The truth is, the goals of lucasfilms story group are nothing new. As a result, the company made a swift and decisive move that guts what star wars meant for many fans. Now that disney has bought star wars and started a new star wars history. For example, elements of the eu are included in star wars rebels. Star wars is an american epic spaceopera media franchise, centered on a film series created by george lucas that includes star wars 1977, the empire strikes back 1980, and return of the jedi 1983.
West end games the star wars expanded universe timeline. Star wars legends books chronological order part 1 100. Its actual language is quite a bit softer, temporizing that the eu is not being discarded, just changed. This new star wars series, which headland will be the writer and showrunner, will be femalecentric and will reportedly explore. These books are part of the original star wars expanded universe, and follow an internally consistent timeline. Timeline novel publishing timeline star wars books.
In april 2014, disneywhich had purchased the series in 2012, when it. Other major protoexpanded universe properties were the much maligned star wars holiday special and the novel splinter of the minds eye, a. The star wars expanded universe timeline home facebook. Star wars has been expanded to media other than the original films. But the press release announcing the decision is an iron fist in a velvet glovethe corporate parent cracking down on. Del rey releases digitized timeline of star wars novels. 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. Why disney blew up more than 30 years of star wars canon. Then began several days of research into every corner of the star wars expanded universe, including star wars marvel and marvel uk stories, west end games adventures and supplements, star wars dark horse comics, novels from bantam, del rey, scholastic, and much more. As a star wars fan for over 30 years i have read many, many of the expanded universe books. New movies and other stories arent based on these books, and will sometimes contradict them. The exact chronology of the events described in this article is currently unknown.
I wanted this timeline book to know whats happening. Buckland that when he does a revised edition, since the new star wars movies are coming out. It removed the entirety of the expanded universe from canon. May the fourth be with you as we explore my collection of star wars expanded universe novels. New canon the newly standardized star wars canon includes all the movie episodes, the clone wars and rebels tv shows, and new books since. Where to start with the star wars expanded universe by thea james originally appearing in our fourth quarterly almanac, where to start with the star wars expanded universe is the latest in our ongoing series of essays detailing where one can start with any number of sffpopgeekery topics. This rebuilt universe will be closely monitored by the official star wars storygroup. 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 universe legends continuity in order of the timeline. Of the approximately eleventy billion books in the original star wars expanded universe, there are the hallowed the thrawn books by timothy zahn, the good the xwing books, the bad the jedi. The dissolution of the expanded universe, which had been considered as part of the saga. From 1987 to 1998, the pennsylvania based company west end games released official star wars roleplaying game sourcebooks, adventure supplements, guides, and the star wars adventure journal, all of which contained new stories set in the star wars universe, some as prose, but most as adventure scenarios for use in the game. 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. Jjms great timeline and list of marvel appearances.
It is not for comics or short stories in legends continuity. From that point on, all new works would be official canon. The expanded universe story that led to lucasfilm re. On april 25, 2015, lucasfilm announced that moving forward all expanded universe works would be removed from star wars canon and now fall under the star wars legends label.
Under lucasfilm president kathleen kennedys direction, the company for the first time ever has formed a story group to oversee and coordinate all star. The inquisitor, the imperial security bureau, and sienar fleet systems are story elements in the new animated series, and all these ideas find their origins in roleplaying. Continuing our series of highlighting a unique and interesting eu website, tf. A book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted.
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. The acquisition of lucasfilm by disney in 2012 eventually brought with it a huge change for star wars fans. From the press release regarding the new disney vs legends canon now, with an exciting future filled with new cinematic installments of star wars, all aspects of star wars storytelling moving forward will be connected. Welcome to the star wars expanded universe subreddit. Supernatural encounters the star wars expanded universe. 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 video games.
The old republic, rise of the empire, the rebellion, the new republic and the new jedi order. The novels are among more than 20 new star wars books being released ahead of the december release of the force awakens, jj abramss muchhyped big screen revival of. Creators of new star wars entertainment have full access to the rich content of the expanded universe. We are primarily a source of discussion and news for anything involving the star wars expanded universe legends or story group canon. Star wars is an american epic spaceopera media franchise, centered on a film series. When authors and editors fail to maintain continuity and one story contradicts another, the general rule is to preserve the older, preexisting story, save for certain exceptions. How the abandoned star wars expanded universe inspired. This time, thea tackles a subject close to her heart.
Fans of the star wars expanded universe the spinoff novels and comic books that were pushed out of canon last year might have found star wars. This is the realtime chronological novel publishing timeline. The series depicts the adventures of various characters a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Short star wars canon eu stories orientation john jackson miller the imperial cruiser defiance is on route to ryloth to deal with an continue reading star wars short stories. Where to start with the star wars expanded universe. N books would like to present the star wars expanded universe timeline by joe bongiorno, who is also a member of the star wars fanboy association briefly, a more detailed essay on the sites origin is published here. In fact, the story groups own members chee and hidalgo gave presentations at. With the star wars expanded universe having grown so large and encompassing, its also a great way to explain many of the discrepancies and continuityerrors that occur from time to time within the body of lore comprised by the books, comics, films, cartoons, video games and more. This is a page about the star wars universe and its history. 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. The star wars expanded universe timeline posted by anthony on march 28, 2004. Simple star wars book list timeline of star wars novels. The star wars expanded universe is dumb and should be. The star wars expanded universe timeline august 17, 2017 policy guidelines for new and old fans alike.
The canon timeline collects only hardback novels falling under the new star wars canon since the april 25th announcement. This page collects only hardback novels falling under the new star wars canon since the. A definitive legends clone wars timeline was never established by lucasfilm. If so, i highly recommend reading books from the star wars the expanded universe. For the reader to be able to fully enjoy the vast, interconnected web that is the star wars expanded universe, story and continuity must remain paramount. Theres no indication the brodo asogi are exceptionally longlived and even in the long timeline of the star wars universe, 100,000 years is so a long time that it makes no sense planning on anything that far out. 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. So far, im about rd through and they have brought up bits from the battlefront ii campaign, 4 separate new expanded universe books, the official star wars manga, a couple comics i havent.
Supplemented with the timeline, del rey posted a short announcement about the online system on the star wars books facebook page. Star wars expanded universe book collection youtube. This page compiles some canon star wars expanded universe short stories that are available to read online. Crystal star really is the worst star wars book ever. Star wars legends stories cover a timeframe that stretches back to 25,000 years before the battle of yavin and up to 140 years after it, so to make it easier to place a storys chronological setting, lucasbooks introduced five eras of adventure in 2000. Today variety is reporting that a brand new star wars series is in development under the leadership of leslye headland, who most recently was the cocreator, showrunner and executive producer of the netflix series russian doll, which received thirteen emmy nominations.
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