Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
The first Star Wars book, published six months before the first Star Wars film.
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Ultimate Star Wars
The new canon gets its first single-volume overview.
Released by DK in April 2015 with a foreword by Anthony Daniels, this reference covers characters, creatures, locations, technology and vehicles across the newly unified canon. It was the first attempt to draw a boundary around what now counted.
This entry is catalogued but not yet reviewed. The publication details above are verified; the write-up is still in the queue.
0 BBY – 4 ABY
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