Star Wars Books Set During The Original Trilogy Era
Star Wars Books Set Before The Sequel Trilogy
Books Set During The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Star Wars Anthologies Here's your official guide to the Star Wars books in chronological order. When George Lucas launched Star Wars, part of his genius lay in the decision to embrace transmedia. The first official tie-in novel, Alan Dean Foster's Splinter of the Mind's Eye, was actually published before the release of The Empire Strikes Back. Still, it wasn't until 1991 that Lucasfilm really began to exploit the potential of novels, with Timothy Zahn relaunching the Star Wars Expanded Universe with the launch of his New York Times-bestselling Thrawn trilogy. All that was erased from canon, officially branded "Legends," when Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012.
Since then, Disney has evolved Star Wars into a trailblazing transmedia franchise. Lucasfilm Publishing has launched several successful initiatives to tie in with movies and TV shows, while the Star Wars: The High Republic transmedia initiative has opened up a whole new part of the Star Wars timeline. That makes it incredibly difficult to keep up - but here's your guide to the Star Wars books in chronological order. Note that this doesn't include choose-your-own-adventure stories or tie-ins that simply adapt a story from one medium to another, without adding new lore. It also doesn't include novelizations of the original trilogy or prequels, where canonicity is debatable.
