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[4] [5] [6] The first new canon adult novel was Star Wars: A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller, published in September 2014. [ 7 ] 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.
Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker is the novelization of the 1977 film Star Wars, ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster, but credited to George Lucas. [2] It was first published on November 12, 1976, by Ballantine Books, several months before the release of the film. [1]
The Making of Star Wars is a series of reference books about the so-called "making of" of the films and the video games of the franchise. They are published by various publishers, including notable names. Note: The refurbishments of the three original trilogy books are listed right below them. Star Wars: The Making of the Movie (1980), by Larry ...
The Thrawn trilogy, also known as the Heir to the Empire trilogy, is a trilogy of novels set in the Star Wars universe, written by Timothy Zahn between 1991 and 1993. The first book marked the end of a notable drought of new Star Wars material over a four-year period, between the 10th anniversary of the original 1977 film's release and the release of Heir to the Empire (1991).
Six months before 'A New Hope' hit theaters, the novelization was pronounced "a huge cliche." Reading it 46 years later, the book seems to come from an alternate universe.
The books were released in 1979–1980, making them the first non-movie Star Wars books published, except for Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978). They were also the last published until The Adventures of Lando Calrissian trilogy in 1983; both trilogies were originally published by Del Rey, a division of Ballantine Books.