While George Lucas never considered anything other than what he worked on as truly canon, he drew influence from the creations of others for his various projects, with the Republic/Empire’s capitol being given the name of Coruscant based on Timothy Zahn’s name for it in his books, or Aayla Secura from Star Wars comics published after The Phantom Menace making appearances in Attack of the Clones, The Clone Wars, and Revenge of the Sith. In 2014, Disney officially confirmed that they would only consider the first six movies of The Skywalker Saga, alongside The Clone Wars and the various projects tied to The Clone Wars Legacy, canonical, in order to give new storytellers creative freedom on new projects.

For those of you who came onto Star Wars from about 2015 onwards, Legends is what was once referred to as the “ Star Wars Expanded Universe”, and it comprises material made or actively developed prior to the Disney purchase of Lucasfilm in 2012. These books are reprints of stories from the Star Wars Legends continuity with new cover art. The current release date for Wave 5 will be on November 1, 2022. It’s that time again: the next set of books that will release as part of Star Wars: The Essential Legends Collection have leaked.Īs discovered through Edelweiss, three new Essential Legends Collection books have been confirmed: X-Wing: The Bacta War, The Old Republic: Deceived, and The Old Republic: Revan.

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