When fans were understandably upset to hear the expanded star wars universe they loved no longer happened, or suddenly didnt matter, the new storytellers were quick to respond. 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. The expanded universe has been a part of star wars for almost as long as the movies have, starting with alan dean fosters novel splinter of the. Since 2014, the official star wars canon includes all of the movie episodes, the clone wars. Seit fruhjahr 1977 gibt es comicgeschichten zur star warssaga. Howard chaykinmarvel entertainment from marvel to dark horse and. Simple list of star wars books in order of when they take place, with sidebyside timelines for legends and the new canon. Here is a list of the currently announced star wars books. The thrawn trilogy by mike baron, olivier vatine, fred blanchard, edvin biukovic, and terry dodson. Here are the only star wars books that are considered canon. The star wars legend, who has spent 43 years acting as the golden droid, reflects on the end of the skywalker saga with star wars. The following is a list of comic books, sorted by publisher and series. 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.
The ultimate guide to reading the star wars books reedsy. This also helps to make sense of the recent move to give all star wars comics rights back to marvel, when for the past 30odd years theyd been published by darkhorse comics. Youll see familiar characters and placesbut not all is the same in this longago and faraway galaxy. Star wars was one of three new star wars comics by marvel announced in july 2014, along with princess leia and darth vader. Simple star wars book list timeline of star wars novels. Star wars comics have been produced by various comic book publishers since the debut of the. In 1977, the first star wars film was a boon for marvel comics, which published a sixissue tiein. Stay uptodate about upcoming star wars books and comics releases including variants. Star wars comics, noncanon now, for some noncanon, old eu aka star wars legends stuff if you were obsessed with timothy zahns thrawn trilogy. This is the softcover collection of the official adaptation of george lucass roughdraft screenplay for what would become star wars, the film that changed motion pictures and the world. Dark horse comics owned the license to publish star wars comics from lucasfilm exclusively from 1991 to 2014. Almost from the moment of its announcement, longtime star wars fans have been decrying the decision by lucasfilm and disney to discard the stories of the expanded universe the books and comics. How star wars saved marvel from financial ruin the new. Since then, a series of novels, as well as comic books published by marvel, have helped shape the new canon, in addition to animated shows like star wars rebels.
Star wars graphic novels, star wars fiction, books. Luke skywalker and the band of rebels fighting against the galactic empire are fresh off their biggest victory yet. In april 2014, lucasfilm rebranded the majority of the star wars expanded universe as legends, only keeping the theatrical skywalker saga and. Star wars is a star wars comic book series initially written by jason aaron with art by john. Making a star wars film is difficult due to a lack of. During a publishing panel at san diego comiccon 2014, members of the lucasfilm story group clarified the classification of previous novels and comic books as star wars legends. Bby stands for years before the battle of yavin, which occurred during the original star wars film. The star wars comic was set to be written by jason aaron and illustrated by john cassaday, and released in january 2015.
Check out individual issues, and find out how to read them. The scribe behind a massive new tome on star wars discusses crafting his book, how it all came back to the maker himself, and shares rare photos from the original trilogy. Updated regularly, with new releases and upcoming titles highlightesd. Several variant covers were printed for the first issue. After the force awakens, multiple films have been released, including spinoffs rogue one 2016 and solo.
Star wars just nuked its entire expanded universe the. 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. On december 2014 they bid adieu to 28,353 pages of comics and the star wars license was transferred to marvel, a subsidiary of disney. Featured thread echo07 sep 12, 2014 read more replies. A new dawn by john jackson miller, published in september 2014. At the 2019 star wars celebration last april, lucasfilm and disney publishing announced an ambitioussounding plan. Some cancelled the clone wars episodes were adapted into canon books and comics in the clone wars legacy multimedia project. All canonical within the star wars universe, each book will pick up where star wars. Comics published prior to 2015 have been rebranded as noncanon with the designation legends. All that means is that only the booksmedia published after april 24, 2014 are considered actual star wars lore. Stop lurking and join the fun, and the most popular star wars news site on the web, already. The first chapter in the new star wars comic canon enters with a bang.
The art is great and the story is fun and exciting and really evokes the feel of a new hope. Marvel comics 19771987 blackthorne 3d comics 19871988 dark horse comics 19912014 marvel comics 2015present idw comics 2017present russ. A new hope, marvels ongoing star wars comics reveal new stories featuring. This is a list of star wars comics, comic books set in the fictional star wars universe. At first i was skeptical about the new marvel comics takeover of star wars, but my ideas were shattered when i read this. This is a fairly recent old eu comic, but its based on an even older and much beloved star wars series set just after return. A complete list of all fulllength star wars novels in chronological order.
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