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4.4/5 Country United States Pages Hardcover: 268 Series Star Wars Publisher Del Rey Books | 3.7/5 Goodreads Audio read by Marc Thompson Language English Originally published 2015 Page count 268 (Hardcover) Genre Science Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publication date Hardcover:
January 5, 2016 Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback) Similar Alan Dean Foster books, Science Fiction books |
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 1976 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.
Differences between the novel and the film
The novelization includes additional scenes and dialogue. These include:
Publication history
To avoid spoilers caused by the book being released before the movie, the hardcover release was delayed until January 5, 2016. The e-book was released on December 18, 2015. The book was a #1 New York Times best seller.
References
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA