There are plenty of sites that do reviews. You can find them on Amazon, Goodreads and Youtube. But so far as I know, none of them are focused on the continuity of the original Star Wars expanded universe. That is my aim, to judge it not only on whether I liked the story but how well did it fit with everything else. While each story may stand alone, there may be callbacks to other stories that you might enjoy reading, or stories following that used a simple throwaway element from that story for a whole new tale! I try and list those so you know where to look.
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Star Wars Radio Dramas Audio Adventures
These gems are far more than merely audio books. The Star Wars Radio Dramas are based on the movie and expanded by Brian Daley, with a full voice cast and sound effects. They originally were on NPR and were later released on Cassette, CD…
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Rebellion Comics
Rebellion Comics picks up right where Empire Comics left off. Janek Sunber is reeling from discovering that Luke Skywalker is a rebel. Jol, the rebel who was rescued, is recovering from torture. This is also a rare moment when we get a look at…
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Empire comics
Empire comics start up straight after Dark Times, interweaving into the same era as the classic Marvel comics as well as the Newspaper strips. As such it includes the likes of Darth Vader and Princess Leia, connecting the older era of stories with the…
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Legacy of the Jedi by Jude Watson
The protagonist is Lorian Nod, and starts when he and Dooku are boys in the temple. Legacy of the Jedi jumps to Dooku as a Master with Qui-Gon, then on to Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, and finally Obi-Wan and Anakin during the Clone Wars. It’s…
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The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour
The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour cartoons brought Star Wars to children’s animation. The same studio created them as the brief Boba Fett introduction in the Star Wars Holiday special (the only bit of that which was looked on in a positive light.) These…
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Jedi Starfighter
This game I played on the XBox and really enjoyed it. Jedi Starfighter is a sequel to Starfighter, so in addition to flying as Jedi Master Adi Gallia, you also fly Nym’s ship, as in the previous game. It’s set right before and during…
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Star Wars Dark Times Comics
In the Aftermath of Order 66 and the declaration of Empire, every being, from smugglers to surviving Jedi, to separatists to refugees, find the galaxy changed. The Dark Times are here, in spite of Palpatine’s promises of peace and order, the galaxy is more…
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Star Wars Republic Comics
Dark Horse comics was finally unleased in 1999 before The Phantom Menaces The comics, eventually named Star Wars Republic, expanded on characters that would appear in the movies and the elements that would lead to from right before The Phantom Menace to just after…
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Classic Battlefront 2
The original Battlefront 2 is considered one of the best shoot em up games in the expanded universe. It’s a well deserved view. In the game you basically start as the good guy, being a clone serving the Republic, only to end up the…
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Knights of the Old Republic Comics AKA KOTOR Comics
KOTOR comics are fun, with just the right blend of action, adventure, humor and suspense. New characters are well rounded with story twists and cross paths with characters that will one day be made famous (or infamous) by the Knights of the Old Republic…
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The Star Wars Holiday Special – Corny Continuity
The Star Wars Holiday Special is infamous for how corny it is. George Lucas has said if he had time, he’d go smash every copy with a hammer. While Lucas did supply the original story, the timing didn’t allow him to continue to manage…
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Young Boba Fett Series
Most people first saw Boba Fett in the Empire Strikes Back, a few in the Holiday Special. But few imagined the child he must’ve once been, or how he became the ruthlessly efficient hunter he was. This is how he got that way. Orphaned…
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Darth Bane Path of Destruction
“Only two there are, Master, and apprentice” ~ Yoda and Darth Bane: the Path of Destruction is where it begins. While he first appears in the Jedi VS Sith comics, this story fills out his backstory up until the ending where he is set…
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X Wing Rogue Squadron
X-Wing Rogue Squadron fires up an adventure that catapults Wedge Antillies and the new hero, Corran Horn, into star status. Wedge already survived 2 Death Stars and Hoth, Corran is a (almost) new character. But now, Luke Skywalker’s legendary squadron has been officially handed…
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Young Jedi Knights Rise of the Shadow Academy
This is a new beginning, where Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Academy now has put out enough adult Jedi to shift toward training younger students. Naturally, his own niece and nephews, Jacen and Jaina, along with Anakin are among the youngest. In this series, Jacen and…
