Star wars is an american epic spaceopera media franchise, centered on a film series created. The best books from the old star wars expanded universe. Going through the entire expanded universe according to inuniverse chronological order that is, starting with stories covering the earliest history of the star wars galaxy would be difficult because it is so extensive and continuously expanding and because some of the earlier eu material is difficult to find. Specifically, the yuuzhan vong first appeared in the first new jedi order book. These books are part of the original star wars expanded universe, and follow an internally consistent timeline. Euincompatible disney stories are listed, as well, on the.
New movies and other stories arent based on these books, and will sometimes contradict them. A comprehensive guide to the star wars timeline of films, novels, comic books. This timeline is organized by chronology, and separated by era, as defined by lucas licensing. The star wars universe is more than just a handful of blockbuster. Salvatore takes the star wars universe to previously unscaled heights of action and imagination, expanding. It is not for comics or short stories in legends continuity. The worst parts of losing the star wars extended universe. The legendary star wars expanded universe turns a new page. Traitor 2002 the peak of the new jedi order, and where the purpose of its overall narrative arc. The trade paperback 1981 edition lists the subtitle under other heinlein books as more worlds of robert a. Everything star wars has reintroduced from the old. Netflixs stranger things has become such a cultural phenomenon, with novels and comic books and all sorts of other media tieins, that most audience members will need something to help guide them through it all the perfect viewingreading order, to make sense of the television seriess everexpanding narrative. The high republic is a new series of books and comics.
Because its the first book in a series, aftermath has room for cameos from. Is there some order in the universe or everything is. In april 2014, lucasfilm rebranded the expanded universe material as star wars legends and declared it noncanon to the franchise. 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 includes all film novelizations, novels, comics, young readers, reference books, roleplaying sourcebooks, and more. Heinlein is a 1980 collection of stories and essays by american writer robert a. Chronological eu reading order theexpandeduniverse. The infinities symbol designates noncanon stories outside of continuity. Heinlein because the contents subsume the 1966 ace books collection, the worlds of robert a. The ultimate guide to star wars legends books youtini. All stories are presented here in in universe chronological order, as opposed to realworld release dates. Simple star wars book list timeline of star wars novels. Laser time guide to the star wars expanded universe. Star wars just made old legends details canon screen rant.
The expanded universe is a term that encompasses any and all star wars stories. New canon the newly standardized star wars canon includes all the movie episodes, the clone wars and rebels tv shows, and new books since. This socalled stranger things expanded universe started life all the way. There is a whole galaxy of books about star wars, hundreds of them, if were counting the eu expanded universe. Star wars legends, formerly known as the expanded universe abbreviated eu. Theyre presented here in inuniverse chronological order, but its certainly not. Articles, columns and quotes in defense of the star wars expanded universe. Star wars has been expanded to media other than the original films. Fictional background of the star wars universe outside of the feature films. Youll find that there are plenty of books to discover outside of the movies. When disney traded the older expanded universe books now known.