#Star Wars: Assault on Selonia

[from-a-legends-pov]

Star Wars Legends: Poll of the Week - Out-Of-Context Pictures

Which of these out-of-context pictures from a Star Wars Legends property is your favorite? (Context provided below)

1: “Heat stick”: Oh, no, that certainly doesn’t look like anything else, no….

2. Laser-eyes Leia: Is it possible to learn this power?

3. Hit where it hurts: He had it coming.

4. “Turn off the foam, Threepio!” I don’t know, that looks kind of fun, Luke.

5. Han punches an otter? An otter wearing fancy jewelry, no less.

6. Playing ships with a Sith: Vader plus younglings doesn’t usually go well….

And now, for some context:

1: “Heat stick” - Wedge Antilles and Wes Janson spend a cold night together on a mission, and yes, that is supposed to be a heat stick used to warm them and not a glowing something else (Star Wars - original Marvel Comics)

2: Laser-eyes Leia: Meet Leia Organa II, a replica droid of the Princess, designed to speak, move, and act like the real Leia, and equipped with blasters in her eyes. The real Leia Organa is captured and nearly forced to marry Trioculus, a three-eyed warlord claiming to be Palpatine’s son (he wasn’t – that was a different three-eyed guy), but right before the wedding Leia’s friends switch her with Leia Organa II. At the altar, the replica droid blasts Trioculus with a little pew pew straight from her eyes, killing him, and the real Leia is able to escape (Queen of the Empire)

3: Hit where it hurts: When Black Sun boss Prince Xizor’s attempted assault of Leia Organa (by drugging her with his powerful Falleen pheromones) is interrupted by Chewbacca coming to the rescue, Leia gives Xizor a well-deserved knee to the groin before escaping (Shadows of the Empire)

4: “Turn off the foam, Threepio!” On a mission with Leia and the droids, Luke Skywalker uses extinguisher foam to subdue some Blackhole troopers aboard a Hrakian ship (“Gambler’s World,” Early Star Wars Adventures)

5: Han punches an otter? Han Solo’s evil cousin Thrackan Sal-Solo has imprisoned Dracmus, a female Selonian who has been trained as a diplomatic envoy to humans. He forces Dracmus to fight Han, whom he has also imprisoned, but Han is familiar enough with Mandaba, the Selonian language, to convince Dracmus to go easy on him during the fight without Thrackan catching on. Han still loses the fight, but gains Dracmus’s trust, and when Dracmus is later rescued, Han is allowed to come along (Assault at Selonia)

6: Playing ships with a Sith: Plourr Ilo recalls her brother Harran (Harrandatha Estillo), who from childhood was an evil, vicious person who wanted her dead so that he could become ruler. Harran idolized Darth Vader, and when Harran met the Sith as a child, Vader made Harran his protégé, taking advantage of his sadistic personality and apparently also playing ships with him for hours (Star Wars comics, X-Wing: Rogue Squadron - The Warrior Princess)

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[starwarstoxicfemslash]

infidelity did someone say infidelity? okokok so in the eu novel assault at selonia well FIRST mara and leia tie complicated knots in bedsheets so they can RAPPEL down the side of a BUILDING in the cold RAIN sloppy wet!!

but then! ok at this point leia thinks han is dead. so she takes out HIS blaster wrapped in HIS shirt and GIVES IT TO MARA!!! THE RITUALS!!!!!

the rituals...

i'm assuming han turns out okay? because mara has for sure taken his place while he was gone

[bornitereads]

Assault at Selonia by Roger MacBride Allen

Corellian Trilogy Book 2

Read: Feb 2023

The heat is building in the second book. There's a lot of fun world building in this book about the Corellian system and it's resident species. Especially the non-human ones, although there is some building of Corellian human culture. But humans are old hat haha. The Selonians and the Drall are more interesting.

There are a couple of daring escapes in this one that are fun to read. Especially the Leia and Mara one. Also some call backs to older Star Wars books that I was not expecting at all. Luke returns to Bakura, something I was absolutely not expecting. The Truce at Bakura is one of the first EU books I ever read so to get a call back to it was so fun. And then it ends in some big explosions! Because it's Star Wars haha.

Info: Bantam Books; 1995

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Star Wars: Assault on Selonia - Han Solo fights Dracmus by Joe Jusko

[christopher-bryant]

she is quite possibly my favorite star wars account atm because shes doing this series. just day after day reading a sad quote from legends and canon novels about obiwan and nothing fucks me up in the feels more :,)

[jaded-of-mara]

so i thought star wars wlw week would have a free day but i guess not 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️ anyway this scene has lived in my head rentfree ever since i read it as like a kid or something. mara and leia rappelling down the side of a building in the pouring rain. this is canon.

[togoodfriends]

Luke knew perfectly well that he treasured Leia's children in large part because they represented as much family as he was ever likely to have. He thought he had come to be at peace with that fact. Now he knew he was wrong.

Assault at Selonia (1995), by Roger MacBride Allen

[corelliaxdreaming]

“There’s no way a secret fleet of ships could just show up” Han says like that hasn’t literally already happened. Twice.

[atamascolily]

more fun stuff from Assault at Selonia by Roger MacBride Allen featuring Mara Jade

“Mara Jade? The trader? She has had many dealing with the Selonians. We know her well, and trust her.”

“Yeah, well, Mara Jade is a lot more than just a trader. Did you know that she used to be the Emperor’s Hand? The Emperor’s personal, private, secret agent and assassin?”

“No,” Dracmus said, clearly startled. “Do you speak truly?”

���Very much so,” Han replied, a trifle excitedly. “It also would explain how the bad guys managed to get hold of the Chief of State’s private diplomatic cipher. She used to be a spy. She knows how to get that kind of stuff.” He thought for a moment and then spoke again. “It all fits. Mara Jade brought us the message, and she gave us some long complicated story about how it got to her. From what was on the message container, it looked as if it had been meant for Luke Skywalker, but that they had used Mara as a backup when that failed. But what if that was all an elaborate charade—one that we bought into all the way?”

“You are suggesting Mara Jade brought a message she had written herself? That she is part of the starbuster plot?”

“Yes!” Han said. “And she was nowhere to be found the day Corona House was attacked.”

“Ah! Of this I can speak, and glad to do so, to defend the honor of Mara Jade, which I wish to do. She has been sighted in Corona House since day after rocket attack.”

YEAH DRACMUS SPEAKING UP FOR MY GIRL MARA JADE!

“But why would she do it? What would be motive?”

Han hooked a thumb at the cell door. “Our kindly hosts are very obviously all either ex-Imperial or people who just want the good old Imperial days back. Thrackan said as much to me. Now, I grant, she has done a lot of good for the Republic over the years, and she hasn’t gone around chanting the Emperor’s name out loud or anything, but Mara has never been one to show her hand. She always was good at keeping secrets. I doubt anyone is ever quite sure of what she intends. Suppose, just suppose, that Mara has changed her mind again. What if she’s decided she wants the Empire back after all? Maybe she looks at Corellian and figures you have to start somewhere. I grant it’s a little hard to believe, but it seems to me we’re in the position of having to choose between improbable explanations.”

“The idea has logic, but does not convince,” said Dracmus. “I do agree Jade is hard-edged, ruthless. But she has honor, and we speak of wiping out whole planets. Could she truly be capable of such brutal savagery?”

Han nodded. “I grant you have a point. She’s always been tough, and hard, but never barbaric. I can’t see her as the sort to murder millions. But maybe we don’t have the whole story. We might be missing something. Remember the first nova didn’t hurt anyone. Maybe the threat to inhabited systems is a bluff.”

Okay, so admittedly Han has been having a rather bad time of things in this particular series, but still... even he has to admit it’s kinda improbable for Mara to be the Big Bad, LOL. 

Then Dracmus drops the bomb:

But I hope you are all wrong, honored Solo. I truly do.”

“Why, Dracmus?”

“It is not obvious? If she is behind this plot, she has quite deliberately arranged things so she is where she is right now, to be where she can do the plot the most good.”

“What’s your point?” Han asked.

“Right now,” she said, “Mara Jade is in same place with your wife.”

The look on Han’s face at that moment has got to be priceless.

CUT TO: Leia Organa Solo under house arrest, yelling at her guard:

Just before he reached the door, he turned back and spoke again. “Oh,” he said, “I almost forgot. We’re rearranging the cells. Seems one female prisoner had a fight with another. Gotta divide ’em up. Right after lunch, you get a new cell mate.” The guard laughed one more time as he stepped out into the hallway.

Leia heard the lock snick shut behind him. She always heard the lock. Why was it the one thing this bunch of incompetents always remembered to do was lock the door?

LOLOLOL. This is even funnier in context, because Han and Dracmus are also in prison and were paired together as cellmates because their captors were expressly hoping they’d fight with each other.

The tableau held for a moment longer, but then Mara made the first move. “Hello, Leia,” she said, stepping forward and nodding her head very slightly, her tone and behavior formal, even if she called Leia by her first name. “It is good to see you.” She made no effort to offer her hand, or come closer. She looked cool, calm, well-fed, well rested. The troubles of the last few days—if they had indeed been troublesome days for her—had left no mark on her. Mara was tall and slender, with a dancer’s body and grace. Her red-gold hair flowed over her shoulders, set off by the plain black tailored jumpsuit she wore.

“And it’s good to see you,” Leia said, not quite sure if she was lying or not. She turned and went back around the table, and retook her seat there, if for no other reason than to break up the awkward scene. “However I must admit I am surprised.”

“I think it would be a bit more accurate to say you’re not quite sure what to think,” Mara said evenly, taking a seat opposite Leia at the table. “If I were in your shoes, I’d be wondering about me. You’re no fool, and neither am I. I can see all the reasons you might suspect me. Nothing I can say will convince you that I had no role in all this. I don’t know how strong your Jedi powers are, but I doubt they are strong enough for a complete probe of my mind.”

“Not one that I’d have any faith in,” Leia admitted.

“So there we are,” Mara concluded.

“Are you saying I’ll just have to trust you?”

Mara shrugged. “Trust me to do what? We’re not allies in this, so far as I know. The one thing we can both be sure we have in common is that we’d both like to escape.”

“Can I even be sure of that?” Leia asked.

Mara smiled. “Yes,” she said. “You can. I want out of here. The longer I am cooped up here, the worse it will be for my trading business. You’ve never known me to be shy about admitting my personal interests. I’m losing time and money sitting here.”

“And that’s supposed to satisfy me.”

“No,” said Mara, “but it’s all I’ve got. I’m not involved in this madness, but how can I prove a negative?”

Leia looked long and hard at Mara. She had the very strong impression that Mara could say more if she wished, but it was clear she was not going to say another word on the subject. “What can you tell me about what’s going on out there?”

“Not much,” Mara said. “I’ve been locked up three doors down. My ex-roommate accused me of being a League sympathizer, it got a little sticky, and so here I am. I haven’t heard anything more than you.”

Rule #1: do not fuck with Mara Jade, she will hurt you.

What follows is some pretty epic Leia and Mara team-up as they escape from their prison cell by means of a bedsheet rope and clamber through a ruined building to fetch the slave circuit remote for the Jade’s Fire and ride their way to freedom.

They tied one end of the improvised rope around the bed frame. Leia tied an improvised climbing harness onto herself, snaked the bedsheet rope through it, then climbed up onto the windowsill and threw the end of the rope out the window.

“Wish me luck,” she said to Mara.

“Oh, I do,” Mara said. “After all, I get to go next.”

They make it to Leia’s old apartment and she’s able to retrieve a lightsaber that Luke made for her - please note it’s red! - and a blaster for Mara. Mara shoots a guard wandering through, and they keep going.

Leia shut her own eyes as she unclipped the lightsaber from her belt and activated it. The weapon came alive with the familiar low thrum of power. Even through her closed eyelids, the light from the blade seemed remarkably bright after the gloom and darkness. She gave her eyes a moment to adjust, and then opened them cautiously, being careful not to look at the lightblade itself. She held the blade vertically and looked around the foyer, now lit by the ruby-red glow of the lightsaber.

“First time I’ve ever seen one of those used for a handlamp,” Mara said.

“You work with what you’ve got,” Leia said. “There’s the door to the stairs. Let’s go.”

THAT’S A LIE, MARA,  everyone uses their lightsaber as a glowrod (just like everybody uses their phone as a flashlight IRL) but whatever, LOL.

“Leia!” Mara shouted over the roar of the flames. “Get ready. I’m not sure how close I’ll be able to fly her in, but the second she’s close enough, jump! You might not get a second chance. If you get aboard, go to the pilot’s station and be ready to take control once I’m aboard!”

“Will do!” Leia shouted, and watched as the Jade’s Fire rushed closer. She was a bigger ship than Leia had expected, significantly larger than the Millennium Falcon. She was a craft of graceful lines. She had a snubbed-off nose and a wide fuselage that blended into the two thick elliptical wings. She was painted in a flame-pattern of oranges and red. Leia certainly wouldn’t want to try flying anything that size up to the side of a building by remote. And it looked like the job was giving Mara just a bit of trouble at that. The Fire slowed as it came nearer, and wobbled a bit in flight. Turbulence.

Mara swore under her breath and made the slightest of adjustments to the controls. The Fire slowed down even more, and eased down just a trifle, bringing the top of the craft more or less even with the window ledge. Mara brought her in to a complete halt in midair, about fifty meters from the ledge. At that moment a blaster fired from one of the upper windows of Corona House. The shot pinged off the Fire’s hull. A door opened in the top of the fuselage and a gun turret popped out. It immediately swiveled about and returned fire. “Shoot-back system,” Mara shouted before Leia could ask. “Automatically returns fire at anything that shoots at it. Which reminds me. Don’t do any more shooting yourself, or that thing will paste you for sure.”

Remember rule #1, y’all? She will hurt you.

Oh, man it’s been ages since I’ve read this book and there’s a lot to mine from a fic perspective here.

[rggzy-reads]

Alrighty, so I want to outline a project I’ll document on this blog! Ever since I picked up a copy of Vector Prime by RA Salvator at a thrift store, I’ve been very intrigued by the Star Wars Legends timeline as it pertains to the New Jedi Order- I enjoyed my time with it but there were so many questions I had! So many characters, and new villains, and background politics with the New Republic. So I set out to try and find a way to understand what the hell was going on- by reading, in chronological within the universe order, every main book post Return of the Jedi. (Thank you Wookiepedia and your Legends Timeline, the ability to filter out pretty much every category other than the adult novels and young adult was life saving https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Legends_books )

This journey has been going on since March of 2022, and will probably be going on for a while, as I’ve finished about 8 out of 97ish books. But what am I interested in when it comes to reading all of these? I think the most important thing is the lore, I’m interested in how cohesive of a universe and story this series of books presents. Surely it’s different from Canon, and so far the lore even paints a much different picture than the prequel movies. I love trying to find all the little details, and then see if any of those details are expanded upon in further books. I’ll certainly comment on the quality of the books too, as even at this point I’ve read some straight up bad books imo. My prediction for how I’ll feel at the end of this? Probably satisfied in a job well done, but I have a feeling I’ll find the whole timeline to be pretty inconsistent and messy, but fun!

This is my complete list:

- Truce at Bakura

- X-Wing Series

X-Wing: Rogue Squadron

X-Wing: Wedge’s Gamble

X-Wing: The Krytos Trap

X-Wing: The Bacta War

X-Wing: Wraith Squadron

X-Wing: Iron Fist

X-Wing: Solo Command

- The Courtship of Princess Leia

- The Thrawn Trilogy

Heir to the Empire

Dark Force Rising

The Last Command

- X-Wing: Isard’s Revenge

- Jedi Academy Trilogy

Jedi Search

Dark Apprentice

Champions of the Force

- I, Jedi

- Castilla Cycle

Children of the Jedi

Darksaber

- X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar

Planet of Twilight

- The Crystal Star

- Black Fleet Crisis

Before the Storm

Shield of Lies

Tyrant’s Nest

- The New Rebellion

- The Corellian Trilogy

Ambush at Corellia

Assault at Selonia

Showdown at Centerpoint

- Thrawn Duology

Specter of the Past

Vision of the Future

- Junior Jedi Knight Series

The Golden Globe

Lyric’s World

Promises

Anakin’s Quest

Vader’s Fortress

Kenobi’s Blade

- Survivor’s Quest

- Young Jedi Knights Series

Heirs of the Force

Shadow Academy

The Lost Ones

Lightsabers

Darkest Knight

Jedi Under Siege

Shards of Alderaan

Diversity Alliance

Delusions of Grandeur

Jedi Bounty

The Emperor’s Plague

Return to Order Mantell

Trouble on Cloud City

Crisis at Crystal Reef

- New Jedi Order Series

Vector Prime

Dark Tide I: Onslaught

Dark Tide II: Ruin

Agents of Chaos I: Hero’s Trial

Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse

Balance Point

Edge of Victory I: Conquest

Edge of Victory II: Rebirth

Star by Star

Dark Journey

Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream

Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand

Traitor

Destiny’s Way

Force Heretic I: Remnant

Force Heretic II: Refugee

Force Heretic III: Reunion

The Final Prophecy

The Unifying Force

Dark Nest I: The Joiner King

Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen

Dark Nest III: The Swarm War

- Legacy Series

Legacy of the Force: Betrayal

Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines

Legacy of the Force: Tempest

Legacy of the Force: Exile

Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice

Legacy of the Force: Inferno

Legacy of the Force: Fury

Legacy of the Force: Revelation

Legacy of the Force: Invincible

- Crosscurrent

- Riptide

- Millenium Falcon

- Fate Series

Fate of the Jedi: Outcast

Fate of the Jedi: Omen

Fate of the Jedi: Abyss

Fate of the Jedi: Backlash

Fate of the Jedi: Allies

Fate of the Jedi: Vortex

Fate of the Jedi: Conviction

Fate of the Jedi: Ascension

Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse

- X-Wing: Mercy Kill

- Crucible

[blancwene]

in which I succeeded at rereading the 90′s era Star Wars novels in 2020

For 2020, I decided to reread (in publication order) all the Bantam-era Star Wars books that were released between 1991 and 1999; that shook out to 38 adult novels, one canceled novel that’s available online, and 5 anthologies of short stories & novellas.

And since I was already writing reviews for each one, I figured: why not video reviews? (Although in retrospect, that was 44 video reviews...)

Here were some of my favorite moments:

When The Courtship of Princess Leia introduced one of my favorite Force traditions stuck in the midst of a subpar love story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WVGS8otV-Y

I loved Children of the Jedi right up until the unfortunate implications in the ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4ePYLjzsBY

My cat made a cameo appearance during a discussion of Assault at Selonia’s back cover blurb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmGPTow7Qd0

Somehow I ended up *wink wink nudge nudging* during my review of I, Jedi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YINVGHXg10s

[starship-squidlet]

Space Pirate inspiration:

I’m working (off-and-on) on Yo Ho, Hero, my space pirate!Newsies AU that I’ll (hopefully) be posting starting sometime next month, and I just thought I’d share some of the things I’m drawing inspiration from to work on it, in case anyone else is looking for (hopefully) easy to access pirate/space-themed inspiration!!!

Watching:

Pirates:

Pirates of the Caribbean (1-3 and 5; Disney + doesn’t have 4 and I don’t like that one anyways)

Veggie Tales: The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything (Netflix)

Stardust (Netflix)

Treasure Planet (Disney +)

Peter Pan (the animated one; Disney +)

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Disney +)

Might watch some of Once Upon a Time if I can track it down somewhere, focusing on the Hook storyline, but we’ll see.

The Golden Compass (on Netflix last I checked?)

Space:

Star Wars (pretty much everything but Rogue One, including The Clone Wars; Disney +)

Star Trek (remakes and TNG/DS9, but originals and the other shows are great options too, I just don’t like them as much. Some of the OG movies are available on Hulu, and a lot of the movies and shows are available on Netflix)

Stargate, Stargate: SG-1 and Atlantis (Hulu; again, Universe is good, I’m just not into it)

Firefly (also works for pirates tbh; Hulu)

Reading:

Pirates:

Pirate Latitudes (Michael Crichton)

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis; the whole series would also be good, but since VotDT is the one about sailing, I’m sticking mainly with that one)

Stardust (Neil Gaiman; disclaimer: I haven’t actually read this one)

The Edge Chronicles (Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell; mostly for flying boat aesthetics)

Syren (Angie Sage; part of the Septimus Heap series, all of which is great but this is the most sea-themed book from it)

Space:

Dune Saga (Frank Herbert)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe, and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish; Mostly Harmless (Douglas Adams)

There are hundreds of Star Wars books, but any focusing on Han Solo are probably good for more piratey stuff. For my purposes, I’m looking specifically at:

Outbound Flight (Timothy Zahn)

The Han Solo Adventures: Han Solo at Stars’ End, Han Solo’s Revenge, and Han Solo and the Lost Legacy (Brian Daley)

The Courtship of Princess Leia (Dave Wolverton)

The Corellian Trilogy: Ambush at Corellia, Assault at Selonia, Showdown at Centerpoint (Roger MacBride Allen)

Listening:

Audiobooks of any and all of the above

Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack

Robin Hood: Prince of Theives soundtrack

Treasure Planet soundtrack

How to Train Your Dragon soundtrack

Sea of Thieves soundtrack

Brave soundtrack

Sea shanties, here are a few spotify playlists (note: not all of these songs are pg/sfw/generally appropriate I’m sorry I didn’t make most of them and also they’re not JUST sea shanties)

Music by Heather Dale and Julie Fowlis

Music by Gaelic Storm, The High Kings, Celtic Thunder, Celtic Woman (basically Celtic/Irish/Scottish/Gaelic music) — Here’s my YouTube playlist of Irish/Celtic/Scottish/Gaelic/sea shanty music

Music by The Longest Johns, The Lost Quays, Clanadonia

Music by Owl City and Sky Sailing

Feel free to add on your favorite pirate/space/space pirate sources of inspiration!!!

mutuals hmu if you want my disney +/hulu login

[skywalkerrains]

Star Wars Legends/EU Books

If you want to start reading the Legends books here is the list I recommend starting with. This list is NOT comprehensive by any means and it only goes 19 ABY. Which is 6 years before the birth of Ben Skywalker, son of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade Skywalker. (ABY stands for after the battle of Yavin aka after A New Hope.) It does not cover the story of Yuuzhan Vong War or Darth Caedus and the Second Galactic Civil War. I suggest you read those books too, but I would start with this list of books. *Note this is just my opinion and my recommendations.

The Shadows of the Empire (Takes place between TESB and ROTJ.)

The Truce at Bakura (Takes place immediately following the ROTJ.) (4 ABY)

The Courtship of Princess Leia (Takes place 8 years after ANH.)

Heir to the Empire: Thrawn Trilogy (9 ABY)

Dark Force Rising: Thrawn Trilogy (9 ABY)

The Last Command: Thrawn Trilogy (9 ABY)

Jedi Search: Jedi Academy Trilogy (11 ABY)

Dark Apprentice: Jedi Academy Trilogy (11 ABY) 

Champions of the Force: Jedi Academy Trilogy (11 ABY) 

I, Jedi (11 ABY)

Children of the Jedi: Callista Trilogy (12–13 ABY) 

Darksaber: Callista Trilogy (12–13 ABY) 

Planet of Twilight: Callista Trilogy (12–13 ABY) 

The Crystal Star (14 ABY)

Before the Storm: Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy (16 ABY) 

Shield of Lies: Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy (16 ABY)

Tyrant's Test: Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy (16 ABY) 

The New Rebellion (17 ABY) 

Ambush at Corellia: Corellian Trilogy (18 ABY) 

Assault at Selonia: Corellian Trilogy (18 ABY) 

Showdown at Centerpoint: Corellian Trilogy (18 ABY)

Specter of the Past: Hand of Thrawn Duology (19 ABY)

Vision of the Future: Hand of Thrawn Duology (19 ABY)

Please note I know this list is long and can seem a little intimidating. But honestly these books are worth reading. Especially if you are disappointed with Disney Star Wars and love EU or want to get into Star Wars Legends.

[sweusource]

ESSENTIAL STAR WARS LEGENDS/EXPANDED UNIVERSE BOOKS. 

Many people have asked for that, so I decided to do a list with the essential novels and comics of the EU/Legends. This is my personal opinion and I have a very bad memory too so I guess, I haven’t included many others, so if you think there’s a book or any other EU content that should be on this list too, please, just let me know and I’ll put them on this list.

Obviously, I haven’t read all the books of the EU and tbh I’m not a fan of anything related to Rise of the Empire era, prequels, and The Clone Wars. All my favorite content is from Rebellion Era and post-ROTJ.

Anyway, here it’s my list of the most important novels and comics of the EU.

The EU books are divided into different eras.

Before the Republic Era - 37,000 BBY to 25,000 BBY

Old Republic Era - 5000 BBY (years before the Battle of Yavin to 1000 BBY)

Rise of the Empire Era - 1000 BBY to 22 BBY

Clone Wars Era - 22 BBY to 19 BBY

Imperial Era - 19 BBY to 0 BBY

Rebellion Era - 0 BBY to 4 ABY (4 years after the Battle of Yavin)

New Republic Era - 5.5 ABY to 22 ABY

New Jedi Order Era - 24.5 ABY to 36 ABY

Legacy Era - 40 ABY to 139 ABY

BEFORE THE REPUBLIC ERA

Dawn of the Jedi: Into The Void   

Dawn of the Jedi 

Force Storm

The Prisoner of Bogan

Force War

OLD REPUBLIC ERA

Tales of the Jedi

The Golden Age of the Sith

The Fall of the Sith Empire

Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon

The Saga of Nomi Sunrider

The Freedon Nadd Uprising

Dark Lords of the Sith

The Sith War

Redemption 

Crosscurrent 

 Knights of The Old Republic (Comics)

Crossroads

Commencement

Flashpoint 

Reunion

Days of Fear

Nights of Anger

Daze of Hate

Knights of Suffering

Vector

Exalted

Turnabout

Vindication

Prophet Motive

Faithful Execution

Dueling Ambitions

Masks

The Reaping

Destroyer

Demon 

War

The Old Republic Novels

Fatal Alliance

Deceived

Revan 

Annihilation

Knight Errant

Aflame

Deluge

Escape

Darth Bane Trilogy

Path of Destruction 

Rule of Two

Dynasty of Evil 

RISE OF THE EMPIRE ERA

Legacy of the Jedi 

Part 1 (chapter 1 onward) takes place during 89 BBY. 

Part 2, "Dooku and Qui-Gon Jinn" (chapter 7 onward) takes place during 76 BBY. 

Part 3 "Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi" (chapter 14 onward) takes place during 44 BBY. 

Part 4 "Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker" (chapter 20 onward) takes place during 22 BBY

Darth Plagueis 

 Jedi: The Dark Side

Jedi Apprentice

The Rising Force

The Dark Rival

The Hidden Past

The Mark of the Crown

The Defenders of the Dead

The Uncertain Path

The Captive Temple

The Day of Reckoning

The Fight for Truth

The Shattered Peace

The Deadly Hunter

The Evil Experiment

The Dangerous Rescue

The Ties That Bind

The Death of Hope

The Call to Vengeance

The Only Witness

The Threat Within

Secrets of the Jedi

The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader

Cloak of Deception

Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Novelization)

Republic

Prelude to Rebellion

Vow of Justice

Outlander

Emissaries to Malastare

Twilight

Infinity's End

The Hunt for Aurra Sing

Darkness

The Stark Hyperspace War

The Devaronian Version

Rite of Passage

Honor and Duty

The New Face of War

The Battle of Jabiim

Show of Force

Dreadnaughts of Rendili

Trackdown

Siege of Saleucami

Into the Unknown

Hidden Enemy

Jedi Quest

Path to Truth

The Way of the Apprentice

The Trail of the Jedi

The Dangerous Games

The Master of Disguise

The School of Fear

The Shadow Trap

The Moment of Truth

The Changing of the Guard

The False Peace

The Final Showdown

Outbound Flight 

The Approaching Storm

Episode II Attack of the Clones (Novelization)

The Cestus Deception

Jedi Trial

Episode III Revenge of the Sith  (Novelization)

Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

Kenobi

The Cestus Deception

Darth Vader and the Lost Command

Coruscant Nights

Mace Windu

Shaak Ti 

Aayla Secura  

Count Dooku 

Yoda

Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin

Jedi 

Jedi Twilight

Street of Shadows

Patterns of Force

 The Last of the Jedi

The Desperate Mission

Dark Warning

Underworld

Death on Naboo

A Tangled Web

Return of the Dark Side

Secret Weapon

Against the Empire

Master of Deception

Reckoning

The Last Jedi 

Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows

A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker

Rebel Dawn

Death Star

The Han Solo Adventures

Han Solo at Stars' End

Han Solo's Revenge

Han Solo and the Lost Legacy

Dark Forces (Novellas)  

Soldier for the Empire

Rebel Agent

Jedi Knight

Han Solo Trilogy

The Paradise Snare 

The Hutt Gambit

Rebel Dawn

The Lando Calrissian Adventures

Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu

Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon

Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka

REBELLION ERA

Episode IV: A New Hope  (Novelization)

The Fight for Justice

Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina

Scoundrels

Rebel Force 

Target

Hostage

Renegade

Firefight

Trapped

Uprising 

Allegiance 

Choices of One

Empire and Rebellion

Razor's Edge

Honor Among Thieves

Splinter of the Mind's Eye (The first Expanded Universe novel)

Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (Novelization)

Shadows of the Empire 

Mara Jade. By The Emperor’s Hand

Mara Jade: A Night on the Town

Tales from Jabba's Palace

Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Novelization)

The Truce at Bakura

NEW REPUBLIC ERA

Jedi Prince

The Glove of Darth Vader

The Lost City of the Jedi

Zorba the Hutt's Revenge

Mission from Mount Yoda

Queen of the Empire

Prophets of the Dark Side

Tales from the New Republic

Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor 

X-Wing (Different eras and timelines) (from 6.5 ABY to 44  ABY)

Rogue Squadron

Wedge's Gamble

The Krytos Trap

The Bacta War

Wraith Squadron

Iron Fist

Solo Command

Isard's Revenge

Starfighters of Adumar

Mercy Kill

The Courtship of Princess Leia

Tatooine Ghost 

The Thrawn Trilogy (Novels and Comics)

Heir to the Empire

Dark Force Rising 

The Last Command

Dark Empire 

Vol I

Vol II

Empire’s End 

The Jedi Academy Trilogy 

Jedi Search

Dark Apprentice

Champions of the Force

I, Jedi

Children of the Jedi

Darksaber 

Planet of Twilight 

The Crystal Star

The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy 

Before the Storm

Shield of Lies

Tyrant’s Test

The New Rebellion

The Corellian Trilogy 

Ambush at Corellia

Assault at Selonia

Showdown at Centerpoint

The Hand of Thrawn Duology

Specter of the Past

Vision of the Future

Union 

Judge's Call (Short Story)

Scourge

Junior Jedi Knights

The Golden Globe

Lyric's World

Promises

Anakin's Quest

Vader's Fortress

Kenobi's Blade

Survivor’s Quest

Young Jedi Knights

The Rise of the Shadow Academy

Heirs of the Force 

Shadow Academy

The Lost Ones

Lightsabers

Darkest Knight

Jedi Under Siege

The Fall of the Diversity Alliance

Shards of Alderaan

Diversity Alliance

Delusions of Grandeur

Jedi Bounty

The Emperor's Plague

Under Black Sun

Return to Ord Mantell

Trouble on Cloud City

Crisis at Crystal Reef

NEW JEDI ORDER ERA

The New Jedi Order (NJO)

Vector Prime

Dark Tide Duology (Onslaught and Ruin)

Agents of Chaos Duology (Hero's Trial and Jedi Eclipse)

Balance Point 

Recovery

Edge of Victory Duology (Conquest and Rebirth)

Star by Star

Dark Journey

Enemy Lines Duology (Rebel Dream and Rebel Stand)

Traitor

Destiny's Way

Ylesia

Force Heretic Trilogy (Remnant, Refugee and Reunion)

The Final Prophecy

The Unifying Force 

Dark Nest

The Joiner King

The Unseen Queen

The Swarm War

LEGACY ERA

Legacy Of The Force

Betrayal

Bloodlines

Tempest

Exile

Sacrifice

Inferno 

Fury 

Revelation 

Invincible

Fate Of The Jedi

Outcast 

Omen

Abyss 

Backlash

Allies

Vortex

Conviction

Ascension

Apocalypse

Crucible

Legacy (Comics) (50 Issues/10 Volumes)

Book I

Book II

Book III

[girlbossk]

stuff i’m gonna read

so like i have my star wars reading list thingy of various legends books and literally the entire schedule is based around two events which are the release date of thrawn: treason (july 23) and the day i will start reading new jedi order (july 24 or 25, depending on how long it takes me to read treason)

because i dont feel like reading treason while in the middle of njo, i’m getting all my pre-njo reading done before the 23rd. which is in 75 days according to the google. i have 11 or 13 sw books to read depending on if i decide to reread the first two black fleet crisis books but i’ll probably just read their wookieepedia pages to refresh my memory so that’s 11 books PLUS i have to reread the first two canon thrawn books and also maybe get alphabet squadron if i hear anything that makes me wanna read it 

plus i gotta finish my dr who books i have before i resume star wars which is because planet of twilight bored me 

so anyway here is my Plan (factoring in tv and other stuff too): 

finish doctor who and the krikkitmen (book)

finish season 6 of classic who (tv) 

paint something for mothers day, with oil paints and only a few days to go oh no (art) 

read scratchman (book)

read a bunch of the short stories of a dr who book uhhh tales of terror (book)

somewhere in there start season 7 classic who (tv) 

sw books!!!!!! planet of twilight and the crystal star and black fleet crisis: tyrant's test and the new rebellion and ambush at corellia and assault at selonia and showdown at centerpoint and specter of the past and vision of the future and survivor's quest and outbound flight (book)

then some CANON sw books which are thrawn and thrawn: alliances 

then i can REST and by rest i mean possibly alphabet squadron (book)

and also a hitchhikers guide to the galaxy reread bc i have all of them in a collected edition thingy and have been meaning to reread it for some time now (book)

(by “some time” i mean since i started krikkitmen)

THEN thrawn: treason when it comes out (book)

then plunging straight into njo hell babey (book but this time like 20 of them)

[willorcs]

I WOULD LOVE TO GET INTO SW LEGENDS BUT IDK WHERE TO START! i may have already sent you an ask about this so you may be either working on something or maybe tumblr messed up again haha

Hahahahaha I’ve already answered this million of times, but well I don’t mind answer again ;)

Well, it depends where you want to start. I personally recommend you to start with the novels from Rebellion era and post-ROTJ because these are actually my favorites and these are the best (or at least to me), but there are also many other novels from many others eras, but let’s start with Rebellion era and post-ROTJ:

Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (0 ABY)

Mara Jade. By The Emperor’s Hand (4 ABY)

Tales from Jabba’s Palace (0-4 ABBY)

The Truce at Bakura (4 ABY) (This takes place immediately after ROTJ)

Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor (5 ABY)

The Courtship of Princess Leia (8 ABY)

Tatooine Ghost (8 ABY)

The Thrawn Trilogy (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command) (9 ABY)

Dark Empire (Vol I & II) (10 ABY)

Empire’s End (11 ABY)

The Jedi Academy Trilogy (Jedi Search, Dark Apprentice, and Champions of the Force) (11 ABY)

Children of the Jedi (12 ABY)

Darksaber (12 ABY)

Planet of Twilight (13 ABY)

The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy ( Before the Storm, Shield of Lies, and Tyrant’s Test)  (16-17 ABY)

The Corellian Trilogy (Ambush at Corellia, Assault at Selonia, and Showdown at Centerpoint) (18 ABY)

The Hand of Thrawn Duology (Specter of the Past, and Vision of the Future) (19 ABY)

Union (19 ABY)

Junior Jedi Academy (22 ABY)

Survivor’s Quest (22 ABY)

Young Jedi Knights Series (23-24 ABY)

The New Jedi Order series (23-29 ABY) (My Favorites:  Vector Prime,  Balance Point,  Edge of Victory II: Rebirth,  Star by Star,The Unifying Force,  The Final Prophecy)

Dark Nest ( The Joiner King, The Unseen Queen and The Swarm War) (35-36 ABY)

Legacy Of The Force Series (40-42 ABY)

Fate of the Jedi Series (43- 44 ABY)

Crucible (45 ABY)

Legacy Comics Books (130-139 ABY)

The New Jedi Order (aka NJO) is a series of +20 books. Most of these books are actually pretty good and I love almost everything about them. The most important part of these books is Yuuzhan Vong war (a kind of aliens than invaded the Galaxy and tried to destroy everything). Many people hated that storyline, but I really enjoyed it, so I recommend these books!. And Jaina Solo and the Solo kids are awesome!

Also, many fans dislike LOTF and FOTJ, but I actually loved them. I know many parts of these books are a mess and I still feel hurt for what they did with Mara Jade, but still, most of these books are actually pretty cool. We were supposed to get more EU novels post-FOTJ, like Sword of the Jedi Trilogy (focused on Jaina Solo) but these projects were canceled when Disney bought Lucasfilm so I guess we will never get to read them :( *shame on you D*sney*

Like I was saying these books are focused on Rebellion era and post-ROTJ but if you want to read from other eras I recommend you

Dawn of the Jedi (Before the Republic Era) - It’s very interesting if you want to know about the Je’daii Order, the predecessors of the future Jedi Order.

Tales of the Jedi (Old Republic Era)

Knights of the Old Republic (Comic book series) Old Republic Era)

Darth Bane: Path of Destruction  (Old Republic Era)

Darth Bane: Rule of Two  (Old Republic Era)

Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil (Rise of the Empire Era)

Jedi Quest series (between TPM and AOTC)

Jedi Apprentice (44-29 BBY)

Legacy of the Jedi (89-22 BBY)

Secrets of the Jedi (39-22 BBY)

The Last of the Jedi (between ROTS and ANH)

TBH I’ve never been a big fan of anything related to the prequels stuff, but lately, I’ve been reading more prequels stuff, and these are actually nice, not my favorites, but better than I expected. I also like Siri Tachi, and her romance with Obi-Wan. They’re really adorable. Also, Ferus Olin, another character, is very interesting. Most parts of these books are actually much better than any prequel movie LOL

So well that’s all for now. I hope it helps and probably I’m forgetting many books, but I think this is a good introduction to the EU/Legends :)