IT-O the ex-Imperial droid perfectly encapsulates the book’s mix of ruthless war and wry humor. The five pilots who make up “Alphabet” are full of personality, and their often prickly getting-to-know-each-other period is facilitated by an unlikely therapist: a torture droid.
It also has a little bit for everybody: Prequel fans will see how Ahsoka feels about losing her friendship with Anakin and Obi-Wan, and Original Trilogy fans will get a look into how she began working with (but not within) the early Rebellion.Īnother ensemble story, Alphabet Squadron focuses around Imperial defector turned X-Wing pilot Yrica Quell.
Johnston gives her a lot more interiority than the animated series. While it isn’t the first book to feature Imperial Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, it does establish the fan favorite’s career as a key part of the post-Galactic Civil War galaxy.Īhsoka by E.k. Information from this series continues to reverberate through later stories, especially ones involving the final defeat of the Emperor’s forces and their reorganization into the First Order. Because it’s the first book in a series, Aftermath has room for cameos from major characters and a wide look at the state of the New Republic after the fall of the Empire. The beginning of the new canon’s first book trilogy, it follows mostly original characters and a teenage Temmin “Snap” Wexley, the X-Wing pilot played by Greg Grunberg in The Force Awakens. Here’s what you should read: Canon AftermathĪftermath is remarkable for both Chuck Wendig’s all-in writing style and for its place in canon. The books are listed in alphabetical order. Today, these books and stories remain a great way to learn more about the worlds and characters seen in the movies.īelow are our picks of the best Star Wars books-from both the Legends timeline and current canon. From the early ’90s on, novels that expand the adventures of Luke, Han, Leia, and other heroes and villains have been a staple of Star Wars storytelling and have given us beloved new corners of the galaxy to obsess over. Since the release of the first two Star Wars books, the galaxy far, far away has continued to grow on the page. Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, the official novelization of A New Hope, was published in 1976, six months before the release of the movie (a move that’s hard to fathom by today’s spoiler culture). Star Wars has existed longer on the page than on the big screen.
But Foster’s Luke and Leia adventure isn’t actually the first Star Wars book. The Expanded Universe has been a part of Star Wars for almost as long as the movies have, starting with Alan Dean Foster’s novel Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, which was published in 1978 and was originally conceived as a low-budget continuation of A New Hope had the movie flopped.
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