In order to help new fans get a clear look at the official star wars timeline, weve put together a list of the most central star wars books, comics, and games and detailed how they relate to. Written by lou anders, tom angleberger, preeti chhibber, zoraida cordova, jason fry, yoon ha lee, rebecca roanhorse, anne ursu and greg van eekhout. The hugely complicated star wars timeline from all the canon movies, tv shows, comics, and novels explained. Star wars timeline, star wars chronology, star wars canon. Dec 16, 2015 a complete guide to the new star wars canon before the force awakens the books, movies, and tv shows that make up the star wars universe. Complete with every canon star wars book ever written. May 24, 2017 any books, games and comics released before that time were marked legends, leaving the six star wars saga films and animated series star wars. It gathers all events into one chronological continuity. The official site for star wars, featuring the latest on star wars. Still on the hunt for their kidnapped parents, milo and lina graf head to lothal in search of an ally. Aug 29, 2019 with this new star wars canon timeline, you can now stay current on everything star wars, and how these materials are connected with both the old and new films. The legends timeline collects only hardback novels falling in the star wars legends category, all works since before the april 25th announcement since the original trilogy and prequel trilogy novels are important to the events in this timeline, they are also included with this listing. New star wars canon timeline in chronological order. For reference books, see list of star wars reference books.
Robert mullins wildly unique chronology project attempts to fuse the eu canon with disneys. The best canon star wars book timeline in the galaxy. Star wars novel timeline an up to date list of the star wars novels in chronological order. Timeline lists star wars novels only, not comic books or young adult novels. The best star wars novels from the new canon and legends. This timeline constitutes a mutimedia of films, tv episodes, novels, short stories, comics, young adult novels, and childrens books and comics. The clone wars tv series from the point of view of one main character. Shortly after that, the old universe of novels and comics then known as the expanded universe, now known as legends was wiped away for a new canon, where this time everything will be equal and all the stories will matter. Novels and novelizations are separated, as are junior novels and junior novelizations. For graphic novels and comics, see list of star wars comic books. This is just a general list for now, but will get built into an interactive graphic timeline in the near future.
When a franchise is around for four decades, it can get impossibly unwieldy to try and grasp its lore and star wars canon is no exception. This reboot cleaned up the entire timeline, with at the time of the announcement only the 6 movies and the clone wars cartoon film and television series now existing as official canon. Aug 24, 2019 yesterday at the d23 conference, disney unveiled the new official timeline of star wars films and television. Timeline and list of all canon star wars novels geekritique.
The complete canon star wars book timeline youtini. Check out our star wars timeline for all of the major events and milestones in the canon, including movies, tv shows, and books, in the faraway galaxy. Star wars canon novels a reading order justin beeson. Updated regularly, with new releases and upcoming titles highlightesd. This timeline includes published and approved unpublished star wars stories. Take a look at the list table of star wars official canon books. The canon timeline collects only hardback novels falling under the new star wars canon since the april 25th announcement. Just because its no longer canon doesnt mean it isnt awesome. Simple star wars book list timeline of star wars novels. From the adventures of luke skywalker in december 1976 to the latest novel, this timeline tracks the month and year of every star wars novel excluding childrens and graphic novels published. Each novel is attributed to its respective era, along with name, timeline, authors name and date of release. Do you feel lost while trying to keep up with all of the star wars content. Since 2014, the official star wars canon includes all of.
Lucasfilm reveals official timeline of the star wars saga. Since then, new star wars stories have entered the fray, including novels, comics and another animated series called star wars. All the star wars books released after 2014, when disney started releasing books that fell into the official star wars universe. This is the realtime chronological novel publishing timeline. This page contains information about a confirmed future group of narratives. With the massive amount of canon media that has hit the star wars universe since 2014, we thought it would be expedient to provide our readers with a general timeline of the books, comics, and video games in relation to the films and tv series. This complete saga page follows the one canon approach, allowing eucompatible stories from the postdisney era of star wars literature.
This timeline is organized by chronology, as defined by the lucasfilm story group. Feb 27, 2020 if youre feeling especially ambitious, check out the timeline of canon media on wookieepedia for a fairly comprehensive overview of everything star wars has to offer. It will be published by disneylucasfilm press on may 5, 2020. The content of the page may change dramatically as the product release approaches and more.
Each del rey novel has a timeline that lists all of their books. I wanted to keep track of my slow progress reading through all the star wars canon novels, but i couldnt find a good list. Oct 20, 2015 the complete star wars canon timeline something ive been wanting to accomplish for some time was to bring together all the many forms of official star wars mediums that have helped expand what we know of the full star wars story, and organize them into an understandable and easy to use timeline. The old republic timeline history 15557 i decided to make a post which focuses on the lore of the old republic and summarises the past events that happened prior to. Euonly material can be found in the individual eras. Volume i this timeline accurate as of december 2017 star wars darth vader vader down screaming citadel doctor aphra lando han solo princess leia.
The canon star wars book timeline to make this list a little easier to follow, i will list the books as they take place throughout the canon movie timeline all movies will be in bold. Star wars is an american epic spaceopera media franchise created by george lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popculture phenomenon. They have a lot of short stories and are entirely free. Simple list of star wars books in order of when they take place, with sidebyside timelines for legends and the new canon. The force awakens is a liveaction feature film, set in the sequel era, written by lawrence kasdan, j. This article is about prose novels and anthologies and other books. A frequently updated list of every star wars books in the official canon. Please help improve this list or discuss it on the talk page. Star wars novel timeline from old republic era to legacy of.
You should get the del rey star wars samplers on kindle or another ebook store. Link to star wars canon story mod by selecting a button and using the embed code provided more. I will also list release dates and future dates as well. Canon timeline this timeline has been created using info from the great. It is not hosted, operated, or sponsored by lucasfilm ltd. Clone wars chronological timeline star wars wiki guide ign. Occasionally, youll see non star wars material from my other timeline sites included, as this was before i had the lightbulb moment when i realized that each universe should have its own latest news and updates page.
This is a timeline for all canonical star wars media within the new continuity, including films, novels adult, junior, and young readers, comics, short stories, promotional material, television episodes, and video games. These books are considered history and the material that occurs in these stories is officially part of the star wars timeline. Yesterday at the d23 conference, disney unveiled the new official timeline of star wars films and television. The star wars explained youtube channel has compiled the entire star wars canon timeline in a nifty 30minute video that draws from the films, the tv shows, the comics, and the novelizations that.
Star wars canon timeline aug 2019 kenobi series update. The franchise has been expanded into various films and other media, including television series, video games, novels, comic books, theme park attractions, and themed. This is a timeline for books considered canon in the new continuity. Pinpointing exact settings for this timeline is quite difficult, with many settings for the novels and comics spanning a number of years. Swdatapad is the ultimate chronological timeline and release date lists for star wars media in the. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. It is a dark time in a galaxy far, far away when the parents of milo and lina graf are abducted by agents of the evil empire, the children must undertake a perilous journey across adventures in wild space.
Where does star wars battlefront 2 fit in the timeline. Jun 27, 2015 so which star wars books are canon these days. The star wars timeline can be as tricky to navigate as the kessel run. Any books, games and comics released before that time were marked legends, leaving the six star wars saga films and animated series star wars. Volume i this timeline accurate as of december 2017 star wars darth vader vader down screaming citadel doctor aphra lando han. Star wars timeline the ultimate star wars canon timeline. Since disney bought lucasfilm in 2012, there has been a substantial amount of new star wars material, including comic books, novels, tv. A complete guide to the new star wars canon before the force. Theres a timeline of canon material on the official star wars website.
The jedi path and book of sith deluxe box set star wars gifts, sith book, jedi code, star wars book set. Queens peril is an upcoming canon youngadult novel written by e. The complete star wars novelization canon timeline aipt. The clone wars anthology is a canon short story collection. In 2012, star wars was purchased by disney and became incorporated within their juggernaut of a system. With the release of the final episodes of clone wars, lucasfilm officially announced the full chronological sequence for all 121 episodes and the theatrical release within the star wars timeline. Young readers books are almost always an adaptation of a previously released piece of content. You may be looking for the legends timeline, or the inuniverse timeline of galactic history. This timeline is organized chronologically and in six different categories. Timeline novel publishing timeline star wars books. After disneys acquisition of the star wars franchise, the entirety of the star wars exanded universe or eu was scrapped, and although not wholly forgotten, it is now firmly considered noncanonical. Alex created his channel on november 24, 2014, but didnt post his first video until january 2, 2015, called star wars minute channel trailer star wars minute. We have your guide on where to start with star wars canon.
Dec 10, 2017 the complete timeline of star wars canon comics. Here is the new star wars canon timeline, which presents all of the disneyapproved star wars canon movies, tv shows, books, games in chronological order. Nov 24, 2014 alexander damon, better known online as star wars explained, is a channel devoted to star wars knowledge, making videos on star wars characters, video games and movies. The timeline now divides the entire star wars saga into three eras. If youre feeling especially ambitious, check out the timeline of canon media on wookieepedia for a fairly comprehensive overview of everything star.
Swdatapad is the ultimate chronological timeline and release date lists for star. The rise of skywalker and the mandalorian, as well as star wars series, video games, books, and more. Star wars timeline gold star wars datapad swdatapad is the ultimate chronological timeline and release date lists for star wars media in the official canon. This star wars timeline includes rebels, the original trilogy and every other canon story leading to the the force awakens. Canon material should be treated as the true source timeline material. Star wars is an american epic space opera franchise, created by george lucas and centered around a film series that began with the eponymous 1977. The ultimate fan debate over whats part of the star wars canon just became serious business at disneys lucasfilm. If you are still trying to wrap your head around the new star wars canon or are looking for a good.