Junior-novellen är dramatiskt kortare än den vuxna roman (218 sidor mot 485 i ebook-versionerna)
Vissa scener, och särskilt de som involverar våld, har väsentligt trimmats.
The complex restraining apparatus held Rey upright against an angled platform in the cell. She woke slowly. Disoriented, at first she thought she was alone. Her oversight was understandable, since the other person in the holding area did not move, did not make a sound, and at times scarcely seemed to breathe.
Though startled by his unsettlingly silent presence, she took a moment to take stock of her surroundings. They were as different as could be imagined from her previous ones. The last thing she remembered was the confrontation in the forest on Takodana, the sounds of battle, and sending away the droid BB-8. That, and then the mind probe. The pain. Her efforts to shut it out, and the contemptuous ease with which her mental defenses had been brushed aside. Even now, there was a lingering ache at the back of her eyes.
The forest was gone. So was Maz’s castle. Bereft of a point of reference, she had no choice but to ask.
“Where am I?” - Adult novel
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Rey woke to find herself bound to an interrogation bench, tilted almost to a standing position. The interrogator himself lurked nearby, watching her through his metal mask.
“Where am I?” she asked him. - Junior novel
Det finns mycket mer intern röst som förklarar varför tecken fungerar som de är
His head came up as the door to the holding cell whooshed open and a stormtrooper entered. At least, Poe mused, it would be over soon. He could look forward to freedom from any further tormenting thoughts. The trooper’s words to the room’s single guard surprised him, however. “I’m taking the prisoner to Kylo Ren.” - Adult novel
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FN-2187 made a choice. Or more truthfully, after he’d considered all his options that didn’t involve interrogation, imprisonment, or execution, the choice made him.
He couldn’t have stopped the massacre on Jakku if he’d wanted. His squad mates would’ve turned their rifles on him. But there was something he might be able to do. Someone he might be able to save from Kylo Ren. - Junior novel
Det finns mycket mer "tech-speak" i den vuxna romanen
THE INTERIOR OF the TIE fighter was spotless. Droids and techs had done their work well, leaving it ready for pilot and gunner. It was a true pilot who now settled himself into the cockpit command seat. As to the other missing crew member, that remained to be seen.
Slipping free of his bloody, confining jacket, Poe examined the controls laid out before him. Some were familiar from his professional studies of First Order ships, others from perusing details of Old Imperial craft. What he didn’t recognize immediately, he felt sure he could work around. A modern fighter like this one would be naturally forgiving, its computational components engineered to compensate for pilot miscues and oversights. He was relying on the likelihood that the ship itself would automatically correct for any minor mistakes in judgment. - Adult novel
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Once he saw the TIE fighter, Poe Dameron forgot about his pain.
Here was something he could handle. Two wings attached to twin ion engines. Built out of metal, held together by bolts. Nothing mystical about it, all mechanical. - Junior novel
Språket (ordval) i juniorromanen är mycket mer förenklat
Halting an arm’s length from his father, Ren unclipped his lightsaber, looked down at it for a moment, and then extended it toward Han. For an instant that seemed to extend into forever, nothing happened. Smiling, Han reached for the weapon. Then, as the light from outside was fully blocked by the flow of descending, accumulating dark energy, Ren ignited the lightsaber - Adult novel
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Ben unbelted his lightsaber hilt and held it out. Han looked at the hilt and then at his son. Finally, he reached for it.
“Thank you,” Ben said. He ignited the lightsaber. - Junior novel
Vuxenromanen innehåller ytterligare scener som inte förekommer i filmen. Junior-novellen ligger närmare det ursprungliga skriptet.
“I’m taking the prisoner to Kylo Ren.”
Poe sagged in his seat. What more did they want from him? Everything, anything of value that he had known was now known to them. Had they overlooked some line of questioning? He could not think of one. But then, at the moment, his mind was not functioning properly.
The guard wondered, too. “I was not told to expect you. Why would Ren wish to question the prisoner outside the cell?”
The new arrival’s voice darkened. “Do you dare to question Kylo Ren’s motives?” “No, no, that’s not what I meant! I…” Without another word, the guard proceeded to release the prisoner from his shackles. It took twice as long as it should have, since in his sudden nervousness he kept fumbling the task. - Adult novel
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“I’m taking the prisoner to Kylo Ren,” FN-2187 told the cell guard.
Mere mention of Ren’s name provoked the guard to action. He freed the prisoner from the chair and lifted him to his feet. FN-2187 did the rest, shoving the pilot through the doorway. - Junior novel