Timeline of the early novels (1976 - 1993)

[finarvyn]

Here is a list of Star Wars books published from 1976 through the end of the original Zahn trilogy. It would appear to be according to month published and doesn’t account for Marvel’s comics. The source cited below is current through 2018 for anyone who wants to continue the list through the end of the 1990’s. Source = www.swbooks.co.uk/timeline/novel-publishing.htm

1976
Star Wars: From The Adventures of Luke Skywalker (Nov)

1978
Splinter of the Mind's Eye: From The Adventures of Luke Skywalker (April)

1979
Han Solo at Stars' End: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (April)
Han Solo's Revenge: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (Nov)

1980
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (May)
Han Solo and the Lost Legacy: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (Sept)

1983
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (June)
Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu (July)
Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon (Oct)
Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka (Dec)

1991
Heir to the Empire (June)

1992
Dark Force Rising (June)

1993
The Last Command (June)

[rafael]

Is there actually a table of the YA novels that were released in the 1980s? Those that ended with Han and Leia's wedding?

I am all for leaving those out, because they were not on par with the later ones, by Zahn, but... What about them?

[finarvyn]

I also wanted to make a list of the Zahn books of the Expanded Universe, excluding the new Thrawn books which are set in the new movie era and aren't a part of the original EU. I add these in because "Movies plus Daley plus Zahn" would be a great SW universe even though Zahn wrote six of his novels after the 1999 cutoff of this board.

Set between ANH and ESB
Allegiance (2007)
Choices of One (2011)
Scoundrels (2013)

Thrawn Trilogy
0. Outbound Flight (2006; a prequel to the Thrawn trilogy)
1. Heir to the Empire (1991)
2. Dark Force Rising (1992)
3. The Last Command (1993)

The Hand of Thrawn - Set after the Thrawn Trilogy
Specter of the Past (1997)
Vision of the Future (1998)
Fool's Bargain (2004)
Survivor's Quest (2004)

And (again) there is a new 2017 Thrawn book out, but I haven't read it and didn't buy it because it's after the EU purge and follows the new movie timeline instead of the older one.

[finarvyn]

Just for fun, I took the two lists above and combined them in what I think is chronological order (rather than publishing order). I left space in between ESB and RotJ because there are some novels like "Shadows of the Empire" which I also like and might insert at some point. This is getting closer and closer to the "Marv's Star Wars Canon" list. 

I think it might look something like this:

Around 15 years before ANH:
Outbound Flight (2006; a prequel to the Thrawn trilogy)

Shortly before ANH:
Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu (1983)
Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon (1983)
Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka (1983)
Han Solo at Stars' End: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (1979)
Han Solo's Revenge: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (1979)
Han Solo and the Lost Legacy: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (1980)

A New Hope:
Star Wars: From The Adventures of Luke Skywalker (1976)

Set between ANH and ESB
Splinter of the Mind's Eye: From The Adventures of Luke Skywalker (1978)
Allegiance (2007)
Choices of One (2011)
Scoundrels (2013)

The Empire Strikes Back:
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Return of the Jedi:
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)

Thrawn Trilogy; 5 years after RotJ:
1. Heir to the Empire (1991)
2. Dark Force Rising (1992)
3. The Last Command (1993)

After the Thrawn Trilogy:
Specter of the Past (1997)
Vision of the Future (1998)
Fool's Bargain (2004)
Survivor's Quest (2004)

[rafael]

You changed the title, didn't you? -_-

[rafael]

("Scoundrels", BTW, great book.)

[finarvyn]

Jul 6, 2018 8:09:17 GMT -6 rafael said:

You changed the title, didn't you? -_-

??
I don't think so. Does it seem different? I see that it has a typo in the title as it should go to 1993 instead of 1983.

I did add in a few later Zahn books, but the thread title should still be the same.

[rafael]

Yeah, this is what I meant - then I misread/sort of supposed 1993, when it was really "1983". - That explains my initial question about the "Interim-EU". Nevermind, though - I like what you did there.

[finarvyn]

Jul 6, 2018 22:52:10 GMT -6 rafael said:

Yeah, this is what I meant - then I misread/sort of supposed 1993, when it was really "1983". - That explains my initial question about the "Interim-EU". Nevermind, though - I like what you did there.

Gotcha. Well, I just changed the thread title, so years from now this series of posts will be confusing to all of us.

[rafael]