R STAR WARS EPISODE VI RETURN OF THE JEDI Ryder Windham Based on the story by George Lucas and the screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas LUCAS BOOKS SCHOLASTIC INC New York Toronto London Auckland Sydney Mexico City New Delhi Hong Kong Buenos Aires
the PROLOGUE A long time ago in a galaxy far far away After the destruction of Death Star the Sith Lord Darth Vader became obsessed with finding Rebel pilot Luke Skywalker Vader almost caught him on the ice planet Hoth but Luke hoping to learn more about the Jedi arts fled to Dagobah where he trained with the aged Jedi Master Yoda With the aid of the bounty hunter Boba Fett Darth Vader captured Luke Skywalker's friends and used them as bait to lure Luke into a trap on Cloud City Despite Despite Yoda's admonishments Luke went to save them only to be brutally wounded in a lightsaber duel with Vader The Sith Lord further stunned his adversary with the declaration that he was really Luke's father Vader's Vader's claim was all the more shocking because Luke's trusted mentor Ben Kenobi the Jedi Master formerly
runins known as Obi Wan Kenobi had once told Luke that his father had been murdered by Vader Luke managed to escape Vader's clutches but not before his friend Han Solo a slightly reformed smuggler had been frozen in a block of carbonite and turned over to Boba Fett After several with competing bounty hunters Boba Fett delivered Han's frozen form to the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt on the sand planet Tatooine While Luke and his allies prepared to rescue Han the evil Emperor Palpatine sent Darth Vader to a remote sector of space where the Empire's most powerful powerful secret weapon was now under construction
