This includes primarily all movies and television programs, novels, ya books. And in 2014, to much fan protest, they were designated non canon as the star wars legends, with a new series of novels interwoven into the canon taking their place. Are the marvel star wars legends comic books canon. In the new jedi order line of star wars novels, warlike alien race the yuuzhan vong replaced the remnants of the.
Even though were in a new era of star wars, its always good to look back at. A key figure in the legends canon, the blueskinned grand admiral was revived for the rebels animated series. If you like learning more about star wars, marvel, and dc comics then please subscribe for more. 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. The best star wars novels from the new canon and legends. All the star wars books released after 2014, when disney started releasing books that fell into the official star wars universe. The new canon books lack the spark that the heir to the empire trilogy had. I will be honest here, i am a huge eu fan i have read over 70. Timothy zahn says we shouldnt assume that all star wars. It is derived from and includes most official star wars books, comic books, video. I would give up every star wars book, comic, and video game ever just for these three movies. The death of a certain character was too much for them to bear. The best books from the old star wars expanded universe.
After george lucas concluded his original trilogy with return of the jedi, star wars fans didnt know when they would ever get new stories from the star wars universe. Why disney blew up more than 30 years of star wars canon. Everything star wars has reintroduced from the old. If you watch rebels but havent read star wars books or comics before, kanan series is a good place to start. The death star designers star wars canon vs legends by star wars explained. New books released in direct collaboration with lucasfilm have potential to become canon, as well.
Ive also heard some of the expanded universe is canon, is this the comic book of what is canon in the legends comics. We are primarily a source of discussion and news for anything involving the star wars expanded universe legends or story group canon. Star wars legends comics the old expanded universe by marvel. Star wars just nuked its entire expanded universe the. Making sense of the books and comics in the new star wars canon is tough. Hes back, this time as an adversary to the rebels, and his background is set to be detailed in a new book by the. Timothy zahn says we shouldnt assume that all star wars expanded universe books are non canon. This is a timeline for books considered canon in the new continuity.
A complete guide to the new star wars canon before the. Galaxy of heroes is presented without narrativeits supposed to be a game that star wars characters play in a cantina dc legends features a. One of the biggest topics of speculation in the runup to the new star wars movie is how it will fit in with the preexisting expanded universe. Welcome to the star wars expanded universe subreddit. Many people say any star wars comics that come under legends are not canon, but people also say that any new star wars comic is canon. The issue of which aspects are canon was one of the most hotly debated. The only question is which universe does it fit into. The force awakens and for several of the old expanded universe now legends star wars books follow. Think of it like the old dc universe comics, back in the 40s.
But fans might be interested in a different future entirely the future of the now non canon. On the 8th of april marvel released the star wars legends epic collection volume 1. Star wars legends, formerly known as the expanded universe abbreviated eu. If youre new, and want to learn more about the expanded universe, you can find a few links in the sidebar that may be helpful. When vader met c3po star wars canon vs legends by star wars explained.
These 30 years of comics were removed from canon along with nearly. This timeline is organized chronologically and in six different categories. The many reasons why lucasfilm decided to remove the expanded universe from star wars canon. Young readers books are almost always an adaptation of a previously released piece of content. Now that were 3 films and multiple books comics into the new canon, id like to know everyones thoughts on whether they prefer the new canon continuity or legends. The official star wars canon will not include anything from the legends material, and vice versa. A star wars story delivered an origin story for one of the franchises bestknown heroes. Author john jackson millers next novel will be a preceding chapter to the star wars rebels tv. Our guide to the star wars expanded universe in reading order.
Below are our picks of the best star wars books from both the legends timeline and current canon. Check out our beginners guide to the canon timeline. Novels and novelizations are separated, as are junior novels and junior novelizations. Your reading order guide to star wars legends comic books, the old expanded. An alternate means of treating the universe by beniboybling april 30, 2015 4 comments weve stuck to a very. Anything published before april 2014 is considered legends, while anything published since is canon. Solo demonstrates that the star wars expanded universe.
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. These books are considered history and the material that occurs in these stories is officially part of the star wars timeline. In the new jedi order line of star wars novels, warlike alien race the yuuzhan vong replaced the remnants of the empire as the main threat. The rise of skywalker, we still cant help but love some of these. Before lucas continued his epic saga with a trilogy of prequels, and before the latest trilogy was announced, the star wars legends existed as a means to expand on the star wars universe with novels, video games, and comic books.
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