Star Wars: R2-D2's Mission - A Little Hero's Journey

Star Wars: Action Toy Book

by Jane Paley

Little R2-D2 is determined to get Princess Leia's message to Obi-Wan Kenobi and neither stormtroopers nor Darth Vader will stop him

8 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

Jane Paley has enjoyed a career as a writer and independent documentary producer. She was the director of community relations for ABC Television, and her ABC Notebook educational programs were awarded an Emmy and a National Education Association Award. As a partner in Paley-Price Productions, she wrote and produced numerous family-oriented programs for HBO, PBS, and Lucasfilm, among others.

Paley is an assistant professor in the Division of Mass Communication at St. John’s University in Queens, New York. She and Hooper, her dog, are active participants in animal-related services, including Labs4rescue, the organization that brought them together.