Star Wars by George Lucas

Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker by George Lucas

The first novel of the original Star Wars trilogy finds Luke Skywalker on a mission to save Princess Leia which leads him to the enemy Death Star where only the Force can save him.

Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker is the novelization of the 1977 film Star Wars, ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster, but credited to George Lucas.

It was first published on November 12, 1976, by Ballantine Books, several months before the release of the film.