The tenth set of Star Wars: The Essential Legends Collection books consists of new reprints of novels within the X-Wing and Republic Commando sequence.
As found by Reddit person Dullcorm, Amazon has leaked that three new books from Star Wars Legends are getting rereleases: X-Wing: Iron Fist by Aaron Allston, Imperial Commando: 501st by Karen Traviss, and The Adventures of Lando Calrissian by L. Neil Smith. The present launch window for Wave 10 is ready for June 4, 2024. These books are reprints of tales from the Star Wars Legends continuity with new cowl artwork. For these of you who got here onto Star Wars from about 2015 onwards, Legends is what was as soon as known as the “Star Wars Expanded Universe”, and it contains materials made or actively developed previous to the Disney buy of Lucasfilm in 2012. In 2014, Disney formally confirmed that they’d solely contemplate the primary six motion pictures of The Skywalker Saga – alongside The Clone Wars and the assorted initiatives tied to The Clone Wars Legacy – canonical, so as to give new storytellers inventive freedom on new initiatives.
While George Lucas by no means thought of something aside from what he labored on as actually canon, he drew affect from the creations of others for his varied initiatives, with the Republic/Empire’s capital being given the title of Coruscant, primarily based on Timothy Zahn’s books, or Aayla Secura from Star Wars comics revealed after The Phantom Menace making appearances in Attack of the Clones, The Clone Wars, and Revenge of the Sith. Likewise, the wealth of Legends content material has continued to affect new storytellers, as beloved characters like Grand Admiral Thrawn have been making appearances alongside settings, autos, and different concepts first established exterior of the primary six movies and The Clone Wars.
For a recap, right here is each single one of many books that has been or might be launched as part of The Essential Legends Collection, together with the three new additions:
- The Thrawn Trilogy and extra from Timothy Zahn
- Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn (Wave 1)
- Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn (Wave 2)
- The Last Command by Timothy Zahn (Wave 2)
- Outbound Flight by Timothy Zahn (Wave 7)
- Survivor’s Quest by Timothy Zahn (Wave 7)
- The Darth Bane Trilogy
- Darth Bane: Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn (Wave 1)
- Darth Bane: Rule of Two by Drew Karpyshyn (Wave 2)
- Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil by Drew Karpyshyn (Wave 3)
- Clone Wars
- Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover (Wave 1)
- Yoda: Dark Rendezvous by Sean Stewart (Wave 6)
- X-Wing Series
- X-Wing: Rogue Squadron by Michael A. Stackpole (Wave 2)
- X-Wing: Wedge’s Gamble by Michael A. Stackpole (Wave 3)
- X-Wing: The Krytos Trap by Michael A. Stackpole (Wave 4)
- X-Wing: The Bacta War by Michael A. Stackpole (Wave 5)
- X-Wing: Wraith Squadron by Aaron Allston (Wave 9)
- X-Wing: Wraith Squadron by Aaron Allston (Wave 10)
- The Old Republic
- The Old Republic: Deceived by Paul S. Kemp (Wave 5)
- The Old Republic: Revan by Drew Karpyshyn (Wave 5)
- The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance by Sean Williams (Wave 7)
- The Old Republic: Annihilation by Drew Karpyshyn (Wave 8)
- Republic Commando
- Republic Commando: Hard Contact by Karen Traviss (Wave 6)
- Republic Commando: Triple Zero by Karen Traviss (Wave 7)
- Republic Commando: True Colors by Karen Traviss (Wave 8)
- Republic Commando: Order 66 by Karen Traviss (Wave 9)
- Imperial Commando: 501st by Karen Traviss (Wave 10)
- Others
- Kenobi by John Jackson Miller (Wave 3)
- Darth Plagueis by James Luceno (Wave 3)
- Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber (Wave 4)
- Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter by Michael Reaves (Wave 4)
- Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void by Tim Lebbon (Wave 6)
- I, Jedi by Michael A. Stackpole (Wave 8)
- The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton (Wave 8)
- Knight Errant by John Jackson Miller (Wave 9)
- The Adventures of Lando Calrissian by L. Neil Smith (Wave 10)
Wave 8, Wave 9, and Wave 10 of The Essential Legends Collection will arrive on October 23, 2023, February 6, 2024, and June 4, 2024 respectively.
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