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Star Wars Book Stories (published books & novels)

Whether it be furthering the adventures of Luke, Leia and Han after Return of the Jedi or revealing the origins of the Rule of Two a millennia before The Phantom Menace, novels have played an important role in expanding the saga and its mythos beyond that seen on screen. Through these novels readers will journey to fantastic new worlds, are introduced to new heroes and villains, and unravel new mysteries in the galaxy far, far away.

This list includes all published Star Wars Saga* (Story Group approved) and Star Wars Legends novels.

For convenience published fiction books and novels* have been separated into their relevant Era of Adventure*.

Before the Republic | The Old Republic | The High Republic | Rise of the Empire

The Rebellion | The New Republic | The New Jedi Order | Legacy of the Force

Before The Republic
A thousand generations before the Battle of Yavin

			Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void by Tim Lebbon This story occurs approximately 25,783 years before the Battle of Yavin. On the planet Tython, the ancient Je’daii order was founded. And at the feet of its wise Masters, Lanoree Brock learned the mysteries and methods of the Force and found her calling as one of its most powerful disciples. But as strongly as the Force flowed within Lanoree and her parents, it remained absent in her brother, who grew to despise and shun the Je’daii, and whose training in its ancient ways ended in tragedy.

Before the Republic | The Old Republic | The High Republic | Rise of the Empire

The Rebellion | The New Republic | The New Jedi Order | Legacy of the Force

The Old Republic
Events occurring between 5,000 years and 67 years before the Battle of Yavin

			Lost Tribe of the Sith: Precipice by John Jackson Miller This story occurs approximately 5,000 years before the Battle of Yavin. On a crucial run to deliver troops and precious crystals to a combat hotspot in the Sith’s war against the Republic, Korsin and the crew of the mining ship Omen are ambushed by a Jedi starfighter. And when the Sith craft crash-lands, torn and crippled, on a desolate alien planet, the hard-bitten captain finds himself at odds with desperate survivors on the brink of mutiny and his own vengeful half brother, who’s bent on seizing command.

			Lost Tribe of the Sith: Skyborn by John Jackson Miller This story occurs approximately 5,000 years before the Battle of Yavin. Murdering his own brother has proven Yaru Korsin's ruthless resolve, but now an entire race stands in his way. The primitive, superstitious Keshiri worship unseen gods called the Skyborn, shun science, and punish unbelievers with death. With the awesome power of the dark side of the Force at their command, the lost tribe set out to subjugate a planet and its people and lay the foundation for a merciless new Sith nation.

			Lost Tribe of the Sith: Paragon by John Jackson Miller This story occurs approximately 4,985 years before the Battle of Yavin. The ruthless cunning of the Sith Order has served the shipwrecked crew of the Omen well on the alien planet Kesh. Subjugating the superstitious Keshiri race by posing as its fabled overlords has ensured the Sith's survival. But after fifteen years on their adopted world, some among the lost tribe have grown restless and fearful that assimilation will consume their Sith heritage. Now, as rival factions begin to appear, a shocking disaster throws into doubt the Sith's future on Kesh.

			Lost Tribe of the Sith: Savior by John Jackson Miller This story occurs approximately 4,975 years before the Battle of Yavin. Revolt and revenge have been brewing in the hearts of the two women closest to Grand Lord Yaru Korsin. One is Adari Vaal, the once-outcast Keshiri who rescued the stranded Sith, aided their domination of Kesh, and now leads the secret resistance against them. The other is Seelah, wife of Korsin, widow of his murdered brother, and mastermind of the plot to assassinate the Grand Lord and seize power.

			Lost Tribe of the Sith: Purgatory by John Jackson Miller This story occurs approximately 3,963 years before the Battle of Yavin. The mighty Sith dynasty founded on the planet Kesh by the survivors of the shipwrecked Omen has endured for a thousand years and so has the merciless Sith code, which prizes power above all else. Lady Orielle Kitai enjoys power as the scion of a noble family and member of the elite Sith Sabers. But Lillia Venn, as reigning Grand Lord of the Sith, possesses absolute power, and is determined to keep it.

			Lost Tribe of the Sith: Sentinel by John Jackson Miller This story occurs approximately 3,960 years before the Battle of Yavin. Cast into slavery by the machinations of the Sith, Ori Kitai believes she’s found her way back into the Lost Tribe and perhaps a whole lot more. Ori’s discovery of a second starship gives her the opportunity to avenge the humiliations heaped on her family by the decrepit Grand Lord. Indeed, she could turn their entire society upside down, offering escape from their planetary prison.

			The Old Republic: Revan by Drew Karpyshyn This story occurs approximately 3,954 years before the Battle of Yavin. Revan: hero, traitor, conqueror, villain, savior. A Jedi who left Coruscant to defeat Mandalorians and returned a disciple of the dark side, bent on destroying the Republic. The Jedi Council gave Revan his life back, but the price of redemption was high. His memories have been erased. All that’s left are nightmares and deep, abiding fear.

			The Old Republic: Deceived by Paul S. Kemp This story occurs approximately 3,653 years before the Battle of Yavin. Darth Malgus brought down the Jedi Temple on Coruscant in a brutal assault that shocked the galaxy. But if war crowned him the darkest of Sith heroes, peace would transform him into something far more heinous: something Malgus would never want to be, but cannot stop, any more than he can stop the rogue Jedi fast approaching. Her name is Aryn Leneer and the lone Knight that Malgus cut down in the fierce battle for the Jedi Temple was her Master.

			Red Harvest by Joe Schreiber This story occurs approximately 3,645 years before the Battle of Yavin. Unlike those other Jedi sidelined to the Agricultural Corps, young Jedi whose abilities have not proved up to snuff, Hestizo Trace possesses one extraordinary Force talent: a gift with plants. Suddenly her quiet existence among greenhouse and garden specimens is violently destroyed by the arrival of an emissary from Darth Scabrous. For the rare black orchid that she has nurtured and bonded with is the final ingredient in an ancient Sith formula that promises to grant Darth Scabrous his greatest desire.

			The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance by Sean Williams This story occurs approximately 3,643 years before the Battle of Yavin. Tassaa Bareesh, a matriarch in the Hutt crime cartel, is holding an auction that’s drawing attention from across the galaxy. Representatives of both the Republic and the Sith Empire are present, along with a Jedi Padawan sent to investigate, a disenfranchised trooper drummed out of the Republic’s elite Blackstar Squad, and a mysterious Mandalorian with a private agenda. But the Republic’s envoy is not what he seems and the Empire’s delegate is a ruthless Sith apprentice.

			The Old Republic: Annihilation by Drew Karpyshyn This story occurs approximately 3,640 years before the Battle of Yavin. The Sith Empire is in flux. The Emperor is missing, presumed dead, and an ambitious Sith lord’s attempt to seize the throne has ended fatally. Still, Darth Karrid, commander of the fearsome Imperial battle cruiserAscendant Spear, continues her relentless efforts to achieve total Sith domination of the galaxy. But Karrid’s ruthless determination is more than matched in the steely resolve of Theron Shan, whose unfinished business with the Empire could change the course of the war for good.

			Lost Tribe of the Sith: Pantheon by John Jackson Miller This story occurs approximately 3,000 years before the Battle of Yavin. With a dark age imperiling the Lost Tribe of the Sith, the future rests in the hands of the unlikeliest of people: Caretaker Hilts, the official keeper of lore. Mild-mannered by Sith standards, the aged Hilts hopes to use the wisdom of the ancients to reunite his people. But the truth he uncovers becomes anything but the Tribe's salvation. Rather, he may have set loose forces leading to its destruction and his own.

			Lost Tribe of the Sith: Secrets by John Jackson Miller This story occurs approximately 3,000 years before the Battle of Yavin. In Sith teachings, nothing is more important than the individual: the glorious center of the universe, around which all other lives pale in importance. But the planetary home of the Lost Tribe of the Sith is not the center of the universe, but a backwater and the tribe’s legendary founders were little more than slaves themselves! When the Lost Tribe suddenly rediscovers its forgotten origins, frustration and anger threaten to finish the society once and for all.

			Lost Tribe of the Sith: The Collected Stories by John Jackson Miller These stories occur between 5,000 and 3,000 years before the Battle of Yavin. Paperback Novel collates the *Lost Tribe of the Sith* e-book stories: Precipice, Skyborn, Paragon, Savior, Purgatory, Sentinel, Pantheon, Secrets plus *Pandemonium*.

			Knight Errant by John Jackson Miller This story occurs approximately 1,032 years before the Battle of Yavin. Sensing a sinister pattern in the chaos, lone Jedi Kerra Holt embarks on a journey that will take her to many worlds and into fierce battles against even fiercer enemies. With one against so many, her only chance of success lies with forging alliances among those who serve her enemies - including a mysterious Sith spy and a clever mercenary general. But will they be her adversaries or her salvation?

			Darth Bane: Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn This story occurs approximately 1,003 years before the Battle of Yavin. The Sith were in shambles. In-fighting among their ranks allowed the Jedi to thwart their dark plans. One last battle to end an era resulted in the extinction of the Sith. Or so it was believed. One Dark Lord survived. From the ashes emerged Darth Bane, the lone Sith who was able to foresee the inevitable doom of the misguided order, and learn from this costly lesson. He forged a new order of secretive Sith, plotting from the shadows, carefully rebuilding power a generation at a time.

			Darth Bane: Rule of Two by Drew Karpyshyn This story occurs approximately 1,000 years before the Battle of Yavin. Darth Bane is ready to put his new policy into action, and he thinks he has found the key element that will make his triumph complete: a student to train in the ways of the dark side. Though she is young, Zannah possesses an instinctive link to the dark side that rivals his own. With his guidance, she will become essential in his quest to destroy the Jedi and dominate the galaxy.

			Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil by Drew Karpyshyn This story occurs approximately 980 years before the Battle of Yavin. Only a Sith who has taken down her own Master can become Dark Lord of the Sith. So when Darth Bane suddenly vanishes, Zannah must find him before she can kill him. So she pursues her quarry from the grim depths of a ravaged world on the brink of catastrophe to the barren reaches of a desert outpost, where the future of the dark side’s most powerful disciples will be decided, once and for all, by the final, fatal stroke of a lightsaber.

Before the Republic | The Old Republic | The High Republic | Rise of the Empire

The Rebellion | The New Republic | The New Jedi Order | Legacy of the Force

The High Republic
Events occurring approximately two hundred years before The Phantom Menace

			The High Republic: Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule This story occurs approximately 200 years before Episode I: The Phantom Menace. When a shocking catastrophe in hyperspace tears a ship to pieces, the flurry of shrapnel emerging from the disaster threatens an entire system. No sooner does the call for help go out than the Jedi race to the scene...

			The High Republic: Into the Dark by Claudia Gray This story occurs approximately 200 years before Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Padawan Reath Silas is being sent from the cosmopolitan galactic capital of Coruscant to the undeveloped frontier—and he couldn’t be less happy about it. He’d rather stay at the Jedi Temple, studying the archives. But when the ship he’s traveling on is knocked out of hyperspace in a galactic-wide disaster, Reath finds himself at the center of the action.

Before the Republic | The Old Republic | The High Republic | Rise of the Empire

The Rebellion | The New Republic | The New Jedi Order | Legacy of the Force

Rise of the Empire (including Clone Wars)
Events occurring between 67 years and up to 2 years before the Battle of Yavin

			Darth Plagueis by James Luceno This story occurs approximately 67 years before the Battle of Yavin. Darth Plagueis: one of the most brilliant Sith Lords who ever lived. Possessing power is all he desires. Losing it is the only thing he fears. As an apprentice, he embraces the ruthless ways of the Sith. And when the time is right, he destroys his Master - but vows never to suffer the same fate. For like no other disciple of the dark side, Darth Plagueis learns to command the ultimate power: over life and death.

			Dooku: Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott This story occurs before Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Dooku’s life began as one of privilege—born within the stony walls of his family’s estate, orbited by the Funeral Moon where the bones of his ancestors lie interred. But soon his Jedi abilities are recognized and he is taken from his home to be trained in the ways of the Force by the legendary Master Yoda...

			Jedi Apprentice by Dave Wolverton / Jude Watson These stories occur between 44 and 40 years before the Battle of Yavin. Before the events of The Phantom Menace, a thirteen year-old Obi-Wan Kenobi is Padawan to Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn. Join the young apprentice as his mentor guides him along the path of light. Join Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan on their adventures in these 20 children's books...more

			The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader by Ryder Windham This story occurs begins approximately 41 years before the Battle of Yavin. The full story of Anakin Skywalker, from his birth in slavery to his death as the powerful Darth Vader.

			Darth Maul: Saboteur by James Luceno This story occurs approximately 33 years before the Battle of Yavin. On the planet Dorvalla, precious ore is mined by two competing companies: InterGalactic Ore & Lommite Limited. Neither rival suspects that they are central to a sinister plot masterminded by Darth Sidious. Dispatched on his very first solo mission Darth Maul infiltrates Lommite Limited. There his unique gifts of deception and subterfuge will set off an explosive chain of events that could destroy both companies. But a vengeful Lommite Limited manager could blow Maul's cover, and all of Sidious's fiendishly layed plans...

			Maul: Lockdown by Joe Schreiber This story occurs approximately 33 years before the Battle of Yavin. It's kill or be killed in the space penitentiary that houses the galaxy’s worst criminals, where convicts face off in gladiatorial combat while an underworld gambling empire reaps the profits of the illicit blood sport. But the newest contender in this savage arena, as demonic to behold as he is deadly to challenge, is fighting for more than just survival. His do-or-die mission, for the dark masters he serves, is to capture the ultimate weapon: an object that will enable the Sith to conquer the galaxy...

			Cloak of Deception by James Luceno This story occurs approximately 32 years before the Battle of Yavin. Hoping to stem the growing tide of unrest, Chancellor Valorum convenes an emergency trade summit on the planet Eriadu. At his request, a group of Jedi Knights is sent to protect the delegates from possible terrorist attack. But what should have been a simple peacekeeping assignment turns out to be a mission into the heart of a political firestorm. For shadowy forces are at work, pulling the strings in a masterful bid for power that could leave the Republic reeling. And the Chancellor is only its most visible victim…

			Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter by Michael Reeves This story occurs approximately 32 years before the Battle of Yavin. After years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. Key to his scheme are the Neimoidians of the Trade Federation. Then one of his Neimoidian contacts disappears, and Sidious does not need his Force-honed instincts to suspect betrayal. He orders his apprentice, Darth Maul, to hunt the traitor down. But he is too late...

			Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray This story occurs approximately 39 years Episode IV: A New Hope. An unexpected offer threatens the bond between Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi as the two Jedi navigate a dangerous new planet and an uncertain future.

			Queen's Peril Book story by E. K. Johnston This story occurs approximately 32 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. When fourteen-year-old Padmé Naberrie wins the election for Queen of Naboo, she adopts the name Amidala and leaves her family to the rule from the royal palace. To keep her safe and secure, she'll need a group of skilled handmaidens who can be her assistants, confidantes, defenders, and decoys. Each girl is selected for her particular talents, but it will be up to Padmé to unite them as a group. When Naboo is invaded by forces of the Trade Federation, Queen Amidala and her handmaidens will face the greatest test: of themselves, and of each other.

			The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks This story occurs approximately 32 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. A trade dispute between the Trade Federation and the outlying systems of the Galactic Republic has led to a blockade of the small planet of Naboo. Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum, leader of the Galactic Senate, has secretly dispatched two Jedi, Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, to resolve the dispute. Unknown to them, the Trade Federation is in league with the mysterious Darth Sidious, Dark Lord of the Sith, who secretly orders the Trade Federation to invade Naboo.

			Queen's Shadow by E. K. Johnston This story occurs approximately 28 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. When Padmé Naberrie steps down from her position as Queen of Naboo, she is asked by the new queen to become Naboo's representative in the Galactic Senate. Padmé is unsure about taking on the new role, but cannot turn down the request to serve her people. Together with her most loyal handmaidens, Padmé must figure out how to navigate the treacherous waters of politics and forge a new identity beyond the queen's shadow.

			Rogue Planet by Greg Bear This story occurs approximately 29 years before the Battle of Yavin. Dispatched to the mysterious planet of Zonama Sekot, source of the fastest ships in the galaxy, Jedi Knight Obi-Wan and Padawan Anakin Skywalker are swept up in a swirl of deadly intrigue and betrayal. For there are others who covert the power such superfast ships could bring...

			Jedi Quest by Jude Watson These stories occur between 28 and 23 years before the Battle of Yavin. Following the events of The Phantom Menace and prior to the events of Attack of the Clones, a thirteen year-old Anakin Skywalker is Padawan to Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi. Join the young apprentice as his mentor guides him along the path of light in these 11 children's books...more

			Outbound Flight by Timothy Zahn This story occurs approximately 27 years before the Battle of Yavin. Outbound Flight was an ambitious project that sent an expeditionary mission of six Jedi Masters, 12 Jedi Knights and 50,000 men, women and children beyond the borders of known space to make contact with intelligent life. It was the brainchild of Jorus C'baoth, but even so influential a Jedi Master had to navigate the cumbersome Republic bureaucracy to get this monumental proposal approved.

			The Approaching Storm by Alan Dean Foster This story occurs approximately 22 years before the Battle of Yavin. On the tiny but strategic world of Ansion, a powerful faction is on the verge of joining the growing secessionist movement. The Jedi Council sends two Knights, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luminara Unduli, to resolve the conflict and negotiate a peaceful resolution. The Knights, along with their Padawans Anakin Skywalker and Barriss Offee, set out on their mission all the while stalked by an enemy sworn to see the negotiations collapse and the Jedi's mission fail...

			Attack of the Clones by R. A. Salvatore This story occurs approximately 22 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. There is unrest in the Galactic Senate. Several thousand solar systems have declared their intentions to leave the Republic. This separatist movement, under the leadership of the mysterious Count Dooku, has made it difficult for the limited number of Jedi Knights to maintain peace and order in the galaxy. Senator Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, is returning to the Galactic Senate to vote on the critical issue of creating an Army of the Republic to assist the overwhelmed Jedi...

			The Clone Wars by Karen Traviss This story occurs between 22 & 19 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. More and more systems are falling prey to the forces of the dark side as the Galactic Republic slips further and further under the sway of the Separatists and their never-ending droid army. Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano find themselves on a mission with far-reaching consequences, one that brings them face-to-face with crime lord Jabba the Hutt...

			The Clone Wars: Wild Space by Karen Miller This story occurs between 22 & 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. When Senator Bail Organa reveals explosive intelligence that could turn the tide of war in the Republic's favor, the Jedi Master agrees to accompany him to an obscure planet in the Outer Rim to verify the facts. What Obi-Wan and Bail don't realize is that they're walking into a deadly trap concocted by Palpatine and escape may not be an option...

			The Clone Wars: No Prisoners by Karen Traviss This story occurs between 22 & 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. A training session turns into a full-scale hostile action when Anakin asks Rex to get Ahsoka out of his hair for a while. Rex, Ahsoka, and a squad of young clone troopers new to Torrent Company join Captain Gilead Pellaeon's assault ship Leveler, fresh out of refit, for a 72-hour acquaint. But an emergency tests their training as Leveler responds to a call for support from Master Djinn Altis -- leader of a dissident Jedi sect...

			Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth by Karen Miller This story occurs between 22 & 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are on a secret mission to one of the many worlds caught in the middle of the struggle between the Republic and the Separatists. A pastoral planet, Lanteeb wants only to be left alone to survive - but it is the source of what could be one of the most devastatingly destructive weapons ever. If this potential weapon were to fall into the hands of the Separatists, uncounted worlds would fall...

			Clone Wars Gambit: Siege by Karen Miller This story occurs between 22 & 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are trapped on the Separatist controlled planet Lanteeb, on the run from General Lok Durd and his droid army. After being forced to abandon their jerry-rigged groundcar they continue on foot, hunted, as they try to find a safe place to hide and regroup before escaping the planet altogether. Eventually they seek shelter in a remote Lanteeban village, but the Separatists track them down. Now they're under siege...and the little time they've bought themselves is running out.

			Boba Fett by Terry Bison / Elizabeth Hand These stories occur between 22 & 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. Boba Fett is not like other boys. His father, Jango Fett, is a bounty hunter. His planet, Kamino, is home to an army of clones. He has no friends, no school. The one thing he does have is a future as a bounty hunter. The future comes quickly. Suddenly Boba Fett is all alone in a dangerous galaxy. He must struggle for safety and vengeance: using his strengths, his intelligence and his father's hard lessons. Boba Fett will grow up to be one of the galaxy's most feared bounty hunters. But first he must survive his childhood...more

			Republic Commando: Hard Contact by Karen Traviss This story occurs approximately 22 years before the Battle of Yavin. On a mission to sabotage a nanovirus research facility on a Separatist-held planet, four clone troopers operate under the very noses of their enemies. The commandos are outnumbered and outgunned, deep behind enemy lines with no backup and working with strangers instead of trusted teammates. Matters don't improve when Darman, the squad's demolitions expert, gets separated from the others during planetfall.

			Shatterpoint by Mathew Stover This story occurs approximately 21½ years before the Battle of Yavin. In the midst of the Clone Wars, Master Mace Windu returns to his Separatist-occupied homeworld, where his former Padawan, Depa Billaba, has been working as an undercover agent. But Depa hasn't been reporting in lately, and Republic intelligence has been gathering disturbing hints of bloody ambushes and terror-strikes in the deep outback. Mace trained Depa--he knows that no one but he can hope to even reach her, let alone save her from the darkness...

			Legacy of the Jedi by Jude Watson This story occurs approximately 21½ years before the Battle of Yavin. Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice Anakin Skywalker must trust Lorian Nod, a former childhood friend of Count Dooku but now a pirate, to prevent a strategic planet from falling to the Separatists. Leading the Confederacy forces with an eye for settling a personal score is none other than Count Dooku.

			The Cestus Deception by Steven Barnes This story occurs approximately 21 years before the Battle of Yavin. Ord Cestus is home to a successful bio-droid manufacturing industry. Determined to halt the bio-droid sales, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine dispatches a team of envoys, led by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. Their mission: persuade Ord Cestus’s government to abandon its dealings with the Confederacy while secretly stirring up revolution among the planet’s struggling underclass. Diplomacy is paramount. But if all else fails, the Republic will not hesitate to launch a full-scale attack...

			The Hive by Steven Barnes This story occurs approximately 21 years before the Battle of Yavin. On the factory world of Ord Cestus, the native X'Ting have one hope for future solidarity and self-rule: locating and hatching the only remaining egg of the royal family. But few know the secrets of the egg's hiding place, and fewer still have the skills to pass the deadly gauntlet and open the impossible vault that protects the egg. And so Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi agrees to help them, knowing full well that failure could mean his death.

			Republic Commando: Triple Zero by Karen Traviss This story occurs approximately 21 years before the Battle of Yavin. Omega Squad survives a close brush with disaster to end up in the most potentially dangerous hot spot in the galaxy - pursuing a Separatist terror group in the skylanes and underworld of Coruscant itself, known as Triple Zero. And, as any soldier knows, urban operations on your own turf can be the most deadly of all. So it's just as well that Omega Squad find themselves working with Delta Squad...

			Catalyst by James Luceno This story begins approximately 21 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. War is tearing the galaxy apart. For years the Republic and the Separatists have battled across the stars, each building more and more deadly technology in an attempt to win the war. As a member of Chancellor Palpatine’s top secret Death Star project, Orson Krennic is determined to develop a superweapon before their enemies can. And an old friend of Krennic’s, the brilliant scientist Galen Erso, could be the key.

			Republic Commando: True Colors by Karen Traviss This story occurs approximately 20½ years before the Battle of Yavin. In the Grand Army's desperate fight to crush the Separatists, the secret special ops missions of its elite clone warriors have never been more critical... or more dangerous. A growing menace threatens Republic victory, and the members of Omega Squad make a discovery that shakes their loyalty...

			Medstar I: Battle Surgeons by Steve Perry and Michael Reeves This story occurs approximately 20 years before the Battle of Yavin. A surgeon who covers his despair with wisecracks; another who faces death and misery head-on, venting his emotions through beautiful music... A nurse with her heart in her work and her eye on a doctor... A Jedi Padawan on a healing mission without her master. These are the core members of a tiny med unit serving the jungle world of Drongar, where battle rages over the control of a priceless native plant and an endless line of medlifters brings in the wounded and dying, mostly clone troopers, but also soldiers of all species.

			Medstar II: Jedi Healer by Steve Perry and Michael Reeves This story occurs approximately 20 years before the Battle of Yavin. The threatened enemy offensive begins as the Separatists employ legions of droids in their attack. Even with reinforcements, the flesh and blood of the Republic forces are just no match for battle droids' durasteel. Nowhere is this point more painfully clear than in the steaming Jasserak jungle on Drongar. Here, the doctors and nurses of a small med unit face an impossible situation. As the dead and wounded start to pile up, surgeons Jos Vandar and Kornell "Uli" Divini know that time is running out.

			Secrets of the Jedi by Jude Watson This story occurs approximately 19½ years before the Battle of Yavin. Obi-Wan's apprentice finds himself torn, he is secretly married to Padmé Amidala, but as the Clone Wars rage on, he and Kenobi have pressing missions to attend to. One such duty sees Obi-Wan, Anakin and Siri drawn into a race to acquire a valuable piece of technology before it falls into the wrong hands.o

			Jedi Trial by David Sherman and Dan Cragg This story occurs approximately 19½ years before the Battle of Yavin. Pors Tonith, ruthless minion of Count Dooku, declares the fate of the Republic sealed. Commanding a Separatist invasion force more than one million strong, the cunning financier-turned-warrior lays siege to the planet Praesitlyn, home of the strategic intergalactic communications center that is key to the Republic’s survival in the Clone Wars. Left unchallenged, this decisive strike could indeed pave the way for the toppling of more Republic worlds and ultimate victory for the Separatists. Retaliation must be swift and certain.

			Dark Rendezvous by Sean Stewart This story occurs approximately 19½ years before the Battle of Yavin. The savage Clone Wars have forced the Republic to the edge of collapse. During the height of the battle, on Jedi Knight escapes the carnage to deliver a message to Yoda on Coruscant. It appears that Dooku wants peace and demands a rendezvous. Chances are slim that the treacherous Count is sincere but, with a million lives at stake, Yoda has no choice.

			Dark Disciple by Christie Golden This story occurs approximately 20 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. When the Jedi target Count Dooku, they turn to his former apprentice, bounty hunter Asajj Ventress, for help in getting close to the dangerous Sith Lord. But as sparks fly between Ventress and Jedi Master Quinlan Vos, a web of secrets, betrayals, and unexpected alliances jeopardizes their mission, and all those who oppose the dark side.

			Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising Book story by Timothy Zahn This story occurs approximately 19 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. Beyond the edge of the galaxy lies the Unknown Regions: chaotic, uncharted, and near impassable, with hidden secrets and dangers in equal measure. And nestled within its swirling chaos is the Ascendancy, home to the enigmatic Chiss and the Nine Ruling Families that lead them...

			Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good Book story by Timothy Zahn This story occurs approximately 19 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. Thrawn has led the Chiss to victory and brought glory to the House of Mitth, but the true threat to the Ascendancy has not yet been extinguished. Their foes do not send threats or ultimatums, do not mass ships on the edge of the Chaos. Their weapons come cloaked in smiles and generosity: Gifts offered freely. Services granted unconditionally...

			Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno This story occur approximately 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. Capturing Trade Federation Viceroy and Separatist Council member Nute Gunray, is the mission that brings Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, with a squad of clones in tow, to Neimoidia. But the treacherous ally of the Sith proves as slippery as ever, evading his Jedi pursuers even as they narrowly avoid deadly disaster...

			Order 66 by Karen Traviss This story occurs approximately 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. With Republic forces stretched to the max and casualties mounting, the last thing these beleaguered warriors need to hear is that Chancellor Palpatine is keeping vast armies of secret clone troops in reserve. Sergeant Skirata, a mentor to the clone commandos, has no intention of standing idly by while Palpatine sends them into battle like lambs to the slaughter...

			Revenge of the Sith by Matthew W. Stover This story occurs approximately 19 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. War! The Republic is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Sith Lord, Count Dooku. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere. In a stunning move, the fiendish droid leader, General Grievous, has swept into the Republic capital and kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine, leader of the Galactic Senate. As the Separatist Droid Army attempts to flee the besieged capital with their valuable hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a desperate mission to rescue the captive Chancellor...

			Kenobi by John Jackson Miller This story occurs approximately 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. Known to locals only as “Ben,” the bearded and robed offworlder is an enigmatic stranger who keeps to himself, shares nothing of his past, and goes to great pains to remain an outsider. But as tensions escalate between the farmers and a tribe of Sand People led by a ruthless war chief, Ben finds himself drawn into the fight, endangering the very mission that brought him to Tatooine.

			Imperial Commando: 501st by Karen Traviss This story occurs approximately 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. The Jedi have been decimated in the Great Purge, and the Republic has fallen. Now the former Republic Commandos, the galaxy's finest special forces troops, cloned from Jango Fett, find themselves on opposing sides and in very different armour. Some have deserted, others, including men from Delta and Omega squads, now serve as Imperial Commandos, a black ops unit within Vader's own 501st Legion, tasked to hunt down fugitive Jedi and clone deserters...

			Death Star by Michael Reeves & Steve Perry This story begins approximately 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. Order 66 cleared the way for Palpatine to seize control of the Republic, declare himself Emperor, and usher in a fearsome, totalitarian regime. But even with Darth Vader to enforce his sinister will, the threat of rebellion still looms. And the Emperor knows that only abject fear and the ability to punish dissent with devastating consequences can ensure his unchallenged control of the galaxy. Enter ambitious and ruthless government official Wilhuff Tarkin, architect of the Emperor's terrifying dream come true...

			Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader by James Luceno This story occurs approximately 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. On the Outer Rim world of Murkhana, Jedi Masters Roan Shryne and Bol Chatak and Padawan Olee Starstone are leading a charge on a Separatist stronghold, unaware that the tide has turned against them. When the three narrowly elude Order 66 it’s neither clone soldiers, nor the newly deployed stormtroopers, nor even the wrath of the power-hungry Emperor himself they must fear most. The deadliest threat rests in the hideously swift and lethal crimson lightsaber of Darth Vader...

			Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight by Michael Reaves This story occurs approximately 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. Jax Pavan is one of the few Jedi Knights who miraculously survived the slaughter that followed Palpatine's ruthless Order 66. Now, deep in Coruscant's Blackpit Slums, Jax ekes out a living as a private investigator, trying to help people in need while concealing his Jedi identity and staying one step ahead of the killers out for Jedi blood. Others search for the elusive Jax too...

			The Last of The Jedi by Jude Watson These stories occur approximately 18½ years before the Battle of Yavin. Following the events of Revenge of the Sith, the Empire has risen and as far as the Emperor is concerned the Jedi are all but extinct. But a few have survived and they must be warned of the treachery of Anakin Skywalker and of the Emperor. Although exiled to Tatooine, Obi-Wan Kenobi recruits a failed Jedi Padawan, Ferus Olin, to organise any surviving Jedi and their supporters to formulate an organised rebellion against the new Galactic Empire...more

			Ahsoka by E. K. Johnston This story begins approximately 18 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. Following her experiences with the Jedi and the devastation of Order 66, Ahsoka Tano is unsure she can be part of a larger whole ever again. But her desire to fight the evils of the Empire and protect those who need it will lead her right to Bail Organa, and the Rebel Alliance…

			Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows by Michael Reaves This story occurs approximately 18 years before the Battle of Yavin. Deep in the bowels of Coruscant, Jedi Jax Pavan ekes out a living as a private investigator; a go-to, can-do guy for the downtrodden. Now a mysterious Zeltron knockout named Deejah approaches Jax with a case that needs to be cracked: to find out who killed her artist lover Volette, brutally murdered hours after his triumphant unveiling of a dazzling new light sculpture with obvious links to lightsaber pyrotechnics...

			Coruscant Nights III: Patterns of Force by Michael Reaves This story occurs approximately 18 years before the Battle of Yavin. Throughout the galaxy, a captured Jedi is a dead Jedi, even in Coruscant's most foul subterranean slums, where Jedi Knight Jax Pavan champions the causes of the oppressed with the help of hard-nosed reporter Den Dhur and the wisecracking droid I-5YQ. But Jax is also involved in another struggle: to unlock the secrets of his father's death and his own past...

			The Last Jedi by Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff This story occurs approximately 18 years before the Battle of Yavin. The Emperor’s ruthless Order 66 has all but exterminated the Jedi. But not Jax Pavan, who’s been steadily striking blows against the Empire: as a lone guerrilla fighter and a valued partner of Whiplash, a secret Coruscant-based resistance group. Now he’s taking on his most critical mission: transporting a valued Whiplash leader, targeted for assassination, from Coruscant to safety on a distant world.

			The Han Solo Trilogy I: The Paradise Snare by A. C. Crispin This story occurs approximately 16 years before the Battle of Yavin. He was a child without a past, a Corellian street urchin, abandoned, foraging for scraps of food, when the cruel Garris Shrike whisked him away to a nomadic band of spacefaring criminals. Now, years later, chafing under Shrike's sadistic tyranny, driven by dreams of adventure and glory, Han Solo fights his way free, his goal to become an Imperial Navy pilot. But first he needs hands-on experience flying spacecraft, and for that he takes a job on the planet Ylesia: where dreams are destroyed and escape is impossible.

			Lords of the Sith by Paul S. Kemp This story occurs approximately 14 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. When the Emperor and his notorious apprentice, Darth Vader, find themselves stranded in the middle of insurgent action on an inhospitable planet, they must rely solely on each other, the Force, and their awesome martial skills to prevail.

			Tarkin by James Luceno This story occurs approximately 14 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. Grand Moff Tarkin-the man who controlled the Death Star and ordered the destruction of Alderaan. The man who even the dreaded Darth Vader obeyed. At long last, as the true story of the Star Wars galaxy continues to unfold, Tarkin's tale now comes to light!

			Rebel Rising by Beth Revis This story begins approximately 14 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. Jyn Erso has dedicated herself to the cause. But fighting alongside Saw Gerrera and his people brings with it danger and the question of just how far Jyn is willing to go as one of Saw’s soldiers. When she faces an unthinkable betrayal that shatters her world, Jyn will have to pull the pieces of herself back together and figure out what she truly believes in…

			Most Wanted by Rae Carson This story occurs approximately 13 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. Han Solo and Qi'ra don't have a lot in common other than not having a lot. They're street kids on the industrial planet Corellia, doing whatever it takes to get by, dreaming of something more. They each jump at a chance to prove themselves in the perilous world of Corellia's criminal underbelly, only to discover they are on the same mission for the same unscrupulous boss.

			Solo by Mur Lafferty This story occurs begins approximately 13 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, a young Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.

			Thrawn by Timothy Zahn This story begins approximately 12 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. After Thrawn is rescued from exile by Imperial soldiers, his deadly ingenuity and keen tactical abilities swiftly capture the attention of Emperor Palpatine. And just as quickly, Thrawn proves to be as indispensable to the Empire as he is ambitious; as devoted as its most loyal servant, Darth Vader; and a brilliant warrior never to be underestimated...

			A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller This story occurs approximately 11 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. Kanan is a survivor of Order 66 who refuses to wield his lightsaber again He makes a living as a freelance pilot, keeping his head down to avoid any Imperial attention. But when the beautiful Hera Syndulla sweeps into his life at the same time his friends and his livelihood are being threatened by an Imperial plot, he faces the biggest choice of his life: keep hiding…or or make a stand and risk the wrath of the Empire.

			Lost Stars by Claudia Gray This story begins approximately 11 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. From the rise of the Rebellion to the fall of the Empire, experience these major moments through the eyes of two childhood friends, Ciena Ree and Thane Kyrell, who have grown up to become an Imperial officer and a Rebel pilot. Now on opposite sides of the war, will these two star-crossed lovers reunite, or will duty tear them-and the galaxy-apart?

			The Han Solo Trilogy II: The Hutt Gambit by A. C. Crispin This story occurs approximately 5 years before the Battle of Yavin. Han Solo is now a fugitive from the Imperial Navy but he has made a valuable friend in a former Wookiee slave named Chewbacca, who has sworn Han a life debt. Han will need all the help he can get. For the Ylesian Hutts have dispatched the dreaded bounty hunter Boba Fett to track down the man who already outsmarted them once. But Han and Chewie find themselves in even bigger trouble when they agree to lend their services to the crime lords Jiliac and Jabba the Hutt...

			The Lando Calrissian Adventures by L. Neil Smith These stories occur between 5 & 4 years before the Battle of Yavin. You know him as a gambler, rogue, and con-artist; Lando's always on the frontier scanning his sensors for easy credits and looking for action in galaxies near and far... Collates: Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu, Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon and Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of Thonboka.

			The Han Solo Trilogy III: Rebel Dawn by A. C. Crispin This story begins approximately 3 years before the Battle of Yavin. The Millennium Falcon is 'the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy'. So when Han Solo wins it in a game of sabacc, he and Chewbacca become kings of the smugglers - uncatchable, unstoppable. But, with the Empire clamping down, Han knows his luck can't last. Still, when an old girlfriend and leader of an insurgent rebel group offers him a shot at an incredible fortune, Han can't resist. The plan seems a sure thing. The resistance will be light and the take enormous...

			Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray This story begins approximately 3 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. The never-before-told story of how young Leia Organa, Princess of Alderaan, comes to join the rebellion against the evil Empire.

			Tales from the Empire edited by Peter Schweighofer These stories occur at various points before and after the Battle of Yavin. From the desperate flight of a civilian mail courier carrying vital Rebel intelligence through an Imperial blockade, to a suicidal commando raid on an impregnable Imperial prison, to a Corellian smuggler mysteriously hired by an actor turned Jedi Knight turned Imperial assassin for one final transformation, all these tales capture high adventure, imaginative genius, and nonstop action.

Before the Republic | The Old Republic | The High Republic | Rise of the Empire

The Rebellion | The New Republic | The New Jedi Order | Legacy of the Force

The Rebellion
Events occurring between 2 years before and 5 years after the Battle of Yavin

			The Force Unleashed by Sean Williams, Haden Blackman et al. This story occurs between 3 and 2 years before the Battle of Yavin. Absolute power rests in the iron fist of Emperor Palpatine. But more remains to be done. Pockets of resistance in the galaxy must still be defeated and missing Jedi accounted for and dealt with. These crucial tasks fall to the Emperor’s ruthless enforcer, Darth Vader. In turn, the Dark Lord has groomed a lethal apprentice entrusted with a top-secret mission: to comb the galaxy and dispatch the last of his masters’ enemies, thereby punctuating the dark side’s victory with the Jedi’s doom...

			Thrawn: Alliances Book story by Timothy Zahn This story occurs approximately 2 years before Episode IV: A New Hope. Continue to follow the rise of Grand Admiral Thrawn to the heights of Imperial power—and accompany him into the past, witnessing his first encounter with the man who will one day become Darth Vader.

			The Han Solo Adventures by Brian Daley These stories occur approximately 2 years before the Battle of Yavin. Han Solo soars again - in this awesome trilogy of his extraordinary exploits. Ride with him as he rides to the rescue, narrowly escapes certain death, and foils evil in its ruthelss tracks! Collects: Han Solo at Stars' End, Han Solo's Revenge and Han Solo and the Lost Legacy.

			Shadow Games by Michael Reaves & Maya Kaathrynn Bohnoff This story occurs approximately 2 years before the Battle of Yavin. Stranded on Tatooine with a broken-down hyperdrive, Dash Rendar and crew: his Nautolan copilot, Eaden Vrill, and a droid named Leebo; have to find a way to raise credits. It comes in the lovely form of Javul Charn, a multi-talented human holostar being stalked by an over-zealous fan. She needs bodyguards to protect her during her tour along the Corellian Run; Dash needs credits. It’s a perfect match… until things begin to go wrong, seriously and dangerously wrong...

			The Force Unleashed II by Sean Williams, Haden Blackman et al. This story occurs approximately 2 years before the Battle of Yavin. Juno mourned Starkiller as dead...but now he is back, purged of all memories and programmed to kill. And as fate brings Juno and Starkiller closer to reuniting, with Darth Vader determined not to lose his assassin a second time, they will both have to make a stand. The prize is freedom. The punishment for failing will be eternal enslavement to the dark side of the Force...

			Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber This story occurs approximately 1 year before the Battle of Yavin. The Imperial Prison Barge Purge is hauling its load of prisoners, criminals and murderers, human and non-human, across the galaxy, when it breaks down in deep space. Soon after, the ship's warden discovers a derelict Star Destroyer, seemingly abandoned, and sends a boarding party to scavenge parts to repair the Purge. Half of them don't come back. The ones that do are infected with a virus so deadly that within hours, it has wiped out ninety-nine percent of the barge's population. But for the handful of survivors the true horror has just begun.

			Thrawn: Treason by Timothy Zahn This story occurs approximately 1 year before Episode IV: A New Hope. Thrawn has been one of the Empire’s most effective instruments, pursuing its enemies to the very edges of the known galaxy. But as keen a weapon as Thrawn has become, the Emperor dreams of something far more destructive. So, as his TIE defender program is halted in favor of the secret Death Star project, Thrawn realizes that the balance of power in the Empire is measured by more than just military acumen or tactical efficiency. Even the greatest intellect can hardly compete with the power to annihilate entire planets.

			Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire by William C. Dietz et al. This story occurs shortly before the Battle of Yavin. Kyle Katarn is a decorated graduate from the Imperial Military Academy who would forfeit his very life for the Empire. But he wouldn't forfeit his father's life, and that's what the Empire has taken. Kyle is willing to do anything to avenge his father's death which is what the Rebel Alliance is counting on.h

			Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina edited by Kevin J. Anderson These stories occur just before the Battle of Yavin. In a far corner of the universe, on the small desert planet of Tatooine, there is a dark, nici-tain-filled cantina where you can down your favourite intoxicant while listening to the best jizz riffs in the universe. But beware your fellow denizens of this pangalactic watering hole, for they are cut-throats and cutpurses, assassins and troopers, humans and aliens, gangsters and thieves...

			Rogue One by Alexander Freed This story occurs prior to Episode IV: A New Hope. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.

			A New Hope by George Lucas The Battle of Yavin. It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the Death Star, an armoured space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet. Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy...

			Inferno Squad by Christie Golden This story occurs immediately after Episode IV: A New Hope. After the humiliating theft of the Death Star plans and the resulting destruction of the battle station, the Empire is on the defensive. In response to this stunning defeat, the Imperial Navy has authorized the formation of an elite team of soldiers, known as Inferno Squad. Their mission: infiltrate and eliminate the remnants of Saw Gerrera’s Partisans...

			Heir to the Jedi by Kevin Hearne This story occurs shortly after Episode IV: A New Hope. This is a key moment of personal growth for the young Luke Skywalker: the the time between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. As he struggles to gain a new appreciation for the Force, a mission for the Rebel Alliance leads Luke into more danger than he bargained for...

			Scoundrels by Timothy Zahn This story occurs soon after the Battle of Yavin. Han Solo just played a key role in the daring raid that destroyed the Death Star. But after losing the reward his heroics earned him, he’s got nothing to celebrate and there’s still a bounty on his head! The only thing that can save him is a king’s ransom. That’s what a mysterious stranger is offering in exchange for Han’s less-than-legal help with a riskier-than-usual caper. The payoff will be more than enough for Han to settle up with Jabba the Hutt and ensure he never has to haggle with the Hutts again...

			Rebel Force by Alex Wheeler These stories occur soon after the Battle of Yavin. Luke Skywalker has saved the Rebel Alliance from annihilation, but Emperor Palpatine is not pleased that his ultimate weapon has been destroyed and orders his best commanders to discover the name of the pilot who destroyed the Death Star...more

			Galaxy of Fear series by John Whitman These stories occur approximately 6 months after the Battle of Yavin. Six months after the destruction of Alderaan, two young Force-sensitive survivors, Tash and Zak Arranda , their Shi'ido uncle Mammon Hoole, and his droid DV-9 are trying to hide from the Galactic Empire and reveal secrets along the way...more

			Allegiance by Timothy Zahn This story occurs approximately 6 months after the Battle of Yavin. The three heroes of the Rebel Alliance have been sent to mediate a dispute between Rebel Alliance factions in Shelsha Sector–agitating matters by forcing Han to deal not only with pirates, but with his more dreaded enemy, politics. At the same time, Mara Jade is serving her evil master, Palpatine, well in her role as the Emperor’s Hand: tracking suspected treachery in the Empire to what may be high places–while trying to stay out of Darth Vader’s way.

			Choices of One by Timothy Zahn This story occurs approximately 8 months after the Battle of Yavin. The Rebellion is in desperate need of a new base. So when Governor Ferrouz of Candoras Sector proposes an alliance, offering the Rebels sanctuary in return for protection against the alien warlord Nuso Esva, Luke Skywlaker, Princess Leia, Han Solo and Chewbacca are sent to evaluate the deal. However, Mara Jade is also heading for Candoras, along with the five renegade stormtroopers known as the Hand of Judgment. Their mission: to punish Ferrouz’s treason and smash the Rebels for good.

			Empire and Rebellion: Honor Among Thieves by James S. A. Corey This story occurs approximately 1 year after the Battle of Yavin. When the mission is to extract a high-level rebel spy from the very heart of the Empire, Leia Organa knows the best man for the job is Han Solo—something the princess and the smuggler can finally agree on. After all, for a guy who broke into an Imperial cell block and helped destroy the Death Star, the assignment sounds simple enough.

			The Ruins of Dantooine by Veronica Robinson This story occurs approximately 1 year after the Battle of Yavin. Dusque Mistflier may say she's an Imperial bio-engineer, but in truth, she's an undercover Rebel operative. She has teamed with Alliance spy Finn Darktrin to recover a missing holocron that contains a list of crucial high-level Alliance sympathizers. These two operatives will be tested to their limits in the Galactic Civil War, where they'll learn that the hardest part is figuring out whose side you're on... and how far you're willing to go to win.

			Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster This story occurs approximately 2 years after the Battle of Yavin. Luke Skywalker expected trouble when he volunteered to follow Princess Leia on her mission to Circarpous to enlist their Rebel underground in the battle against the Empire. But the farm boy from Tatooine hadn't counted on an unscheduled landing in the swamplands of Mimban - the planet where the Kaiburr crystal lay, a mysterious gem that would give the one who possessed it such powers over the Force that he would be all but invincible. In the wrong hands, the crystal could be deadly.

			Tales of the Bounty Hunters edited by Kevin J. Anderson These stories begin approximately 2 years after the Battle of Yavin. In a wild and battle-scarred galaxy, assassins, pirates, smugglers, and cutthroats of every description roam at will, fearing only the professional bounty hunters-amoral adventurers who track down the scum of the universe...for a fee. Collates: Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88, Payback: The Tale of Dengar, The Prize Pelt: The Tale of Bossk, Of Possible Futures: The Tale of Zuckuss and 4-LOM and The Last One Standing: The Tale of Boba Fett.

			Empire and Rebellion: Razor's Edge by Martha Wells This story occurs approximately 3 years after the Battle of Yavin. Harassment by the Empire are hindering completion of a new secret base on the ice planet Hoth. So when merchants offer much-needed materials for sale, Princess Leia and Han Solo head out to negotiate a deal. But when treachery forces the rebels to flee into pirate territory, Leia makes a shocking discovery: the fierce marauders come from Leia’s homeworld of Alderaan! And they are in debt to a pirate armada, which will gladly ransom the princess to the vengeful Empire.

			Battlefront: Twilight Company by Alexander Freed This story occurs approximately 3 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. The Galactic Empire endures. Despite the destruction of its terrifying Death Star by the Rebel Alliance, its oppression spreads undiminished across the stars. Under the direction of the Emperor and Darth Vader, an army of highly trained, single-minded stormtroopers quashes dissent and destroys resistance. But on worlds like Sullust, Coyerti, Haidoral Prime and untold others, Rebel forces fight in the trenches, determined to maintain hope against the unrelenting Imperial war machine...

			The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut This story occurs approximately 3 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the Death Star has been destroyed, Imperial troops have driven the Rebel forces from their hidden base and pursued them across the galaxy. Evading the dreaded Imperial Starfleet, a group of freedom fighters led by Luke Skywalker have established a new secret base on the remote ice world of Hoth. The evil lord Darth Vader, obsessed with finding young Skywalker, has dispatched thousands of remote probes into the far reaches of space…

			Shadows of the Empire by Steve Perry This story occurs approximately 3 years after the Battle of Yavin. It is a time of crisis, Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, is being taken to the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. As Princess Leia mounts a rescue mission and Darth Vader scours the galaxy for Luke Skywalker, another sinister figure emerges. His name is Xizor. Cunning and ruthless, leader of the powerful Black Sun criminal organisation, he will pit himself against Vader for the favour of their mutual master... the dreaded Emperor.

			Tales from Jabba's Palace edited by Kevin J. Anderson These stories begin approximately 4 years after the Battle of Yavin. In the dusty heat of twin-sunned Tatooine lives the wealthiest gangster in a hundred worlds, master of a vast crime empire and keeper of a vicious, flesh-eating monster for entertainment. Bloated and sinister, Jabba the Hutt might have made a good joke - if he weren't so dangerous. A cast of soldiers, spies, assassins, scoundrels, bounty hunters, and pleasure seekers have come to his palace, and every visitor to Jabba's grand abode has a story. Some of them may even live to tell it...

			Return of the Jedi by James Kahn This story occurs approximately 4 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. Luke Skywalker has returned to his home planet of Tatooine in an attempt to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. Little does Luke know that the Galactic Empire has secretly begun construction on a new armored space station even more powerful than the first dreaded Death Star. When completed, this ultimate weapon will spell certain doom for the small band of rebels struggling to restore freedom to the galaxy…

			Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed This story occurs approximately 4 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. The Emperor is dead. In the aftermath, Yrica Quell is just one of thousands of defectors from her former cause living in a deserters’ shantytown—until she is selected to join Alphabet Squadron. Cobbled together from an eclectic assortment of pilots and starfighters, the five members of Alphabet are tasked to track down and destroy the mysterious Shadow Wing, a lethal force of TIE fighters exacting bloody, reckless vengeance in the twilight of their reign.

			Alphabet Squadron: Shadow Fall Book story by Alexander Freed This story occurs approximately 4 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. After their narrow victory over Shadow Wing, Alphabet Squadron is on the attack, hunting their adversaries within the Imperial Remnant. As battle lines blur, Alphabet Squadron finds itself not only fighting their resurgent foes, but their leader’s own deadly shadow.

			Alphabet Squadron: Victory's Price Book story by Alexander Freed This story occurs approximately 4 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. In the wake of Yrica Quell’s shocking decision—and one of the fiercest battles of their lives—the remnants of Alphabet Squadron seek answers and closure across a galaxy whose old war scars are threatening to reopen...

			Aftermath by Chuck Wendig This story occurs between 4 and 5 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. The second Death Star is destroyed. The Emperor and his powerful enforcer, Darth Vader, are rumored to be dead. The Galactic Empire is in chaos. Across the galaxy, some systems celebrate, while in others Imperial factions tighten their grip. Optimism and fear reign side by side. And while the Rebel Alliance engages the fractured forces of the Empire, a lone Rebel scout uncovers a secret Imperial meeting...

			Aftermath: Life Debt by Chuck Wendig This story occurs between 4 and 5 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. The galaxy is changing, and with peace now a possibility, some dare to imagine new beginnings and new destinies. For Han Solo, that means settling his last outstanding debt, by helping Chewbacca liberate the Wookiee’s home world of Kashyyyk.

			The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers This story occurs approximately 4 years after the Battle of Yavin. No sooner has Darth Vader's funeral pyre burned to ashes on Endor than the Rebel Alliance intercepts a call for help from a far-flung Imperial outpost. Bakura is on the edge of known space and the first to meet the Ssi-ruuk, cold-blooded reptillian invaders who are approaching Imperial space with only one goal: total domination. Princess Leia sees the mission as a chance to achieve a diplomatic victory for the Alliance...

			Bounty Hunter Wars I: The Mandalorian Armor by K. W. Jeter This story occurs approximately 4 years after the Battle of Yavin. Prince Xizor proposes a cunning plan to the Emperor and Darth Vader: smash the power of the Bounty Hunters Guild by turning its members against each other. Only the strongest and most ruthless will survive, and they can be used against the Rebellion. It's a job for the fiercely independent Boba Fett, who jumps at the chance to destroy his rivals. But Fett soon realizes the game is rigged as he finds himself the target of murderous factions, criminal conspiracies and the evil at the Empire's dark heart.

			Bounty Hunter Wars II: Slave Ship by K. W. Jeter This story occurs approximately 4 years after the Battle of Yavin. Hoping to fuel rumours of his death, Boba Fett abandons his ship, Slave I, and sets out to claim the prize. Yet his every move leads him closer to a trap set by the cunning Prince Xizor. Fett would rather die before becoming Xizor's pawn in the Emperor's war against the Rebels. And he may have to. For in order to gain his freedom he must outwit a sentient weapon that feeds on human spirits. Then he must escape a galaxy of deadly enemies who want to make the rumours of his death a reality.

			Bounty Hunter Wars III: Hard Merchandise by K. W. Jeter This story occurs approximately 4 years after the Battle of Yavin. When Boba Fett stumbles across evidence implicating Prince Xizor in the murder of Luke Skywalker's aunt and uncle, he makes himself an enemy even he fears: the unknown mastermind behind a monstrous deception. Fett also finds himself in possession of an amnesiac young woman named Neelah, who may be the key to the mystery - or a decoy leading Fett into a murderous ambush. Too bad the answer to the killer's identity could lie with Fett's bitterest rival, the bounty hunter Bossk...

Before the Republic | The Old Republic | The High Republic | Rise of the Empire

The Rebellion | The New Republic | The New Jedi Order | Legacy of the Force

The New Republic
Events occurring between 5 and 25 years after the Battle of Yavin

			Aftermath: Empire's End by Chuck Wendig This story occurs approximately 5 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. The months following the Rebellion’s victory at Endor have not been easy. The fledgling New Republic has suffered a devastating attack from the Imperial remnant, forcing the new democracy to escalate their hunt for the hidden enemy. As the final showdown between the New Republic and the Empire draws near, all eyes turn to a once-isolated planet: Jakku.

			Jedi Prince by Paul and Hollace Davids These stories occur approximately 5 years after the Battle of Yavin. The Death Star has been destroyed. The Empire is in ruins. But the Dark Side lives on. Within the remains of the evil Empire, the surviving Imperial warlords have been fighting among themselves for power. No one knows who will seize control, but the Prophets of the Dark Side have foretold that soon a new Emperor will arise and on his right hand he shall wear an indestructible symbol of evil...

			Dark Forces II: Rebel Agent by William C. Dietz & Dean Williams This story occurs approximately 5 years after the Battle of Yavin. Secret Rebel Agent Kyle Katarn will do anything to avenge his father's untimely death at the hands of the Empire. When Kyle is threatened by 8t88 in a Nar Shadaa bar, he tracks down the droid and secures a mysterious disk that could put him on the path to learning why his father was killed. Kyle soon finds that the disk contains information about a map to the Valley of the Jedi, a place his father had stumbled upon and kept secret. Now it's a race between Kyle and the Empire to see who can get to the map first..

			Dark Forces III: Jedi Knight by William C. Dietz & Dean Williams This story occurs approximately 5 years after the Battle of Yavin. Kyle Katarn, Rebel agent and novice Jedi, has just returned from his covert operation to find the location of the Valley of the Jedi. But he knows that the evil Jerec, a dark Jedi with designs on the Empire's throne, knows where the Valley is too. Upon returning to the Alliance, and with the support of Luke Skywalker himself, Kyle offers to find the Valley and stop the oncoming Imperial invasion - and, at last, fulfill his destiny as a Jedi.

			Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor by Matthew Stover This story occurs approximately 5 years after the Battle of Yavin. Powerful remnants of the vanquished Empire are still at large. The most deadly of these, a ruthless legion of black-armoured stormtroopers, do the brutal bidding of the newly risen warlord Shadowspawn. Striking from a strategically advantageous base at the planet Mindor, they are waging campaigns of plunder and destruction, demolishing order and security across the galaxy and breeding fears of an Imperial resurgence...

			X-Wing by Micahel A. Stackpole / Aaron Allston These stories occur between 6 and 13 years after the Battle of Yavin. They are sleek, swift, and deadly. They are the X-wing fighters. And as the struggle rages across the vastness of space, the fearless men and women who pilot them risk both their lives and their machines. Their mission: to defend the Rebel Alliance against a still powerful and battle-hardened Imperial foe in a last-ditch effort to control the stars.

			Last Shot Book story by Daniel José Older This story occurs approximately 7 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. It’s one of the galaxy’s most dangerous secrets: a mysterious transmitter with unknown power and a reward for its discovery that most could only dream of claiming. But those who fly the Millennium Falcon aren’t your average scoundrels. Not once, but twice, the crew of the Falcon tries to claim the prize: first Lando Calrissian and the droid L3-37 then later Han Solo with the help of his copilot, Chewbacca...

			The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton This story occurs approximately 8 years after the Battle of Yavin. The Hapes consortium, a cluster of sixty-three high-tech worlds, is ruled by the Queen Mother, who wants Princess Leia to marry her son, the dashing and wealthy Prince Isolder. When Han Solo hears the news of Leia's impending nuptials, he reacts with shock. Han always dreamed of marrying Leia himself, but in spite of his heroic exploits he feels that she sees him as nothing more than a shiftless rogue and pirate, unworthy of her hand. Now he makes a desperate last gamble to win her back...

			A Forest Apart by Troy Denning This story occurs approximately 8 years after the Battle of Yavin. Chewbacca's son, Lumpawarrump, has grown up hearing tales of his father's heroics, but he hasn't heard them from Chewbacca. Chewie's life debt to Han Solo keeps him constantly on the move and away from home. Without the steadying influence of his father, Lumpy is running wild. His mother, Mallotobuck, decides that a visit to Coruscant is in order. It's the perfect opportunity for father and son to bond again - and for Lumpy to learn that, even for a great hero like Chewbacca, there is more to life than adventure.

			Tatooine Ghost by Troy Denning This story occurs approximately 8 years after the Battle of Yavin. A masterpiece of Alderaanian art, lost in transit after the planet’s destruction, has resurfaced on the black market. Offered at auction, it will command a handsome price. But its greatest value lies in the vital secret it conceals: the key to a code used to communicate with New Republic agents deep undercover within the Empire. Discovery of the key by Imperial forces would spell certain disaster. The only option is recovery...

			Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn This story occurs approximately 9 years after the Battle of Yavin. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi Twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights. But thousand of light-years away, the last of the emperor's warlords has taken command of the shattered Imperial Fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the new Republic. For this dark warrior has made two vital discoveries that could destroy everything the courageous men and women of the Rebel Alliance fought so hard to build.

			Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn This story occurs approximately 9 years after the Battle of Yavin. The dying Empire's most cunning and ruthless warlord, Grand Admiral Thrawn, has taken command of the remnants of the Imperial fleet and launched a massive campaign aimed at the Republic's destruction. With the aid of unimaginable weapons Thrawn plans to overwhelm the New Republic, and impose his iron rule throughout the Galaxy...

			The Last Command by Timothy Zahn This story occurs approximately 9 years after the Battle of Yavin. Hopes are dim as Grand Admiral Thrawn mounts a final siege against the Republic. While Han Solo and Chewbacca struggle to form a wary alliance of smugglers in a last-ditch attack against the Empire, Leia Organa-Solo keeps the Alliance together and prepares for the birth of her Jedi twins. But the Empire has too many ships and too many clones to combat. The Republic's only hope lies in sending a small force, led by Luke Skywalker, into the very stronghold that houses Thrawn's terrible cloning machines.

			I, Jedi by Michael A. Stackpole This story occurs approximately 11 years after the Battle of Yavin. Corran Horn has distinguished himself as one of the best and brightest of Rogue Squadron's elite fighting force. Then his wife, Mirax, vanishes on a covert mission for the New Republic, and Corran vows to find her. To do so, he joins Luke Skywalker's famed Jedi Academy to begin training, only to quit in frustration at Skywalker's methods. Using his Corellian undercover experience, he must infiltrate, sabotage, and destroy a ruthless organization in order to find his wife.

			Jedi Academy I: Jedi Search by Kevin J. Anderson This story occurs approximately 11 years after the Battle of Yavin. While Luke Skywalker takes the first step toward setting up an academy to train a new order of Jedi Knights. Han Solo and Chewbacca are taken prisoner on the planet Kessel and forced to work in the fathomless depths of a spice mine. But when Han and Chewie break away, they flee desperately to a secret Imperial research laboratory. When Luke picks up the trail of his two friends, he comes face-to-face with a weapon so awesome, it can wipe out an entire solar system...

			Jedi Academy II: Dark Apprentice by Kevin J. Anderson This story occurs approximately 11 years after the Battle of Yavin. Breaking the Pax Republica, Admiral Daala uses her Imperial fleet to conduct guerrilla warfare on peaceful worlds. And now she threatens the watery homeworld of Admiral Ackbar. But while the battle for a planet rages, an even greater danger emerges at Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy. A brilliant young student, Kyp Durron, delves dangerously into the dark side of the Force...

			Jedi Academy III: Champions of the Force by Kevin J. Anderson This story occurs approximately 11 years after the Battle of Yavin. Suspended helplessly between life and death, Luke Skywalker lies in state at the Jedi Academy. Meanwhile, Luke's former protégé Kyp Durron has pirated the deadly Sun Crusher on an apocalyptic mission of mass destruction, convinced he is fighting for a just cause. Hunting down the rogue warrior, Han Solo must persuade Kyp to renounce his dark crusade and regain his lost honour.

			Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly This story occurs approximately 12 years after the Battle of Yavin. Princess Leia, Han Solo and Chewbacca set out on a mission that is vital to the survival of the fragile New Republic. They are searching for the long-lost children of the Jedi, a quest that takes them to the once-vibrant stronghold of Belsavis - a nearly forgotten frozen world. Leia has heard tales of a Jedi exodus from the dark crypts below the planet's surface. She has also heard that since the time of the exodus no-one entering the crypts has returned alive.

			Darksaber by Kevin J. Anderson This story occurs approximately 12 years after the Battle of Yavin. The Hutts, criminal warlords of the galaxy, are building a secret super-weapon, a reconstruction of the original Death Star superlaser, to be called Darksaber. This planet-crushing power will be in the ruthless hands of Durga, a creature without conscience or mercy. And there is trouble on another front: Admiral Daala is very much alive and, in league with Pellaeon, is marshalling forces to destroy the Rebels. Soon they and Luke will face the ultimate test of their power...

			Planet of Twilight by Barbara Hambly This story occurs approximately 13 years after the Battle of Yavin. Nam Choiros is a barren backwater world - once a dreaded prison colony, now home to a frantic religious cult. It is here that Princess Leia has been taken captive by a ruthless and charismatic warlord bent on destroying the New Republic. Meanwhile, Luke lands on a mysterious planet in search of his lost love Callista, only to discover the Force is his own worst enemy.

			The Crystal Star by Vonda McIntyre This story occurs approximately 14 years after the Battle of Yavin. As Luke Skywalker and Han Solo follow rumours of a lost enclave of Jedi Knights, Leia and Han's children are kidnapped! In disguise, Leia and Chewbacca follow a trail of clues to find the children. Their search leads them to a far-flung star system with a fantastic crystal sun at its centre. Little did they expect to find Han and Luke already there. Nor could they have anticipated the presence of Waru, an alien being with powers more miraculous than any Jedi Knight they'd ever encountered...

			The Black Fleet Crisis I: Before the Storm by M. P. Kube-McDowell This story occurs approximately 16 years after the Battle of Yavin. It is a time of tranquillity for the New Republic. The remnants of the Empire now lie in complete disarray, but the peace is short-lived. Luke Skywalker must journey to his mother's homeworld in a quest to find her people. An adventurous Lando Calrissian must seize a mysterious spacecraft that has weapons of enormous destructive power and an unknown mission. And Leia Organa-Solo must face down the ruthless leader of the Duskhan League, an arrogant Yevetha who seems bent on a genocidal war...

			The Black Fleet Crisis II: Shield of Lies by M. P. Kube-McDowell This story occurs approximately 16 years after the Battle of Yavin. As Leia Organa-Solo must deal with a new threat to the fragile new alliance that binds the New Republic, Lando Calrissian becomes a prisoner aboard a runaway spacecraft of unknown origin. The ship is following an unstoppable path to its homeworld, destroyed by Imperial forces. Luke Skywalker continues his quest to learn more about his mother among the Fallanassi, where his every belief about the use of the Force is about to be challenged...

			The Black Fleet Crisis III: Tyrant's Test by M. P. Kube-McDowell This story occurs approximately 16 years after the Battle of Yavin. Faced with an alarming image of Han Solo as a battered hostage of the Yevetha, Chewbacca takes on an urgent mission; meanwhile, Leia Organa-Solo calls upon the Senate to take a stand and eliminate the Yevetha threat: even at the cost of Han's life. As Lando Calrissian fights off Imperial vessels from the runaway Qella spaceship, Luke Skywalker's continuing search for his mother brings him dangerously close to Nil Spaar's deadly forces...

			The New Rebellion by Kristine K. Rusch This story occurs approximately 16 years after the Battle of Yavin. Somewhere in the galaxy, millions suddenly perish - a disruption of the Force so shocking it is felt by Luke Skywalker at his Jedi Academy and by Leia Organa-Solo on Coruscant. While Leia must deal with an assassination attempt, a rumoured plot against the New republic and allegations that Han Solo is involved, Luke seeks out a former Jedi student who may hold the key to the mass destruction...

			Poe Dameron: Free Fall by Alex Segura This story occurs approximately 18 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. It's been a few years since Poe's mother passed away, and Poe and his father, who was a pilot for the Rebellion, have had more and more trouble connecting. Not sure what he wants to do with his life, teenage Poe runs away from home to find adventure, and to figure out what kind of man he is meant to be...

			The Corellian Trilogy I: Ambush at Corellia by Roger M. Allen This story occurs approximately 18 years after the Battle of Yavin. A trade summit brings Han Solo back to Corellia. Arriving on the distant planet with Leia, their children and Chewbacca, Han finds Corellia overrun with agents of the New Republic Intelligence and finds himself part of a deceptive plan whose aim not even he understands. One thing is clear: the five inhabited worlds of the sector are on the brink of civil war and the once peaceful coexistence of the three leading races - human, Selonian, and Drallan - has come to an end.

			The Corellian Trilogy II: Assault at Selonia by Roger M. Allen This story occurs approximately 18 years after the Battle of Yavin. Imprisoned on Corellia, Han Solo finds himself at the mercy of his evil cousin, Thracken Sal-Solo, who plans to restore the imperial system and seize total power. Han has but one chance to stop him: to do so he must turn his back on his human cousin and join forces with a female alien. Dracmus was arrested as a ringleader in a plot against the corrupt Human league. Now she and Han will attempt a daring escape to Selonia in time to warn Leia, Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian of Thracken's plan.

			The Corellian Trilogy III: Showdown at Centerpoint by Roger M. Allen This story occurs approximately 18 years after the Battle of Yavin. When a loyalist ship approaching Selonia is blasted out of space, Han Solo quickly realizes that rebel forces are turning planetary repulsors into weapons of immense destruction. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian manage to discover the terrifying secret of Centerpoint Station. The infamous Starbuster itself, and its next programmed nova, hard-wired in, is set to annihilate a chosen star, its inhabited worlds, and millions of innocent lives. There's only one way to stop it: blow up the station.

			Specter of the Past by Timothy Zahn This story occurs approximately 19 years after the Battle of Yavin. The Empire stands at the brink of total collapse. But they have saved their most heinous plan for last. First a plot is hatched that could destroy the New Republic in a bloodbath of genocide and civil war. Then comes the shocking news that Grand Admiral Thrawn, the most cunning and ruthless warlord in history, has apparently returned from the dead to lead the Empire to a long-prophesied victory.

			Vision of the Future by Timothy Zahn This story occurs approximately 19 years after the Battle of Yavin. The Empire's master plan is under way. The New Republic is on the verge of civil war and the rumour that the legendary Grand Admiral Thrawn has returned from the dead is rallying the Imperial forces. Now Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and their allies face the challenge of their lives.

			Scourge by Jeff Grubb This story occurs approximately 19 years after the Battle of Yavin. While trying to obtain the coordinates of a secretive, peril-packed, but potentially beneficial trade route, a novice Jedi is killed; and the motive for his murder remains shrouded in mystery. Now his former Master, Jedi archivist Mander Zuma, wants answers, even as he fights to erase doubts about his own abilities as a Jedi.

			Fool's Bargain by Timothy Zahn This story occurs approximately 20 years after the Battle of Yavin. Throughout its history the planet Kariek has been scarred by violence, as warring Eickarie tribes battle for dominance. For five decades a Warlord, backed by a legion of alien mercenaries, has ruled while the tribes fought to topple him. Now, the tribes have finally put aside their most violent differences to forge a tenuous alliance. This group has captured a city, and cornered the Warlord and his minions in the fortress. Aiding this revolution is the Empire of the Hand, a post-Palpatine Imperial splinter group.

			Survivor's Quest by Timothy Zahn This story occurs approximately 20 years after the Battle of Yavin. Sometimes it seems a Jedi’s work is never done and Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker know this only too well. Despite the bond they share in the Force, after three years of marriage the Jedi Master and his wife are still learning the ropes of being a couple and struggling to find time together between the constant demands of duty. But all that will change when they’re united on an unexpected mission and must pool their exceptional skills to combat an insidious enemy and salvage a part of Jedi history.

			Junior Jedi Knights by Nancy Richardson / Rebecca Moesta These stories occur between 21 and 22 years after the Battle of Yavin. Anakin Solo is now eleven and headed for the Jedi Academy! The Force is very strong with him - he can feel it. And his uncle Luke Skywalker thinks its time for him to start his training...

			Young Jedi Knights by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta These stories occur between 22 and 24 years after the Battle of Yavin. A new generation of Jedi Knights come of age. These teenagers must overcome their greatest fears to realize their full potential. For no-one knows what tomorrow might bring.

			Tales from the New Republic edited by Peter Schweighofer These stories occur at various points on the Star Wars timeline.

Before the Republic | The Old Republic | The High Republic | Rise of the Empire

The Rebellion | The New Republic | The New Jedi Order | Legacy of the Force

The New Jedi Order
Events occurring between 25 and 40 years after the Battle of Yavin

			The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime by R. A. Salvatore This story occurs approximately 25 years after the Battle of Yavin. The New Republic has valiantly struggled to maintain peace and prosperity in the galaxy. But unrest has begun to spread; tensions erupt in outbreaks of rebellion. Into this volatile atmosphere comes Nom Anor who heats passions to the boiling point. In an effort to avert a catastrophic civil war, Princess Leia travels to conduct face-to-face diplomatic negotiations with Nom Anor. But he proves resistant to Leia's entreaties and, far more inexplicably, within the Force, where a being should be, is a blank space.

			A Practical Man by Karen Traviss This story occurs approximately 25 years after the Battle of Yavin. On the surface, it seems like just another routine contract for Boba Fett and his Mandalorian commandos, but the mystery client who hires them to start a small war is more dangerous than any of them can possibly imagine. When the Yuuzhan Vong invasion force sweeps into the galaxy, the Mandalorians find they’re on the wrong side, fighting for an alien culture that will bring about the end of their own.

			The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I - Onslaught by Michael A. Stackpole This story occurs approximately 25 years after the Battle of Yavin. As Leia Organa Solo and Gavin Darklighter lead desperate refugees in a fighting retreat from Yuuzhan Vong forces, Mara Jade Skywalker, Jedi apprentices Jacen and Anakin Solo, and Jedi Knight Corran Horn find themselves tested as never before by a faceless, implacable foe determined to smother the light of the New Republic forever beneath a shroud of darkest evil.

			The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II - Ruin by Michael A. Stackpole This story occurs approximately 25 years after the Battle of Yavin. While Luke Skywalker struggles to keep the Jedi together, Knights Jacen Solo and Corran Horn set off on a reconnaissance mission to the planet Garqi, an occupied world. There, at last, they uncover a secret that might be used to undermine the enemy, if only they can stay alive long enough to use it!

			The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I - Hero's Trial by James Luceno This story occurs approximately 25 years after the Battle of Yavin. Chewbacca and a grief stricken Han Solo is left to fit the pieces of his shattered life back together before he loses everything: friends, family, and faith. Refusing help from Leia or Luke, Han becomes the loner he once was, seeking to escape the pain of his partner's death in adventure and revenge. When he learns that an old friend from his smuggling days is operating as a mercenary for the enemy, he sets out to expose the traitor. But Han's investigation uncovers an even greater evil...

			The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II - Jedi Eclipse by James Luceno This story occurs approximately 25 years after the Battle of Yavin. Leia Organa Solo, estranged from her husband, Han, oversees the evacuation of refugees on planets in the path of the invaders. Luke Skywalker struggles to hold the fractious Jedi Knights together, even while one of them undertakes a bold undercover mission. Manipulating their alliance with the Hutts, the Yuuzhan Vong leave a trail of information where New Republic agents are sure to find it. Then Han Solo stumbles into the dark heart of a raging battle...

			The New Jedi Order: Balance Point by Kathy Tyers This story occurs approximately 26 years after the Battle of Yavin. Poisoned by centuries of technological excess, the planet Duro is an unlivable hell. But there is no place else to channel the flood of refugees fleeing the murderous Yuuzhan Vong. So a deal is struck: in exchange for a new home, the refugees will work to restore the planet to health, under the watchful eye of Leia Organa Solo. As tempers begin to flare between the Duros, the New Republic and the refugees, Han Solo, his son, Jacen, and the Ryn called Droma arrive to keep the peace...

			The New Jedi Order: Recovery by Troy Denning This story occurs approximately 26 years after the Battle of Yavin. Following the savage Yuuzhan Vong conquest of Duro, Leia Organa Solo barely clings to life, having endured the vicious torture of the alien invaders. Her husband, Han Solo, rushes her to safety, but in a galaxy ready to blame the Jedi for the alien scourge, finding a refuge is nearly impossible. With bounty hunters in close pursuit, Solo has little choice but to head to Coruscant, but even the New Republic capital is no haven from anti-Jedi sentiment and treachery.

			The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory I - Conquest by J. Gregory Keyes This story occurs approximately 26 years after the Battle of Yavin. No longer content with the destruction the Yuuzhan Vong have already sown, Warmaster Tsavong Lah has demanded the heads of all the Jedi. Now the Knights are in terrible danger and none more so than the young students at the Jedi Academy. Already the sympathisers known as the Peace Brigade are in the Yavin system and a Yuuzhan Vong fleet is not far behind. At Luke Skywalker's request, Talon Karrde mounts an expedition to rescue the young students. But Anakin Solo has his own ideas...

			The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory II - Rebirth by J. Gregory Keyes This story occurs approximately 26 years after the Battle of Yavin. The brutal Yuuzhan Vong are scouring the universe for Jedi to slaughter. With no help from the divided New Republic, the Jedi stand alone against their seemingly invincible foe. Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo risk deadly consequences with their controversial tactics to bolster the Jedi resistance. After uncovering a new Yuuzhan Vong menace, Anakin and Tahiri find themselves wanted for murder by the Peace Brigade. To avoid capture, they jump into hyperspace and into trouble far graver...

			The New Jedi Order: Star by Star by Troy Denning This story occurs approximately 27 years after the Battle of Yavin. The Yuuzhan Vong have unleashed a fearsome creature, capable of hunting and killing the Jedi. Leia Organa Solo has been given a terrible ultimatum: reveal the location of the hidden Jedi base, or watch helplessly as millions of refugee ships are destroyed. The Jedi strike back with a daring plan crafted by young Anakin Solo: an elite team of Jedi Knights will allow themselves to be taken into the Yuuzhan Vong fold as prisoners, and from there, they hope to sabotage the invader's plans of conquest...

			The New Jedi Order: Dark Journey by Elaine Cunningham This story occurs approximately 27 years after the Battle of Yavin. In a daring getaway after completing their deadly mission into Yuuzhan Vong territory, hotshot pilot Jaina Solo stole an enemy ship, taking along her fellow survivors and leaving behind a huge piece of her heart. With the enemy in hot pursuit, Jaina is forced to seek haven in the unprotected, unfriendly Hapes Cluster, where the Jedi are held responsible for a past tragedy and where the royal family has grim plans for their famous Jedi guest...

			The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I - Rebel Dream by Aaron Allston This story occurs approximately 27 years after the Battle of Yavin. Scattering after the Yuuzhan Vong's invasion of Coruscant, the panic-stricken members of the New Republic Advisory Council pause just long enough to set up a mock defence on nearby Borleias, an attempt to buy time that fools no one, least of the Jedi. Leia and Han Solo travel from world to world to ferment rebellion against the New Republic's disastrous appeasement policies. But Luke Skywalker has chosen the most dangerous assignment: to sneak ino the Yuuzhan Vong's stronghold on Coruscant.

			The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II - Rebel Stand by Aaron Allston This story occurs approximately 27 years after the Battle of Yavin. Time is slipping away for Han and Leia Organa Solo: trapped on a small planet whose rulers are about to yield to Yuuzhan Vong pressure to give up the Jedi rebels. On Coruscant, Luke and Mara Skywalker have made a shocking discovery that is preventing the Yuuzhan Vong from exerting complete control. But when the enemy tracks them down, Luke and Mara are thrust into a fierce battle for their lives. Suddenly, the chances of escaping appear nearly impossible.

			The New Jedi Order: Traitor by Matthew Woodring Stover This story occurs approximately 27 years after the Battle of Yavin. After the capture of Coruscant, the mighty heart of the New Republic, a stunned galaxy fears that nothing can stop the Yuuzhan Vong. Still, that crushing defeat produces one small miracle: Jacen Solo is alive. Yet he can scarcely imagine himself in stranger circumstances. The young Jedi Knight is in the care of Vergere, a fascinating creature of mystery and power, her intentions hard to fathom, her cruelties rarely concealed. But this master of inscrutable arts has much to teach the young Jedi...

			The New Jedi Order: Ylesia by Walter Jon Williams This story occurs approximately 28 years after the Battle of Yavin. The Peace Brigade: a group of traitors dedicated to hindering the war efforts of the New Republic and hastening the ultimate victory of the merciless Yuuzhan Vong. Jedi Master Kyp Durron calls for a lightning-fast strike, backed with overwhelming force, to destroy the Brigade’s offensive capabilities and teach prospective traitors that betrayal carries a heavy price. But young Jacen Solo has a better idea: a daring raid into the heart of the Brigade to capture the Brigade’s top leaders.

			The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way by Walter Jon Williams This story occurs approximately 28 years after the Battle of Yavin. After capturing crucial Yuuzhan Vong intelligence, Jedi fighter-pilot Jaina Solo prepares to lead a daring surprise strike against an enemy flagship. Meanwhile, Jaina’s brother Jacen is eagerly poised to bring his unique skills to bear against the invaders. And on Mon Calamari, the New Republic’s provisional capital, the retired, ailing hero Admiral Ackbar has conceived a major tactical plan that could spell the beginning of a swift end for the Yuuzhan Vong.

			The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I - Remnant by Sean Williams & Shane Dix This story occurs approximately 28 years after the Battle of Yavin. From the ashes of the New Republic, torn to shreds by the savage Yuuzhan Vong forces, the newly formed Galactic Alliance has risen, determined to bring peace to the entire galaxy. But first the Yuuzhan Vong must be contained once and for all. And so Luke Skywalker seeks a world long lost to legend: Zonama Sekot, a sentient planet believed to have repelled an invasion by the Yuuzhan Vong decades ago. Deciphering the enigmatic secrets of Zonama Sekot just might turn the tide of this relentless war.

			The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II - Refugee by Sean Williams & Shane Dix This story occurs approximately 28 years after the Battle of Yavin. Rife with hostile cultures and outright enemies, the Unknown Regions hold many perils for Luke Skywalker and the Jedi searching for Zonama Sekot. Meanwhile, on the edge of the galaxy and in the heart of a trusted ally, old enemies are stirring. The Yuuzhan Vong have inflamed long-forgotten vendettas that are even now building up to a crisis point. And as Han and Leia Organa Solo journey on their quest to knit the unravelling galaxy back together, betrayal and deception await them.

			The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III - Reunion by Sean Williams & Shane Dix This story occurs approximately 28 years after the Battle of Yavin. In the depths of uncharted space, Luke, Jacen and Mara are set to recruit the most remarkable of allies. But this powerful force refuses to join the bloody and miserable war engulfing the galaxy. As Luke attempts to negotiate a reluctant partnership, the Yuuzhan Vong strike to shatter this tenuous alliance. In the path of the attack are Han and Leia, who once again face overwhelmingly terrible odds.

			The New Jedi Order: The Final Prophecy by J. Gregory Keyes This story occurs approximately 28 years after the Battle of Yavin. Zonama Sekot holds the key to ending the bloody war between the Galactic Alliance and the Yuuzhan Vong invaders. As Luke Skywalker negotiates an alliance with the living planet, Yuuzhan Vong operatives steal one of the world's organic starships for delivery to scientist Nen Yim. Yim's research not only uncovers the mysteries of the planet, but also long-forgotten secrets of the Yuuzhan Vong.

			Bloodline by Claudia Gray This story occurs approximately 28 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. Decades after the fall of Vader and the Emperor's stranglehold on the galaxy Princess Leia is at a good place, as a senator and leader in a peaceful New Republic. However, a new generation doesn't remember the lessons of the Rebellion or recognize the wrongs of the Empire, and Leia begins to see the cracks in the foundation that could lead to a dangerous future for the galaxy.

			Phasma by Delilah S. Dawson This story occurs approximately 28 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. For all her renown, Captain Phasma remains as virtually unknown as the impassive expression on her gleaming chrome helmet. Now, an adversary is bent on unearthing her mysterious origins—and exposing a secret she guards as zealously and ruthlessly as she serves her masters...

			The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force by James Luceno This story occurs approximately 29 years after the Battle of Yavin. The stage is set for endgame: Luke, Mara and Jacen desperately try to recruit an unwilling ally for the Jedi's final campaign against the Yuuzhan Vong. Han and Leia learn that hundreds of high-ranking Alliance prisoners face slaughter in a sacrifice to the enemy's bloodthirsty gods. And a lone space station is all that stands between the Alliance headquarters on Mon Calamari and endless waves of enemy forces waging their most decisive assault.

			Canto Bight by Saladin Ahmed, Rae Carson, Mira Grant and John Jackson Miller This story occurs approximately 34 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. Welcome to the casino city of Canto Bight. A place where exotic aliens, captivating creatures, and other would-be high rollers are willing to risk everything to make their fortunes. Set across one fateful evening, these four interconnected stories explore the deception and danger of the lavish casino city...

			Force Collector by Kevin Shinick This story occurs approximately 34 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. A restless teenager sets out to discover what connection his mysterious Force powers have to the fabled Jedi and what the Force has in store for him...

			The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster This story occurs approximately 34 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. Darth Vader may have been redeemed and the Emperor vanquished, but peace can be fleeting, and evil does not easily relent. Yet the simple belief in good can still empower ordinary individuals to rise and meet the greatest challenges.

			The Legends of Luke Skywalker by Ken Liu These stories occur approximately 34 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. As a cargo ship rockets across the galaxy to Canto Bight, the deckhands on board trade stories about legendary Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker. But are the stories of iconic and mysterious Luke Skywalker true, or merely tall tales passed from one corner of the galaxy to another? Is Skywalker really a famous Jedi hero, an elaborate charlatan,or even part droid? The deckhands will have to decide for themselves...

			The Last Jedi by Jason Fry This story occurs approximately 34 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. Having decimated the peaceful Republic, Supreme Leader Snoke now deploys his merciless legions to seize military control of the galaxy. Only General Leia Organa's band of Resistance fighters stand against the rising tyranny, certain that Luke Skywalker will return and restore a spark of hope to the fight. As the First Order speeds toward the Rebel base, the brave heroes mount a desperate escape...

			Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse This story occurs approximately 34 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. After devastating losses at the hands of the First Order Poe Dameron, General Leia Organa, Rey, and Finn must struggle to rebuild the Resistance...

			Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson This story occurs approximately 34 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. After devastating losses at the hands of the First Order, General Leia Organa has dispatched her agents across the galaxy in search of allies, sanctuary, and firepower—and her top spy, Vi Moradi, may have just found all three, on a secluded world at the galaxy’s edge...

			A Crash of Fate by Zoraida Cordova This story occurs approximately 34 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. Izzy and Jules were childhood friends, climbing the spires of Batuu, inventing silly games, and dreaming of adventures they would share one day. Then, Izzy's family left abruptly. Izzy's life became one of constant motion until her parents were killed and she became a low-level smuggler. Jules remained on Batuu, eventually becoming a farmer like his father, but always yearning for something more...

			The Rise of Skywalker by Rae Carson This story occurs approximately 35 years after Episode IV: A New Hope. Has the ancient Lord of the Sith truly returned? Kylo Ren cuts a swath of destruction across the stars, determined to discover any challenge to his control over the First Order and his destiny to rule over the galaxy—and crush it completely. Meanwhile, to discover the truth, Rey, Finn, Poe, and the Resistance must embark on the most perilous adventure they have ever faced...

			Dark Nest I : The Joiner King by Troy Denning This story occurs approximately 35 years after the Battle of Yavin. The disappearance of a small team of Jedi Knights, including Jaina and Jacen Solo, in the Unknown Regions has sparked controversy. The reclusive Chiss has lodged a formal complaint, angrily accusing the missing Jedi of meddling in a border dispute between the Chiss and an unidentified aggressor. Jedi Master Luke Skywalker ventures into the Unknown Regions to contain the damage, while Han and Leia follow, concerned for their children...

			Dark Nest II : The Unseen Queen by Troy Denning This story occurs approximately 36 years after the Battle of Yavin. Despite being given new worlds to populate, the insectoid Killiks have not found peace. An unknown enemy has been attacking the new nests and the Killiks hold the Jedi responsible. Travelling back to the Unknown Regions to unravel the mystery, the Skywalkers and Solos discover an evil far more familiar than they ever expected and even more terrifying...

			Dark Nest III : The Swarm War by Troy Denning This story occurs approximately 36 years after the Battle of Yavin. The Chiss-Killik border war is threatening to engulf the entire galaxy, raising the awful specter of the Killik sweeping across space to absorb all living creatures into a single hive mind. The only hope for peace lies with the Jedi, who must not only end the bloodshed between two fierce enemies but also combat the insidious evil spread by the elusive Dark Nest and its unseen queen...

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Legacy of the Force
Events occurring 40 years after the Battle of Yavin

			Legacy of the Force: Betrayal by Aaron Allston This story occurs approximately 40 years after the Battle of Yavin. When a mission to uncover an illegal missile factory on the planet Adumar ends in a violent ambush, from which Jedi Knight Jacen Solo and his protégé and cousin, Ben Skywalker, narrowly escape with their lives; it's the most alarming evidence yet that sparks of political unrest are threatening to ignite into total rebellion. The governments of numerous worlds are chafing under the strict regulations of the Galactic Alliance and diplomatic efforts to enforce compliance are failing.

			Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines by Karen Traviss This story occurs approximately 40 years after the Battle of Yavin. Civil war looms as the fledgling Galactic Alliance confronts a growing number of rebellious worlds and the approaching war is tearing the Skywalker and Solo families apart. Han and Leia return to Han’s homeworld, Corellia, the heart of the resistance. Their children, Jacen and Jaina, are soldiers in the Galactic Alliance’s campaign to crush the insurgents.

			Legacy of the Force: Tempest by Troy Denning This story occurs approximately 40 years after the Battle of Yavin. As civil war threatens the unity of the Galactic Alliance, Han and Leia Solo have enraged their families and the Jedi by joining the Corellian insurgents. But the Solos draw the line when they discover the rebels’ plot to make the Hapan Consortium an ally. Yet the Solos’ selfless determination to save the queen cannot dispel the inescapable consequences of their actions, that will pit mother against son and brother against sister in the battles ahead.

			Legacy of the Force: Exile by Aaron Allston This story occurs approximately 40 years after the Battle of Yavin. Evil is on the move as the Galactic Alliance and Jedi order battle forces seen and unseen, from rampant internal treachery to the nightmare of all-out war. With each victory against the Corellian rebels, Jacen Solo becomes more admired, more powerful, and more certain of achieving galactic peace. Despite strained relationships caused by opposing sympathies in the war, Han and Leia Solo and Luke and Mara Skywalker remain united by one frightening suspicion: someone is manipulating this war.

			Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice by Karen Traviss This story occurs approximately 40 years after the Battle of Yavin. Civil war rages as the Galactic Alliance battles a confederation of breakaway planets that rally to the side of rebellious Corellia. Suspected of involvement in an assassination plot against Queen Mother Tenel Ka of the Hapes Consortium, Han and Leia Solo are on the run, hunted by none other than their own son, Jacen, whose increasingly authoritarian tactics as head of Galactic Alliance security have led Luke and Mara Skywalker to fear that their nephew may be treading perilously close to the dark side.

			Legacy of the Force: Inferno by Troy Denning This story occurs approximately 40 years after the Battle of Yavin. Luke Skywalker wanted to unify the Jedi order and bring peace to the universe. Instead his wife lies dead at the hands of an unknown assassin, his wayward nephew Jacen Solo has seized control of the Galactic Alliance, and the galaxy has exploded in all-out civil war. With Luke consumed by grief, Jacen works quickly to consolidate his power and jumpstart his plan to take over the Jedi. Convinced he’s the only one who can save the galaxy, Jacen will do whatever it takes, even ambush his own parents.

			Legacy of the Force: Fury by Aaron Allston This story occurs approximately 40 years after the Battle of Yavin. Fighting alongside the Corellian rebels, Han and Leia are locked in a war against their son Jacen, and nothing can stop Jacen’s determination to bring peace with a glorious Galactic Alliance victory: whatever the price. While Luke grieves the loss of his beloved wife and deals with his guilt over killing the wrong person in retaliation, Jaina, Jag, and Zekk hunt for the real assassin, unaware that the culprit commands Sith powers that can cloud their minds and misdirect their attacks.

			Legacy of the Force: Revelation by Karen Traviss This story occurs approximately 40 years after the Battle of Yavin. During this savage civil war, all efforts to end Jacen Solo’s tyranny of the Galactic Alliance have failed. Now with Jacen approaching the height of his dark powers no one, not even the Solos and the Skywalkers, knows if anything can stop the Sith Lord. Jacen’s shadow of influence has threatened many, especially those closest to him. Jaina Solo is determined to bring her brother in, but in order to track him down, she must first learn unfamiliar skills from a man she finds ruthless, repellent, and dangerous.

			Legacy of the Force: Invincible by Troy Denning This story occurs approximately 41½ years after the Battle of Yavin. The rebel cause is losing ground while the Galactic Alliance, with the newly ascendant Sith Lord Darth Caedus at its helm, may be unstoppable. Tormented and torn between the call of duty and the thirst for vengeance, Luke has searched the Force and beheld an unspeakable vision of the galaxy enslaved under tyranny more monstrous than even Palpatine’s. Now it seems that the last, best hope lies in mobilizing the scattered Jedi for one decisive search-and-destroy mission: eliminate Darth Caedus.l

			Crosscurrent by Paul Kemp This story occurs approximately 41½ years after the Battle of Yavin. An ancient Sith ship hurtles into the future carrying a lethal cargo that could forever destroy Luke Skywalker's hopes for peace. The Civil War is almost over when Jedi Knight Jaden Korr experiences a Force vision so intense he must act. Enlisting two salvage jocks and their ship, Jaden sets out into space. Someone, or something, appears to be in distress.

			Riptide by Paul Kemp This story occurs approximately 42 years after the Battle of Yavin. When a ship full of Sith warriors arrived in Galactic Alliance space, the fight to destroy it accidentally uncovered a deadly menace: a long-hidden group of clones, secretly created as insidious weapons capable of wielding the Force and heedless of the differences between light side and dark side. Now the clones have escaped and evidence suggests they are flawed by genetic disease and violent madness. Jedi Knight Jaden Korr pursues the clones, hoping to heal them but prepared to destroy them.

			Millennium Falcon by James Luceno This story occurs approximately 43 years after the Battle of Yavin. With the end of the brief reign of Darth Caedus comes a period of unexpected stability but the road to reconciliation has been harder still for Han and Leia Solo, who have now lost both of their sons. Some measure of solace comes in the form of Allana, Jacen's Force sensitive daughter, whom the Solos have adopted at the request of the girl's mother, Queen Tenel Ka of Hapes. But Han craves the distraction of action, so he, Leia and Allana embark on an investigation into the origin of the Millennium Falcon.

			Fate of the Jedi: Outcast by Aaron Allston This story occurs approximately 43½ years after the Battle of Yavin. In a shocking move, Chief of State Natasi Daala orders the arrest of Luke Skywalker for failing to prevent Jacen Solo's turn to the dark side and subsequent reign of terror as a Sith Lord. But it's only the first blow in an anti-Jedi backlash fuelled by a hostile government and suspicious public. When Jedi Knight Valin Horn, scion of a politically influential family, suffers a mysterious psychotic break and becomes a dangerous fugitive, the Jedi become the target of a media-driven witch-hunt.

			Fate of the Jedi: Omen by Christie Golden This story occurs approximately 43½ years after the Battle of Yavin. The Jedi Order is in crisis: forbidden to intervene in Jedi affairs, Luke is on a desperate mission to uncover the truth behind Jacen Solo's fall to the dark side and to learn what's turning peaceful Jedi into raving lunatics. While far across the galaxy, a lost tribe of Sith will once more take to the stars to reclaim their legendary destiny as rulers of the galaxy. Only one thing stands in their way to dominance, a name whispered to them through the Force: Skywalker.

			Fate of the Jedi: Abyss by Troy Denning This story occurs approximately 44 years after the Battle of Yavin. Luke Skywalker continues his quest to find the reasons behind Jacen Solo’s dark downfall and to win redemption for the Jedi Order. Sojourning among the mysterious Aing-Tii monks has left Luke and his son Ben with no real answers, only the suspicion that the revelations they seek lie in the forbidden reaches of the distant Maw Cluster. There, hidden from the galaxy in a labyrinth of black holes, dwell the Mind Walkers: those whose power to transcend their bodies and be one with the Force.

			Fate of the Jedi: Backlash by Aaron Allston This story occurs approximately 44 years after the Battle of Yavin. Having narrowly escaped the deranged Force worshippers known as the Mind Walkers, and a deadly Sith hit squad, Luke and Ben Skywalker are in pursuit of the now Masterless Sith apprentice Vestara Khai. It is a chase that leads to the forbidding planet Dathomir, where an enclave of powerful dark-side Force-wielders will give Vestara the edge she needs to escape; and where the Skywalkers will be forced into combat for their quarry and their lives.

			Fate of the Jedi: Allies by Christie Golden This story occurs approximately 44 years after the Battle of Yavin. What began as a quest for truth has become a struggle for survival for Luke Skywalker and his son, Ben. They have faced a team of Sith assassins and beaten the odds to destroy them. And now the death squad’s sole survivor, Vestara Khai, has summoned an entire fleet of Sith frigates to engage the embattled Jedi. But the dark warriors come bearing a surprising proposition that will bring Jedi and Sith together in an unprecedented alliance against an evil more ancient and alien than they can imagine.

			Fate of the Jedi: Vortex by Troy Denning This story occurs approximately 44 years after the Battle of Yavin. In a stunning turn of events, Luke Skywalker and his son, Ben, joined forces with members of the Sith armada sent to kill them and turned their combined might against the monstrous being Abeloth, whose power was causing young Jedi Knights to go seemingly insane. But with Abeloth gone and the Knights sane again, the Sith reverted to form, making a treacherous attempt on Luke's life.

			Fate of the Jedi: Conviction by Aaron Allston This story occurs approximately 44 years after the Battle of Yavin. Luke and Ben Skywalker are relentlessly pursuing Abeloth, the powerful dark-side entity bent on ruling the galaxy. But as they corner their monstrous quarry on the planet Nam Chorios, the two lone Jedi must also face the fury of the Sith death squadron bearing down on them. And when Abeloth turns the tables with an insidious ambush, the Skywalkers’ quest threatens to become a suicide mission.

			Fate of the Jedi: Ascension by Christie Golden This story occurs approximately 44 years after the Battle of Yavin. As Luke and Ben Skywalker pursue the formidable dark-side being Abeloth, the Lost Tribe of the Sith is about to be sundered by an even greater power, which will thrust one Dark Lord into mortal conflict with his own flesh-and-blood. On Coruscant, a political vacuum has left tensions at the boiling point, with factions racing to claim control of the Galactic Alliance. Suddenly the Jedi Order must struggle to keep the Galactic Alliance government from collapsing into anarchy.

			Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse by Troy Denning This story occurs approximately 44 years after the Battle of Yavin. Jedi and Sith face off: with Coruscant as their battlefield. For the Sith, it’s the chance to restore their dominance over the galaxy that forgot them for so long. For Abeloth, it’s a giant step in her quest to conquer all life everywhere. For Luke Skywalker, it’s a call to arms to eradicate the Sith and their monstrous new master once and for all.

			X-Wing: Mercy Kill by Aaron Allston This story occurs approximately 45 years after the Battle of Yavin. A powerful general in the Galactic Alliance Army, once renowned for his valor, is suspected of participating in the infamous Lecersen Conspiracy, which nearly toppled the Alliance back into the merciless hands of the Empire. With orders to expose and apprehend the traitor, and license to do so by any and all means, Wraith Squadron will become thieves, pirates, impostors, forgers and targets, as they put their guts, their guns, and their riskiest game plan to the test against the most lethal of adversaries.

			Crucible by Troy Denning This story occurs approximately 45 years after the Battle of Yavin. When Han and Leia Solo arrive at Lando Calrissian’s Outer Rim mining operation to help him thwart a hostile takeover, their aim is just to even up the odds and lay down the law. Then monstrous aliens arrive with a message, and mere threats escalate into violent sabotage with mass fatalities. When the dust settles, what began as corporate warfare becomes a battle with much higher stakes and far deadlier consequences.

Before the Republic | The Old Republic | Rise of the Empire | The Rebellion

The New Republic | The New Jedi Order | Legacy of the Force

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