This vídeo is what I was looking for, please keep making this kind of content. I did follow u and u'll get a really big channel with this quality of content.
'There is no canon novelization for Revenge of the Sith'.. The revenge of the sith novel by Matthew Stover was amazing. Disney has no idea hoe they are shooting themselfs in their foot
Timeline is very very helpfull. I haven't read any books in Star Wars Universe. Seen all movies! So I learned a lot. I don't want to read it chronologicaly. But what to know where I am at if I do choose a book. I have a very particular wish now and that are books timeline around Darth Vader. From this list I am somehow interested in Queens trilogy. And I want to re- watch the movies now.
I’m so glad it was helpful to you! Canon doesn’t have too many Darth Vader books, but Tarkin, Lords of the Sith, and Thrawn: Alliances are all really good ones.
I really like the idea of reading in chronological order so I recently started reading Star Wars books and comics and what I do is combining canon with the legends stuff that doesnt interfere with the canon. Basically all the events in legends before the High Republic Era could be seen as canon as they just add things and dont change things. I think they intentionally created the High Republic era because there is a giant gap in the legends timeline in this period. And I think at some point in time Disney will take most of the Old Republic stuff and put it into the Canon as well, maybe with some minor changes. Why else would they do a KOTOR remake without bringing it back into canon? As far as I am informed most of the legends stuff before the battle of Yavin doesnt interfere with official canon at all. Why should one not read the movie novelizations or stuff like Labyrinth of Evil just because they are not officially canon? There is no reason. Sometimes I have the feeling that the division into canon and legends is partly quite arbitrary. So I made my own timeline combining canon with legends. It's only getting problematic in the ABY era as Disney chose a totally different path from this point on. From this era I will first read all the legends stuff, then go back to Episode 4 and continue with the canon content because legends is finished, theres nothing to be added to legends in the future. But canon books have just started. Reading all this will take years and many more books + important TV series will be released until I arrive at the Age of Resistance. So no need to hurry. Chronological completionists dont like books getting released that take place in a time that you already read through. Before I arrive at the High Republic all the High Republic books will have been published. If you start with High Republic now (which I actually did at first for the first three or four books) then you have to wait months to go on with story as its an ongoing publishing campaign.
That’s a good way to read it too. Yes, as you mentioned, mostly everything from prior to TPM in Legends can still fit into Canon because it hasn’t been contradicted yet. With the rest of BBY there’s a bit of gray area in regards to post-TPM stuff. Something like Jedi Apprentice starring Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon doesn’t really fit anymore in Canon, and some of TCW novels maintain a somewhat tenuous connection. However, the novelizations still can work outside of the times they reference material that is not officially Canon. The best way to read Star Wars is find a way that works best for you, so I’m glad you’re enjoying both continuities. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Exactly. Making Legends separate from Canon was Disney way to keep creative freedom for all the story writers without having to worry too much about being perfectly accurate to all the previous stories, which would have been almost impossible to do without having at least a few mistakes here and there - but it was never about getting Legends strictly out of canon. As we see, Disney is now slowly bringing back more and more legends materials into canon, often by changing the legend thing slightly so that it can fit the canon. Therefore as you said, reading all the canon stuff as well as all the legends stuff that hasn't been overridden by the canon already is the best way to experience Star Wars. And even if that legend stuff ends up being modified or overriden later by canon - you'll just have to read the new stuff to adjust.
I miss the Legends timeline, i know they were scattershot and newer books ret-conned stuff, but it was under Lucus and he ret-conned stuff with the OT. I still love the Rouge Squadron, Thrawn, NJO and the stand alones, they made a great timeline and shouldve been the main templete going forward in the sequels
Those were all great books. I do have a Legends Timeline video as well if you're interested. Link here: th-cam.com/video/YHWFgw-DgmU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=RoBCPdliPTikosYN
I have only ever read "Splinter of the Mind's eye" and some early marvel comcis. I am looking at all the different sets of books that came out and these seem the most...idk... Is "girly" the right word?
Nice list. Any reason you didn't include "Tales From A Galaxy Far, Far Away Volume 1: Aliens"? This is a YA short story Anthology book written in 2016 and I see it forgotten on a lot of lists which is a shame because it's really good.
I decided not to include any short story collections in the timeline. The “From a Certain Point of View” collections, Stories of Light & Dark / Jedi & Sith could also all be mentioned. The main reason I left them off the list was just purely that this is a novel good. But thanks for including a mention for that collection. I can include all of the short story collections in next year’s update if people are interested.
Hello thanks for the video :) Great work! I heard that you should read the first Thrawn Trilogy (that takes place later in timeline) and THEN the newer Thrawn trilogy. Is it true?
Thanks! The Thrawn Trilogy that takes place later in the timeline did come out first, so it does introduce a few characters that are in the Ascendancy Trilogy. However, I wouldn’t say it’s required to read that first. Nothing in Ascendancy will really spoil any of that series.
The graphics in this video provide the exact timeline order of the events of all the Star Wars novels. Since each book in the Aftermath and Alphabet Squadron trilogies take place during the same time period, they alternate in the timeline placement. If we’re talking recommended reading order, I wouldn’t recommend you alternate. I’d say to read the Aftermath Trilogy first, then Alphabet Squadron Trilogy afterwards.
The story of Star Wars Canon? Unlike most of Star Wars Legends, there is not a ton of plot or many characters that carry over from book to book in Canon. You’ll be completely fine to skip the Junior novels and YA novels in that sense. However, I would recommend at least reading the YA novels if you’re going to tackle The High Republic
If you're thinking of getting into Star Wars Canon, what you're going to want to do is throw away all of your Disney Star Wars books and start reading Legends.
I’m not understanding why aren’t any of the Sith books included before we get to Age of Republic. No Darth Bane, Darth Plagueis, etc. Sorry but I’m a bit lost here.
No worries, and good question. Those books are considered apart of the Star Wars Legends Continuity. This video only includes the books that are apart of the Star Wars Canon continuity. Star Wars Canon includes all books released since John Jackson Miller’s 2014 novel “A New Dawn”. Star Wars Legends includes all books released before that point. If you’d like to check out the Star Wars Legends Book Timeline, I do have a video for that as well. You can find it here: th-cam.com/video/YHWFgw-DgmU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=teBice33Ne6zgKbV
That’s incorrect. He is just referred to just as Palpatine in that novel. There’s even a line of dialogue in which Palpatine states that he has a first name but doesn’t like it. He prefers to use his family and just go by Palpatine.
Man Disney canon is really lame and disappointing.... A far cry from the George Lucas/Expanded Universe continuity... Especially the High Republic. It truly doesn't even feel like Star wars... Feels like you're just reading some horribly written high school fantasy series
I genuinely don't thnk you've read a single book here. Or from the EU for that matter. The canon stuff is consistently a higher quality than the EU. I'd say so far the EU still has the highest high points but that tends to happen when you churn out so many novels.
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Even defining the eras was helpful, as it is not as clear as with the legends timeline when looking at wookiepedia
I’m glad! With the Canon timeline always being in flux, it can be hard to narrow down each era. Happy this helped!
This vídeo is what I was looking for, please keep making this kind of content.
I did follow u and u'll get a really big channel with this quality of content.
Thank you so much! There's plenty more Star Wars Book Content on the way!
Took forever to find the canon timeline with books, thanks!
Glad it helped!
'There is no canon novelization for Revenge of the Sith'..
The revenge of the sith novel by Matthew Stover was amazing. Disney has no idea hoe they are shooting themselfs in their foot
Timeline is very very helpfull. I haven't read any books in Star Wars Universe. Seen all movies! So I learned a lot. I don't want to read it chronologicaly. But what to know where I am at if I do choose a book. I have a very particular wish now and that are books timeline around Darth Vader. From this list I am somehow interested in Queens trilogy. And I want to re- watch the movies now.
I’m so glad it was helpful to you! Canon doesn’t have too many Darth Vader books, but Tarkin, Lords of the Sith, and Thrawn: Alliances are all really good ones.
I really like the idea of reading in chronological order so I recently started reading Star Wars books and comics and what I do is combining canon with the legends stuff that doesnt interfere with the canon. Basically all the events in legends before the High Republic Era could be seen as canon as they just add things and dont change things. I think they intentionally created the High Republic era because there is a giant gap in the legends timeline in this period. And I think at some point in time Disney will take most of the Old Republic stuff and put it into the Canon as well, maybe with some minor changes. Why else would they do a KOTOR remake without bringing it back into canon? As far as I am informed most of the legends stuff before the battle of Yavin doesnt interfere with official canon at all. Why should one not read the movie novelizations or stuff like Labyrinth of Evil just because they are not officially canon? There is no reason. Sometimes I have the feeling that the division into canon and legends is partly quite arbitrary. So I made my own timeline combining canon with legends. It's only getting problematic in the ABY era as Disney chose a totally different path from this point on. From this era I will first read all the legends stuff, then go back to Episode 4 and continue with the canon content because legends is finished, theres nothing to be added to legends in the future. But canon books have just started. Reading all this will take years and many more books + important TV series will be released until I arrive at the Age of Resistance. So no need to hurry. Chronological completionists dont like books getting released that take place in a time that you already read through. Before I arrive at the High Republic all the High Republic books will have been published. If you start with High Republic now (which I actually did at first for the first three or four books) then you have to wait months to go on with story as its an ongoing publishing campaign.
That’s a good way to read it too. Yes, as you mentioned, mostly everything from prior to TPM in Legends can still fit into Canon because it hasn’t been contradicted yet. With the rest of BBY there’s a bit of gray area in regards to post-TPM stuff. Something like Jedi Apprentice starring Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon doesn’t really fit anymore in Canon, and some of TCW novels maintain a somewhat tenuous connection. However, the novelizations still can work outside of the times they reference material that is not officially Canon. The best way to read Star Wars is find a way that works best for you, so I’m glad you’re enjoying both continuities. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Honestly I just don’t know where to read all this especially legends and the other comics he listed
Exactly. Making Legends separate from Canon was Disney way to keep creative freedom for all the story writers without having to worry too much about being perfectly accurate to all the previous stories, which would have been almost impossible to do without having at least a few mistakes here and there - but it was never about getting Legends strictly out of canon. As we see, Disney is now slowly bringing back more and more legends materials into canon, often by changing the legend thing slightly so that it can fit the canon.
Therefore as you said, reading all the canon stuff as well as all the legends stuff that hasn't been overridden by the canon already is the best way to experience Star Wars. And even if that legend stuff ends up being modified or overriden later by canon - you'll just have to read the new stuff to adjust.
Great video! Was very helpful and you explained everything very well. Thank you
Thank you! Glad it helped
I miss the Legends timeline, i know they were scattershot and newer books ret-conned stuff, but it was under Lucus and he ret-conned stuff with the OT. I still love the Rouge Squadron, Thrawn, NJO and the stand alones, they made a great timeline and shouldve been the main templete going forward in the sequels
Those were all great books. I do have a Legends Timeline video as well if you're interested. Link here: th-cam.com/video/YHWFgw-DgmU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=RoBCPdliPTikosYN
Can you make a similar video, But of the comics.
I want yo see It.
Yes! It's on the list. I'll make it soon
Hello, amazing video! I just ordered first two books :) also one question, is this list still actual? Or some more books came out?
Thank you! Some more books have come out since I posted this video. I will have a 2024 update soon
We have novelizations for Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. We have them for all of 1 thru 6. Not sure why you'd claim otherwise
Those are not part of the Canon Timeline. They are part of the EU/Legends timeline
Thank you so much!
Glad it helped!
I have only ever read "Splinter of the Mind's eye" and some early marvel comcis. I am looking at all the different sets of books that came out and these seem the most...idk... Is "girly" the right word?
Nice list. Any reason you didn't include "Tales From A Galaxy Far, Far Away Volume 1: Aliens"? This is a YA short story Anthology book written in 2016 and I see it forgotten on a lot of lists which is a shame because it's really good.
I decided not to include any short story collections in the timeline. The “From a Certain Point of View” collections, Stories of Light & Dark / Jedi & Sith could also all be mentioned. The main reason I left them off the list was just purely that this is a novel good. But thanks for including a mention for that collection. I can include all of the short story collections in next year’s update if people are interested.
Hello thanks for the video :) Great work! I heard that you should read the first Thrawn Trilogy (that takes place later in timeline) and THEN the newer Thrawn trilogy. Is it true?
Thanks! The Thrawn Trilogy that takes place later in the timeline did come out first, so it does introduce a few characters that are in the Ascendancy Trilogy. However, I wouldn’t say it’s required to read that first. Nothing in Ascendancy will really spoil any of that series.
Can you explain staggering aftermath and alphabet? Not sure i see the reasons to interrupt the trilogies.
The graphics in this video provide the exact timeline order of the events of all the Star Wars novels. Since each book in the Aftermath and Alphabet Squadron trilogies take place during the same time period, they alternate in the timeline placement. If we’re talking recommended reading order, I wouldn’t recommend you alternate. I’d say to read the Aftermath Trilogy first, then Alphabet Squadron Trilogy afterwards.
Is there an updated order for this year?
I’m working on one right now. I plan to release it at the end of the month.
Is the story still solid if I skip the junior and YA books?
The story of Star Wars Canon? Unlike most of Star Wars Legends, there is not a ton of plot or many characters that carry over from book to book in Canon. You’ll be completely fine to skip the Junior novels and YA novels in that sense. However, I would recommend at least reading the YA novels if you’re going to tackle The High Republic
If you're thinking of getting into Star Wars Canon, what you're going to want to do is throw away all of your Disney Star Wars books and start reading Legends.
Yep, Half of the disney books don't even fit in canon anymore
I’m not understanding why aren’t any of the Sith books included before we get to Age of Republic. No Darth Bane, Darth Plagueis, etc. Sorry but I’m a bit lost here.
No worries, and good question. Those books are considered apart of the Star Wars Legends Continuity. This video only includes the books that are apart of the Star Wars Canon continuity. Star Wars Canon includes all books released since John Jackson Miller’s 2014 novel “A New Dawn”. Star Wars Legends includes all books released before that point. If you’d like to check out the Star Wars Legends Book Timeline, I do have a video for that as well. You can find it here: th-cam.com/video/YHWFgw-DgmU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=teBice33Ne6zgKbV
This is pretty much the Youtini order. There is a lot of unnecessary YA, comics and kids books
This is the official timeline. You’re welcome to skip the YA and kids books, but they have to be on there haha
How to read "canon" books:
1: Grab a "canon" book
2: Throw it in the trash
3: Pick up an EU book
4: Enjoy
I have an Expanded Universe Timeline if you’re interested. No need to disparage people who want to get into Canon books.
Are the 'dawn of the jedi' comics not canon?
They are not Canon. They are part of the Legends/Expanded Universe Timeline
Looks like there is enough content to read Star Wars your whole life! lol
There really is haha
Wrong. The Darth Plagueis novel is the first book to use Sheev Palpatine's first name.
That’s incorrect. He is just referred to just as Palpatine in that novel. There’s even a line of dialogue in which Palpatine states that he has a first name but doesn’t like it. He prefers to use his family and just go by Palpatine.
Step 1: Don’t…
The best way to read star wars canon, is to ignore it and read legends 😋
To each their own, but if you want a guide for Legends too, I have one on the channel.
@@swlegendslore already started but yeah, just being salty bruh lol
If you’ve read canon, you’d know the books are just as good.
@@knoober3756 i have read some and so far none of them have been good.
@@LordGrim1313 Any of the Thrawn books? Master and Apprentice? Brotherhood? HR?
Disney books are not canon.
Man Disney canon is really lame and disappointing.... A far cry from the George Lucas/Expanded Universe continuity... Especially the High Republic. It truly doesn't even feel like Star wars... Feels like you're just reading some horribly written high school fantasy series
Gods honest truth
I genuinely don't thnk you've read a single book here. Or from the EU for that matter. The canon stuff is consistently a higher quality than the EU. I'd say so far the EU still has the highest high points but that tends to happen when you churn out so many novels.