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Star Wars (Charles Soule) Books in Order

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See Charles Soule's Star Wars books in order, with summaries, timeline context, connected events, and simple guidance on where to begin.

Last updated: July 14, 2026

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Star Wars (Charles Soule) books in publication order

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1

Lando

by Charles Soule

2016

Lando Calrissian assembles a crew for the greatest heist of his life, stealing an Imperial luxury ship packed with valuables. The job also deepens his bond with Lobot and reveals a disturbing secret.

2

Obi-Wan & Anakin

by Charles Soule

2016

Teenage Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a strange world whose people have rejected the Force. Their mission forces master and apprentice to confront Anakin's doubts about duty, freedom, and his future.

3

The Rise of Kylo Ren

by Charles Soule

2019

Ben Solo's fall from Luke Skywalker's Jedi school becomes a dangerous search for identity. After a disaster leaves his future uncertain, Ben meets the Knights of Ren and takes steps that will define Kylo Ren.

4

The Destiny Path

by Charles Soule

2020

After the Battle of Hoth, Luke, Leia, and Lando regroup while Darth Vader hunts the rebels. Luke's growing connection to the Force draws him toward a dangerous encounter with a new dark-side threat.

5

Operation Starlight

by Charles Soule

2021

Commander Zahra pursues the scattered Rebel fleet on Vader's orders, driven by a personal grudge against Leia. As Luke and Wedge fight for survival, Lando and Lobot attempt a daring Imperial heist.

6

Quests of the Force

by Charles Soule

2023

Lost in the strange reaches of No-Space, Luke, Leia, and their allies need a desperate way home. Disturbances caused by Crimson Dawn leave Luke struggling to reconnect with the Force.

7

The Path to Victory

by Charles Soule

2023

The Rebel fleet reunites, but Crimson Dawn sleeper agents race to deliver a secret that could change the war. The Empire gives chase as Luke, Leia, and the Alliance face a widening threat.

8

Dark Droids

by Charles Soule

2024

A monstrous entity called the Scourge begins consuming droid minds across the galaxy. As trusted machines become threats, heroes and villains face a horror-driven crisis that reaches toward Darth Vader.

9

The Path of Light

by Charles Soule

2024

Luke, Leia, Lando, and the Rebel Alliance face the final pressures of their post-Hoth campaign. Old secrets, Imperial threats, and Luke's Jedi path converge as the story moves toward *Return of the Jedi*.

10

The Sith and the Skywalker

by Charles Soule

2024

Luke Skywalker's search for Jedi knowledge brings him into conflict with a Sith legacy and the forces protecting it. Between *Empire* and *Jedi*, he must define what kind of Jedi he can become.

Star Wars (Charles Soule) books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Obi-Wan & Anakin"

    Obi-Wan & Anakin

    by Charles Soule

    2016Star Wars, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Lando"

    Lando

    by Charles Soule

    2016Star Wars, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Rise of Kylo Ren"

    The Rise of Kylo Ren

    by Charles Soule

    2019Star Wars, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "The Destiny Path"

    The Destiny Path

    by Charles Soule

    2020Star Wars, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Operation Starlight"

    Operation Starlight

    by Charles Soule

    2021Star Wars, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "The Path to Victory"

    The Path to Victory

    by Charles Soule

    2023Star Wars, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Quests of the Force"

    Quests of the Force

    by Charles Soule

    2023Star Wars, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Dark Droids"

    Dark Droids

    by Charles Soule

    2024Star Wars, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "The Sith and the Skywalker"

    The Sith and the Skywalker

    by Charles Soule

    2024Star Wars, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "The Path of Light"

    The Path of Light

    by Charles Soule

    2024Star Wars, Book 10

Series background & context

Charles Soule's Star Wars work covers several eras, but it is connected by an interest in characters under pressure. He writes heroes, criminals, Jedi, Sith, pilots, and rebels who know the role they are supposed to play, then puts that role under strain.

The earliest place to start is often Obi-Wan & Anakin, a story set during Anakin Skywalker's uneasy apprenticeship. Lando follows Lando Calrissian and Lobot on a high-risk theft, while Poe Dameron sends Black Squadron on Resistance missions before and around The Force Awakens. Each is a useful stand-alone door into the larger universe.

Soule's Darth Vader material is darker. Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith begins just after Anakin becomes Vader and follows his first steps as the Emperor's enforcer. The Rise of Kylo Ren later explores Ben Solo's break with Luke Skywalker's students and the path that turns him into Kylo Ren.

Then there is the original-trilogy period.

His main Star Wars run takes place between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Luke is trying to grow as a Jedi, Leia is holding a battered rebellion together, and the group is still reeling from Han's capture. That run feeds directly into War of the Bounty Hunters, Crimson Reign, and Hidden Empire, a connected crime saga centered on Boba Fett's cargo and Qi'ra's war against the Sith.

Soule also helped build The High Republic, the earlier era where the Jedi are at their most visible and hopeful. Light of the Jedi is the best opening point there. The comics and short fiction expand its disasters, frontier worlds, and struggles against the Nihil.

These stories can be read by era rather than publication date. Pick a character or time period that appeals to you, then use the summaries to follow the links outward.

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