LUKE SKYWALKER CHALLENGED THE STORMTROOPERS OF A DISTANT GALAXY ON A DARING MISSION - WHERE A FORCE OF LIFE BECAME THE POWER OF DEATH!

Luke Skywalker was a twenty-year-old who lived and worked on his uncle's farm on the remote planet of Tatooine... and he was bored beyond belief.  He yearned for adventures that would take him beyond the farthest galaxies to distant and alien worlds.

But Luke got more than he bargained for when he intercepted a cryptic message from a beautiful princess held captive by a dark and powerful warlord.  Luke didn't know who she was, but her knew ha had to save her - and soon, because time was running out.

Armed with courage and with the light saber that had been his father's, Luke was catapulted into the middle of the most savage space war ever... and he was headed straight for a desperate encounter on the enemy battle station known as the Death Star!

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A LONG TIME AGO
IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY
Luke, Han and Princess Leia'a story didn't end with the destruction of the Death Star - it continues in
STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

Though they had won a significant battle, the war between the Rebels and the Empire had really just begun.

Now, several months later, the Rebels have established an outpost on the frozen wasteland of Hoth.  But even on that icy, backwater planet, they could not escape the evil Darth Vader's notice for long.

Soon, Luke, Han, the princess and their faithful companions were forced to flee, scattering in all directions - the Dark Lord's minions in fevered pursuit!

THIS EXCITING NEW CHAPTER IN THE STAR WARS™ SAGA IS BIGGER, BETTER AND BOLDER THAN ANYTHING THAT HAS COME BEFORE!

Breathtaking Adventure
High Romance  -  Startling Revelations
Explosive Confrontations  -  Daring Escapes

STAR WARS
RETURN OF THE JEDI™

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

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

Now, in the most exciting chapter of the STAR WARS® saga, the Rebel commanders have gathered all the warships of the Rebel fleet into a single giant armada.  And Darth Vader, who has ordered construction to begin on a new and even more powerful Death Star, makes his plans to crush the Rebel Alliance once and for all.

Breathtaking Adventure
Spine-Tingling Suspense - Daring Escapes

STAR WARS
EPISODE II
ATTACK OF THE CLONES

There is a great disturbance in the Force...  From the sleek ships of the glimmering Coruscant skyscape to the lush gardens of pastoral Naboo, dissent is roiling.  The Republic is failing, even under the leadership of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, elected ten years earlier to save the crumnbling government.  Separatists threaten war, and the Senate is hopelessly divided, unable to determine whether to raise an army for battle or keep the fragile peace.  It is a stalemate that, once broken, could lead to galactic chaos.

Mischievous and resolved, courageous to the point of recklessness, Anakin Skywalker has come of age in a time of great upheaval.  The twenty-year-old apprentice to Obi-Wan Kenobi is an enigma to the Jedi Coulcil, and a challenge to his Jedi Master.  Time has not dulled Anakin's ambition, nor has his Jedi training tamed his independent streak.  When an attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala's life brings them together for the first time in ten years, it is clear that time also has not dulled Anakin's intense feelings for the beautiful diplomat.

The attack on Senator Amidala just before a crucial vote thrusts the Republic seven closer to the edge of disaster.  Masters Yoda and Mace Windu sense enormous unease.  The dark side is growing, clouding the Jedis' perceptions of the events.  Unbeknownst to the Jedi, a slow rumble is bilding into the roar of thousands of soldiers readying for battle.  But even as the Republic falters around, Anakin and Padmé find a connectin so intense that all else begins to fall away.  Anakin will lose himself - and his way - in emotions a Jedi, sworn to hold allegience only to the Order, is forbidden to have.

Based on the story by George Lucas and the screenplay by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales, this intense and revealing novel by bestselling author R. A. Salvatore sheds new light on the legend of Star Wars - and skillfully illuminates one of our most beloved sagas.

R. A. Salvatore was born in Massachusetts in 1959.  He is the acclaimed author of the Demon Wars trilogy: The Demon Awakens, The Demons Spirit, and The Demon Apostle, as well as Mortalis, Bastion of Darkness, Ascendance, and the New York Times bestseller Star Wars The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime.  He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Diane, and their three children.

Visit the author's Web site at
www.rasalvatore.com

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11/02

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STAR WARS
REVENGE OF THE SITH

The turning point for the entire Star Wars saga is at hand

After years of civil war, the Separatists have battered the already faltering Republic nearly to the point of collapse. On Coruscant, the Senate watches anxiously as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine aggressively strips away more and more constitutional liberties in the name of safeguarding the Republic. Yoda, Mace Windu, and their fellow Masters grapple with the Chancellor’s disturbing move to assume control of the Jedi Council. And Anakin Skywalker, the prophesied Chosen One, destined to bring balance to the Force, is increasingly consumed by his fear that his secret love, Senator Padmé Amidala, will die.

As the combat escalates across the galaxy, the stage is set for an explosive endgame: Obi-Wan undertakes a perilous mission to destroy the dreaded Separatist military leader General Grievous. Palpatine, eager to secure even greater control, subtly influences public opinion to turn against the Jedi. And a conflicted Anakin–tormented by unspeakable visions–edges dangerously closer to the brink of a galaxy-shaping decision. It remains only for Darth Sidious, whose shadow looms ever larger, to strike the final staggering blow against the Republic . . . and to ordain a fearsome new Sith Lord: Darth Vader.

Based on the screenplay of the eagerly anticipated final film in George Lucas’s epic saga, bestselling Star Wars author Matthew Stover’s novel crackles with action, captures the iconic characters in all their complexity, and brings a space opera masterpiece full circle in stunning style.

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MATTHEW STOVER is the New York Times bestselling author five previous novels, including Star Wars: Shatterpoint; Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Traitor; and The Blade of Tyshalle.  He is an expert in martial arts.  Stover lives outside Chicago.

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"THE FORCE GROWS DARK, ANAKIN....
BE WARY OF YOUR FEELINGS."