The ultimate guide to reading the star wars books reedsy. The series depicts the adventures of various characters a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Felicity joness jyn erso is reluctantly recruited by the rebellion to contact her former mentor forest whitaker as an ageing saw gerrera and, eventually, her father. The story of star wars, for the kind of fan that wants to know everything, is much bigger than the movies, spanning several novels, comic book. Now, at last, acclaimed author timothy zahn returns to tell the whole extraordinary story of the remarkableand doomedoutbound flight project. The real history that inspired star wars find out how this planets reallife history inspired filmmaker george lucas to create his scifi saga in a galaxy far, far away. Episode ix the rise of skywalker is a 2019 american epic space opera film produced, cowritten, and directed by j. You may be looking for star wars novels by realworld release dates. The earliest story, about a crisis of faith plaguing jedi master quigonn jinn, happens here, a few short years prior to episode i. The lucasfilm story group coordinates all new stories, including the. Back in 1979, when i was eight years old and star wars was my life, i used to read this book repeatedly.
It describes the story very nicely and goes in to just the right level of detail. In the second book, the love story of anakin and amidala continues, as they. This is a timeline for books considered canon in the new continuity. This is a timeline for novels, young adult books, and ebooks in the. Simple list of star wars books in order of when they take place, with sidebyside timelines for legends and the new canon. The old republic, and accompany a comic series of the same name. 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. Its a good example of a prequel novel that sets up its own story. The rise of skywalker and the mandalorian, as well as star wars series, video games, books, and more. The old republic is a series of novels and short stories published by del rey. The storyboards featured are split between episodes iv, v and vi, with 82, 112 and 142 pages devoted to each respectively.
Rinzlers authoritative book on the subject is your onestop source that will forever remain as the source of information on the film, and provided invaluable supplemental information for the second edition of the secret history of star wrs. Soon, the comics, books, video games, and internet shorts well be watching will feed into a whole new set of characters and situations in the star wars lore, and itll be a story created by. A star wars story the upcoming film, set before the events of star wars. Knights of the old republic, in which revan attempts to recover his lost memories from the period of the mandalorian wars and from his and malaks travels to discover. The star wars series began in 1978 with splinter of the minds eye, to be followed by hundreds of novels by many different authors. Set 14 years before the battle of yavin, the book follows. For those wishing for a journal of the making of star wars, j. Story synopsis, also referred to as the first treatment of star wars, was the first step in the creation of the script for episode iv. Superb star wars books for kids of all ages brightly. The first star wars spinoff movie draws heavily on the warfilm genre to fill in the gaps of a new hope s opening crawl. The 1977 installments were the first original star wars stories not directly adapted from the films to appear in print form, as they preceded those of the star wars comic series.
The rise of skywalker was released on march 31, and the book has details on a few rejected storylines and characters that didnt make it. Young readers books are almost always an adaptation of a previously released piece of content. This includes all film novelizations, novels, comics, young readers, reference books, roleplaying sourcebooks, and more. A star wars story with this exciting book andcd set, featuring thrilling sound effects, wordfor. Ask any star wars reader what book to start with, and nine times out of 10.
This read along book is based on the movie, star wars. Star wars the original trilogy stories 9781484792063. George lucas wrote it in the spring of 1973 and gave it to united artists for perusal on may 7, 1973. A complete list of all fulllength star wars novels in chronological order. These movies had blown up the spellings and the films top years in a row and they were an incredible production of the late 70s. The star wars legend, who has spent 43 years acting as the golden droid, reflects on the end of the skywalker. Marvel comics published a star wars comic book series from 1977 to 1986. A new hope the princess, the scoundrel, and the farm boy by new york times bestselling author alexandra bracken, focuses on the backstories and inner drama surrounding the trio of core characters from the original film luke, leia, and han. I treasured it for years, but somewhere along the road it was lost and i completely forgot about it. The original trilogy is as thick as the earlier book at 352 pages.
It is the third installment of the star wars sequel trilogy, following the force awakens 2015 and the last jedi 2017, and the final episode of the nine. Say you decided youd like to read all the star wars books in existence. The book details the events of revans life after the events of star wars. This article is about star wars books by inuniverse chronological order. The exact chronology of the events described in this article is currently unknown. Expanded edition is the novelization of the 2018 film of the same name, directed by ron howard. Revans story is further explored in drew karpyshyns 2011 novella star wars.
Simple list of star wars books in order of when they take place, with. Further details of the old republic storyline may be gained by accessing. Complete order of star wars books in publication order and chronological order. A star wars story book of the star wars disney canon novel. The high republic publishing campaign in 2020 new stories will explore the star wars galaxy set 200 years before the events of the phantom menace later this year, lucasfilm will launch an epic new era of star wars storytelling that will be explored through multiple voices in adult and young adult novels, childrens books, and. Now, 33 years later, i have a child of my own and have been slowly introducing him to star wars. Simple star wars book list timeline of star wars novels.
This is a list of star wars comics, comic books set in the fictional star wars universe. You tried to capture the storyline about episode 4 but yet didnt give most of those ideas over. The star wars trilogy is one of the famous series of book that created such a powerful pellicle as the star wars movies. Darth vader has had a bigger role in star wars comics than the books, but hes still aroundlike in lords of the sith by james luceno.
The last jedi with this exciting book andcd set, featuring thrilling sound. A star wars story tells the story of a brave crew of rebels who steal the plans to the empires dreaded battle station, lighting a spark of hope across the galaxy. A new hope, that reveals the untold story of the rebel effort to steal the plans to the death star. The newly standardized star wars canon includes all the movie episodes, the clone wars and rebels tv shows, and new books since 2014. This star wars legends article contains information that is affected by the star wars. Original star wars comics were serialized in the marvel magazine pizzazz between 1977 and 1979. The star wars story all began, ironically enough, during a period of relative peace in the galaxy. This timeline is organized chronologically and in six different categories. In cases where series were not published in their chronological order, we have noted that as well. 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. A definitive legends clone wars timeline was never established by lucasfilm. A thousand years before the events of the skywalker saga, the jedi order defeated the dark side.
A complete guide to the new star wars canon before the force. Dark horse comics owned the license to publish star wars comics from lucasfilm exclusively from 1991 to 2014. The books serve as tieins for the bioware video game, star wars. The expanded edition tag refers to the inclusion of content not included in the film, namely scenes that have been added to or expanded upon from the film. Im a rebel alliance girl all the way, so i was apprehensive about reading a book about a former sith.
Updated regularly, with new releases and upcoming titles highlightesd. Star wars disney canon novel book series thriftbooks. Novels and novelizations are separated, as are junior novels and junior novelizations. The canon novels are part of the official storyline as established by. A star wars storythe upcoming film, set before the events of star wars. Star wars timeline from phantom menace to rise of skywalker. It is also written in a way that the children can enjoy it even though theyve not seen the films. Find the complete star wars disney canon novel book series listed in order. Filled with fullcolor photos from the original motion picture.