Novels and novelizations are separated, as are junior novels and junior novelizations. Two jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the force, but the long dormant sith resurface to claim their old glory. The clone wars, star wars rebels, and star wars resistance, as well as any books, comics, and video games published after april 2014. Up until disney acquired lucasfilm in 2012, the expanded universe i. Given the countless star wars movies and tv shows dedicated to offering the sagas complete story, there is a lot to catch up on, but lets look at the timeline in chronological order. Aug 24, 2019 yesterday at the d23 conference, disney unveiled the new official timeline of star wars films and television. Galaxys edge, which is also placed in 34 aby by a timeline shown at d23 2019. Star wars canon books chronological order could not find this list already existing so decided to make it myself. Consequently this list does not include journals, graphic novels, or comic books. Please share this site with your friends if you enjoyed my list of star wars novels. Disney and lucasfilm have announced a new publishing initiative for the star wars franchise. Timeline lists star wars novels only, not comic books or young adult novels. Star wars novel timeline from old republic era to legacy of. This is a timeline for novels, young adult books, and ebooks in the.
Disney also recently announced two upcoming tv series based on the existing characters in the star wars universe. Yesterday at the d23 conference, disney unveiled the new official timeline of star wars films and television. Star wars canon novels a reading order justin beeson. Bantam books was the first licensed publisher of star trek tiein fiction. All novels were published as mass market paperback editions. The phantom menace, in the era of the glorious high republic, the noble and wise jedi knights must face a frightening threat to themselves, the galaxy, and the force itself. The star wars movies were a total success and they still are in our days. What are the star wars novels in chronological order. This bindup includes all three novelizations which were written by alan dean foster though credited to george lucas, donald f. May 04, 2020 check out our star wars timeline for all of the major events and milestones in the canon, including movies, tv shows, and books, in the faraway galaxy. The star wars expanded universe timeline home facebook. Since 2014, the official star wars canon includes all of the movie episodes, the clone wars film and the television shows star wars. Lucasfilm reveals official timeline of the star wars saga. The movies were extraordinary and the sceneries were really detailed and it was like you were actually reading the books.
New canon the newly standardized star wars canon includes all the movie episodes, the clone wars and rebels tv shows, and new books since. Lucasfilms manages the official continuity carefully. There are plenty of fans for whom the movies arent nearly enough, and the people behind one of the alltime great science fantasy sagas have always been more than happy to oblige. Based on its canon, all timelines lists every book, movie, video game, or tv series that is officially a part of the franchise. 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.
The new legends clone wars timeline was never established by lucasfilm. Rogue one a star wars story 2016 after its release in december 2016, rogue one was cheekily slotted into the star wars timeline almost immediately prior to the original instalment of a new hope. Should you read star wars books in chronological order. The timeline now divides the entire star wars saga into three eras. Insider made a timeline to show how those new stories about existing characters will fit into the chronological timeline of events in all the movies and tv shows fans are already watching. They either included everything being published, or left off the. Star wars canon novels a reading order justin beeson medium. The star wars expanded universe timeline august 17, 2017 policy guidelines for new and old fans alike.
Their licensing arm, lucas licensing, maintains a holocron database with four levels of official canon. Every major event in chronological order by richard edwards 04 may 2020 the hugely complicated star wars timeline from all the canon movies, tv shows, comics, and novels. At present it primarily consists of visual material. This is a list of star wars novels, novellas, and short stories. All star wars fans are welcome here, but this is a proexpanded universe site, and as such, there is a zero tolerance policy for eubashing. Star wars legends is too massive to fit into a single 100 book list, therefore this is part 1 of a multiple part list that contains all novels, young adult books, and ebooks in the expanded universelegends continuity in order of the timeline. The high republic, a golden age of the jedi set 200 years before the first star wars. Star wars datapad swdatapad is the ultimate chronological timeline and release date lists for star wars media in the official canon. New movies and other stories arent based on these books, and will sometimes contradict them. Star wars timeline page 3 of 12 the ultimate star wars. This list does not include most young readers books or short novellas. I saw articles talking about lost stars, heard podcasters talk about the aftermath trilogy and catalyst. Dark horse comics owned the license to publish star wars comics from lucasfilm exclusively from 1991 to 2014.
Actually, the star wars movies are more known as the book series and this trilogy has millions of fans around the globe. A complete timeline of every star wars movie and tv show. Visit the site for a simple timeline of all fulllength star wars novels, with legends and new canon side by side. The time line for the star wars books are indicated with bby before battle of yavin in star wars episode iv. All timelines has the correct viewing order of movies, tv. Check out our star wars timeline for all of the major events and milestones in the canon, including movies, tv shows, and books, in the faraway galaxy. 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. Simple star wars book list timeline of star wars novels.
An essential timeline of when every past and upcoming star. Fan writers such as nathan butler sugment this and in butlers work, star. A book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted. The phantom menace lucasfilm has divided their titles into different eras with symbols designating such. The ultimate guide to reading the star wars books reedsy. Tales short story collections 2,500 to 800 years bby. These books are part of the original star wars expanded universe, and follow an internally consistent timeline. New star wars canon timeline in chronological order. 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 games and detailed how they relate to. This timeline is organized chronologically and in six different categories.
This is a list of star wars comics, comic books set in the fictional star wars universe. Precipice by john jackson miller an ebook novella lost tribe of the sith. 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. Feb 27, 2020 if youre feeling especially ambitious, check out the timeline of canon media on wookieepedia for a fairly comprehensive overview of everything star wars has to offer. 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. Young readers books are almost always an adaptation of a previously released piece of content. All music and book covers are property of lucas arts and disney as well as the star wars logo. The novels bring back thrawn in a fashion, and help tie off some loose ends, but also leaves the door open for the next chapter of the star wars universe. Star wars canon audiobook timeline penguin random house audio. Light of the jedi the high republic by charles soule. However, for a complete list of star wars comic books and graphic novels please refer to star. A definitive legends clone wars timeline was never established by lucasfilm. Star wars legends books chronological order part 1 100.
This is a timeline for books considered canon in the new continuity. This is a timeline for all star wars media considered canonical in the legends continuity, including films, novels both adult and young reader, ebooks, comics, short stories, television episodes, and. I wanted to keep track of my slow progress reading through all the star wars canon novels, but i couldnt find a good list. Star wars novel timeline an up to date list of the star wars novels in chronological order. Star wars novel timeline swbookzone shows star wars book. The star wars timeline tracks the canonical stories and events of the star wars universe. This means that there are now two star wars timelines or chronologies. The list is sorted in chronological order, in the time line relative to the movies. A crash of fate takes place months after the hosnian cataclysm, which is dated to 34 aby by star wars. The star wars series began in 1978 with splinter of the minds eye, to be followed by hundreds of novels by many different authors. For example, to catch up on star wars, most fans recommend the release order of the movies, and not the canonical order. This is the realtime chronological novel publishing timeline.
A crash of fate must therefore also be set in 34 aby. List of star wars books in chronological order adinos blog. It is not hosted, operated, or sponsored by lucasfilm ltd. In cases where series were not published in their chronological order, we have noted that as well. The canon timeline collects only hardback novels falling under the new star wars canon since the april 25th announcement. The films, tv shows, books, comics, video games, and short stories are all summarized into the most. Dec 02, 2019 star wars inspires a love that can border on obsession. Books whose stories overlap within the same timeline are listed in recommended reading. Star wars books timeline page 2 of 7 star wars timeline. Star wars timeline page 4 of 12 the ultimate star wars. The fact was that only working through books set millennia before the films ignored what was going with star wars publishing out here in the real world. Star wars is an american epic spaceopera media franchise, centered on a film series.
Big shout out to penguin random house audio for doing such a great job recording all these books. In the four years since, new star wars stories have been added to the new timeline, from novels and comics to a new animated series star wars. This is a simple list of all of the fulllength star wars novels to date, in chronological order of when the stories take place. Star wars timeline the ultimate star wars canon timeline. This star wars legends article contains information that is affected by the star wars. This timeline constitutes a mutimedia of films, tv episodes, novels, short stories, comics, young adult novels, and childrens books and comics. This is the entire history of the star wars canon as of may 4, 2019. But all timelines is all about canon, and is an exhaustive resource worth. It gathers all events into one chronological continuity.
The chronology of the star wars fictional universe is subject to change as george lucas has revised his films and deemed the revised reversions to be definitive. Star wars movie series in chronological order imdb. Star wars timeline from phantom menace to rise of skywalker. Into the void by tim lebbon old republic era 5,000 4975 bby lost tribe of the sith. Dec 10, 2019 below are our picks of the best star wars booksfrom both the legends timeline and current canon. How to properly catch up on all the star wars movies before the. Star wars movie series in chronological order by countronin created 30 may 2017 updated 6 months ago public i averaged the ratings of the titles that are actually out. A mostly complete star wars canon timeline nerdist. Star wars canon timeline aug 2019 kenobi series update. Ten years after initially meeting, anakin skywalker shares a forbidden romance with.
The exact chronology of the events described in this article is currently unknown. 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. Aside from toys, clothes, and the obscenely large death star co. We have listed all of these star wars series by their chronology. 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.
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