Release date, title, authors, publisher, notes, fictional timeline, audiobook. From the adventures of luke skywalker, the force awakens, and several more. Each novel is attributed to its respective era, along with name, timeline, authors name and date of release. Star wars comic series timeline star wars timeline. The ultimate guide to reading the star wars books reedsy. Young readers books are almost always an adaptation of a previously released piece of content. After disney purchased lucasfilm in 2012, the official star wars canon was reset. Episode i the phantom menace and explores the origins and early days of darth maul, an antagonist. This is the realtime chronological novel publishing timeline.
This timeline constitutes a mutimedia of films, tv episodes, novels, short stories, comics, young adult novels, and childrens books and comics. Simple list of star wars books in order of when they take place, with sidebyside timelines for legends and the new canon. Written by lou anders, tom angleberger, preeti chhibber, zoraida cordova, jason fry, yoon ha lee, rebecca roanhorse, anne ursu and greg van eekhout. 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. Star wars canon timeline aug 2019 kenobi series update. The complete canon timeline and the social media channel released the video on social media.
Timeline novel publishing timeline star wars books. 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. Have you wanted to start reading the star wars books but dont know where to start. As of 2004, over 1,100 star wars titles had been published, including novels, comics, nonfiction, and magazines. 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. Release date for each book of the thrawn ascendancy trilogy delayed half a year timeline adjustment for phasma, now known to take place just a few weeks before the force awakens split resistance tv show into its two seasons, which now both have known timeline dates timeline. He said, the books are a way of extending the fantasy of star wars. The clone wars television series and film, while the expanded universe is no longer considered canon and was re. Star wars books timeline page 2 of 7 star wars timeline.
Star wars canon novels a reading order justin beeson. 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. This timeline is intended to list narrativebased canon media by an inuniverse chronology. According to the team, the canon includes all of the important moments. Since 2014, the official star wars canon includes all of. This timeline is organized by chronology, as defined by the lucasfilm story group. A frequently updated list of every star wars books in the official canon. This rebuilt universe will be closely monitored by the official star wars storygroup. The best canon star wars book timeline in the galaxy. The beginning of anakin skywalkers story and the star wars saga. A mostly complete star wars canon timeline nerdist. This timeline is organized chronologically and in six different categories. These books are part of the original star wars expanded universe, and follow an internally consistent timeline.
Novels and novelizations are separated, as are junior novels and junior novelizations. 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. Thenpresident of lucas licensing, howard roffman, estimated that there were more than 65 million star wars books in print. Return to a time of great upheaval in the galaxy, the final years of the republic, in this. New star wars canon timeline in chronological order. Where does star wars battlefront 2 fit in the timeline. The other major difference of this list from others, is that books spanning multiple time periods are ordered based on when they end, not when. Take a look at the list table of star wars official canon books. The star wars disney canon novel book series by multiple authors includes books the phantom menace, star wars.
The clone wars tv series from the point of view of one main character. It is not hosted, operated, or sponsored by lucasfilm ltd. The canon timeline collects only hardback novels falling under the new star wars canon since the april 25th announcement. Timeline and list of all canon star wars novels geekritique. The list includes films, television episodes, novels, comic books, short stories, video games, and other promotional material. 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. Yodas secret war, by jason aaron, salvador larroca, kelly thompson, and emilio laiso though presented as a flashback, this 2017 story is the first one to take us back to a time prior to episode i, even if just.
Del rey releases digitized timeline of star wars novels. Complete with every canon star wars book ever written. This is a timeline for books considered canon in the new continuity. These books are considered history and the material that occurs in these stories is officially part of the star wars timeline. 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. This is a list of novels considered canon in the new continuity of star wars. Since disney bought lucasfilm in 2012, there has been a substantial amount of new star wars material, including comic books, novels, tv. Star wars canon audiobook timeline penguin random house. This is a timeline for novels, young adult books, and ebooks in the expanded universelegends. The clone wars battle tales is a canon trade paperback that collects the fivepart comicbook series star wars adventures. The opening episode of the mandalorian ends on a surprising cliffhanger. All the star wars books released after 2014, when disney started releasing books that fell into the official star wars universe.
Catch up on the star wars canon timeline before rise of. The complete canon star wars book timeline youtini. See the complete star wars disney canon novel series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Up until disney acquired lucasfilm in 2012, the expanded universe i. The star wars timeline then continues through the original trilogy and all the various comic books, novels and video games that represent the new star wars canon. Star wars timeline the ultimate star wars canon timeline. As of april 25, 2014, the only previously published materials that are considered canon are the six star wars films and the star wars. New movies and other stories arent based on these books, and will sometimes contradict them. New canon the newly standardized star wars canon includes all the movie episodes, the clone wars and rebels tv shows, and new books since. What is the best order to binge watch all nine star wars.
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