'Star Wars From A Certain Point Of View: Return Of The Jedi' Releases September 5th In Time For The Film’s 40th Anniversary

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“What I have told you was true…from a certain point of view.” — Obi-Wan Kenobi

These iconic words spoken by Kenobi in Return of the Jedi are best known as his explanation to Luke Skywalker regarding the death of Anakin Skywalker at the hands of Darth Vader after Luke finds out at the end of The Empire Strikes Back that they are actually one and the same. These words have gone on to inspire an anthology of stories celebrating the fortieth anniversary of each of the original film’s release date.

As Return of the Jedi debuted on May 25, 1983, 2023 will not disappoint readers! Forty authors have contributed to this installment of From a Certain Point of View, including Tom Angleberger, Kristin Baver, Akemi Dawn Bowman, Emma Mieko Candon, Olivia Chadha, Gloria Chao, Adam Christopher, Paul Crilley, Amal El-Mohtar, M. K. England, Jason Fry, Adam Lance Garcia, Lamar Giles, Max Gladstone, Thea Guanzon, Ali Hazelwood, Patricia A. Jackson, Alex Jennings, Jarrett Krosoczka, Sarah Kuhn, Danny Lore, Sarah Glenn Marsh, Kwame Mbalia, Marieke Nijkamp, Danielle Paige, Laura Pohl, K. Arsenault Rivera, Dana Schwartz, Tara Sim, Phil Szostak, Suzanne Walker, Hannah Whitten, Sean Williams, and Alyssa Wong.

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Some of the stories to look forward to are:

A glimpse into the mind of Emperor Palpatine by Olivie Blake.
The tragic backstory of the rancor keeper by Saladin Ahmed.
What really goes on in the Sarlacc pit from Charlie Jane Anders.
Mon Mothma’s secret mission revealed by Fran Wilde.
A day in the life of Wicket the Ewok by Mary Kenney
And Anakin Skywalker becomes one with the Force by Mike Chen.

One excited fan on Twitter asked if there would be an Admiral Ackbar story. The answer from @DarthInternous (AKA Senior Editor of Del Rey / Random House Worlds:

“For FACPOV ESB we were certainly *aware* of a certain General for whom there were expectations about. And we realize that maybe certain characters from ROTJ *share* that expectation as that certain general.”

Pre-orders are now live on the Penguinrandomhouse.com/books website. The anthology is set to go on sale on September 5.

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