It will be published by disneylucasfilm press on may 5, 2020. It is a dark time in a galaxy far, far away when the parents of milo and lina graf are abducted by agents of the evil empire, the children must undertake a perilous journey across adventures in wild space. Is there an officialish complete chronological order. It is not hosted, operated, or sponsored by lucasfilm ltd. In order to help new fans get a clear look at the official star wars timeline, weve put together a list of the most central star wars books, comics, and games and detailed how they relate to. A frequently updated list of every star wars books in the official canon. August 29, 2019 since disney bought lucasfilm in 2012, there has been a substantial amount of new star wars material, including comic books, novels, tv series, and games. Also skippy was never canon legacy of the force while the njo series would give some more background all you need to know is that its 7aby and lukes great gandson is a force using pirate with a attitude problem now for the neu canon.
Why disney blew up more than 30 years of star wars canon. The star wars expanded universe timeline home facebook. Where does star wars battlefront 2 fit in the timeline. In a time of retrospect, i wanted to highlight ten of my favorite canon star wars novels.
This timeline is organized chronologically and in six different categories. Each novel is attributed to its respective era, along with name, timeline, authors name and date of release. This reboot cleaned up the entire timeline, with at the time of the announcement only the 6 movies and the clone wars cartoon film and television series now existing as official canon. Five years ago star wars was purchased by disney and became incorporated within their juggernaut of a system. 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. The series depicts the adventures of various characters a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. This timeline is intended to list narrativebased canon media by an inuniverse chronology. Catch up on the star wars canon timeline before rise of. Timeline lists star wars novels only, not comic books or young adult novels. I was practically in tears by the end, which also rarely happens for me. A mostly complete star wars canon timeline nerdist. Rarely have been so enraptured by a star wars audiobook that i had to sit down and stop what i was doing just to listen to it.
When in doubt, check out whether there are books written about a villain or hero, and see what you find. Star wars novel timeline swbookzone shows star wars book. All novels here are published in collaboration with the lucasfilm story group, and are canon with the films and animated tv series. Ive put together a list of the best star wars books and before anyone says anything, i realize that 20 books is a drop in the bucket. I wanted to keep track of my slow progress reading through all the star wars canon novels, but i couldnt find a good list. Fortunately, disney is revealing the full timeline for the star wars franchise. In the meantime, wed like to drop some star wars knowledge and share the chronological listening order of the star wars canon.
From the adventures of luke skywalker in december 1976 to the latest novel, this timeline tracks the month and year of every star wars novel excluding childrens and graphic novels. For graphic novels and comics, see list of star wars comic books. You can get a master class in all things star wars with the star wars canon timeline below, and make sure you buy your rise of skywalker tickets early if youre headed out on opening weekend. Take a look at the list table of star wars official canon books. The new star wars expanded novel universe that includes all star wars novels and media created after the legends rebranding of the old eu.
I am not the owner of any of the content in this video. Star wars timeline, star wars chronology, star wars canon. Unlike most large franchises, the current storytelling universe for star wars, a. The best star wars novels from the new canon and legends. Updated regularly, with new releases and upcoming titles highlightesd. Your favorite might not be on here, and thats okay. Star wars books fill in the blanks left by the movies, so weve looked at 10 key books in the disney timeline and ranked them from worst to best. Many derivative star wars works have been produced in conjunction with, between, and after. There were a couple of people that didnt like a gay character in their star wars and hes now painting anyone who didnt like the book.
The clone wars battle tales is a canon trade paperback that collects the fivepart comic book series star wars adventures. Quigon 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. Finally published in one complete authoritative edition and in limited numbers. Once you can establish which piece of the star wars timeline puzzle you like best, ill give you some books that i have read andor are in my collection, that you should read in that particular. This is a timeline for books considered canon in the new continuity. Star wars canon audiobook timeline penguin random house. The list includes films, television episodes, novels, comic books, short stories, video games, and other promotional material. The four year anniversary of the first canon star wars is almost upon us. Easy explanation is the legends timeline is the original and the. I was about 10 minutes from downloading star wars aftermath. Episode i the phantom menace, just after padme amidala has been elected monarch of naboo. The canon timeline collects only hardback novels falling under the new star wars canon since the april 25th announcement. Since then, new star wars stories have entered the fray, including novels, comics and another animated series called star wars. Shortly after that the old universe of novels and comics known as the expanded universe, or eu was wiped away for a new canon.
Allow me to present to you this timeline of marvel star wars. As we gear up for star wars celebration 2019, we thought it would be helpful to compile a list of canon audiobooks for fans of the franchise. Im looking for a chronological order of all of star wars books, comics and games a. Star wars battlefront 2 is going to be part of this brand new canon, which actually allows all the star wars content to flow in one single timeline. Dark horse comics owned the license to publish star wars.
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. Chuck paskovics a star wars expanded universe timeline and guide to hardback books and novels from the old republic era, rise of the empire era, rebellion era, new republic era, the new jedi order. Simple star wars book list timeline of star wars novels. Star wars tales some true and some not so true stories. This rebuilt universe will be closely monitored by the official star wars. Star wars is an american epic spaceopera media franchise, centered on a film series created by george lucas that includes star wars 1977, the empire strikes back 1980, and return of the jedi 1983. You have to take into account that there are now 2 timelines with everything all media star wars. You may be looking for the legends timeline, or the inuniverse timeline of galactic history. A complete guide to the new star wars canon before the.
Simple list of star wars books in order of when they take place, with sidebyside timelines for legends and the new canon. For reference books, see list of star wars reference books. Disney reveals full timeline for the star wars franchise. The force awakens ushered in an entirely new generation of fans looking for more adventures in the galaxy far, far away, but with the whole issue of legends canon vs. Queens peril is an upcoming canon youngadult novel written by e. Ive also found that there are just amazing stories being written about specific characters that tie into the main timeline. Each novel is attributed to its respective era, along with name, timeline. Interested in getting into marvels new star wars expanded universe, but youre not sure what comics are canon, or where to start. This is the realtime chronological novel publishing timeline. Ideally, im looking for an official list which includes all the recent works e.
You might have different choices, and thats okay, too. Novels and novelizations are separated, as are junior novels and junior novelizations. A complete list of all fulllength star wars novels. The complete star wars novelization canon timeline aipt. This article is about prose novels and anthologies and other books.
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