Star Wars Expanded Universe

:You may be looking for Star Wars Legends, the rebranded name of the Expanded Universe since April 2014
The Star Wars Expanded Universe or (EU) refers to professional works published or created before 2014 outside of the nine original movies and The Clone Wars television series. 
The Expanded Universe covers a wide span of media types, although it was best known for its novelizations and tie-in novels, especially during the years the original trilogy was being released, covering the extended time between movies:
The EU was the most successful book series based on a film series, with over 850 novelizations, original novels, reference books, children’s books and role-playing supplements, including 80 New York Times best-sellers.Guinness World Records related to star wars, 2015 It also included television shows, animation, audio dramas and video games.
In 2014, it was announced that the original EU had been cancelled. No new books would be released and all previously released material (which became known as Legends) was now non-canon. In advance of the release of the sequel trilogy, it was announced that a new expanded universe of canon books would be published, and that the EU content would be rebranded Star Wars Legends. Franchise canon is now the nine movies of the prequel, original and sequel trilogies plus The Clone Wars television series, plus material released after April 2014; however elements of both Expanded Universe and Legends works appear in canon, including characters, locations and history.
(for more about fan reaction to the rebranding of the EU, see Star Wars Legends)
== Canon Works ==
===Novels===
(for a full list, go to Timeline of Legends Books)
*A New Hope (novelization) - ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster and credited to George Lucas (1976)
*Splinter of the Mind's Eye - Alan Dean Foster (1978) - first truly EU novel
*Han Solo at Stars' End - Brian Daley (1979)
*Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn - introduction of Grand Admiral Thrawn
**Heir to the Empire (1991)
**Dark Force Rising (1992)
**The Last Command (1993)
*Shadows of the Empire
*The Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin J. Anderson
*The Jedi Prince series
*Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly
*Young Jedi Knights
*Junior Jedi Knights
*New Jedi Order
===Television/Film===
*The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
*Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984)
*Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)
*Star Wars: Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO (1985–1986) - animated television series
*Ewoks (1985–1987) - animated television series
*Spaceballs (1987) - unauthorised satire released by Mel Brooks
=== Comics ===
====Marvel====
Marvel Comics released a line of Star Wars comics from 1977 to 1987, plus an 80th anniversary special in 2019Star Wars (1977) Issue 108 - Wookieepedia. Table taken from WikipediaStar Wars Comics - Marvel (1977-1987) - Wikipedia.
Marvel (1977–1987) 	Marvel (1977–1987)
Star Wars #1–107 	April 1977 – May 1986
Star Wars Annual #1–3 	December 1979 – December 1983
Marvel Illustrated Books Star Wars #1–2	November 1981 – October 1982
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi #1–4 	October 1983 – January 1984
Star Wars: Ewoks #1–14 	May 1985 – July 1987
Star Wars: Droids #1–8 	April 1986 – June 1987
====Dark Horse (1991-2014)====
For full list, see the Dark Horse Comics page on Wookieepedia. Dark Horse's Star Wars comics include: 
* Adaptations
** Film and television adaptations
** Legends novel adaptations
* Original series (Dark Horse comics)
** Dark Empire
** Classic Star Wars
** X-wing
** Shadows of the Empire
** Crimson Empire
** Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan
** Knights of the Old Republic and The Old Republic
** Legacy
** Star Wars: The Clone Wars
** Other original series (Dark Horse comics)
* Limited series (Dark Horse comics)
* One-shots (Dark Horse comics)
* Alternate storylines
===Radio and Audio Drama===
*NPR Star Wars Radio Series (1981, 1983, 1986)
*Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell - NPR (1983)
*Tales of the Jedi (1995)
*Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (1995)
*Star Wars: Dark Empire (1996)
*Star Wars: Dark Empire II (1996)
*Star Wars: Empire's End (1997)
*Star Wars: Dark Forces (1998)
*Star Wars: Crimson Empire (1998)
===Video Games===
Since 1983, over 120 video games have been published bearing the Star Wars name, beginning with Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back published for the Atari 2600. See here for a Timeline of Video Games
*Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003-2004)
*Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (2004-2005)
===Other===
* The Star Tours ride was opened at Disney Parks in 1987 to commemorate the saga's 10th anniversary.
==Notable Characters ==
*Grand Admiral Thrawn - has appeared in Star Wars Rebels, which makes him canon.
*Mara Jade
*Jaina Solo
*Kyp Durron
*Corran Horn
*Tenel Ka Djo
*Callista Masana
==Fandom==
Much of the EU was meant to complement the source material, especially the novels that were published after the original trilogy. They were the only source of new Star Wars content, and many fans considered the material to be canon. This continued through the release of the prequel trilogy, with the EU providing glimpses of the larger Star Wars universe outside of the main movies. 
=== Bantam Spectra Era===
==External Links==
Wikipedia - Other Media Publication History
=== Fanworks ===
==== AO3 links ====
*Star Wars (Marvel Comics)
* Star Wars: Droids (Cartoon)
* Star Wars Legends: Ewoks (Cartoon)
===Fan Discussions===
*Ignorance is Bias: The Diversity Manifesto, a discussion about the lack of and need for diversity in SW Legends (at the time EU) started by CooperTFN at TheForce.net (2012)
===Miscellaneous===
*The Many Future Mrs. Skywalkers by Dan Mallory Ortberg - meta about Luke's love life
*Star Wars Expanded Universe Book Covers And The Feelings I Have Had About Them, Fifteen Years Later by Dan Mallory Ortberg
*Star Warsy by ex-m - Fanart of many notable Legends characters, including Mara Jade, Talon Karrde, Ghent, Tycho Celchu, Winter Retrac, and Shada D'ukal in a group portrait.
==References==
*Expanded Universe
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