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Star
Wars Books is a guide to over six hundred Star
Wars books & novels, audiobooks, comics, short stories and
children's books from the Star Wars galaxy.
Each book, comic or story is catalogued as
an event occurring before or after the Battle of Yavin* (the events
portrayed in the original 1977 Star Wars film: Episode IV:
A New Hope) and categorised according to their relevant Era
of Adventure.
*Events occurring
during The Clone Wars are catalogued as occurring after The Battle
of Geonosis (the events portrayed in Attack of the Clones)
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The Star Wars Eras
of Adventure
Star Wars stories cover a timeframe that stretches back to 5,000
years before the Battle of Yavin and up to 140 years after it, so to
make it easier to place a story's chronological setting, LucasBooks
introduced the Eras of Adventure in 2000. Thus every official
story, whether book, comic, short story or other, could be placed as
occurring during one of six Eras of Adventure:
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![[ The Old Republic ]](images/logos/lg-sith.jpg) |
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The Old Republic
Events occurring
up to 1,000 years before the Battle of Yavin
The Old Republic was the legendary
government that united a galaxy under the rule of the senate.
In this era, the Jedi are numerous, and serve as guardians of
peace and justice.
The Tales of the Jedi
and Knights of the
Old Republic comic series takes place in this era,
chronicling the immense wars fought by the Jedi of old, and
the ancient Sith.
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![[ Rise of the Empire ]](images/logos/lg-empire.jpg) |
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Rise of the Empire
Events occurring
between 1,000 years and up to 2 years before the Battle of
Yavin
After the seemingly final defeat of the Sith, the Republic
enters a state of complacency. In the waning years of the
Republic, the senate was rife with corruption and scandal, and
saddled with a bureaucracy so immense that effective governing
was nearly impossible. The ambitious Senator Palpatine caused
himself to be elected Supreme Chancellor, and promised to
reunite the galaxy under a New Order. It is during this time
that the events of The
Phantom Menace, Attack
of the Clones, The
Clone Wars and Revenge
of the Sith occur.
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![[ The Rebellion ]](images/logos/lg-rebellion.jpg) |
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The Rebellion
Events occurring
from 2 years before and up to 5 years after the Battle of
Yavin
An outcry of resistance begins to spread across the galaxy in
protest to the new Empire's tyranny. Cells of Rebellion fight
back, and the Galactic Civil War begins.
This era begins with the formal declaration of the birth of
the Rebel Alliance on Corellia and Kashyyyk and ends a year
after the death of the Emperor high over the forest moon of
Endor. The Rebellion starts to reform itself into a body of
government, first as the Alliance of Free Planets, and later
the New Republic. It is during this time that the events of A
New Hope, The
Empire Strikes Back and Return
of the Jedi occur.
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![[ The New Republic ]](images/logos/lg-tnr.jpg) |
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The New Republic
Events occurring
between 5 and 25 years after the Battle of Yavin
Having defeated the Empire at the Battle
of Endor, the Rebel Alliance must now transform itself from a
militant resistance force into a functioning galactic
government. As Imperial territory is reclaimed, the New
Republic suffers growing pains, having to fend off
insurrections. Imperial loyalists, and wayward warlords. Also,
Luke Skywalker, the last of the Jedi, begins training
apprentices, rebuilding the Jedi order.
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![[ The New Jedi Order ]](images/logos/lg-njo.jpg) |
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The New Jedi Order
Events occurring
between 25 and 40 years after the Battle of Yavin
The Jedi Knights are now a hundred
strong. The New Republic has signed a peace treaty with what
little remains of the Empire. The galaxy is finally enjoying a
peaceful respite from decades of war. It's at this time that a
horrible alien menace invades the Republic from beyond known
space. The Yuuzhan Vong lay waste to entire worlds in their
scourge of the galaxy.
The new Invasion comic
book series takes place in this era.
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![[ Legacy of the Force ]](images/logos/lg-legacy.jpg) |
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Legacy of the Force
Events occurring
40 years after the Battle of Yavin
This is the era of Luke Skywalker's legacy: the Jedi Master
has unified the order into a cohesive group of powerful Jedi
Knights. But as the new era begins, planetary interests
threaten to disrupt this time of relative peace, and Luke is
plagued with visions of an approaching darkness. Evil is
rising again and it looks as if the legacy of the Skywalkers
may come full circle.
Both the Fate of the Jedi
book series and Legacy
comic book series occur during this era.
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If you
would like to find out which books feature the further adventures of
Luke, Han, Leia and Chewbacca after Return
of the Jedi, you should start at the end of The
Rebellion and beginning of The
New Republic Eras, whilst to learn about Obi-Wan and
Anakin's exploits leading up to Revenge
of the Sith, you should consult the Rise
of the Empire Era.
Alternatively you can explore our Timeline
for each of the above Eras to include comic stories (those not yet
published as graphic novels), short stories and other stories. Or
you use our search facility (top right hand corner of every page).
In addition, there are entries for books classed as Infinities
(events outside the timeline), our guide to a selection of
non-fiction Reference Books,
a Book Release Schedule, as
well as Book Reviews.
Further information is available in our Suggested
Reading guide.
We appreciate your visit and if you have any comments or suggestions
please contact us.
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**Technically the events of the Clone Wars occur
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***Again, technically the events of Fate of the Jedi occur within
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Each
story entry is laid out in the same format:
At the top of each entry is the Era Banner,
simply click on the banner to return to that Era's index page. For
stories that form a distinct series within an Era of
Adventure such as X-Wing
Rogue Squadron, Young
Jedi Knights and Jedi
Quest will have their own banner and index page.
The left hand column (shaded grey) contains the story's book or
comic cover image (many books feature a Book Reader function that
allows viewing of sample chapter(s) - requires javascript-enabled
browser), the story's availability in its Principal
Format and, where applicable, its availability in Alternative
Formats (such as audiobook (many audiobooks feature a
Mini-Player function that allows listening of sample chapter(s) -
requires javascript-enabled browser) or eBook formats) from either
one of our Affiliated Partners or other
internet resources (such as its availability to members of
StarWars.com Hyperspace, etc). For comic stories, individual comic
book covers will also be displayed including publishing information.
The main column contains the Story Details,
including its title, format (either Book Story, Comic Story or Short
Story), author(s) / contributor(s), US and UK publishers (where
applicable), published formats and publication years. Below this is
the Story Synopsis giving a brief synopsis of the story. The Chronology
gives the story's timeframe in relation to either occurring before
or after the Battle of Yavin (stories from The
Clone Wars include date referencing in months after the
Battle of Geonosis). Related
Stories list other stories related to this story by either
principal character or plot.
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Notes:
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Book
Details: many stories are available in various formats, e.g.
Hardback book, Paperback book, Comic Book, etc, where this
happens formats are listed in publication order, i.e. Hardback
is published before Paperback and thus is listed first (this
applies to Publication Dates: first year is first format
followed by years of subsequent format publications).
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Related
Stories: almost all entries have Related Stories which are
linked to the entry either by overall plotline or character
development. Where Related Stories are chronologically close to
one (or more) of the six films but are not necessarily intrinsic
to the Related Stories (by either plotline or character
development), those film titles will be listed in italics (to
give a better indication of where events occur relative to the
film saga). However, where events are intrinsic to any of the
films those films will be listed as a Related Story.
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or forbiddenplanet.co.uk) - simply click on the
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Please remember :
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book publishing, occasionally a book may become Out Of
Print and therefore no longer available to purchase. SWBooks.co.uk
makes no guarantee to the overall availability of any book
and/or product.
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If a book/product is
unavailable from one Affiliated Partner, try another.
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General Buying
Advice.
If you decide to purchase a book using the links
to any Affiliated Partner,
please take time to read these points of advice first.
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Star Wars books that are available for purchase from amazon.co.uk,
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