- "As Lucasfilm celebrates its 50th anniversary, we're curating a collection of essential #StarWars Legends novels in trade paperback with new covers."
- ―Del Rey
The Essential Legends Collection is a series of novels published first by Del Rey, then by Random House Worlds from 2023 onwards. The series reprints select books from the Star Wars Legends continuity in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Lucasfilm Ltd. The first selection of books was published on June 15, 2021.
Books[]
This list of Legends novels is sorted roughly in in-universe chronological order. First by series, then by one-offs.
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- The Old Republic: Revan (November 1, 2022)[11]
- The Old Republic: Deceived (November 1, 2022)[12]
- The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance (August 15, 2023)[4]
- The Old Republic: Annihilation (October 24, 2023)[13]
- Knight Errant (February 6, 2024)[14]
- Star Wars: Darth Bane Trilogy
- Clone Wars multimedia project
- Shatterpoint (June 15, 2021)[5]
- Shatterpoint unabridged audiobook (June 15, 2021)[17]
- Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (May 23, 2023)[2]
- Shatterpoint (June 15, 2021)[5]
- Republic Commando
- Republic Commando: Hard Contact (May 23, 2023)[3]
- Republic Commando: Triple Zero (August 15, 2023)[18]
- Republic Commando: True Colors (October 24, 2023)[19]
- Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel (February 6, 2024)[20]
- Imperial Commando: 501st (June 4, 2024)[21]
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
- The Force Unleashed (November 5, 2024)[22]
- The Force Unleashed unabridged audiobook (November 5, 2024)
- The Force Unleashed II (February 4, 2025)[23]
- The Force Unleashed (November 5, 2024)[22]
- Star Wars: X-Wing
- X-Wing: Rogue Squadron (September 7, 2021)[24]
- X-Wing: Rogue Squadron unabridged audiobook (September 7, 2021)[25]
- X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble (April 5, 2022)[26]
- X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble unabridged audiobook (April 5, 2022)[7]
- X-Wing: The Krytos Trap (August 2, 2022)[27]
- X-Wing: The Krytos Trap unabridged audiobook (August 2, 2022)[10]
- X-Wing: The Bacta War (November 1, 2022)[28]
- X-Wing: The Bacta War unabridged audiobook (November 1, 2022)[29]
- X-Wing: Wraith Squadron (February 6, 2024)[30]
- X-Wing: Wraith Squadron unabridged audiobook (February 6, 2024)
- X-Wing: Iron Fist (June 4, 2024)[31]
- X-Wing: Iron Fist unabridged audiobook (June 4, 2024)
- X-Wing: Solo Command (November 5, 2024)[32]
- X-Wing: Solo Command unabridged audiobook (November 5, 2024)
- X-Wing: Rogue Squadron (September 7, 2021)[24]
- Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy
- Heir to the Empire (June 15, 2021)[5]
- Dark Force Rising (September 7, 2021)[33]
- The Last Command (September 7, 2021)[34]
- The Thrawn Trilogy Boxed Set (May 31, 2022)[35]
- Others
- Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void (May 23, 2023)[36]
- Darth Plagueis (April 5, 2022)[37]
- Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter (August 2, 2022)[38]
- Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter unabridged audiobook (August 2, 2022)[10]
- Outbound Flight (August 15, 2023)[39]
- Kenobi (April 5, 2022)[40]
- Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (February 4, 2025)[41]
- Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader unabridged audiobook (February 4, 2025)[41]
- The Lando Calrissian Adventures (June 4, 2024)[42]
- The Han Solo Adventures (November 5, 2024)[43]
- Death Troopers (August 2, 2022)[44]
- Scoundrels (February 4, 2025)[45]
- The Courtship of Princess Leia (October 24, 2023)[46]
- The Courtship of Princess Leia unabridged audiobook (January 23, 2024)
- I, Jedi (October 24, 2023)[47]
- I, Jedi unabridged audiobook (March 12, 2024)
- Survivor's Quest (August 15, 2023)[48]
- Survivor's Quest unabridged audiobook (December 19, 2023)
Paperback gallery[]
Star Wars: The Old Republic[]
Star Wars: Darth Bane Trilogy[]
Clone Wars[]
Republic Commando[]
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed[]
Star Wars: X-Wing[]
Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy[]
Others[]
Unabridged audiobook gallery[]
Clone Wars[]
Star Wars: X-Wing[]
Others[]
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
External links[]
Del Rey (@DelReyStarWars) on Twitter (April 2, 2021): "As Lucasfilm celebrates its 50th anniversary, we're curating a collection of essential #StarWars Legends novels in trade paperback with new covers." (backup link)- Del Rey (@DelReyStarWars) on Twitter (June 24, 2021): "We're excited to announce the next trade paperbacks in the Essential Legends Collection. Each edition will have a new cover with original artwork." (backup link)
- Del Rey (@DelReyStarWars) on Twitter (November 3, 2021): "Exciting news! The next round of trade paperbacks in the #EssentialLegends Collection will be available April 5, 2022. Each edition will have a new cover with original artwork." (backup link)
- Del Rey (@DelReyStarWars) on Twitter (April 20, 2022): "Incoming: the next wave of trade paperbacks in the Essential Legends Collection will be available Aug 2, 2022. Each edition will have a new cover with original artwork." (backup link)
- Del Rey (@DelReyStarWars) on Twitter (June 21, 2022): "The covers keep getting better and better... new wave of #EssentialLegends novels, coming Nov 1, 2022. Each edition will have a new cover with original artwork." (backup link)
- Del Rey (@DelReyStarWars) on Twitter (November 16, 2022): "Announcing the next batch of #StarWars #EssentialLegends novels, coming May 23, 2023. Each edition will have a new cover with original artwork. Take a closer look at each in the thread below." (backup link)
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