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==Publisher's summary==
==Publisher's summary==
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''[[C-3PO]] and [[R2-D2|R2D2]] [''sic''] must keep [[Anakin Skywalker|Darth Vader]] from discovering the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic|Rebels']] [[Death Star plans|secret plans]]! This fully-illustrated level 1 reader retells the classic scenes from ''[[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|A New Hope]]'' where the [[droid]]s crash land on the [[desert]] [[planet]] of [[Tatooine]] and meet a young [[Moisture farmer|farmer]] named [[Luke Skywalker|Luke]].''<ref name="Amazonescape" />
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''[[C-3PO]] and [[R2-D2|R2D2]]
''
[''sic'']
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must keep [[Anakin Skywalker|Darth Vader]] from discovering the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic|Rebels']] [[Death Star plans|secret plans]]! This fully-illustrated level 1 reader retells the classic scenes from ''[[Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope|A New Hope]]'' where the [[droid]]s crash land on the [[desert]] [[planet]] of [[Tatooine]] and meet a young [[Moisture farmer|farmer]] named [[Luke Skywalker|Luke]].''<ref name="Amazonescape" />
==Plot summary==
==Plot summary==
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==Development==
==Development==
[[File:Mean_and_Scary_Darth_Vader.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Situations and concepts are presented in simple language.]]
[[File:Mean_and_Scary_Darth_Vader.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Situations and concepts are presented in simple language.]]
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On [[April 25]], [[2014]], [[Lucasfilm Ltd.|Lucasfilm]] announced a new storytelling structure for the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise, wherein past titles considered part of the Expanded Universe would be rebranded as [[Star Wars Legends|''Star Wars'' Legends]], while new releases would form a new continuity of [[canon]].<ref name="End of EU">{{SW|url=/news/the-legendary-star-wars-expanded-universe-turns-a-new-page.html|text=The Legendary Star Wars Expanded Universe Turns a New Page}}</ref> ''Escape from Darth Vader'', a
32
-page fully illustrated book
,
written by [[Michael Siglain]] and illustrated by [[Stéphane Roux]], was published on [[September 16]], 2014, making it part of the new canon
continuity
. The title was designed as a retelling of situations and events previously depicted in full in the original ''Star Wars'' film.<ref name="Amazonescape" /> Amazon Digital released an electronic edition on [[October 7]], 2014,<ref name="Amazon-Digital" /> and [[Egmont UK Ltd|Egmont]] issued a U.K. edition on [[June 4]], [[2015]].<ref name="escapeegmont" />
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On [[April 25]], [[2014]], [[Lucasfilm Ltd.|Lucasfilm]] announced a new storytelling structure for the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise, wherein past titles considered part of the Expanded Universe would be rebranded as [[Star Wars Legends|''Star Wars'' Legends]], while new releases would form a new continuity of [[canon]].<ref name="End of EU">{{SW|url=/news/the-legendary-star-wars-expanded-universe-turns-a-new-page.html|text=The Legendary Star Wars Expanded Universe Turns a New Page}}</ref> ''Escape from Darth Vader'', a
thirty-two
-page fully illustrated book written by [[Michael Siglain]] and illustrated by [[Stéphane Roux]], was published on [[September 16]], 2014, making it part of the new canon. The title was designed as a retelling of situations and events previously depicted in full in the original ''Star Wars'' film.<ref name="Amazonescape" /> Amazon Digital released an electronic edition on [[October 7]], 2014,<ref name="Amazon-Digital" /> and [[Egmont UK Ltd|Egmont]] issued a U.K. edition on [[June 4]], [[2015]].<ref name="escapeegmont" />
==Continuity==
==Continuity==
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''Escape from Darth Vader'' is part of a series of ''[[Star Wars]]'' titles under the [[World of Reading]] banner that retell events from the [[original trilogy]] in a format suitable for the youngest audiences. Other titles in series include ''[[Use the Force!]]'',<ref name="Amazonforce" /> ''[[Rescue from Jabba's Palace]]'',<ref name="Amazonjabba">{{Amazon|com|/World-Reading-Rescue-Jabbas-Palace/dp/1484705017/|World of Reading Star Wars Rescue from Jabba's Palace: Level 2}}</ref> and ''[[AT-AT Attack!]]'',<ref name="Amazonatat" /> all of which were published in [[2015]].<ref name="
Amazonforce
" /><ref name="
Amazonjabba
" /><ref name="
Amazonatat
" /
> ''Escape from Darth Vader'' is also one of eleven stories published within ''[[5-Minute Star Wars Stories]]'', a [[December]] 2015 compilation from [[Disney–Lucasfilm Press]] featuring at least one story focused on events from each of the films in the ''Star Wars'' saga series to date. This new version of the story is credited as being authored by [[Brooke Dworkin]]. It retains the same basic narrative and illustrations by Stéphane Roux but uses somewhat more complex language, as well as direct quotations from the film not featured in Siglain's version.<ref name="fiveminute">''[[5-Minute Star Wars Stories]]''</ref
>
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''Escape from Darth Vader'' is part of a series of ''[[Star Wars]]'' titles under the [[World of Reading]] banner that retell events from the [[original trilogy]] in a format suitable for the youngest audiences. Other titles in series include ''[[Use the Force!]]'',<ref name="Amazonforce" /> ''[[Rescue from Jabba's Palace]]'',<ref name="Amazonjabba">{{Amazon|com|/World-Reading-Rescue-Jabbas-Palace/dp/1484705017/|World of Reading Star Wars Rescue from Jabba's Palace: Level 2}}</ref> and ''[[AT-AT Attack!]]'',<ref name="Amazonatat" /> all of which were published in [[2015]].<ref name="
Amazonatat
" /><ref name="
Amazonforce
" /><ref name="
Amazonjabba
" />
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''Escape from Darth Vader'' is also one of eleven stories published within ''[[5-Minute Star Wars Stories]]'', a [[December]] 2015 compilation from [[Disney–Lucasfilm Press]] featuring at least one story focused on events from each of the films in the ''Star Wars'' saga series to date. This new version of the story is credited as being authored by [[Brooke Dworkin]]. It retains the same basic narrative and illustrations by Stéphane Roux but uses somewhat more complex language, as well as direct quotations from the film not featured in Siglain's version.<ref name="fiveminute">''[[5-Minute Star Wars Stories]]''</ref>
==Reception==
==Reception==
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