#The Empire Strikes Back Stories List – /Film

If you’re reading /Film, you’ve probably seen The Empire Strikes Back a dozen times and know the story of the Star Wars sequel forward and backward. But what about the stories you don’t know about – the ones happening at the same time Luke was training on Dagobah or Han Solo was being frozen in carbonite? That’s where From a Certain Point of View comes in, a book series depicting the unseen or unconsidered moments amid all of the well-trod action.

Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back is set to go on sale later this fall, and today publisher Del Rey Books has unveiled a tease of each of the 40 stories that make up the book. Among them, you’ll find a tale about the chef who had to cook for Darth Vader on Cloud City, one about the kitchen boy who briefly runs between Han and Leia in the Rebel base on Hoth, and one that drops in on Willrow Hood and his beloved camtono. Apologies if you don’t speak Star Wars nerd –just read on to get the full list.

Chris Trevas created the illustrations for the book, which contains 40 stories set around the events depicted in The Empire Strikes Back. Here’s the full list and the order in which they should be read.

1. Eyes Of The Empire – Kiersten White
2. Hunger – Mark Oshiro
3. Ion Control – Emily Skrutskie
4. A Good Kiss – C.B. Lee
5. She Will Keep Them Warm – Delilah S. Dawson
6. Heroes Of The Rebellion – Amy Radcliffe
7. Rogue Two – Gary Whitta
8. Kendal – Charles Yu
9. Against All Odds – R.F. Kuang
10. Beyond Hope – Michael Moreci
11. The Truest Duty – Christie Golden
12. A Naturalist On Hoth – Hank Green
13. The Dragonsnake Saves R2-D2 – Katie Cook
14. For The Last Time – Beth Revis
15. Rendezvous Point – Jason Fry
16. The Final Order – Seth Dickenson
17. Amara Kel’s Rules For TIE Pilot Survival (Probably) – Django Wexler
18. The First Lesson – Jim Zub
19. Disturbance – Mike Chen
20. This Is No Cave – Catherynne M. Valente
21. Lord Vader Will See You Now – John Jackson Miller
22. Vergence – Tracy Deonn
23. Tooth and Claw – Michael Kogge
24. Stet! – Daniel Jose Older
25. Wait For It – Zoraida Cordova
26. Standard Imperial Procedure – Sarwat Chadda
27. There Is Always Another – Mackenzi Lee
28. Fake It Till You Make It – Cavan Scott
29. But What Does He Eat? – S.A. Chakraborty
30. Beyond The Clouds – Lilliam Rivera
31. No Time For Poetry – Austin Walker
32. Bespin Escape – Martha Wells
33. Faith In An Old Friend – Brittany N. Williams
34. Due On Batuu – Rob Hart
35. Into The Clouds – Karen Strong
36. The Witness – Adam Christopher
37. The Man Who Built Cloud City – Alexander Freed
38. The Backup Backup Plan – Anne Toole
39. Right-Hand Man – Lydia King
40. The Whills Strike Back – Tom Angleberger

You can scroll through Del Rey’s Twitter account to get a brief tease of each chapter, but I want to highlight a few that stood out to me here.

7 – When Luke Skywalker goes missing amidst the snow of Hoth, there’s only one thing left for Rogue Squadron to do.

Bet on who finds the commander first. @garywhitta #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/pD39wCuTTd

— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020

Gary Whitta, who wrote an early draft of the screenplay for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, returns to a galaxy far, far away to write Rogue Two.

I still cannot believe they let me write a story from the perspective of THE CAVE OF EVIL ON DAGOBAH!

But you better believe I *ran* with it! This story is weird, dark & lyrical and I love it. Can’t wait for y’all to meet this vergence in the Force.#FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack https://t.co/iuK0Jjrojt

— Tracy Deonn ???? Demonn Hunter (@tracydeonn) October 6, 2020

This one sounds like the most bonkers of the bunch, just because of the perspective from which it’s told.

Guess who’s coming to dinner? @SAChakrabooks #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/CE78yjp0Lr
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020

A story about the chef who’s forced to cook food for Vader is the perfect example of the potential these stories hold to explore previously unseen corners of the Star Wars universe.

“Sir, I don’t know where your ship learned to communicate, but it has the most peculiar dialect.” 
 
L3 returns. Truth is, she was never really gone. @BrittanyActs #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/VcZudcO6aE

— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020

The horrifying fate of L3-37, as seen in Solo: A Star Wars Story, is further explored in “Faith in an Old Friend.”

You can’t spell #StarWars without Willrow Hood.
Now, what’s in the camtono? @robwhart #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/3DfYAzXGDQ

— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) October 6, 2020

Fan-favorite character Willrow Hood, who you can read all about here, loses and regains his beskar-filled camtono in “Due on Batuu” before its appearance on The Mandalorian.

The first book took some big storytelling swings and yielded mixed results, but hey – at least it was interesting. I can only hope this book is equally fascinating. From A Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back arrives on November 10, 2020.

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