Every Story Announced For ‘From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi’ Novel
Random House Worlds and Del Rey have announced every short story for the Star Wars anthology novel From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi, along with a snippet of each story in a series of posts on social media.
There’s no shortage of stories from both well known and ancillary characters, including Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Richard E. Grant’s The Rise of Skywalker character General Pryde and the Sarlacc Pit among others. Here’s the list of all 40 stories in full. Some of our guesses were correct, but others we never saw coming.
- Moff Jerjerrod: “Any Work Worth Doing” by Amal El-Mothar
- Max Rebo: “Fancy Man” by Phil Szostak
- EV-9D9: “The Key to Remembering” by Olivia Chadha
- Bib Fortuna: “Fortuna Favors the Bold” by Kwame Mbalia
- Unknown: “Dune Sea Songs of Salt and Moonlight” by Thea Guanzon
- Malakili: “The Plan” by Saladin Ahmed
- Boba Fett: “Reputation” by Tara Sim
- Sion: “Kickback” by K Arsenault Rivera
- Salacious B. Crumb: “Everyone’s A Critic” by Sarah Glenn Marsh
- Sy Snootles: “Satisfaction” by Kristin Baver
- The Sarlaac: “My Mouth Never Closes” by Charlie Jane Anders
- Sim Aloo: “Kernels and Husks” by Jason Fry
- The Dragonsnake on Dagobah: “The Light That Falls” by Akemi Dawn Bowman
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: “From A Certain Point of View” by Alex Jennings
- Mon Mothma: “No Contingency” by Fran Wilde
- Lando Calrissian: “The Burden of Leadership” by Danny Lore
- TK-151: “Gone to the Winner’s Circle” by Patricia A. Jackson
- Wicket: “One Normal Day” by Mary Kenney
- Logray: “Divine Intervention(?)” by Paul Crilley
- Norra Wexley: “The Buy-In” by Suzanne Walker
- Commander Igar: “The Man Who Captured Luke Skywalker” by Max Gladstone
- Admiral Ackbar: “Ackbar” by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Arvel Crynyd: “The Impossible Flight of Ash Angels” by Marieke Nijkamp
- Riz: “Ending Protocol” by Hannah Whitten
- Sila Kott: “The Last Flight” by Ali Hazelwood
- Corr: “Twenty and Out” by Lamar Giles
- Nanta: “The Ballad of Nanta” by Sarah Kuhn
- Emperor Palpatine: “Then Fall, Sidious” by Olivia Blake
- Unknown: “Impact” by Sean Williams
- TK-423: “Trooper Trouble” by Laura Pohl
- Admiral Piett: “To the Last” by Dana Schwartz
- The Royal Guard: “The Emperor’s Red Guards” by Gloria Chao
- Hoyel: “Wolf Trap” by Alyssa Wong
- Karie and Lanna: “The Extra Five Percent” by M.K. England
- Wedge Antilles: “When Fire Marked the Sky” by Emma Mieko Candon
- Unknown: “The Chronicler” by Danielle Page
- Dexter Jettster: “The Veteran” by Adam Lance Garcia
- Anakin Skywalker: “Brotherhood” by Mike Chen
- Enric Pryde: “The Steadfast Soldier” by Adam Christopher
- The Whills: “Return of the Whills” by Tom Angleberger
Star Wars Books’s Twitter (or X) account tweeted out excerts of each story. You can find the full thread here, but we’ve posted a select few below.
Malakili and Boba Fett
Just a simple man making his way through the galaxy. #FromaCertainPOVReturns@EachStarAWorld pic.twitter.com/5MIORpnZsg
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) August 1, 2023
Obi-Wan Kenobi and Mon Mothma
Mon Mothma has always been willing to take the next chance for the Rebellion. On and on until they win…or the chances are spent. #FromaCertainPOVReturns@fran_wilde pic.twitter.com/UxHSJ340n7
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) August 1, 2023
Dexter Jettster and Anakin Skywalker
This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, once again. #FromaCertainPOVReturns@mikechenwriter pic.twitter.com/rThJ8BXjkf
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) August 1, 2023
As the tweets say, From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi will be available to buy on August 29.
Josh is a huge Star Wars fan, who has spent far too much time wondering if any Star Wars character could defeat Thanos with all the Infinity Stones.
