Star Wars: A New Hope represents a paperback version created for young readers based on Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. Its publication occurred on May 4, 2017, commemorating four decades since A New Hope originally premiered in theaters.
This book is a modernized iteration of the Star Wars Legends A New Hope junior novelization, penned originally by Ryder Windham. Emil Fortune, an editor at Egmont, revised the book to align it with established canon.
Within Chapter 8, Admiral Motti is simply referred to as "Mott."