Expanded Universe Timeline of Novels

• Darth Bane: Rule of Two
  

88.5 BBY - 21.5 BBY

• Legacy of the Jedi
  

45 BBY

• Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force
  
• Jedi Apprentice: The Dark Rival
  

44 BBY

• Jedi Apprentice: The Hidden Past
  
• Jedi Apprentice: The Mark of the Crown
  
• Jedi Apprentice: The Defenders of the Dead
  
• Jedi Apprentice: The Uncertain Path
  
• Jedi Apprentice: The Captive Temple
  
• Jedi Apprentice: The Day of Reckoning
  

43 BBY

• Jedi Apprentice: The Fight for Truth
  
• Jedi Apprentice: The Shattered Peace
  
• Jedi Apprentice: The Deadly Hunter
  

42 BBY

• Jedi Apprentice: The Evil Experiment
  

41 BBY–29 BBY

• Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: Deceptions
  

39 BBY

• Jedi Apprentice: The Dangerous Rescue
  
• Jedi Apprentice: The Ties That Bind
  
• Jedi Apprentice: The Death of Hope
  
• Jedi Apprentice: The Call to Vengeance
  
• Jedi Apprentice: The Only Witness
  
• Jedi Apprentice: The Threat Within
  

39 BBY–29 BBY

• Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: The Followers
  

39 BBY–20 BBY

• Secrets of the Jedi
  

39 BBY–4 ABY

• The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
  

33 BBY

• Darth Maul: Saboteur (eBook)
  
• The Starfighter Trap (eBook)
  

33 BBY - 32 BBY

• Episode I Adventures 1: Search for the Lost Jedi
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 1: Search for the Lost Jedi
  
• Episode I Adventures 2: The Bartokk Assassins
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 2: The Bartokk Assassins
  
• Episode I Adventures 3: The Fury of Darth Maul
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 3: The Fury of Darth Maul
  
• Episode I Adventures 4: Jedi Emergency
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 4: Jedi Emergency
  
• Episode I Adventures 5: The Ghostling Children
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 5: The Ghostling Children
  
• Star Wars Adventures 7: The Ghostling Children
  
• Star Wars Adventures Game Book 7: The Ghostling Children
  
• Episode I Adventures 6: The Hunt for Anakin Skywalker
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 6: The Hunt for Anakin Skywalker
  
• Star Wars Adventures 8: The Hunt for Anakin Skywalker
  
• Star Wars Adventures Game Book 8: The Hunt for Anakin Skywalker
  
• Episode I Adventures 7: Capture Arawynne
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 7: Capture Arawynne
  
• Star Wars Adventures 9: Capture Arawynne
  
• Star Wars Adventures Game Book 9: Capture Arawynne
  
• Episode I Adventures 8: Trouble on Tatooine
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 8: Trouble on Tatooine
  
• Star Wars Adventures 10: Trouble on Tatooine
  
• Star Wars Adventures Game Book 10: Trouble on Tatooine
  
• Episode I Adventures 9: Rescue in the Core
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 9: Rescue in the Core
  
• Episode I Adventures 10: Festival of Warriors
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 10: Festival of Warriors
  
• Episode I Adventures 11: Pirates from Beyond the Sea
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 11: Pirates from Beyond the Sea
  
• Episode I Adventures 12: The Bongo Rally
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 12: The Bongo Rally
  

32.5 BBY

• Cloak of Deception
  
• Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
  

32 BBY

• Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Movie novelization)
  
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Junior novelization)
  
• Star Wars Episode I Journal: Anakin Skywalker
  
• Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul
  
• Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala
  
• Episode I Adventures 13: Danger on Naboo
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 13: Danger on Naboo
  
• Star Wars Adventures 11: Danger on Naboo
  
• Star Wars Adventures Game Book 11: Danger on Naboo
  
• Episode I Adventures 14: Podrace to Freedom
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 14: Podrace to Freedom
  
• Star Wars Adventures 12: Podrace to Freedom
  
• Star Wars Adventures Game Book 12: Podrace to Freedom
  
• Episode I Adventures 15: The Final Battle
  
• Episode I Adventures Game Book 15: The Final Battle
  

29 BBY

• Rogue Planet
  

28 BBY

• Jedi Quest: Path to Truth
  

27 BBY

• Outbound Flight
  
• Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice
  
• Jedi Quest: The Trail of the Jedi
  
• Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games
  
• Jedi Quest: The Master of Disguise
  

26 BBY

• Jedi Quest: The School of Fear
  

25 BBY

• Jedi Quest: The Shadow Trap
  
• Jedi Quest: The Moment of Truth
  

24 BBY

• Jedi Quest: The Changing of the Guard
  
• Jedi Quest: The False Peace
  
• Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown
  

22.5 BBY

• The Approaching Storm
  

22 BBY

• Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Movie novelization)
  
• Star Wars Adventures 1: Hunt the Sun Runner
  
• Star Wars Adventures 2: The Cavern of Screaming Skulls
  
• Star Wars Adventures 3: The Hostage Princess
  
• Star Wars Adventures 4: Jango Fett vs. the Razor Eaters
  
• Star Wars Adventures 5: The Shape-Shifter Strikes
  
• Star Wars Adventures 6: The Warlords of Balmorra
  
• Republic Commando: Hard Contact (Game Tie-in Novel)
  
• Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive
  
• Boba Fett: Crossfire
  
• Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
  
• Boba Fett: Hunted
  

21.5 BBY

• Storm Fleet Warnings (eBook)
  
• Duel (eBook)
  
• Equipment (eBook)
  
• Shatterpoint
  

21 BBY

• The Cestus Deception
  
• The Hive (eBook)
  
• Republic Commando: Triple Zero (Game Tie-in Novel)
  
• Odds (eBook)
  
• Republic Commando: True Colors (Game Tie-in Novel)
  

20 BBY

• MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
  
• MedStar II: Jedi Healer
  

19.5 BBY

• Jedi Trial
  
• Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
  
• Boba Fett: A New Threat
  
• Boba Fett: Pursuit
  

19 BBY

• Labyrinth of Evil
  
• Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Movie novelization)
  
• Republic Commando: Order 66 (Game Tie-in Novel)
  
• Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
  

18 BBY

• The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission
  
• The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning
  
• The Last of the Jedi: Underworld
  
• The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo
  
• The Last of the Jedi: A Tangled Web
  
• The Last of the Jedi: Return of the Dark Side
  
• The Last of the Jedi: Secret Weapon
  
• The Last of the Jedi: Against the Empire
  
• The Last of the Jedi: Master of Deception
  
• The Last of the Jedi: Reckoning
  

18 BBY–11 BBY

• Coruscant Nights: Jedi Twilight
  
• Coruscant Nights: Street of Shadows
  
• Coruscant Nights: Patterns of Force
  
• The Force Unleashed (novel) (Game Tie-in Novel)
  

10 BBY

• The Han Solo Trilogy Volume I: The Paradise Snare
  

5 BBY

• Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu
  

5 BBY - 4 BBY

• The Han Solo Trilogy Volume II: The Hutt Gambit
  

4 BBY

• Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon
  

3 BBY

• Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka
  

3 BBY - 0 BBY

• The Han Solo Trilogy Volume III: Rebel Dawn
  

2 BBY

• Han Solo at Stars' End
  
• Han Solo's Revenge
  
• Han Solo and the Lost Legacy
  

Rebellion era


0 BBY

• Death Star
  
• Journal: The Fight for Justice
  
• Journal: Captive to Evil
  
• Journal: Hero for Hire
  
• Episode IV: A New Hope (Movie novelization)
  
• Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
  
• Star Wars Missions 1: Assault on Yavin Four
  
• Star Wars Missions 2: Escape from Thyferra
  
• Star Wars Missions 3: Attack on Delrakkin
  
• Star Wars Missions 4: Destroy the Liquidator
  
• Star Wars Missions 5: The Hunt for Han Solo
  
• Star Wars Missions 6: The Search for Grubba the Hutt
  
• Star Wars Missions 7: Ithorian Invasion
  
• Star Wars Missions 8: Togorian Trap
  
• Star Wars Missions 9: Revolt of the Battle Droids
  
• Star Wars Missions 10: Showdown in Mos Eisley
  
• Star Wars Missions 11: Bounty Hunters vs. Battle Droids
  
• Star Wars Missions 12: The Vactooine Disaster
  
• Star Wars Missions 13: Prisoner of the Nikto Pirates
  
• Star Wars Missions 14: The Monsters of Dweem
  
• Star Wars Missions 15: Voyage to the Underworld
  
• Star Wars Missions 16: Imperial Jailbreak
  
• Star Wars Missions 17: Darth Vader's Return
  
• Star Wars Missions 18: Rogue Squadron to the Rescue
  
• Star Wars Missions 19: Bounty on Bonadan
  
• Star Wars Missions 20: Total Destruction
  
• Star Wars Science Adventures: Emergency in Escape Pod Four
  
• Star Wars Science Adventures: Journey Across Planet X
  

0.5 ABY

• Allegiance
  

1 ABY

• Galaxy of Fear: Eaten Alive
  
• Galaxy of Fear: City of the Dead
  
• Galaxy of Fear: Planet Plague
  
• Galaxy of Fear: The Nightmare Machine
  
• Galaxy of Fear: Ghost of the Jedi
  
• Galaxy of Fear: Army of Terror
  
• Galaxy of Fear: The Brain Spiders
  
• Galaxy of Fear: The Swarm
  
• Galaxy of Fear: Spore
  
• Galaxy of Fear: The Doomsday Ship
  
• Galaxy of Fear: Clones
  
• Galaxy of Fear: The Hunger
  
• Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine (Game Tie-in Novel)
  

2 ABY

• Splinter of the Mind's Eye
  

3 ABY

• Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Movie novelization)
  
• Tales of the Bounty Hunters
  

3.5 ABY

• Shadows of the Empire
  

4 ABY

• Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Movie novelization)
  
• Tales from Jabba's Palace
  
• Tales from the Empire
  
• Tales from the New Republic
  
• The Truce at Bakura
  
• The Bounty Hunter Wars Book I: The Mandalorian Armor
  
• The Bounty Hunter Wars Book II: Slave Ship
  
• The Bounty Hunter Wars Book III: Hard Merchandise
  

New Republic era


5 ABY

• The Glove of Darth Vader
  
• The Lost City of the Jedi
  
• Zorba the Hutt's Revenge
  
• Mission from Mount Yoda
  
• Queen of the Empire
  
• Prophets of the Dark Side
  

5.5 ABY

• Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor
  

6 ABY

• Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide (in-universe)
  

6.5 ABY

• X-wing: Rogue Squadron
  

7 ABY

• X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
  
• X-wing: The Krytos Trap
  
• X-wing: The Bacta War
  
• X-wing: Wraith Squadron
  
• X-wing: Iron Fist
  

7.5 ABY

• X-wing: Solo Command
  

8 ABY

• The Courtship of Princess Leia
  
• A Forest Apart (eBook)
  
• Tatooine Ghost
  

9 ABY

• The Thrawn Trilogy: Heir to the Empire
  
• The Thrawn Trilogy: Dark Force Rising
  
• The Thrawn Trilogy: The Last Command
  
• X-wing: Isard's Revenge
  

11 ABY

• I, Jedi
  
• The Jedi Academy Trilogy: Jedi Search
  
• The Jedi Academy Trilogy: Dark Apprentice
  
• The Jedi Academy Trilogy: Champions of the Force
  

12 ABY

• Children of the Jedi
  
• Darksaber
  

13 ABY

• Planet of Twilight
  
• X-wing: Starfighters of Adumar
  

14 ABY

• The Crystal Star
  

16 ABY

• The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy: Before the Storm
  
• The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy: Shield of Lies
  
• The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy: Tyrant's Test
  

17 ABY

• The New Rebellion
  

18 ABY

• The Corellian Trilogy: Ambush at Corellia
  
• The Corellian Trilogy: Assault at Selonia
  
• The Corellian Trilogy: Showdown at Centerpoint
  

19 ABY

• The Hand of Thrawn: Specter of the Past
  
• The Hand of Thrawn: Vision of the Future
  

21 ABY

• Judge's Call (eBook)
  

22 ABY

• Junior Jedi Knights: The Golden Globe
  
• Junior Jedi Knights: Lyric's World
  
• Junior Jedi Knights: Promises
  
• Junior Jedi Knights: Anakin's Quest
  
• Junior Jedi Knights: Vader's Fortress
  
• Junior Jedi Knights: Kenobi's Blade
  
• Fool's Bargain (eBook)
  
• Survivor's Quest
  

23 ABY

• Young Jedi Knights: Heirs of the Force
  
• Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy
  
• Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones
  
• Young Jedi Knights: Lightsabers
  
• Young Jedi Knights: Darkest Knight
  
• Young Jedi Knights: Jedi Under Siege
  
• Young Jedi Knights: Shards of Alderaan
  

24 ABY

• Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance
  
• Young Jedi Knights: Delusions of Grandeur
  
• Young Jedi Knights: Jedi Bounty
  
• Young Jedi Knights: The Emperor's Plague
  
• Young Jedi Knights: Return to Ord Mantell
  
• Young Jedi Knights: Trouble on Cloud City
  
• Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef
  

New Jedi Order era


24.5 ABY

• Boba Fett: A Practical Man (eBook)
  

25 ABY

• Vector Prime
  
• Dark Tide I: Onslaught
  
• Dark Tide II: Ruin
  
• Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
  
• Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
  

26 ABY

• Balance Point
  
• Recovery (eBook)
  
• Edge of Victory I: Conquest
  
• Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
  

27 ABY

• Star by Star
  
• Dark Journey
  
• Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
  
• Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
  
• Traitor
  

28 ABY

• Destiny's Way
  
• Ylesia (eBook)
  
• Force Heretic I: Remnant
  
• Force Heretic II: Refugee
  
• Force Heretic III: Reunion
  
• The Final Prophecy
  
• The New Essential Chronology (in-universe)
  

29 ABY

• The Unifying Force
  

35 ABY

• Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
  

36 ABY

• Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
  
• Dark Nest III: The Swarm War
  

Legacy era


40 ABY

• Betrayal
  
• Bloodlines
  
• Tempest
  
• Exile
  
• Sacrifice
  
• Inferno
  
• Fury
  
• Revelation
  
• Invincible
  

42 ABY

• Millennium Falcon
  
• Outcast
  
• Omen
  
• Abyss
  
• Backlash
  
• Allies
  
• Vortex
  
  

Does not include FOTJ. I'll add it later

WOAH!!!! Amaranthine, can I copy this into a Word Doc, and then print it to have in my room? I can totally use this for reference!!! Thanks for posting it!

wait let me add fotj first.

If you buy some of the newer SW books they have a SW map and a timeline in them!

thats so cool!!!!!!!!

i agree maryanna i want to get them now

On my blog there is a "Guide to the Expanded Universe" that will help you on which ones to get first!

thax

thnx

I'm very glad I had a timeline when I started reading the EU all those years ago. ALL OF YOU NEWBIE EU READERS, USE AMARNTHINE'S TIMELINE!!

wow i just noticed this and its soo cool thanks amaranthine I defiinitly need this as a reference super cool