Simple list of star wars books in order of when they take place, with sidebyside timelines for legends and the new canon. Designed as an interconnected series of books, novels. This is a list of original novels, novel adaptations, original junior novels, junior novel adaptations, young readers, and short stories in the star wars franchise. Actually, the star wars movies are more known as the book series and this trilogy has millions of fans around the globe. The star wars series began in 1978 with splinter of the minds eye, to be followed by hundreds of novels by many different authors. Delve into the history of the sinister count dooku in this audio original set in a galaxy far far away. The series will be primarily book based without any connections to television or film projects. The movies were extraordinary and the sceneries were really detailed and it was like you were actually reading the books. A new dawn by john jackson miller, published in september 2014.
If youre new to star wars books in general, you might want to check out this piece by a fellow rioter on where to start, but this list. There is a whole galaxy of books about star wars, hundreds of them, if were counting the eu expanded universe. Community content is available under ccbysa unless otherwise noted. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. Join han solo, luke, princess leia, r2d2, c3po, chewie and new guys finn, rey and bb8. A new hope junior novel star wars junior novel 1 by windham, ryder isbn.
This is a place to discuss any and all things about the books. In cases where series were not published in their chronological order, we have noted that as well. New star wars books to focus on galaxys edge, trivia. Keep checking back with cinemablend for more news on. If youre a star wars fan, theres a good chance youve read a star wars books or two. It chronicles the origins of grand admiral thrawn, a popular character originating from the star wars legends line of works, which were declared noncanon to the franchise after lucasfilm redefined star wars continuity in april 2014. The clone wars television series and film, while the expanded universe is no longer considered canon and was re. Young readers adaptation of the second act of star wars. Some of the best star wars in years is happening in pages of books and comics, and these are what you should be checking out.
Aside from toys, clothes, and the obscenely large death star cookie jar that takes up half of my kitchen, there are books, graphic novels, video. Shattered empire comics series by greg rucka, marco checcheletto, and joe caramagna, followed by star wars. We have listed all of these star wars series by their chronology. The rise of skywalker will be available to buy digitally starting march 17, and the bluray and dvd copies will arrive on march 31.
Star wars disney canon novel book series thriftbooks. Gon jinn and obiwan kenobi as the two jedi navigate a dangerous new planet and an uncertain future in the first canon star wars novel to take place before the events of star wars. Find the complete star wars disney canon novel book series listed in order. This is a list of star wars comics, comic books set in the fictional star wars universe. Take a look at the list table of star wars official canon books. In my opinion the darth bane trilogy is the best star wars books i have read so far. Ask any star wars reader what book to start with, and nine times out of 10. The old republic, and accompanies a comic series of the same name. A list of star wars adult and youngadult novels considered canon by the. The new legends clone wars timeline was never established by lucasfilm. Im not subbing to this unmoderated list full of non star wars books. I dont believe anyone asked you to, but if you would kindly point out the non star wars books instead of giving unhelpful complaints, i will remove them.
Dark horse comics owned the license to publish star wars comics from lucasfilm exclusively from 1991 to 2014. There are canon novels, film novelizations, reference books, comics, books for young readers, roleplaying sourcebooks and thats not to. This book series serve as tieins for the lucasarts video game, star wars. Star wars gained many fans thanks to its numerous films, but theres more to the galaxy than just major movie releases. Star wars disney canon novel series by charles soule goodreads. In broad strokes, these novels paint the major galactic events that have taken place and add tons of context to the events taking place between the movies. In february, lucasfilm announced a new star wars campaign called the high republic, which will be a set of comic books, adult and young adult novels, and childrens books set 200 years before the prequel trilogy of star wars. Simple star wars book list timeline of star wars novels. And its never been a better time be a kid taking their first steps into the larger world of star wars storytelling in celebration of star wars reads this october, were shining a light on the veritable galaxy of. Bloodline by claudia grey honestly, one of the best star wars books ever written, and my personal favorite, featuring a 40something leia and a lot of the political leadin to the force awakens. This includes all film novelizations, novels, comics, young readers, reference books. If your desire to get better acquainted with star wars lit has been sparked by the upcoming release of the rise of skywalker, this is the list for you. The star wars legend, who has spent 43 years acting as the golden droid, reflects on the end of the skywalker. From the adventures of luke skywalker, the official novelization of a new hope, was published in 1976, six months before the release of.
New novels rebel rising and guardians of the whills will. This star wars legends article contains information that is affected by the star wars. The best star wars books and comics of the disney era. While most of them are no longer canonical and belong to the star wars legends brand, there are some that were left as canon. The newly standardized star wars canon includes all the movie episodes, the clone wars and rebels tv shows, and new books since 2014. Following a shocking political assassination, young jedi master quigon jinn is dispatched to prevent the outbreak of a civil war on the homeworld of his padawan xanatoswhose father is king. Ive only read 32 books up to the date of this posting i agree with you as well that the darth bane trilogy was good but not necessarily great because it was all very dark and not a good blend of humour. The ultimate guide to reading the star wars books reedsy. If youre new to books, and want to learn more about where to start, feel free to ask the community. The content of the page may change dramatically as the product release approaches and more information becomes available.
This page contains information about a confirmed future group of books. Disney has announced a new publishing initiative for its star wars expanded universe, titled star wars. This book is the romcom of star wars books as it follows the romance between princess leia and han solo, ultimately leading to their marriage. They began shortly after the films debuted in the late 1970s, and scores have been written. Stackpoles contributions cover the adventures of a new rogue squadron formed by wedge antilles, while allstons focus on wraith squadron, another creation of antilles. Ive also heard good things about the rogue one novelization. Young readers adaptation of the first act of star wars. The exact chronology of the events described in this article is currently unknown.
As protectors of the kyber temple on jedha, baze and chirrut are windows into a new element of star wars lore, and guardians of the whills looks to tell a major part of their story. Lucasfilms nowcorporate sibling marvel comics, which published star wars comics from 1977 to 1986, are once again publishing star wars titles that started in 2015. Each novel is attributed to its respective era, along with name, timeline, authors name and date of release. Thrawn also known simply as thrawn is a star wars novel by timothy zahn, published on april 11, 2017 by del rey books. Many authors have been contracted to write all sorts of stories that add on to the star wars saga. I know that hes a pretty well esteemed star wars writer.
The han solo trilogy, book 3 the hutt gambit star wars. A red saber, unsheathed in the an unexpected offer threatens the bond between quigon jinn and obiwan kenobi as the two jedi. Young readers adaptation of the third act of star wars. If youre new to star wars books in general, you might want to check out this piece by a fellow rioter on where to start, but this list is a good starting point into what i think are the best star wars books. Tarkin by james luceno, thrawn by timothy zahn, bloodline by claudia gray, lords of the sith by paul s. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Or at least that its just a good retelling of the story in novel form, with some bits of extra narrationexposition. The main star wars book, in both iterations it recently relaunched to reorient its timeline, now taking place immediately after empire strikes back, having first launched in 2014 as being set. Almost as long as there have been star wars movies, there have been star wars books. Isards revenge takes place 9 years aby, and starfighters of adumar. The book starts with the short story bottleneck by john jackson miller with a focus on grand moff wilhuff tarkin. The old star wars expanded novel universe that includes all star wars novels created after the legends rebranding of the old expanded universe by disney. The lucasfilm story group coordinates all new stories, including the films, to prevent contradictions between them.
When han learns leia is considering the marriage proposal of hapan prince isolder it kicks off a series of events that result in a journey to the planet dathomir and a confrontation with the warlord zsinj. As star wars fans today, through everything from films to novels to comics to animation to video games, were enjoying some of the absolute best star wars stories ever told. This is a list of novels considered canon in the new continuity of star wars. In 1991, del rey books launched a new novel from author timothy. All stories are presented here in inuniverse chronological order, as opposed to realworld release dates.
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