History Literature / FromACertainPointOfViewTheEmpireStrikesBack

* "The Final Order" by Seth Dickinson: Taking place from the perspective of Captain Canonhaus, helming the Star Destroyer ''Ultimatum'' just before they enter the Hoth asteroid belt.

* "Standard Imperial Procedure" by Sarwat Chadda: Taking place from the perspective of Carl Ashon, a garbage disposal worker who sees the ''Falcon'' attached to the Star Destroyer's hull and has a run-in with Fett.
* "There Is Always Another" by Mackenzie Lee: Taking place from the perspective of Obi-Wan Kenobi, his Force ghost visits Dagobah as Luke is about to leave.

* "Beyond the Clouds" by Lilliam Rivera

* "Bespin Escape" by Martha Wells
* "Faith in an Old Friend" by Brittany N. Williams
* "Due on Batuu" by Rob Hart
* "Into the Clouds" by Karen Strong
* "The Witness" by Adam Christopher
* "The Man Who Built Cloud City" by Alexander Freed (''Literature/BattlefrontTwilightCompany'', ''[[Literature/StarWarsAlphabetSquadron Alphabet Squadron]] Trilogy'')
* "The Backup Backup Plan" by Anne Toole

** In 'Rendezvous Point' we have Tomer Darpen, Barlon Hightower, R5-G8, and Cinda Tarheel. Tarheel and Hightower originate from ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977, while Tomer and R5-G8 appear in the ''Literature/XWingSeries.''
* ChekhovsSkill: Chase Wilsorr always wanted to do something more exciting than serving caf and shuffling cargo haulers around Echo Base, but his knowledge of the layout of the Base and its many shortcuts is second to none and proves critical in helping a handful of Rebels reach the last transport ship during the frenzied evacuation.

** Speaking of which, Corwi thinks about her propaganda artist friend Janray, a reference to the rebel propagandist Janray Tessime from Propaganda.

** Yoda reflects on his discussion with Obi-Wan in the Yoda story from the last From a Certain Point of View book, including remembering how he wished for Leia to train instead of Luke.

* EverybodyLives: "Amara Kel's Rule for TIE pilot Survival (Probably)" features a lot of fighter combat in the incredibly dangerous asteroid belt and makes repeated comments about the short life expectancies of [[NewMeat Amara's rookie wingmates, AKA "cloudflies."]] However, the story ends with the entire squadron alive, even though one pilot briefly gets lost in the asteroid field and another has to be towed back to their ship after ejecting (which is risky whenever there are floating rocks or debris nearby).
--> '''Amara:''' Even Cloudflies sometimes get lucky.

* HandicappedBadass: Chainbreaker (Doshanalawook) is this. Despite her physical condition, she has a crazy information network on both her allies in the freeing-wookiee trade but also those who hunt down wookiees (like her brother Bossk).

** Chase passes a group of refugees from Habassa II in the base. The planet and its allegiance to the rebels after being subjugated by the Empire come from the old VideoGame/XWing game.
** The dynamic between Wedge, Janson, and Hobbie (RIP) is taken straight from X-Wing stories, complete with Janson's zany pranks and Hobbie's dour stoicism.
** Wedge tells Sila a story about his first kill being in a borrowed fighter, shooting down a gunboat full of pirates who had just taken people from him. The details are kept vague because in Legends this involved characters like Booster Terrik and Wedge's current backstory seems to be different but this event was shown in a flashback in the second arc of the Rogue Squadron comic.

** Cradossk, Bossk's father and at least in Legends the head of the Bounty Hunters' Guild, is mentioned throughout the story. He was created for the Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy, and Cradossk being proud of his son for devouring his siblings upon hatching was mentioned in those books too. The briefly-mentioned gnathgrgs come from the trilogy as well.

* OrcRaisedByElves: Doshanalawook was raised by Wookies after being left for dead by her father Cradossk. As such, she does not shared her species prejudice views on Wookies, even becoming infamous for freeing the most wookies from slavery.

** In "The Whills Strike Back" one of the Whills mentions Starfleet, making his partner joke if Kirk and Spock show up later.

* SympatheticPOV: "Hunger" is set from the point of view of the wampa in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. He came back after a failed hunt to find out that the rebels were living in his home and that his family were nowhere to be seen, so his aggression towards Luke is part hunger and part vengeance for them. The story itself has a RayOfHopeEnding, as he takes back his home after the rebels leave and resolves to search for them.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Jaxxon had a choice to either help a [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Troglof Troglof]] family escape the Empire or just take the case full of valuable loot. He empties the case of its content, puts the troglof inside and helps smuggle them out of Empire-controlled Bespin.

* AuthorAppeal: No points for guessing which story Hank Green (among a great many things, cohost of two educational web series called "Journey to the Microcosmos" and "Bizarre Beasts") wrote: the one about the biologist studying Hoth's wildlife.

* ChekovsSkill: Chase Wilsorr always wanted to do something more exciting than serving caf and shuffling cargo haulers around Echo Base, but his knowledge of the layout of the Base and its many shortcuts is second to none and proves critical in helping a handful of Rebels reach the last transport ship during the frenzied evacuation.

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* UndyingLoyalty: Blizzard One (Veers' personal AT-AT) was decapitated when a snowspeeder flown by Derek Klivian crashed into it. The action injured Veers to the point of nearing death, but his unyielding devotion to carrying out Vader's will allowed him to stay conscious and ultimately survive long enough for Imperial medics to assist him.

** “The Final Order” goes into some detail on Captain Canonhaus’ early career suppressing an uprising on Haruun Kal, the setting of ''Literature/{{Shatterpoint}}.'' All the details mentioned about the planet and the Korun guerrillas are taken straight from the book. He also remembers watching a show called ''Laser Masters'', a later episode of which involved a Laser Master’s last stand defending the Senate chamber from an army of monsters while saying “none shall pass” — referencing the ''Literature/TheNewJediOrder'' book ''Traitor'', where the Jedi Knight Ganner Rhysode did precisely the same against the Yuuzhan Vong.

** “The Final Order” goes into some detail on Captain Canonhaus’ early career suppressing an uprising on Haruun Kal, the setting of ''Literature/{{Shatterpoint}}.'' All the details mentioned about the planet and the Korun guerrillas are taken straight from the book.

* ShoutOut: In "The Whills Strike Back" one of the Whills mentions Starfleet, making his partner joke if Kirk and Spock show up later.

* "Standard Imperial Procedure" by Sarwat Chadda
* "There Is Always Another" by Mackenzie Lee
* "Fake It Till You Make It" by Cavan Scott (''Literature/AdventuresInWildSpace'', ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures Adventures]]'')

* HandicappedBadass: Chainbreaker (Doshanalawook) is this as she has a crazy information network on both her allies in the freeing wookiee trade but also those who hunt down wookiee (like her brother Bossk).

** Captain Canonahus and his executive officer Tian uncomfortably discuss whether Vader had a right to kill Ozzel. Tian admits that she might not have been able to destroy Alderaanian refugee ships like Canonhaus did three years earlier (something which the captain feels guilt over). Canonhaus discusses how no one even read his report on killing the refugees to see if his actions were justified. He then reflects that if the Empire lasts another thirty years, then the Galaxy won't be worth living in. Canonhaus sends Tian off the bridge when their ship enters an asteroid belt, wanting his last order to be a noble one.

* "Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)" by Django Wexler
* "The First Lesson" by Jim Zub

* "STET!" by Daniel José Older
* "Wait for It" by Zoraida Córdova (''[[Literature/StarWarsACrashOfFate A Crash of Fate]]'')

* "Beyond Hope" by Michael Moreci (''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures Adventures]]'')

* "A Naturalist on Hoth" by Creator/HankGreen

* "Rendezvous Point" by Jason Fry (''Literature/ServantsOfTheEmpire'')

** Chase passes a group of refugees from Habassa II in the base. The planet and its allegiance to the rebels after being subjugated by the Empire come from the old X-Wing game.

''From A Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back'' is the sequel to ''Literature/FromACertainPointOfView'', being to ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' what the first book was to ''Film/ANewHope''. Released on November 10th, 2020, It is a collection of 40 stories from 40 authors, each from the point of view of a peripheral character.

* MonsterSobStory: The Wampa that nearly killed Luke was separated from its family when the rebels arrived to build their base. It has been trying to find them and get revenge ever since.

** In 'Rendezvous Point' we have Tomer Darpen, Barlon Hightower, R5-G8, and Cinda Tarheel

** Wedge remembers Hobbie comforting him when Wedge was grounded during the battle of Scarif and then Wedge doing the same when Hobbie was grounded for Yavin. Wedge being grounded for Scarif was a story choice in Rogue One to preserve his shock at the Death Star in A New Hope, but his voice can be heard over the intercom in the film. Hobbie being present at the Yavin base was referenced in the Rogue One Visual Guide.

** The story depicts Dodonna ordering the mission to scout Hoth and running the briefing on it, a factoid that was created for the updated edition of Absolutely Everything You Need to Know in 2017 and also referenced in the final issue of Gillen’s run on the Star Wars comic. Dodonna’s death, which also happened in Gillen’s run, is mentioned later.
** The story mentions Piett’s time serving as a junior officer under Tarkin, which was depicted in the early chapters of Lost Stars when Piett went to Jelucan with Tarkin.
** Palpatine uses a hidden chamber far beneath the Jedi Temple to deepen his control over the Force. This is likely tied to the buried Sith temple that was going to be used in an unmade The Clone Wars arc, which was also mentioned in Tarkin.
** Boba, Bossk, and Dengar remark on their history together as a part of Krayt’s Claw, Boba’s gang in The Clone Wars. The name was first used in Scum & Villainy while Córdova just recently wrote a story about them in Stories of Light and Dark.
** The dining room where Han and Leia are trapped by Vader is apparently called the Rinetta dining room, likely named after the young princess Lando befriended in Lando’s Luck.
** The location the Troglofs seek to get to is Lysatra, which was Eli’s homeworld in Thrawn. Their homeworld is Najiba, from Adventure Journal.
** Torro talks about how the Empire bombed the Jedi Temple on Devaron, the aftermath of which was explored in The Weapon of a Jedi.
** The Punishing One is said to move like a Carnelion kite. The windy Carnelion IV was the primary setting of the Obi-Wan and Anakin comic, and it did indeed include kites.

* Cultural Cross-Reference: The last chapter, one of the Whills mention to the starfleet, making his partner joke if Kirk and Spock show up later.