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May 1, 2014 · This timeline is intended to list narrative-based canon media by an in-universe chronology. The list includes films, television episodes, novels, comic books, short stories, video games, and other promotional material. There are several defined criteria considered when including Star Wars canon media on this timeline: Media must have a direct narrative story that is told in-universe. This ...
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- Every movie, TV show, book, comic, video game, and more that is 'official.'
- The Star Wars Canon: Index
- Every Canon Star Wars Film
- Every Canon Star Wars TV Show
- Every Live-Action Canon Star Wars TV Show
- Every Animated Canon Star Wars TV Show
- Every Canon Star Wars Video Game
- Every Canon Star Wars Novel
- Every Canon Star Wars Adult Novel
- Every Canon Star Wars Young Adult Novel
By Ryan Dinsdale
Updated: Jan 17, 2024 8:18 pm
Posted: May 4, 2023 12:05 pm
Star Wars is a biggie. Not only is it really good, but there's also tons of it. Like tons and tons. What starts as a neat little trilogy, eventually leaks into a trilogy of film trilogies, spin-off movies, TV shows, and books. And these spawn comics, audio-dramas, short stories, and even more.
IGN has put together a definitive list of every piece of canon Star Wars content to help you keep track of it all. Whether you're brand new to Star Wars and can't wait to explore every inch of the galaxy far, far away, or you're a seasoned traveler looking to tick off the final few elusive stories, this is the page for you.
Let's also make clear what we mean by canon. When Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, they essentially reset the Star Wars universe. They turned almost everything outside of the core six films into something called Legends, which takes place in a universe where the Sequel Trilogy never happened.
Click through the index below to jump to any section of this page:
•Every Canon Star Wars Film
•Every Canon Star Wars TV Show
•Every Canon Star Wars Video Game
•Every Canon Star Wars Novel
•Every Canon Star Wars Comic
Let's start simple. The famous film series was the main Star Wars media format to not get wiped and turned into Legends when Disney took over the franchise. This means that every Star Wars film is canon, from A New Hope in 1977 to The Rise of Skywalker in 2019.
We've included this as an entry because there are a few sneaky films sprinkled in though, including those released as part of Disney's now scrapped "one film every year" approach. Finally, the easy to forget film The Clone Wars which began the beloved TV series is also a canon entry. As for where to start watching, checking out the mainline Episodes in release order is probably your best bet, while a chronological run-through might be more enjoyable for a second watch.
The first stop on any new Star Wars fan's journey into the extended universe will likely be one of the several TV shows available on Disney+. Though there aren't dozens of these to choose from yet, there is still plenty of content aimed at younger viewers, adults, those young at heart, and everywhere in between.
In fact, because even the shows aimed at younger viewers are packed full of important canon lore that feeds into other content, most of the offerings are enjoyable for all ages. The Clone Wars TV series introduces Ahsoka, for example, but she later appears in the Rebels show, in her own young adult novel, in The Mandalorian, and she's even getting a Disney+ series all to herself.
•The Mandalorian — 3 Seasons — November 12, 2019
•The Book of Boba Fett — 1 Season — October 30, 2020
•Obi-Wan Kenobi — 1 Season — May 27, 2022
•Andor — 1 Season and 1 Upcoming — September 21, 2022
•Ahsoka — 1 Season — August, 2023
•The Acolyte — 1 Season — 2024
•The Clone Wars — 7 Seasons — October 3, 2008
•Rebels — 4 Seasons and Shorts — August 11, 2014
•Resistance — 2 Seasons and Shorts — October 7, 2018
•The Bad Batch — 2 Seasons and 1 Upcoming — May 4, 2021
•Tales of the Jedi — 1 Season and 1 Upcoming — October 26, 2022
•Young Jedi Adventures — 1 Season — May 4, 2023
What better way to immerse yourself in Star Wars canon than by actually putting yourself into the galaxy far, far away by playing as one of its characters. Despite there being so many Star Wars games out there though, the canon list is surprisingly small.
Video games can take as long as films to make, if not longer, so the universe-resetting following the Disney takeover led to a slow restart for this side of things. Publisher EA also held an exclusive deal to make Star Wars games, and story-based, single player content seemingly wasn't their priority.
This is where Star Wars gets busy. Though the first canon novel was released less than 10 years ago, there are already dozens and dozens of books published, even ignoring the several adaptations and junior reader novels.
There are novels tied into the plots of films, deep backstories for characters only featured briefly in other content, and completely fresh ideas that have spawned their own multimedia sagas. If you really, really, want to get into the depths of Star Wars lore, the novels are for you.
These are published in several different categories. Adult novels are, well, novels aimed at adults, and are published with the most consistency. Then there are young adult novels, and while the writing here is slightly less complex, these are largely considered as interesting and enjoyable as the adult novels.
Finally, there are junior reader Star Wars novels. These are aimed at kids, though the ages can vary from book to book. Some are meant for middle school readers, meaning the stories can still be somewhat interesting to older readers, though adults will likely notice a significant difference between these and the adult and even young adult books.
They still contain canon lore, of course, so some readers may want to work through them to absorb every piece of Star Wars available. The reading level also allows them to be consumed in just a couple of hours, so it's up to the individual whether they're willing to spend the time and money.
Another brief explanation is needed for The High Republic, a novel-led saga of brand new Star Wars stories taking place around 200 years before The Phantom Menace. This is split into phases, and each phase is broken down into waves.
•A New Dawn — September 2, 2014
•Tarkin — November 4, 2014
•Heir to the Jedi — February 26, 2015
•Lords of the Sith — April 28, 2015
•Dark Disciple — July 7, 2015
•Aftermath — Aftermath 1/3 — September 4, 2015
•Lost Stars — September 4, 2015
•Ahsoka — October 11, 2016
•Rogue One: Rebel Rising — May 2, 2017
•Leia: Princess of Alderaan — September 1, 2017
•Most Wanted — May 25, 2018
•Queen's Shadow — Queen 1/3 — March 5, 2018
- Ryan Dinsdale
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi) is a 2017 American epic space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson.Produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the second installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, following The Force Awakens (2015), and the eighth episode of the nine-part "Skywalker saga".
The Star Wars canon is the continually evolving body of authoritative works comprising the official story of Star Wars, encompassing movies, television series, novels, comics, and video games. George Lucas set the original main six Star Wars films and the content he developed and produced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars as canon. These stories are defined to be the immovable objects of Star Wars ...
Novelization of Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi. Jason Fry: 2018-03-06 34 ABY: JRA: Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel. Junior novelization of Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi. Michael Kogge: 2018-03-06 34 ABY: YR: The Last Jedi storybook. Young readers adaptation of Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi. Elizabeth Schaefer ...
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2 days ago · The infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, no longer canon, can be viewed between Hope and Empire if you’re into that kind of thing. Additionally, two 1980s TV movies, Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (also both now uncanonized) have generally been placed as occurring before Return of the Jedi .
