Subscribe to see new videos every weekday covering star wars canon and legends lore. Galen is a scientist who means to use his kyber crystal research to produce renewable energy for the galaxy, but his friend orson krennic has. This list of the top 15 non canon star wars stories includes books that examine sith mythology, jedi training, ancient worlds and the murderous rampage of darth vader. But many fans consider the novels to represent the true essence of star wars, and for that reason, the force will always be with them. Each novel is attributed to its respective era, along with name, timeline, authors name and date of release. This is a timeline for novels, young adult books, and ebooks in the expanded universelegends continuity. Star wars tales some true and some not so true stories. Theres rumours that the movies will not follow the time.
All listed chronologically based on the events they describe. The 10 best star wars legends books, ranked screenrant. The new star wars expanded novel universe that includes all star wars novels and media created after the legends rebranding of the old eu. The clone wars and star wars rebels, will be the star of her own young adult novel from disney lucasfilm press this october 11, 2016. The clone wars television series and film, while the expanded. As regards the ongoing controversy over the disney universe and the expanded universe, this page which is an extension of the star wars expanded universe timeline website regards the latter as canon and the former as infinities, though it accepts workable elements from the du into the eu. The clone wars television series and film, while the expanded universe is no longer considered canon and was re. The star wars disney canon novel book series by multiple authors includes books the phantom menace, star wars. The star wars universe is more than just a handful of blockbuster films and animated television shows. Timeline novel publishing timeline star wars books. The best star wars novels from the new canon and legends. Explore beautiful galleries with more than 2,500 images, and discover facts about star wars culture, science, and geography. This complete saga page follows the one canon approach, allowing eucompatible stories from the postdisney era of star wars literature.
Euonly material can be found in the individual eras. These books are part of the original star wars expanded universe, and follow an internally consistent timeline. Updated regularly, with new releases and upcoming titles highlightesd. We have your guide on where to start with star wars canon. In the meantime, wed like to drop some star wars knowledge and share the chronological listening order of the star wars canon audiobooks that we publish, presented in line. Ly ttv4, 19 bby, crystal crisis on utapau, episode arc, click here for sw. The best books from the old star wars expanded universe. Dec 02, 2019 for a little while, that meant it was less intimidating to jump into the wider star wars universe but the number of works has grown once again. This spinoff material is licensed and moderated by lucasfilm, though during his involvement with the franchise george lucas reserved the right to both draw from and contradict it in his own works. Star wars canon audiobook timeline penguin random house. Crystal star really is the worst star wars book ever. Mar 28, 2019 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 clone wars, star wars rebels, and star wars resistance, as well as any books, comics, and video games published after april 2014. As of april 25, 2014, the only previously published materials that are considered canon are the six star wars films and the star wars. 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. 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. Star wars gained many fans thanks to its numerous films, but theres more to the galaxy than just major movie releases.
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. Here is the new star wars canon timeline, which presents all of the disneyapproved star wars canon movies, tv shows, books, games in chronological order. Galens obsession with kyber crystals proves to be an irresistible draw to krennic as well as a distinct. The clone wars anthology is a canon short story collection. A new series set between 25 and 30 years after the original films, the new jedi order 19992003, was written by multiple authors and introduced a new threat. Dec 28, 2016 the current, canonical star wars timeline. 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. This timeline is organized chronologically and in six different categories. List of star wars books in chronological order adinos blog. The complete canon star wars book timeline youtini. Since 2014, the official star wars canon includes all of the movie episodes, the clone wars film and the television shows star wars.
This timeline includes published and approved unpublished star wars stories. This chronological list of all known star wars audio books includes all novels, junior novelizations and graphic novels that have been recorded either as an abridged or unabridged audio book, or an audio drama. Release date, title, authors, publisher, notes, fictional timeline, maturity rating, audiobook. Star wars canon novels a reading order justin beeson medium. 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. The tiein novels are still being published, but theyre not part of the official canon. When a franchise is around for four decades, it can get impossibly unwieldy to try and grasp its lore and star wars canon is no exception. Best new star wars books best new star wars canon books. All novels here are published in collaboration with the lucasfilm story group, and are canon with the films and animated tv series. The star wars explained youtube channel has compiled the entire star wars canon timeline in a nifty 30minute video that draws from the films, the tv shows, the comics, and the novelizations that. Timeline lists star wars novels only, not comic books or young adult novels. Complete with every canon star wars book ever written. Star wars novel timeline swbookzone shows star wars book. A complete list of all fulllength star wars novels in chronological order.
Star wars novel timeline an up to date list of the star wars novels in chronological order. From the adventures of luke skywalker, the force awakens, and several more. We are primarily a source of discussion and news for anything involving the star wars expanded universe legends or story group canon. You can also check out my list of the marvel star wars comics in the new canon. Novel publishing timeline this is the realtime chronological novel publishing timeline. Galen is a scientist who means to use his kyber crystal research to produce. The visual encyclopedia walks fans through the entire timeline of star wars.
Welcome to the star wars expanded universe subreddit. With the massive amount of canon media that has hit the star wars universe since 2014, we thought it would be expedient to provide our readers with a general timeline of the books, comics, and video games in relation to the films and tv series. For purists, the other pages on this site remain free of post20 stories. Catch up on the star wars canon timeline before rise of.
May 04, 2017 the tiein novels are still being published, but theyre not part of the official canon. A throwback to the bad old 90s days of comic book movies 3. Star wars canon timeline aug 2019 kenobi series update. In 1999, star wars book publishing moved from bantam spectra to del rey books. In search of the crystal unfinished episode on star wars. An absolute must have for any dedicated star wars fan, the galactic timeline tells the entire journey from the beginning of the universe through the prerepublic order right up until the legacy era with everything inbetween. Apr 25, 2014 neither its much beloved imperial villain grand admiral thrawn, nor the popular former assassin mara jade, future wife to luke skywalker, officially existed in the star wars timeline. Ahsoka tano, fan favorite character from star wars. 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.
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. Written by lou anders, tom angleberger, preeti chhibber, zoraida cordova, jason fry, yoon ha lee, rebecca roanhorse, anne ursu and greg van eekhout. Galen is a scientist who means to use his kyber crystal research to produce renewable energy for the. New canon the newly standardized star wars canon includes all the movie episodes, the clone wars and rebels tv shows, and new books since. Shortly after that the old universe of novels and comics known as the expanded universe, or eu was wiped away for a new canon, where this time everything will be equal and all the stories will matter. 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. The crystal star, 1er avril 1996, 8 decembre 1994, fleuve noir, 26, roman, an 14, vonda mcintyre. Bby stands for before the battle of yavin star wars. Oct 20, 2017 i wanted to keep track of my slow progress reading through all the star wars canon novels, but i couldnt find a good list.
All canon means is that a given story affects and can be affected by other things in the star wars universe. And of course a book or comic not being canon shouldnt stop you from reading it. The complete star wars novelization canon timeline aipt. Simple list of star wars books in order of when they take place, with sidebyside timelines for legends and the new canon. 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. It is not for comics or short stories in legends continuity. Star wars has been expanded to media other than the original films. A mostly complete star wars canon timeline nerdist. The new star wars canon refers to the new series of movies planned by the disney movie studio. Del rey releases digitized timeline of star wars novels the. The star wars novelizations of the original trilogy are considered canon where they align with the films which means they add no new canon material and actually contain content that is not canon. Expanded universe and a new series of books that fall in the official canon. The best canon star wars book timeline in the galaxy. Star wars books timeline page 2 of 7 star wars timeline.
Dec 17, 2019 star wars canon timeline in chronological order. Star wars canon books in chronological order youtini. May 04, 2019 this is the entire history of the star wars canon as of may 4, 2019. This timeline constitutes a mutimedia of films, tv episodes, novels, short stories, comics, young adult novels, and childrens books and comics. Supplemented with the timeline, del rey posted a short announcement about the online system on the star wars books facebook page. I talk about characters, history, ships, technology, aliens, planets, be. The most common and known lightsaber colors in star wars are blue, red, and green, which help distinguish both sides of the force, but the star wars universe has a variety of colors for these weapons eight, to be precise, including the orange lightsaber, recently made canon thanks to jedi.
Oct 20, 2015 the complete star wars canon timeline something ive been wanting to accomplish for some time was to bring together all the many forms of official star wars mediums that have helped expand what we know of the full star wars story, and organize them into an understandable and easy to use timeline. This is a list of novels considered canon in the new continuity of star wars. Star wars timeline, star wars chronology, star wars canon. This is a list of all known star wars audiobooks in chronological order. Star wars is an american epic spaceopera media franchise, centered on a film series created. I wanted to keep track of my slow progress reading through all the star wars canon novels, but i couldnt find a good list. This is the realtime chronological novel publishing timeline. The star wars expanded universe timeline home facebook. See the complete star wars disney canon novel series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.
Star wars timeline gold star wars datapad swdatapad is the ultimate chronological timeline and release date lists for star wars media in the official canon. Whether youre a new star wars fan, or youre deep in the fandom, find some fantastically epic star wars books among these mustreads. This timeline is organized by chronology, and separated by era, as defined by lucas licensing. Lets talk about the novels, comics, short stories, tv shows, movies, and reference books. Finally published in one complete authoritative edition and in limited numbers. Do you feel lost while trying to keep up with all of the star wars content. Jul 04, 2019 this is the full and complete list of all officially released star wars timeline of canon books novels, novelizations of the movies, comic books and all movies and tv shows. The hugely complicated star wars timeline from all the canon movies, tv shows, comics, and novels explained.
Star wars timeline of canon movies, books and comics. From the adventures of luke skywalker in december 1976 to the latest novel, this timeline tracks the month and year of every star wars. They either included everything being published, or left off the. Novels and novelizations are separated, as are junior novels and junior novelizations.
While most of them are no longer canonical and belong to the star wars legends brand, there are some that were left as canon. I am not the owner of any of the content in this video other. For example, droids are referred to as mechanicals, yoda was blue, and ben and owen were brothers. 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 era and legacy era. In other words, in what disney now calls legends, here are the best non canon stories we. Simple star wars book list timeline of star wars novels. 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. The timeline operates on an interactive basis, as users are able to scroll across the timeline and discover where each novel is situated in the current canon timeline. All were dutifully added into the star wars canon as part of the socalled. This page collects only hardback novels falling under the new star wars canon since the april 25th. The films, tv shows, books, comics, video games, and short stories are all summarized into the most important moments in. The clone wars tv series from the point of view of one main character. Many authors have been contracted to write all sorts of stories that add on to the star wars saga. This is a timeline for books considered canon in the new continuity.
Lauded star wars author james luceno returns to pen an intense tale of ambition and betrayal that sets the stage for rogue one. This article is about star wars books by inuniverse chronological order. The list includes films, television episodes, novels, comic books, short stories, video games, and other promotional material. Five years ago star wars was purchased by disney and became incorporated within their juggernaut of a system. Why disney blew up more than 30 years of star wars canon. Star wars adventures has joined the festivities with an exciting weekly series of comic books that explores all corners of the star wars universe, showing how choices both big and small ultimately shape the destinies of beloved characters, such as princess leia, rey, padme, ahsoka, and hera along with your soontobe favorites from the last. Like most objects from a galaxy far, far away, the different colors of lightsabers. The list contains all disney and marvel officially released and published stories. The jedi path and book of sith deluxe box set star wars gifts, sith book, jedi code, star wars book set by daniel wallace aug 12, 2014. A frequently updated list of every star wars books in the official canon.
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