Star Wars’ history as a multimedia sensation is coded into its DNA, and it has since expanded its influence into books. Without the early ’90s return of Star Wars to bookshelves, there’s a good chance that the property would have languished as a niche fandom.
Instead, it took over the world in force. Like anything else, Star Wars novels have run the gamut of quality. But between novels like the original Heir to the Empire Trilogy from Legends to Thrawn’s new mainline canon stories in the Ascendancy Trilogy, there are more than enough top-quality books to make this a worthwhile medium for Star Wars.
Author Steve Perry’s Shadows of the Empire was the centerpiece of an epic-scale Star Wars publishing initiative in the ’90s across multiple mediums. Set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, this novel revolves around Luke, Leia, and Lando’s efforts to rescue the kidnapped Han Solo as the crimelord Prince Xizor attempts to replace Darth Vader as the Emperor’s right hand.
Star Wars‘ history as a multimedia sensation is coded into its DNA, and it has since expanded its influence into books. Without the early ’90s return of Star Wars to bookshelves, there’s a good chance that the property would have languished as a niche fandom.
Instead, it took over the world in force. Like anything else, Star Wars novels have run the gamut of quality. But between novels like the original Heir to the Empire Trilogy from Legends to Thrawn’s new mainline canon stories in the Ascendancy Trilogy, there are more than enough top-quality books to make this a worthwhile medium for Star Wars.
Author Steve Perry’s Shadows of the Empire was the centerpiece of an epic-scale Star Wars publishing initiative in the ’90s across multiple mediums. Set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, this novel revolves around Luke, Leia, and Lando’s efforts to rescue the kidnapped Han Solo as the crimelord Prince Xizor attempts to replace Darth Vader as the Emperor’s right hand.
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