Star Wars is an American epic space-opera media franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas that includes Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983). The series depicts the adventures of various characters "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away". Many derivative Star Wars works have been produced in conjunction with, between, and after the original trilogy of films, and later installments. This body of work was collectively known as the Star Wars Expanded Universe for decades.
In October 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for $4.06 billion. In April 2014, Lucasfilm rebranded the Expanded Universe material as Star Wars Legends and declared it non-canon to the Star Wars franchise. The company's focus would be shifted towards a restructured Star Wars canon based on new material. The first new canon adult novel was ' by John Jackson Miller, published in September 2014.
This is a list of original novels, novel adaptations, original junior novels, junior novel adaptations, young readers, and short stories in the Star Wars franchise. This list does not include journals, graphic novels or comic books, which can be found in the list of Star Wars comic books. Reference books and roleplaying gamebooks can be found at the list of Star Wars reference books.
The novelizations offer alternate takes on the events of the movies, with many including discarded or slightly altered plotlines. Those published before 25 April 2014 are considered Legends like all other media.
Since 2014, the official Star Wars canon includes all of the movie episodes, and the television shows ', Star Wars Rebels, and Star Wars Resistance, as well as any books, comics, film, television, and video games published after April 2014.
Since 2014, various short stories have been published in Star Wars Insider. Some of these stories were later reprinted in the paperback editions of various novels, or the hardcover Star Wars: The Fiction Collection compilation.
The collection ' is part of the Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens promotional campaign. Some stories were originally published as individual e-books, and later collected with other new stories. However, they were all published together as a book called '
Short story anthology published by Disney Lucasfilm Press in June 2022.
Short story anthology published by Titan Comics in December 2022 collecting five stories originally published in Issues #199 to #208 of the Star Wars Insider magazine.
Short story anthology published by Titan Comics in April 2024 collecting five stories originally published in Issues #213 to #219 of the Star Wars Insider magazine, all of which were written by George Mann. It also includes a completely new short story titled "Missing Pieces", also written by Mann.
Canon storybooks for younger readers that are shorter than a standard novel or young adult novel.
In 2015, the original six Star Wars films were adapted as Little Golden Books. In 2017, A New Hope was also released as a Big Golden Book. Additionally, Solo: A Star Wars Story and the sequel trilogy were adapted. Many other original titles featuring scenes from throughout the saga have been released, including I Am a Padawan by Ashley Eckstein. An upcoming release will adapt The Mandalorian.
This body of work represents the original Star Wars expanded universe, which was rebranded as Star Wars Legends and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014.
Beginning with the 1999 release of ', Lucasfilm has divided its titles by fictional "era" with symbols designating such:
Several short stories have been published in the Star Wars Adventure Journal Magazine published by West End Games.
A few short stories have been published in the short lived Star Wars Gamer Magazine, published bi-monthly by Wizards of the Coast.
Various short stories have been published in Star Wars Insider. Some of these were later reprinted in the Paperback Editions of various Novels, or The Fiction Collection Compilations.
These books contain short Star Wars stories from several notable science-fiction authors with stories that span different eras.
Edited by Kevin J. Anderson.
Edited by Kevin J. Anderson.
Edited by Kevin J. Anderson.
Edited by Peter Schweighofer.
Edited by Peter Schweighofer and Craig Carey.
Between 2014 and 2022, several Short Stories were published on the Official Website of the ' MMORPG as tie-ins. They are notable for being among of the last pieces of new Legends Media to be published after the Canon Reboot in 2014.
Storybooks published before 2014 for younger readers that are shorter than a standard or young adult novel.
24-page read-along adaptations of the 1977 Star Wars comic by Marvel Comics. They are accompanied by a 7-inch 33 1/3 record or cassette.
A partial adaptation of Return of the Jedi as a 32-page read-along book with color illustrations. A read-along version accompanied by a 7-inch 33 1/3 record or cassette was also released in the same year.
24-page illustrated children's books by Golden Books
Non-canon stories that are not part of the Star Wars Legends branding.