As of april 25, 2014, the only previously published materials that are considered canon are the six star wars films and the star wars. Disney has set about creating its own expanded universe. The exact chronology of the events described in this article is currently unknown. These books are part of the original star wars expanded universe, and follow an internally consistent timeline.
May the fourth be with you as we explore my collection of star wars expanded universe novels. Many of my friends began to ask me questions about the new star wars. The clone wars television series and film, while the expanded universe is no longer. It was renamed star wars legends, and considered sort of an alternate timeline to the main events of the star wars saga, similar to what happens in comic book series. The list includes films, television episodes, novels, comic books, short stories, video games, and other promotional material. Why disney blew up more than 30 years of star wars canon.
Featured products are independently selected and linked to for your convenience. 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 published. All the star wars books released after 2014, when disney started releasing books that fell into the official star wars universe. This rebuilt universe will be closely monitored by the official star wars. And yes i know that the expanded universe has a lot of books as well but today i am just talking the new disney canon timeline. For those puzzled as to why the postdisney buyout titles would be included on a star wars eu timeline, the complete saga page follows the one canon approach, which permits any story that reasonably fits into the expanded universe on the timeline. Up until disney acquired lucasfilm in 2012, the expanded universe i. 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. This body of work represents the original star wars expanded universe, which was rebranded as star wars legends and declared non canon to the franchise in april 2014. For purists, the other pages on this site remain free of post20 stories.
Expanded universe star wars books and comics as quasi canon, or non. You have to take into account that there are now 2 timelines with everything all media star wars. Novels and novelizations are separated, as are junior novels and junior novelizations. These books are considered history and the material that occurs in these stories is officially part of the star wars timeline.
Such derivative works have been produced concurrently with, between, and after the original, prequel, and. 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. I am not the owner of any of the content in this video other. There is a whole galaxy of books about star wars, hundreds of them, if were counting the eu expanded universe. Star wars armor cosplayers inspired the mandalorian. Feel the force around you with our timeline detailing every jedi knight ever in the star wars canon universe. Music sounded legit had its own soundtrack, had a book gamecomic, the bridge between esb and rotj, marketed as if. This is the realtime chronological novel publishing timeline. It is not for comics or short stories in legends continuity.
We are primarily a source of discussion and news for anything involving the star wars expanded universe legends or story group canon. All were dutifully added into the star wars canon as part of the socalled expanded universe. This timeline is intended to list narrativebased canon media by an in universe chronology. Return to a time of great upheaval in the galaxy, the final years of the republic, in this anthology based on the beloved animated series. This timeline is organized chronologically and in six different categories. See more of ignoring disneys star wars canon on facebook. If youre new, and want to learn more about the expanded universe, you can find a few links in the sidebar that may be helpful. A definitive legends clone wars timeline was never established by lucasfilm.
All novels here are published in collaboration with the lucasfilm story group, and are canon with the films and animated tv series. Below are our picks of the best star wars books from both the legends timeline and current canon. Where did the idea of expanded universe being canon come. Easy explanation is the legends timeline is the original and the. Characters from across the expanded universe reappear for a whos who of. To make this list a little easier to follow, i will list the books as they take place throughout the canon movie timeline all movies will be in bold.
Heres my ranking of 31 individual books and multi book series in the star wars universe, minus the movie. If you watch rebels but havent read star wars books or comics. New canon the newly standardized star wars canon includes all the movie episodes, the clone wars and rebels tv shows, and new books since. Welcome to the star wars expanded universe subreddit. Still on the hunt for their kidnapped parents, milo and lina graf head to lothal in search of an ally. This new announcement is not lucasfilms opening gambit toward a plan that results in a new movie set in this timeline. On star wars, a gamefaqs message board topic titled where did the idea of expanded universe being canon come from. The canon timeline collects only hardback novels falling under the new star wars canon since the april 25th announcement. Simple star wars book list timeline of star wars novels. If you buy something using a link on this page, forbes may receive a small share of that sale. 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. What is the expanded universe and why is continuity such a major issue. The force awakens, the expanded universe was no longer considered canon.
Best new star wars canon books 98 books this story was written in collaboration with forbes finds. The new star wars expanded novel universe that includes all star wars novels and media created after the legends rebranding of the old eu. New movies and other stories arent based on these books, and will sometimes contradict them. The hugely complicated star wars timeline from all the canon movies, tv shows, comics, and novels explained. Star wars has been expanded to media other than the original films. The expanded universe, or eu, is the moniker for the entire body of work that comprises the stories set in the star wars universe ranging from novels, comics, cartoons, short stories, young adult books, television shows. This is a list of novels considered canon in the new continuity of star wars. Star wars comic shows how boba fett can return for the. With the recent acquisition of lucasfilm by disney and the promise of a new unified canon lead by the lucasfilm story group, i had a renewed interest for the star wars storyline at large. To be honest, ive never tried to reconcile the original legends clone war timeline with tcw, so have always kept them kind of seperate on my personal.
The 10 best star wars legends books, ranked screenrant. The eu began in 1978 with the release of splinter of. The tiein novels are still being published, but theyre not part of the official canon. Boba fett captured the imaginations of star wars fans after empire strikes back, but mandalorian mania really took off after the prequels. The star wars expanded universe, called the eu for short, is the name used to denote the star wars books, comics, video games, and more that were part of the star wars canon prior to april 25, 2014. Young readers books are almost always an adaptation of a previously released piece of content. Lit the new mostly comprehensive clone wars lcanon. He truly came alive in the expanded universe, and the bounty hunter war trilogy was his. 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. The best books from the old star wars expanded universe. Episode i the phantom menace, lucasfilm has divided its titles by fictional era with symbols designating such. Explore the rstarwars subreddit on imgur, the best place to discover awesome images and gifs. The star wars expanded universe timeline home facebook.
Where did the idea of expanded universe being canon come from. The ultimate guide to reading the star wars books reedsy. Timeline novel publishing timeline star wars books. Its time for disney and marvel to bring back a character or two from its expanded universe. The star wars legends books included an entirely different timeline of events in the postreturn of the jedi world, including han and leia getting married and having twins, the formation of the new republic and new characters like mara jade.
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