We are primarily a source of discussion and news for anything involving the star wars expanded universe legends or story group canon. People who work on the star wars franchise nowadays are less bound with old stereotypes and old ideas. A trilogy of novels written by timothy zahn that form part of the star wars expanded universe heir to the empire 1991, hardcover. New canon the newly standardized star wars canon includes all the movie episodes, the clone wars and rebels tv shows, and new books since. The books listed are each part of their own series. Aside from rewriting stories and movies from the canon verse, we are also looking to create a broader eu expanded universe not to be confused with the european union with original stories and characters, with a main emphasis on the dark times, postjakku, and sequel trilogy eras, and even beyond. The star wars expanded universe even has its own page. Posts about star wars eu written by timewalkerauthor. Tales from jabbas palace all the tropes wiki fandom. 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. Dark forces collectors trilogy, all these audio tropes get employed to their full effectalong with john williamss stirring score, of courseto convincingly transport you. Personally, i consider the last proper books in the eu timeline the hand of thrawn duology 19 aby.
Though many tropes did not originate with star wars, it has popularized dozens of them, to the point numerous modern space opera and scifi works contain homages to the franchise. The expanded universe was always immense, encompassing everything from the silver screen to liveaction tv, animation, video games, books, comics, and. In cases where series were not published in their chronological order, we have noted that as well. Star wars legends, what was the expanded universe, until disney gave it a continuity reboot. It is a juggernaut of a franchise, making creator george lucas one of the most powerful men financially and in entertainment. What is the best series or single novel in the expanded.
This page serves as an index for star wars works besides the movies. The republic commando books are my favorite star wars books, and thats saying something since i love a lot of star wars books. Certainly, its true that the writers certainly employed that trope, but what part of the. 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. If you remove all the context and western tropes from the han and greedo scene in episode iv, youre left with a scene where a guy shoots someone whos pointing a gun and announcing their intent to murder him. The tale revealed life as a rebel alliance soldier isnt a walk in the park fueled by morality. The star wars series began in 1978 with splinter of the minds eye, to be followed by hundreds of novels by many different authors. These books are part of the original star wars expanded universe, and follow an internally consistent timeline. The best books from the old star wars expanded universe.
Set prior to the events of the force awakens, the fourpart series revolves around ben solos initial fall to the dark side and how he came to be kylo ren, master of the knights of ren and apprentice to supreme leader snoke of the first order. Not everything in the eu was good some of it could be downright bizarre and very out of place in star wars, but stories like kotor and the thrawn books take the star wars mythos in new and interesting directions, as well as introducing characters who are every bit as compelling as. The rise of the empire is two books in one plus some delicious goodies added on. Most violent or savage star wars book star wars message. 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.
Opening with a tale of a brave rebellion fighting the evil empire, the story centered on luke skywalker, a simple farm boy. What is the best series or single novel in the expanded star. One point i often tend to such as about star wars eu books is their penchant for offering simply sufficient backstory. Still there a lot of stuff in them that makes the prequels have their issues. The crossguard hasnt shown up all that many more times since then, and star wars. Sep 30, 2016 fans of the galaxy far, far away are definitely getting their fix of star wars. All of that said, i liked some the eu books stories for what they were, but rarely was there a star wars novel that i thought would make a good set of films. The best and worst of star wars novels the trek bbs.
The 8 star wars legends stories that could shape the rise. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Thenpresident of lucas licensing, howard roffman, estimated that there were more than 65 million star wars books in print. Stackpoles first four books rogue squadron, wedges gamble, the krytos trap and the bacta war tell one epic story, one that includes the rebel alliances invasion and occupation of. They ruined it when they threw away the eu of books and games and replaced it with a new continuity with none of the old eus accreted texture and sociopolitical verisimilitude. The last jedi visual dictionary and books on the making of the films. Legacy is an american comic book series set in star wars legends. It was also made into an audio drama, which had a somewhat modified script. This star wars legends article contains information that is affected by the star wars. Star wars really is a big box of influences, you go back to the original movie and its a hodgepodge of world war ii and westerns and samuari movies and fantasy with a scifi sheen ontop of it the science fiction part of star wars i always find is the least important aspect so basically anything can be star wars as it is really just a bunch. Oddly enough, a couple of years back, director zack snyder was rumored to be helming a seven samurai themed star wars flick. Star wars recs, ideas, fic discussion spacebattles forums.
With some exceptions, everything that happens prelegends ie, before disneys take over rots happens in this verse. The glove of darth vader all the tropes wiki fandom. How the new citizen star wars watches became fully operational exclusive. It sucks that traviss never got to finish the series, but what we got is great, and shows even more how badly tcw cartoon mangled the mandalorians. He said, the books are a way of extending the fantasy of star wars.
Ill be naively enthusiastic below and also presume theyre going to clarify it later, yet the ending was simply plain cheesy foolish foolish whatever blah ish. While it competes with the thrawn trilogies and the xwing series for some of the best books in the star wars universe, it is hands down far darker than anything else. This is a list of star wars comics, comic books set in the fictional star wars universe. A classic tale of good and evil, corruption and redemption, hitech superweapons and swordplay, star wars brought space opera to the big screen.
Originally created in 1977 by george lucas, produced by lucasfilm and distributed by 20th century fox, it is currently owned by disney since the acquisition of lucasfilm in 2012, with lucasfilm president kathleen kennedy serving as a producer for all films released under the disney banner the franchise takes place in a galaxy far, far. Seriously, she was a cardcarrying member of the star wars fan club when she had no other real reason to own a wallet. The force awakens will be the swords first canon appearance since the eu continuity was restructured. Every star wars movie, ranked, from the phantom menace to the last jedi though, of course, not in that order. This time around the action is focused on the ramshackle collection of thugs, murderers, plotters and luckless slaves that make up the court of jabba the hutt. New movies and other stories arent based on these books, and will sometimes contradict them. Regarding the actual star wars prequels, they are not exactly the best films around, but not the worst either. A sample can be heard here six years after his death one year after grand admiral thrawns return, retaking of much of the empire, and death. The 10 best stories in the star wars expanded universe. And while those never came to fruition, the stories of luke, leia, han and their kids continued through the novels and comic books of the mindbogglingly vast star wars expanded universe eu.
Awhile back, i started a reread of the postreturn of the jedi novels in the star wars expanded universe, or euthat is, the series of books that were decanonized by disney a few years ago, and rebranded as star wars legends. May 04, 2019 15 best books from the defunct star wars expanded universe photos even though were in a new era of star wars, its always good to look back at where weve been in the long. Simple star wars book list timeline of star wars novels. We have listed all of these star wars series by their chronology.
If macho man randy savage played emperor palpatine in star wars. The exact chronology of the events described in this article is currently unknown. The 8 star wars legends stories that could shape the rise of. They are heavily outnumbered by standalones and twopart series. They were meant to complement the source material, but after the original trilogy ended they were the only source of new star wars content, and many fans considered the novels to be canon. Its an unclean company that fails as usually as it is successful, and hope is the slim gas keeping the storage tank operating and also in some cases the tank goes dry. Oct 18, 2016 ive been a huge star wars fan my whole life and naturally the expanded universe has always intrigued me. See here for the character pages of the new star wars expanded universe. The rise of kylo ren is a comic book miniseries set in the star wars expanded universe, written by charles soule and drawn by will sliney. Later, it had to be retitled the thrawn trilogy to differentiate it from the hundreds of other books set after return of the jedi. Rose tico may not realize it yet, but her unique ideas and prowess as an engineer are as essential to the resistance cause as any flyboy or force wielder. Grand admiral thrawn is back, and in the evercapable hands of the man who created him. 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. He clarified this when he stated that the star wars expanded universe is a separate entity from official star wars material, and has a canon and internal consistency all of its own outside of real his words star wars canon.
May 04, 2016 in the past, too many star wars books and comics perpetuated harmful tropes, such as fridged female characters most notably mara jade in the 2007 novel legacy of the force. This trilogy is one of the cornerstones of the star wars expanded universe, being the first major work set after return of the jedi five years after to be exact, the first popular. The clone wars remained canon and became part of along. So the third new novel is an interquel between the old novels and the movie and the trilogy is an outerquel to the older novels. This index is for the characters in the canon star wars expanded universe, who are sorted according to their main allegiance within the films, shows, novels. Jan 10, 20 where to begin with star wars books emmet asherperrin. Lucasfilms nowcorporate sibling marvel comics, which published star wars comics from 1977 to 1986, are once again publishing star wars titles that started in. Jul, 2011 i found the darth bane trilogy 1, 2, 3 of books to be the darkest of all. One point i often tend to such as about star wars eu books is their penchant for offering simply sufficient. Repackaged in trade paperback form, the rise of the empire contains both the first book in the new era of star wars novelization a new dawn and tarkin the second book published. Meaning, a lot of what is star wars serial films, high adventure, mythology, fairytales got lost in the scifi shuffle that was the yuuzhan vong storyline. The star wars expanded universe or eu refers to professional novelizations, tiein books, comics and short stories set in the star wars universe. Covers the various books and video games in the dark forces. They are most remembered nowadays for their questionable quality, but occasional references to them still crop up in the modern eu, and theyve been neatly fitted into the official eu timeline with a.
Ive been remiss, my friendsand i didnt even realize it. Star wars expanded universeymmv all the tropes wiki. The procanon eu fans didnt take being told that the eu. Star wars dark forces collectors trilogy star wars. Originally, it was just called the star wars trilogy, as it was the first expanded universe novel that actually tried to continue from where the movies left off. As of 2004, over 1,100 star wars titles had been published, including novels, comics, nonfiction, and magazines. Abrams make a movie that was basically just a carbon copy of a new hope, except with little of its. But theres no way luke skywalkers going to get killed off in the star wars comic.
It includes shows, novels, and comics that cover many stories in the star wars galaxy. A description of tropes appearing in star wars legends. The star wars expanded universe is an expanded universe set in the star wars franchise. Destinys way by walter jon williams, 2002 those are in order of personal preference, not chronological order. I found the darth bane trilogy 1, 2, 3 of books to be the darkest of all. With 40 years of movies, tv shows, comics, video games, novels and reference books, youd be hardpressed to ever run out of stories to read about the star wars universe, past and present. Ive been a huge star wars fan my whole life and naturally the expanded universe has always intrigued me. This is a timeline for novels, young adult books, and ebooks in the.
The latest entry in the world of star wars novels came out on tuesday or earlier, if you were at san diego comiccon, and it pairs the chiss grand admiral together with darth vader. Im on a star wars kick right now and i have several ideas for stories. The star wars eu is packed with interquels, really. Star wars is a longrunning space opera megafranchise. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Since its inception, star wars has grown into one of the most wellknown franchises in popculture history. Strong female characters in star wars books popsugar. Kristin baver kristin baver is a journalist who loved science fiction before she could even write her own name. With this story the only canon i am making sure it fits with is the original trilogy films of new hope, empire strikes back and return of the jedi. It includes shows, novels, and comics that cover many stories in the. St rey skywalkerdaisy ridley discussion thread page. A definitive legends clone wars timeline was never established by lucasfilm. They make for a volatile, formidable, and ultimately fascinating pair in star wars.
A description of tropes appearing in thrawn trilogy. There is a whole galaxy of books about star wars, hundreds of them, if were counting the eu expanded universe. Dark horse comics owned the license to publish star wars comics from lucasfilm exclusively from 1991 to 2014. If i were to venture a guess as to what aspects of the eu incorporated watereddown nonstar wars scifi tropes, i would assume you meant new jedi orders incorporation of an alien invasion, a trope outside of star wars typical storytelling parameters. Many derivative star wars works have been produced in conjunction with, between, and after. Dec 02, 2019 three books, four major villains of the star wars universe if your tastes run to the dark side. Star wars tales from the mos eisley cantina audiobook free. As you can see, almost every moment that was wounding in the old star wars has been improved now. Lords of the sith is a bit like a buddy road movie, except that the buddies are evil emperor palpatine and his equally nasty sidekick, darth vader.
Jun 19, 20 the star wars tales comic nomad, on the other hand, is a western story set in the star wars universe. Therefore, please only add works that have their own pages on this wiki. St rey skywalkerdaisy ridley discussion thread page 94. It includes shows, novels, and comics that cover many stories in the star wars galaxy the expanded universe underwent a continuity reboot on april 25th, 2014 after disneys acquisition of lucasfilm. But there were already books that told of hans adventures before st. The procanon eu fans didnt take being told that the eu was essentially a side project very well, either. Ongoing star wars comic book series by marvel comics since 2015, set in disneys rebooted star wars expanded universe. The han solo trilogy puts these older novels between the second and third new novels. The expanded universe underwent a continuity reboot on april 25th, 2014.
The star wars tales comic nomad, on the other hand, is a western story set in the star wars universe. Star wars is usually very black and whitethese books are very definite about the empire being bad and the new republic being good, but have a more nuanced view of both. This includes all film novelizations, novels, comics, young readers, reference books, roleplaying sourcebooks, and more. There may be comic books, tiein novels, movies, novelizations, video games, etc. In fact, now just might be the ideal time to be a fan of the franchise. The series, published by dark horse comics, is written by john ostrander and jan duursema, and illustrated by duursema and others, with inks by dan parsons and color by brad anderson. New toys, collectibles, and more inspired by star wars.
Adventure beyond the movies with our range of star wars graphic novels. All stories are presented here in inuniverse chronological order, as opposed to realworld release dates. The save the environment themes in the jedi prince childrens books, to the point. And so as the pop culture circle of life spins, everything old is new again. The main one i want to wait to talk about, as i might have achapter out or two here in a little while in its own thread. Welcome to the star wars expanded universe subreddit.
The rise of skywalker, the mandalorian, and star wars jedi. Get your ultimate guides to the star wars series with the star wars. The restricted expanded universe trope as used in popular culture. The article discusses specific characters and events from star wars forces of destiny. The glove of darth vader is the first installment of a series of star wars expanded universe novellas for younger readers written by paul and hollace davids and published in the early 1990s. Not everything in the eu was good some of it could be downright bizarre and very out of place in star wars, but stories like kotor and the thrawn books take the star wars mythos in new and interesting directions, as well as introducing characters who are every bit as compelling as luke. The star wars is an 8issue comic book miniseries set in the star wars legends or rather, the noncanon infinities part of it, released in 20 and later rereleased in trade paperback and as part of star wars legends epic collection. Here as you can find the latest comics, you will fi. If any advantage sets audio cds apart as the format for telling dramatized star wars stories, this is it. Star wars comic book series by dark horse comics from 20 to 2014, also set in star wars legends continuity. Tales from jabbas palace follows on from where tales from the mos eisley cantina and tales of the bounty hunters leave off, being an anthology of short stories by diffent writers edited by kevin j. For example, kotor, both clone wars and the bane trilogy are still canon, but stories such as dark disciple will not be canon here it ruins both quinlan vos original story in the dark horse comics and kills off asajj ventress in a really stupid way. If youre a star wars fan, theres a good chance youve read a star wars books or two. A series of star wars expanded universe comic books dark empire, dark empire ii and empires end collectively called dark empire released between 1991 and 1997.
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