Alan Dean Foster returns for the ‘Force Awakens’ novelisation!

Alan Dean Foster, the man who penned (and collaborated with George Lucas on) the first potential Star Wars sequel Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, as well as ghostwriting the novelisation of the original Star Wars, is writing the novelisation of The Force Awakens! Foster has a long history as a science fiction and fantasy author, as well…

Battlefront: Twilight Company novel set for release in November

As was suspected, a Battlefront: Twilight Company, a tie-in novel to the Battlefront game, will see release later this yea—November 3, to be specific. Set between Star Wars: A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, the novel, written by Old Republic scribe and BioWare alumnus Alexander Freed, will follow Rebel soldiers fighting against the Empire…

New ‘Weapon of a Jedi’ blurb

Florian at Making Star Wars alerts us to the fact that the German Amazon site has updated its description of The Weapon of a Jedi: Luke Skywalker returns for an all-new adventure in this thrilling upper middle grade novel. Set between Star Wars: A New Hope and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the story…

Dark Disciple cover and release date

Dark Disciple, the novelisation of unproduced Clone Wars scripts featuring Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos, now has cover art by artist Matt Taylor: Here’s StarWars.com’s synopsis: Based on a series of scripts originally written for the unaired seventh season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and starring ex-Sith bounty hunter, Asajj Ventress, and the unorthodox…

Juvenile novel titles potentially reveal state of the galaxy in The Force Awakens (updated)

Jedi-Bibliotech have found listings for The Force Awakens juvenile novel that seem geared to prepare kids for the new film by laying out the backstory seen in the original trilogy: Journey to Episode VII: Princess Leia Middle Grade Novel (September 2015, Hardcover, Disney-Lucasfilm Press, $12,99 USD, 9781484724972) Journey to Episode VII: Han Solo Middle Grade Novel (September…

Tarkin hits shelves today!

Star Wars: Tarkin, the second novel in the new Star Wars canon, will be released today. Written by Star Wars expanded universe veteran James Luceno, the novel is set five years after Revenge of the Sith and three years before A New Dawn, and was written with knowledge of the events to be depicted in…

A New Dawn jacket and full blurb

On the 2nd of September, Star Wars: A New Dawn will officially signal the start of a new chapter in Star Wars storytelling, where novels, comics, games, TV series and films all contribute to the overall canon of the universe. Although we’ve had a taste already with Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir and Blade Squadron,…

Del Rey Star Wars 2014 sampler coming July 15

Amazon will be offering a free digital sampler of the upcoming Del Rey Star Wars novels (A New Dawn, Tarkin, Heir to the Jedi and Lords of the Sith) on the 15th of July, Ordinarily this would be a Comic-Con exclusive, but this year in San Diego they’re offering a complete copy of A New…

New “Heir to the Jedi” excerpt posted

Del Rey’s Star Wars Facebook page has posted a new excerpt from Kevin Hearne’s Heir to the Jedi, the upcoming novel set between Star Wars: A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back and told in the first person from the perspective of Luke Skywalker: There’s no one around to answer all my questions now that…

The world of Rebels, plus a new Tarkin blurb!

First up, here’s a new blurb we’ve spotted for James Luceno’s Tarkin: Grand Moff Tarkin—the man who controlled the Death Star and ordered the destruction of Alderaan. The man who even the dreaded Darth Vader obeyed. At long last, as the true story of the Star Wars galaxy continues to unfold, Tarkin’s tale now comes…