Star Wars Books in Order

A diplomatic journey strands Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia on swampy Mimban, where Imperial forces operate in secret. Their search for the Force-amplifying Kaiburr crystal becomes urgent as Darth Vader threatens to claim its power.

Immediately after Endor, an Imperial distress call brings Luke, Leia, and Han to Bakura, threatened by the reptilian Ssi-ruuk. Rebels and Imperials must negotiate an uneasy alliance against invaders who turn captive minds into weapons.

Leia considers marrying Prince Isolder to secure powerful allies for the New Republic. Jealous Han takes her to Dathomir, drawing Luke and the prince into a dangerous encounter with Force-wielding witches and surviving Imperial forces.

Leia searches for her kidnapped children while Han and Luke investigate rumors of lost Jedi near a dying crystal star. A strange healer's devoted following and an Imperial restoration scheme complicate their separate missions.

Sixteen short stories explore the lives of the people and aliens who frequent Tatooine's Mos Eisley cantina. Assassins, thieves, soldiers, and other patrons reveal the dangers and competing agendas behind the familiar watering hole.

Between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Luke and Leia seek to recover Han Solo. Meanwhile, crime lord Prince Xizor plots to kill Luke and replace Darth Vader as the Emperor's favored lieutenant.

The visitors and criminals gathered around Jabba the Hutt each have their own ambitions and secrets. These interconnected stories explore the people behind the palace's dangers, bargains, and shifting loyalties on the desert world of Tatooine.

Darth Vader hires bounty hunters to track Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon. This collection follows the hunters, including Boba Fett, revealing the private motives, rivalries, and dangerous choices behind their pursuit of the same quarry.

This anthology collects adventures first published in the Star Wars Adventure Journal. Couriers, smugglers, prisoners, and assassins navigate the Empire's reach, with stories featuring figures including Corran Horn and his father, Hal.

When his wife Mirax disappears, Rogue Squadron pilot Corran Horn turns to Luke Skywalker's academy to develop his latent Jedi abilities. His search leads toward a pirate organization, testing both his investigative experience and his relationship with the Force.

Stories follow smugglers, prisoners, and other figures working in the shadow of the New Republic. The collection includes Interlude at Darkknell, in which Garm Bel Iblis and Hal Horn become involved with stolen Imperial information.

Obi-Wan Kenobi and twelve-year-old Anakin Skywalker travel to the mysterious world of Zonama Sekot, where living starships and hidden agendas test both their mission and their bond. It is a prequel-era Star Wars adventure with an eerie, unsettled edge.

Darth Maul hunts a Trade Federation traitor to protect Darth Sidious's plans. When sensitive information reaches broker Lorn Pavan, a young Jedi Padawan becomes his unlikely ally in a desperate flight through Coruscant's underworld.

Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate threats surrounding Chancellor Valorum as trade disputes destabilize the Republic. An emergency summit draws rival interests together, while Darth Sidious secretly manipulates the crisis toward his own ambitions.

Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luminara Unduli, and their apprentices travel to Ansion to prevent its secession from the Republic. Negotiating between city dwellers and nomadic clans becomes a perilous wilderness mission, shadowed by enemies intent on failure.

Four generations of Jedi confront the consequences of Dooku's childhood friendship with Lorian Nod. Linked adventures follow Dooku, Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Anakin as a recurring enemy tests bonds of trust between masters and apprentices.

Han and Leia visit Tatooine to recover an Alderaanian painting concealing a vital intelligence code. Imperial competitors threaten their mission, while discoveries about Anakin Skywalker's early life challenge Leia's fears about her family's future.

Imperial bioengineer Dusque Mistflier helps Rebel spy Finn Darktrin search for a lost Holocron listing important Alliance supporters. Their journey toward Dantooine exposes dangerous divided loyalties as the Empire seeks the same intelligence.

Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker travel into Chiss territory to examine the remains of the lost Outbound Flight expedition. Sabotage, suspicious fellow travelers, and secrets aboard the wreck turn a historical recovery mission into danger.

Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth organizes a vast expedition to explore and colonize beyond the known galaxy. Secret Sith interference and an encounter with the brilliant Chiss commander Thrawn threaten to transform discovery into catastrophe.

The construction and operation of the Empire's planet-destroying battle station unfold through the lives of its personnel. Soldiers, civilians, prisoners, and officials face competing ambitions and moral choices as the Death Star's purpose becomes undeniable.

This young readers' novel retells Anakin Skywalker's life from his own perspective, spanning childhood slavery, Jedi training, and transformation into Darth Vader. His fears, loyalties, and choices connect the events of the six original films.

Imperial warlord Shadowspawn launches destructive campaigns from Mindor, forcing General Luke Skywalker and his allies into action. Their offensive encounters a carefully prepared trap that tests Luke's military leadership and relationship with the dark side.

A mysterious device discovered by Allana sends Han and Leia tracing the Millennium Falcon's earlier owners and adventures. Their family journey uncovers forgotten political intrigues while rival treasure seekers pursue the freighter's hidden past.

Luke Skywalker's discovery of Obi-Wan's journal frames a retelling of the Jedi Master's life. The narrative follows his apprenticeship, relationship with Anakin, wartime service, and watch over Luke during his years of exile on Tatooine.

An Imperial prison barge breaks down and scavenges supplies from an abandoned Star Destroyer. Its boarding party brings back a deadly infection, leaving a handful of survivors confronting an even worse threat when the dead rise.

Ryder Windham follows Luke Skywalker from childhood on Tatooine through his development as a Jedi. Familiar adventures and additional episodes explore the choices, doubts, and family discoveries that shape his struggle against darkness.

This novel follows Luke Skywalker's life from his childhood on Tatooine to his discovery of the Force. Familiar events are explored through his personal struggles and growing role in the fight against the Empire.

Darth Scabrous seeks immortality using an ancient Sith formula and a rare orchid. Jedi plant specialist Hestizo Trace is drawn into his experiment, whose resulting infection turns an isolated Sith academy into a battlefield of undead horrors.

Alone in territory ruled by competing Sith tyrants, Jedi Kerra Holt tries to protect civilians caught between their brutal regimes. Her search for a pattern behind the chaos forces risky alliances with people serving her enemies.

Sith Master Darth Plagueis pursues control over life and death while training the ambitious Palpatine. Their partnership combines secret experimentation with political manipulation, as their plans for galactic domination strain the Sith tradition of rivalry.

After their ship crashes on an isolated planet, Sith survivors confront hostile conditions, rival factions, and local inhabitants. These collected stories follow the society they build and the internal conflicts that shape its legacy across thousands of years.

After a novice Jedi is murdered while investigating a secret trade route, archivist Mander Zuma seeks answers. His search leads into Hutt territory, where smugglers, killers, and criminal power struggles test his confidence and judgment.

Darth Maul recalls the childhood and brutal training that made him Darth Sidious's apprentice. This young readers' novel explores the tests, anger, and devotion behind his campaign against the Jedi and his enduring hunger for revenge.