Nearly everyone knows about Han, Luke, Lia, R2D2, C3PO, Master Yoda and Darth Vader. Some folks even know of the fictional micro-organisms midichlorians and their association with the Force. The abilities the Force gives individuals (and planets) contribute to fun exciting reading. The way the Force is harnessed for good and evil through either Jedi or Sith training also gives structure for wonderful storytelling.
There are hundreds of Star Wars books, TV series and animations!
- "ultra-extreme prequels" set 5,000 years prior to the original Stars Wars story line (3 books)
- "exteme prequels" set 1020 years prior to the original story line (3 books)
- prequels set 33 years prior to the original story line (35 books)
- Three more "prequel" books (The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith)
- fillers (books set between The Phantom Menace and Return of the Jedi) (15 books)
- short-term follow ups (6.5 to 7.5 years after A New Hope) (34 books)
- medium-term follow ups (25 years after A New Hope) (24 books)
- long-term follow ups (40 years after A New Hope) (16 books)
- and more are coming out nearly every day it seems.
Animated Series
- Star Wars: Droids is an animated series about the Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO, and was released on DVD in 2004. The series features the exploits of R2-D2 and C-3PO, the droids who have appeared in all six live-action Star Wars films. The series takes place between the events depicted in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
- Star Wars: Ewoks, also known as Ewoks, was simultaneously released in September 1985 and focused on the adventures of Wicket and various other recognizable Ewok characters from the original trilogy in the years leading up to Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
- Star Wars: Clone Wars, an animated micro-series created by Genndy Tartakovsky, which aired on Cartoon Network from November 2003 to March 2005.
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a CGI-animated series based on the animated movie of the same name, which aired on Cartoon Network from October 2008 to March 2013. The final season of the series aired on Netflix in March 2014.
- Star Wars Rebels, an animated series set between Episode III and Episode IV that premiered as a special on Disney Channel and aired on Disney XD beginning in October 2014.
- Star Wars Detours,[134] an animated comedy series written by Brendan Hay, who is a writer for the comedy news show The Daily Show, and with creative consulting from the co-creators of Robot Chicken: Seth Green and Matthew Senreich. The series will take place during the original trilogy and the setting will be remote from the front line of war. Following the Disney purchase, this series was put on indefinite hold.
I can't claim to have read all the Star Wars books, prequels, fillers and follow ups. But I have read a good majority of them. Some stories are a little darker than I like ("The Lost Tribe of the Sith" and the Darth Bane books), but some I just couldn't put down ("The Thrawn Trilogy", "The New Jedi Order", "The Dark Nest Trilogy", "The Legacy of the Force", and "The Fate of the Jedi"). With entire planets that are intelligent force aware force using entities, the same punishing races by stripping all force awareness (and empathy) from their populations, whole planets full of Sith, Sith and Jedi alliances, force titans (Aboloth), and more imagination than I have, Star Wars is always interesting. Timothy Zahn, Troy Denning, Aaron Allston and Christie Golden are awesome contributors to the Star Wars Universe.
I have to admit that I am a kid at heart and have watched many of The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels animations on Cartoon Network and Disney XD. I hope they make it to Netflix so I can keep watching them.
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