Monday, March 16, 2015

Star Wars Canon Tracker

I am going to *attempt* to stay up with as much of the official Star Wars canon as I can. But I can see it will be overwhelming - especially with the announcement of 20 books the will be the prelude to Episode VII: The Force Awakens!

As of March 16, 2015, here is the list of canonical material (outside of YA novels):

EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE

EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES

*The Clone Wars (TV)
Dark Disciple (N)

EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH

Kanan (C)
Lords of the Sith (N) - before Tarkin
Tarkin (N) - 5 years after III
*A New Dawn (N)
*Rebels (TV)

EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE

Princess Leia (C) - starts immeditately after IV
Star Wars (C)
Darth Vader (C)
Heir to the Jedi (N)

EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

EPISODE VI - RETURN OF THE JEDI

Aftermath (N)
Journey to the Force Awakens (C)
Journey - C3PO (C)

EPISODE VII - THE FORCE AWAKENS

So this is the official timeline for grown ups. I am treating the youth fiction as a wholly separate thing, which perhaps is not a good idea? Anyway, here are YA novels that are out or announced and a rough timeline, published by Disney-Lucasfilm Books. Thank you Wookiepedia! Note: I am excluding the books that are novelizations of Rebels episodes or the films.

JUNIOR NOVELS

III - ROTS

*Ezra's Gamble
Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy
Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks
Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice (July 2015)
Servants of the Empire: #4 Untitled (October 2015)

IV - ANH

Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo Adventure (September 2015)
The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure (September 2015)

V - ESB

Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (September 2015)

VI - ROTJ

Lost Stars (September 2015)

VII - TFA

* - indicates books I have read or shows I have watched

The comics will be a little easier to keep up with since they are quick reads. I picked up all the currently available issues earlier today. I have already read A New Dawn, which was a very entertaining book and a good prelude to the first season of Rebels. I am now officially two novels behind schedule and more is on the way. Sheesh.

I sure hope Lucasfilm comes up with a good resource to keep track of the official canon and the official timeline. It is already getting confusing and the first of the new films isn't even out yet!

COMING SOON
Novel - Lords of the Sith (4/28/15)
Novel - Dark Disciple (7/7/15)
Comic - Kanan (starting in April)
Comic - Star Wars 4, Vader 3, Leia 2


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