I really love any Star Wars books I can find, so if you know of one or 2 (or 8) that I don't have here, I probably haven't read it and would really like to, so Email me and tell me about them! Thanks! |
| Star Wars: A New Hope by George Lucas | This is the story of our favorite young Tatooine moisture farmer, Luke Skywalker, and his adventures leading towards a new life of fighting the dreaded Galactic Empire, which is trying to take over the entire universe! |
| Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
edited by Kevin J Anderson |
This is the story of all of the assorted creatures seen in the cantina in the movie Star Wars: a New Hope. They all have their interesting and unique stories which are fun to read about. |
| Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster | This occurs between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. It is about Luke and Leia meeting with Darth Vader face to face for the first time. |
| Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut | This is the story of Luke, Leia, Han, and the rest of the gang. In this story, Luke recognizes his potential to become a Jedi Knight, Han recognizes his love for Leia, and Leia sees how terrible it is to be lonely... |
| Tales of the Bounty Hunter edited by Kevin J. Anderson | These are the tales of the bounty hunters collected on Darth Vader's Star Destroyer to find Han in the movie Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. They have exciting stories to tell. |
| Shadows of the Empire by Steve Perry | This tells how Luke, Leia, and Lando got in the position to rescue Han from Jabba the Hutt in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. |
| Star Wars: Return of the Jedi by James Kahn | This is the story that ends the rule of the evil Emperor Palpatine. The Rebellion finally takes over, and there's a lot that went on to make that possible. |
| Tales from Jabba's Palace edited by Kevin J. Anderson | This is the collection of the stories from the scum in Jabba's palace at the beginning of the movie Return of the Jedi. Even the Rancor keeper has feelings, you know. |
| Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers | This happens directly after Return of the Jedi, like, as in the next day. It tells about a secluded star system that under attack by a species of alien that no one has ever come in contact with, and Luke has to rescue the attacked planet with his newfound Jedi skills before it is too late.. |
| (The X-wing trilogy by Michael A. Stackpole)
Rogue Squadron |
This trilogy happens two years after Return of the Jedi. I haven't read it yet... {:) |
| Wedge's Gamble | |
| The Krytos Trap | |
| The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton | This happens four years after Return of the Jedi. It tells how Leia and Han almost didn't get together, but they had to go to this planet and did get together in the end. :) |
| (The Trilogy by Timothy Zahn)
Heir to the Empire |
This trilogy happens five years after Return of the Jedi. It tells about the evil and till now unknown Grand Admiral Thrawn, and his use of an insane clone of the Jedi Master Jorus C'boath to attempt to defeat the New Republic. |
| Dark Force Rising | In this book, Thrawn continues to try to separate the leaders of the New Republic and cause dissent, and there is a lot of chaos because in return for Joruus C'boath's help, Thrawn promised him Leia's unborn twins! |
| The Last Command | This gives us the happy conclusion of Thrawn's attempt to defeat the New Republic. |
| (The Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin J. Anderson)
Jedi Search |
This trilogy happens 7 years after Return of the Jedi. It tells how Luke starts a Jedi Academy to train new Jedi to defend the New Republic against Imperial threats... but there is a new threat that no one predicted... Admiral Daala. |
| Dark Apprentice | Luke always knew there would be a chance of some students falling to the Dark side... but he didn't know it would be so soon... |
| Champions of the Force | Luke's new students are growing into their potential abilities with ease and wonder... This tells how all of the problems aroused in the first two books were solved. :) |
| Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly | This happens 8 years after Return of the Jedi. In it, Luke, Han, and Leia are looking for remnants of the ancient Jedi. Han and Leia find out about a town that has an old refuge, and try to find where it was. Luke, meanwhile, has problems with a ship that was programmed to wipe it out thirty years ago, but only now was woken to complete its mission... |
| Darksaber by Kevin J. Anderson | This happens right after Children of the Jedi. |
| The Crystal Star by Vonda N. McIntyre | This happens ten years after Return of the Jedi. A Dark Jedi Master has emerged and steals children who have Force potential to sacrifice to an alleged deity, and he tries it with Han and Leia's kids, Jacen, Jaina, and Anakin! |
| (The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy by Michael P. Kube-McDowell)
Before the Storm |
This happened some time after The Crystal Star. |
| Shield of Lies | |
| Tyrant's Test | |
| The New Rebellion by Kristine Kathryn Rusch | This happened sometime after Tyrant's Test. |
| (The Corellian Trilogy by Roger MacBride Allen)
Ambush at Corellia |
This trilogy happened fourteen years after Return of the Jedi. |
| Assault at Selonia | |
| Showdown at Centerpoint | |
| Specter of the Past by Timothy Zahn | This is fifteen years after Return of the Jedi. The evil mastermind Thrawn has come back! But he's dead, you say? Well, check your holo-recordings, because he is very alive and on the warpath! |
| Planet of Twilight by Barbara Hambly | I forgot when this took place, but I will find out soon... |
| (The Han Solo Trilogy by A.C. Crispin)
The Paradise Snare |
Han Solo's life as a young man (in his teens). |
| The Hutt Gambit | |
| the third is yet to come... | |
| (The Han Solo Adventures by Brian Daley)
Han Solo at Star's End |
Han Solo's life later, maybe about 5 years before Star Wars: a New Hope. (don't quote me on that) |
| Han Solo's Revenge | |
| Han Solo and the Lost Legacy | |
| (The Lando Calrissian Adventures by L. Neil Smith)
Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu |
Lando Calrissian's life about 5 years before A New Hope. Maybe. |
| Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon | |
| Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of Thonboka |
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| Heirs of the Force | |
| Shadow Academy | |
| The Lost Ones | |
| Lightsabers | in this story, the young Jedi Knights- Jacen, Jaina, Tenel Ka, and Lowbacca- make their lightsabers and have to learn to use them, but they are weapons, not toys, and accidents can happen... |
| Darkest Knight | |
| Jedi Under Seige | |
| Shards of Alderaan | This is the only one I have read so far, and it is good, suspenseful, and easy to read. It is about Han and Leia's children in the Jedi Academy set up by Luke to train Force Adepts. |
| Diversity Alliance |
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