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Now we move forward to the second book in the Hand of Thrawn Duology, Zahn’s fix-it fic, the Luke/Mara book and the longest SW book ever
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There’s just so much Star Wars eu/legends I am overwhelmed. I don’t know where to go next.
*punches through your ceiling*
DID SOMEONE ASK ABOUT THE STAR WARS EU?!???
but where to go next is an impossible question in the eu because it all depends on where you WANT to go next. i’ll try to give some options.
some people ask me for a short cut through the eu. like how to read up the current point as efficiently as possible and i usually tell them:
- thrawn trilogy
- hand of thrawn duology
- new jedi order series
- dark nest trilogy
- legacy of the force series
- fate of the jedi series
- crucible
which actually skips some of my favorite books but i think it’s the most streamlined approach to the main post-rotj eu storyline.
if you’d rather have recs for other books i think are awesome and also accessible for a new reader:
- LUKE SKYWALKER AND THE SHADOWS OF MINDOR. actual star wars literary perfection. set within 6 months of rotj so no spoilers for later stuff.
- tatooine ghost. just after courtship of princess leia. basically the honeymoon… except actually 250 pages of leia’s daddy issues.
- thrawn trilogy. mentioned above. one of the key series of the eu in terms of establishing eu characters. other people will sing it’s praises more than i do but it’s very very good.
- corellian trilogy. my actual favorite from the bantam era. (sorry thrawn).
- the truce at bakura. actually i only find this one okay but it’s set right (literally like an hour) after rotj so it’s a fun place to start as well.
- shadows of the empire. an intratrilogy book (of the tie-in video game fame). tried to make dash rendar happen but otherwise is p good.
- i rec the revenge of the sith novelization to everyone who breathes.
or like if you like have specific things you want to read about.
- leia’s daddy issues? truce at bakura or tatooine ghost
- mara? thrawn, hand of thrawn, outbound flight, allegiance, (i refuse to rec choices of one because i hate it)
- solo kids? young jedi knights (if you can handle ya), corellian trilogy (an adult book with the kids as children), new jedi order (for them a bit more grown up)
- people other than skywalkers? x wing, death star
if this isn’t enough overwhelming information i have some old posts on the subject:
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So now we moved forward to the second book in the Jedi Academy Trilogy
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Star Wars Legends Spotlight: The Wedding of Luke and Mara
In this last week of writer signups for the From a Legends Point of View fanfiction event, we’ll be celebrating Legends by spotlighting some key events, characters, and moments from the Legends continuity.
Writers: Help us add to the story! Sign up to write for the From a Legends Point of View fanfiction event now through June 2. Together, we’ll build a collection of Star Wars Legends fanfiction set during the time of the Original Trilogy. Use our Signup Form to pitch your story concepts (Signup Guidelines available here) and please encourage your favorite writers to participate!
Our first spotlight is the wedding of the galaxy’s most eligible Jedi bachelor, Luke Skywalker, with former Emperor’s Hand and current Jedi Master Mara Jade in 19 ABY on Coruscant.
Why is this important?
Luke and Mara are in many ways the power couple of Star Wars Legends (along with Leia Organa and Han Solo). While Leia and Han were shown as a committed couple by the end of Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker spent a fair amount of the Legends continuity in various ultimately doomed love affairs. Mara Jade, one of the most prominent characters to originate in Legends, was introduced in the Thrawn trilogy and clearly had some chemistry with Luke from the start, as well as going on her own journey from Emperor’s Hand to smuggler to Jedi knight to Jedi master before ending up with Luke.
How does it happen?
The engagement takes place toward the end of Timothy Zahn’s novel Vision of the Future, appropriately happening in the middle of a life-or-death situation. The room they are in is filling up with water, and Luke asks Mara to marry him. She says, “You mean, if we get out of this alive?” and he says, “I mean regardless.”
The wedding and the leadup take place in Star Wars: Union, a four-unit comic series written by X-Wing series writer Michael Stackpole. Most of the series deals with the more mundane events leading up to any wedding— choosing a dress, the bachelor / bachelorette parties, the wedding itself, and moments from the reception— but the happy couple being who they are, of course there is danger, intrigue, and shenanigans. There are actually two weddings: a Jedi wedding only attended by members of the Jedi Order early in the series, and a formal wedding that serves as a major event for the New Republic.
The Jedi portion of the wedding largely goes off without a hitch, but the New Republic ceremony is where the shenanigans come in.
We see Mara attempt to “say yes to the dress” only to be confronted with some of the worst fashion crimes imaginable, then find her dream designer out in the alley, having been originally prevented from preventing her designs by her evil boss.
Luke’s bachelor party at the Red Rancor (attended by Han Solo, Wedge Antilles, Chewbacca, Gavin Darklighter, Talon Karrde, Wes Janson, Derek “Hobbie” Klivian, Tycho Celchu, Kam Solusar, Corran Horn, Booster Terrik, and Lando Calrissian) ends in a bar fight instigated by a Moff who is trying to kill Luke / prevent the wedding.
Meanwhile, the women (Mara, Leia, Tionne Solusar, Winter Celchu, Mirax Terrik Horn, and Iella Wessiri Antilles) have a spa day and then kick some ass in a slingball game.
The day of the ceremony is a major New Republic event, with people like Mon Mothma in attendance and Admiral Ackbar presiding. A Moff is determined to interrupt the ceremony and violently prevent the festivities, but Chewie, the Jedi, and the Rogues take care of that while those with parts in the ceremony carry on. Meanwhile, Booster Terrik has been tasked with keeping the children quiet during the ceremony, including his grandson Valin Horn as well as Myri and Syal Antilles and Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin Solo.
Finally, we see the happy couple wed:
…And various other couples at the ceremony get nostalgic about their own weddings as they enjoy the reception.
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Very early illustration of Thrawn from The Star Wars Encyclopedia (Virgin Books) various authors and illustrators. He's mentioned as being the only alien commander in the Imperial Navy.
September: Enlightenment
"She tried to kill you!” Ben yelled. “Remember our last time on Dathomir?”
“I remember,” his father said evenly. “The coven had been swallowed by the Dark, yet you wanted to save them.”
“Yeah,” Ben snarled. “I was wrong.”
“You were right. We had to try. Now we have to try again.”
Ben was silent, eyes shining with unpleasant memories.
Luke waited.
“The Jedi path is never easy,” Ben sighed finally. “I should’ve figured that out by now.”
Luke rested a hand on Ben’s shoulder. “It's never too late for enlightenment.”
“Maybe for Vestara.”
“Maybe not,” Luke answered. “Let's go.”
Just a reminder that this series of drabbles is based on prompts from The Year of Luke 2023 by @lukeskywalkerfanart. Now that I'm caught up, you'll have to wait until October for the next one! Thank you for reading!
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Featured Artist: Christa is a freelance illustrator that has worked with many companies including Hasbro, Cartoon Network, Wizards of the Coast(D&D) and Dreamworks. She will have prints, keychains and enamel pins. You can find her in our Artist Alley!
Join us for a celebration of all things Expanded Universe at the Marriott Convention Center in Burbank, California on September 9th and 10th! Our growing guest list includes Randy Stradley, Matthew Stover, Michael Stackpole, Jason Fry, Corinna Bechko, Sean Stewart, Barbara Hambly, Abel Peña, Craig Miller, Joe Bongiorno and Shea Standefer.
Buy tickets by August 29th at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/legends-consortium-2023-tickets-541786186067
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Say good morning to our beloved Legend Thrawn!
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the original trio in the expanded universe
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Well I officially have all the legends book (the adult ones at least).
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We are so excited to announce that beloved author Matthew Stover will be attending LegendsCon! He will be available to meet with fans, sign autographs, and appear on panels all weekend!
Buy tickets now on Eventbrite, and join us for a celebration of all things Expanded Universe at the Marriott Convention Center in Burbank, California on September 9th-10th 2023!
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Grandmaster Luke Skywalker and the New Jedi Order.
Art by Chris Trevas.
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I know he’s joking but Luke kinda is a jealous possessive man lol.
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Get your tickets now for the first ever Expanded Universe convention and join us September 9th & 10th 2023 in Burbank, California!
Featured guests include Randy Stradley, Corinna Bechko and Sean Stewart with more announcements to come!
Cosplayer: @dairyboy117 (IG) Photographer: @galactic_factotum (IG)
LegendsCon seeks to create an event that brings together fans in an environment that fosters positivity and inclusivity while we celebrate our love of Legends material. We are an unofficial community organized event, which is not sponsored, run by, or affiliated with Lucasfilm Ltd. All event proceeds will go to a charitable cause.
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You know I noticed there’s a lot of SW stuff that has an anniversary this year:
1. Starting with obvious one, the 40th anniversary of ROTJ
2. The 30th anniversary of The Last Command and this moment
3. The 25th anniversary since Allson (RIP) joined SW with his Wraith Squadron books and since Luke and Mara declared their love in Vision of the Future
4. And the 20th anniversary of The Unifying Force, Shatterpoint and Knights of the Old Republic no less.
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Luke and Mara and Mara and Luke and—
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Star Wars EU / Legends timeline - post A New Hope
BBY = Before the battle of Yavin 4 ABY = After the battle of Yavin 4 Text in ( brackets ) indicates the relevant book
REBELLION ERA
0 ABY- Star Wars: A new hope / Battle of Yavin 4, destruction of the death star
3 ABY - Star Wars: The empire strikes back / echo basis destroyed, Han Solo is captured by Boba Fett
4 ABY - Star Wars: Return of the Jedi / death of Jabba the Hutt, destruction of the second death star, death of emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader, the New Republic is established
7.5 ABY - Begin and end of the Bacta Wars ( X-Wing: The Bacta War )
8 ABY - Wedding of Leia Organa and Han Solo ( The Courtship of Princess Leia )
9 ABY - Birth of Jaina and Jacen Solo, start and end of the Thrawn campaign, death of grand admiral Thrawn ( The Thrawn trilogy )
10 ABY - Emperor Palpatine is reborn as a clone, Luke Skywalker falls to the dark side but is eventually rescued by his twin sister, birth of Anakin Solo ( Dark Empire I & II )
11 ABY - Luke sets up his Jedi academy on Yavin 4, Leia becomes chief of state of the new republic, Luke’s student Kyp Durron is possessed by the Sith spirit of Exar Kun and destroys the entire Carida system ( Jedi Academy trilogy )
14 ABY - Disciples of Ragnos crisis takes place ( Jedi Knights: Jedi Academy )
16 ABY - The Black Fleet crisis happens ( Black fleet crisis trilogy )
17 ABY - The Corellian crisis happens, Han’s cousin Thrackan Sal-Solo threatens the new republic with the use of Centerpoint station ( Corellia trilogy )
19 ABY - Caamas Document crisis eventually leads to the end of the galactiy civil war between the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant, discovery of the Empire of the Hand, ( Hand of Thrawn Duology ) wedding of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade ( Union )
23 ABY - The Second Imperium raids the academy on Yavin 4 in the Second Imperium crisis ( Young Jedi Knights: Jedi under siege )
NEW JEDI ORDER ERA
25 ABY - Begin of the Yuuzhan Vong war ( New Jedi Order: Vector Prime )
26 ABY - Birth of Ben Skywalker, destruction of the academy on Yavin 4 ( New Jedi Order: Edge Of Victory II: Rebirth )
27 ABY - Mission to Myrkr, death of Anakin Solo, Jacen Solo becomes a prisoner of war, Coruscant falls to the Yuuzhan Vong in the battle of Coruscant ( New Jedi Order: Star by Star )
28 ABY - The new republic is restructured into the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances ( New Jedi Order: Destiny’s way )
29 ABY - End of the Yuuzhan Vong war ( New Jedi Order: The unifiying force )
30 ABY - Jacen Solo begins his five year journey, the Jedi officially reclaim the old academy on Ossus
35 ABY - Begin of the Dark Nest crisis ( Dark Nest I: The Joiner King )
36 ABY - Birth of Allana Djo Solo ( Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen ) , Luke Skywalker becomes grandmaster of the Jedi Order ( Dark Nest III: The Swarm War )
LEGACY ERA
40 ABY - Begin of the Second Galactic Civil war ( Legacy of the Force: Betrayal ), Jacen Solo falls to the dark side, becomes Lumiya’s sith apprentice and chief of state of the galactic alliance, death of Mara Jade, Jacen accepts the name Darth Caedus, Luke Skywalker kills Lumiya ( Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice )
41 ABY - Jaina Solo kills Darth Caedus, end of the Second Galactic Civil war ( Legacy of the Force: Invincible )
43 ABY - Luke Skywalker is exiled, the Jedi are plagued by a mysterious force psychosis, the dark side entity Abeloth wreaks havoc on the galaxy, the Lost Tribe of the Sith is rediscovered ( Fate of the Jedi: Outcast )
44 ABY - The Jedi stage a coup against chief of state Natasi Daala, the Sith seize the Jedi temple on Coruscant, Abeloth is ( temporarily ) destroyed, the Sith are defeated, wedding of Jaina Solo and Jagged Fel ( Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse )