Star Wars Episode I: Anakin's Race for Freedom (A Random House Star Wars Storybook with Foil Stickers) - Softcover

Alice Alfonsi; Jose Miralles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375800271 ISBN 13: 9780375800276

Publisher: LucasBooks for Young Readers, 1999

Synopsis

In this colorfully illustrated storybook, Anakin Skywalker works as a salve in Watto's junk shop. One day a group of strange travelers comes to the shop in need of help. What happens next will change Anakin's life forever.

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rfully illustrated storybook, Anakin Skywalker works as a salve in Watto's junk shop. One day a group of strange travelers comes to the shop in need of help. What happens next will change Anakin's life forever.

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On the faraway desert planet of Tatooine, young Anakin Skywalker did not have an easy life. Sandstorms often battered his little home, and he and his mother were forced to work as slaves for an unkind master named Watto.

"Hurry up, boy!" Watto yelled at Anakin day in and day out. "You're never fast enough!"

Anakin tried to please Watto by working hard in his junk shop. But no matter how hard Anakin worked, it was never enough for his master.

Although Anakin's life was difficult, he never felt sad. He spent his free time in his bedroom workshop, busily building droids and gadgets and dreaming of his future.

"Someday I'm going to be free," Anakin told his mother one night. "Free to fly off to the stars. Free to become anything I want--even a Jedi Knight!"

"Go to sleep," his mother said. But she secretly hoped her son was right. The life of a slave was not a happy one. And, more than anything else in the universe, Shmi Skywalker wanted her son to be happy.

One day, some strangers came into Watto's junk shop. There was a tall man, a squat little R2 droid, and the most beautiful girl Anakin had ever seen.

"This outlander's ship is damaged," Watto snapped at Anakin. "Watch the shop while we're out back..."

About this edition

• Publisher: LucasBooks for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0375800271
• ISBN 13: 9780375800276
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24