4PFHLY1esH
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
We're finally out of the asteroid field and on to Cloud City. Which starts with an unexpected visitor, with terrible timing... #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
Jaxxon just wants to visit his friend Lando Calrissian. He couldn’t possibly have worse timing. @cavanscott #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/pyOhm51xM2
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
Guess who’s coming to dinner? @SAChakrabooks #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/CE78yjp0Lr
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
A wannabe bounty hunter, marooned on a city in the clouds, faces a choice. Follow the love of her life, or meet her hero that could make all her dreams come true.
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
Never meet your heroes. @lilliamr #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/mTwFlIRQcN
Dengar and IG-88. The oddest of odd couples, on the hunt for Han Solo.
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
They just might catch him, if they don’t kill each other first.@austin_walker #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/k4zcRXnYRB
Discover what goes on beneath the gleaming corridors of Cloud City. @marthawells1 #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/wwE6wmgfBz
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
“Sir, I don't know where your ship learned to communicate, but it has the most peculiar dialect.”
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
L3 returns. Truth is, she was never really gone. @BrittanyActs #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/VcZudcO6aE
You can’t spell #StarWars without Willrow Hood.
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
Now, what’s in the camtono? @robwhart #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/3DfYAzXGDQ
A side should always be taken.
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
Especially if it’s the side that doesn’t capture princesses. @KarenMusings #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/4593WbEFR4
A stormtrooper stumbles upon the most awkward family reunion ever, and tries to live to tell the tale. @ghostfinder #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/s5JPzq6tpl
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
Have you ever heard the tragedy of the King of Cloud City? I thought not. It's not a story Lando Calrissian would tell you. @AlexanderMFreed #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/mZDCdGiIsE
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
The heroes may have escaped, but for the people of Bespin, the battle’s just begun. @amely #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/b8fA2eHMc3
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
Always listen to the advice of your physician. Droid or otherwise. @LydiaYKang #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/Lya6J0MRlr
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
The problem with chronicling the story of #StarWars is deciding where to begin…or rather, continue.
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
Everyone’s got an opinion. #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/jfJ7J8gS3F
There's one more thing left to say. We’re indebted to @christrevas for all of his amazing work creating art for #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack.
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
That art appears on these social cards, but also inside the book as well. pic.twitter.com/bwibVtHBFJ
40 authors. 40 stories. If you missed any reveals, check out #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020
There's so much more to discover. We can wait for you to read it. The book is coming Nov 10th. You can preorder from all our favorite booksellers at the link belowhttps://t.co/pT5WFpgNjz pic.twitter.com/l9i4Wa2GtT
From A Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back arrives on November 10, 2020.