June 24th, 20213163Exciting Star Wars publishing news from Del Rey for fans of the Expanded Universe: As celebration of the 50th anniversary of Lucasfilm continues, Del Rey is expanding their curated collection of essential and beloved Star Wars novels from the past. Novels set in a galaxy far, far away have enriched the Star Wars experience for fans...
October 2nd, 20161150 5 Star Wars Novels That Had More Impact Than You Think -- A Guest Blog by Cassie Phillips After Disney acquired the rights to Star Wars, many fans hoped they would touch upon characters and plots from the Expanded Universe (EU). Disney, however, wanted to create an original story and script, something that would be difficult as the...
June 18th, 20162706Jay's Galactic Espressions Once upon a time, the Expanded Universe (EU) of Star Wars opened up an outlet for me that helped sate my unyielding desire for all things in a Galaxy Far, Far Away. I consider myself a relative newbie to the now-titled Legends category of knowledge and stories, having only come into it about 10 years...
May 13th, 20160103 Timothy Zahn is back in the Legends Library with his Oceans 11, stand-alone novel, Scoundrels. Tune in as Luke and Randy try to keep up with this very complicated story. Zahn's writing holds your attention to the very last sentence, by adding such a plot twist that it is worth going over the book a couple of times to see what details...
January 8th, 2016044 The Case for New Canon: Why It's Just Better This Way -- A Guest Blog by Mike Harris While we were all speeding along on our "Journey to The Force Awakens," I found myself thinking back to the day everything changed -- October 30th, 2012. A day that will be long remembered. After the dust settled, I (and I'm sure many like me) was...
September 18th, 2015175 Luke and Randy revisit a classic from the prequel era: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter. The I-5 story line starts here with the first Michael Reeves novel in the Legends timeline. They also discuss the new Star Wars Disney Park and how it could be used to pay homage to some of the Legends locations and characters. Last but not least,...
Welcome to Legends Library, your one stop spot for book reviews and Legends talk! Legends Library is a show created by Randy Therio and Luke Seitters to bring some excitement to the Legends book series by creating a monthly book club for readers. Each month we will review and talk about a book, which will be announced one month...Star Wars News & Info
DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE and RANDOM HOUSE ANNOUNCE RELAUNCH OF STAR WARS™ ADULT FICTION LINE New Publishing Program to be Part of the Unified Star Wars Storytelling Future New York, NY – April 25, 2014 – Following today’s announcement of Lucasfilm’s new unified storytelling approach, Disney Publishing...Blog Posts
My relationship with the Star Wars expanded universe hasn't been a close one. I’ve often wondered why the two of us don’t get on as well as we should. I’ve pondered the reason why we are like passing ships in the night. There should be no reason why we don’t have a more stable and close relationship. But there it...
