【Babygirl (2024)】

As Star Wars approaches its monumental 40th anniversary on Babygirl (2024)May 25 this year, you're sure to see a lot of focus on Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, and other main characters of galactic importance.

But you shouldn't forget that the saga's charm comes from its unsung heroes -- such as the droids who show up in every single film and guided our journey to a galaxy far, far away in the first place.

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That's the spirit of From A Certain Point of View, an anthology of 40 stories from well-known authors, announced Friday and coming this October.

According to the official announcement, each story "will be told from the perspective of background characters of A New Hope — from X-wing pilots who helped Luke destroy the Death Star to the stormtroopers who never quite couldfind the droids they were looking for."

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The subjects of each story haven't been announced yet, but here's a few we're hoping for:

• A rebel soldier who survived Vader's onslaught at the end of Rogue One, only to be killed by stormtroopers in the corridor of the Tantive IV blockade runner.

• The Star Destroyer gunner who was told to "hold your fire" when he could have blasted the droids' escape pod and ended the whole saga right there.

• The R5 droid with a "bad motivator" that Luke and Uncle Owen almost bought.

• The bartender at the Mos Eisley Cantina -- what was his deal with not serving droids, anyway?

• The pilot who introduced Obi-Wan Kenobi to Chewbacca and missed out on the adventure of a lifetime.

• The Jawa who bought Luke's landspeeder, which had to be more fun to drive than those giant lumbering Sandcrawlers.

• Literally anyone on Alderaan.

• The Imperial officer on the other end of Han Solo's "we're fine here, how are you?" conversation.

• The mouse droid who ran away from Chewie.

• And of course, the stormtrooper who bashed his head in the corridor. Did he get workman's comp and a one-way ticket off the doomed Death Star?

Many of these kinds of subjects have been tackled before -- in short stories that are no longer canon after a Lucasfilm books purge (Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina), fan-made short films (the exquisite mockumentary Troops, which covers the story behind the death of Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru), or stories that were never intended to be canon (such as the Star Wars Talescomic that hilariously claimed the R5 droid was a secret Jedi who sacrificed himself for the good of the Rebellion.)

But From a Certain Point of View, part of the new official canon, will be your final definitive answer on the deal with all those background characters you've wondered about.

The book will be released October 17 for $35. All authors have donated their fees to FirstBook, a nonprofit that aims to give kids equal access to reading.

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