Did you know luke and leia had more family that they were unaware of. The family s story began with the chosen one, anakin skywalker, born of no father and destined to. We have a young girl abandoned on a desert planet, who is the hero of a story that smartly riffs on star wars. Except luke s characterization in that book was shit and so the book was also. Hello, and welcome to a nostalgic trip through the old star wars expanded universe.
The solo family is a fictional family of characters in the star wars franchise, whose key member is smuggler han solo, one of the central protagonists of the franchise starting in the original film trilogy in which he is featured prominently throughout. Originally, more than a million years prior to the clone wars, the celestials. Perfect to send or keep, the cards feature artwork from vader s little princess as well as new illustrations not included in the book. These last jedi clues rey is lukes daughter will make. Subsequent to these films events, han marries princess leia, hence connecting her family tree to his. The star war series it s formed by three books and has the most famous ever created book characters like luke skywalker, princess leila or the most powerful villain ever, dark vader. The first chapter does have a lot of humor but it will get darker. The dumbest thing the star wars expanded universe did to. For years before disney purchased lucasfilm the star wars story was primarily told through the expanded universe, or eu, a collection of books, comics, audio dramas and games that continued and expanded on the stories from the movies. A new hope, darth vader has a tense confrontation with princess leia, an adversary who, unbeknownst to him, is actually his daughter. Some are theorizing that rey is the daughter of luke skywalker and. The remaining systems have made a sudden alliance with the mercenary syndicate, an obscure and violent organisation of hired hands, in an attempt to crush the first order with their deadly fleet. It s a question that has dogged star wars fans since they.
The force awakens hinted there s a reason she s connected to luke s blue lightsaber, the last jedi revealed she was nothing more than the daughter of filthy junk traders. After abeloths defeat at the hands of luke and darth krayt, luke. In the star wars tales luke skywalker and anakin skywalker actually met and crossed paths on tatooine, far before darth vader knew he existed. Abrams just revealed this detail about reys parents. The solo family is a fictional family of characters in the star wars franchise, whose key member. Welcome to the star wars expanded universe subreddit. It s a question worth pondering, especially as it s possible that one of. The first volume is written by alain dean foster and the other two were written by donald f. In star wars the last jedi, we got the ending that we all know with luke skywalker. Led by the father, the son and daughter were embodiments of the dark and.
She served the father and his son and daughter, catering to their every need. Rey is a skywalker but not the daughter of luke or. The character was voted the 40th top star wars character by ign and the top 6th star wars expanded universe character by ugo networks. In the canon han solo and leia s only son is named ben solo. Some of the greatest star wars stories ever told featuring alternate timelines and outcomes for luke, vader and leia havent appeared on film. Star wars is an american epic spaceopera media franchise, centered on a film series. Yet more important still is the wellbeing of the twin infants, leia and luke skywalker. This is my theory on what happen where i try to answer theses questions. She appears in the canon series as the wife of luke skywalker and mother of ben.
Wedge antilles, known as tie ss25 during his time at skystrike academy, was a renowned human male starfighter pilot from corellia who first served in the imperial navy as a tie fighter pilot until defecting to join the rebellion. The latest star wars movie still offers new clues that rey is lukes daughter, which are mostly made apparent through reys improved jedi skills. The force awakens in 2015, the expanded universe all. I really need some good luke stories at this point so was wondering if anyone could recommend their favorite luke skywalker books, whatever ones you think are the best. Lukes daughter chapter 1, a star wars fanfic fanfiction. This list applies only to characters who completely appear in legends media, and who therefore do not exist in the canon continuity. There are some odd situations in the book, like a romantic relationship between nonsiblings luke and leia, and it feels a bit like a bizarro star wars. Mara jade skywalker was one of the coolest characters in star wars.
This is an incomplete list of characters from the star wars expanded universe, now rebranded star wars legends. How my daughter helped me fall back in love with star wars. Its the story of galen and lyra erso, who, along with their newborn daughter, jyn, find themselves. Star wars fans have done things like read books in the eu and participated in sw discussion groups. She is later revealed to be the daughter of darth vader and twin sister of luke skywalker, meaning that she herself is a skywalker. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. He would also serve in the alliance to restore the republic and. Lukes sacred jedi texts revealed to rey after the last. We have a theory about who both of rey s parents are in star wars. Nat skywalker is a formerreturned jedi master, the older brother of kol skywalker and the uncle of cade skywalker. Luke and leia flirt with each other in the early expanded universe works marvel star wars and splinter of the mind s eye, although when leia kissed luke in the empire strikes back, it seems she was only trying to make han jealous. How anakin met luke skywalker on tatooine star wars. The skywalker family was a legendary human family that played a prominent role in galactic history, with several generations achieving fameas generals, senators, and jedifrom the fall of the republic and the rise of the empire, to the conflict between the first order and the resistance. Rey is a skywalker but not the daughter of luke or han solo and kyra star wars 8 hero rey is still missing her parents but the popular theories about luke or han solo and kyra don.
It is not for comics or short stories in legends continuity. Fans of the old star wars novels might remember hans children jacen and jaina solo, and maybe even lukes son ben skywalker from the later books. I wont have time to watch all of original trilogy, and it is only the lousily edited version, i try to make it where the quotes are alike, and han shot first. This sweet and funny collection of postcards is filled with father daughter moments between darth vader, dark lord of the sith, and his rebellious daughter, leia. This time, im looking at the first eu books i ever read, kevin j. We are primarily a source of discussion and news for anything involving the star wars expanded universe legends or story group canon. Did luke skywalker have a love interest in the star wars books. It comes in a sleeve with brilliant artwork shown as pictured on amazon. In an effort to avert a catastrophic civil war, leia travels with her daughter jaina. The best luke skywalker books after watching tlj i was a little disappointed in what they did with luke s character. We have a theory about who both of reys parents are in.
Episode 9 theory about rey s parents undoes the last jedi. There s a strong suggestion in the star wars films that anakin and luke s. Despite her death, luke and the jedi were not convinced abeloth was dead. Han solo, luke skywalker, princess leia and the rest of the star wars gang mostly lives on in the bestselling expanded universe book franchise. Rey reached into her bag and pulled out luke s old lightsaber. In the new star wars the last jedi novel, redditors have gone to leak very important material from the book about 2 weeks before release. Luke skywalker in the expanded star wars universe what. In the star wars eu, luke has a son with mara jade, an assassin who was originally sent to kill him, but the two ultimately married. If youre new, and want to learn more about the expanded universe, you can find a. She used to be be a sith assassin at palpatine s hand. In the star wars books, luke skywalkers son is named ben and none of the 2 sons and 1 daughter that leia and han have are named ben one is even named anakin. Despite participating in leia s interrogation, the powerful sith lord is unable to uncover his familial connection with the rebellious royal. Is the new star wars trilogy the story of the solo twins. The return of the skywalkers rey skywalker book iv in.
This star wars expanded universe story proves that luke is. A new hope, but gender flips the boy hero into a girl hero. Inside is a hardcover book with cover art to rival the sleeve. In the alternate star wars expanded universe of novels and comic books, han and leia have. Luke skywalkers wife dream canon star wars the last. Han then look to luke, still, she s got a lot of spirit. Star wars inspires a love that can border on obsession. She appears in the now noncanon legends series, as the wife of luke skywalker and mother of ben skywalker. Darth maul, by cullen bunn, luke ross, and nolan woodard. With jade skywalker throwing all of her force effort and energy to keeping the disease from her son, the rest of her body was deteriorating rapidly.
Luke s parentage provides a big shock in the original trilogy. Mara jade skywalker, her husband luke skywalker, and their son ben moreover, cilghal learned that jade skywalkers disease was spreading five times as fast as it had before. This timeline is organized by chronology, and separated by era, as defined by lucas licensing. Regardless, the revelation in return of the jedi that luke and leia are twins put an end to any semblance of a romantic relationship, and leia married han. Luke skywalker s amazing story paperback december 1, 2008. This is a timeline for novels, young adult books, and ebooks in the expanded universe legends continuity. Luke and leia go on a mission for the alliance and end up searching for the kaiburr crystal, ultimately leading to the heroes facing darth vader. The last jedi the legends of luke skywalker star wars.
Enjoy the magical world of disney, including marvel, star wars, pixar and more. A number of authors simply use the force as a get out of jail card when theyve written themselves into a corner. Luke skywalker in the expanded star wars universe what is he capable of. Abrams just revealed this detail about rey s parents.
In the different video games, she has been voiced by heidi shannon, edie mirman and kath soucie. Rise of skywalker theory reveals why rey is familiar to. Star wars 8 hero rey is still missing her parents but the popular theories about luke or han solo and kyra dont add up. Did luke skywalker have a love interest in the star wars. The accompanying works were declared noncanon to the star wars franchise by lucasfilm in 2014. The life of luke skywalker for my 8 yearold daughter, but i also read it myself. Based on this alone, can we safely assume that disney considers the books noncanonical. Rey is a skywalker but not the daughter of luke or han solo and kyra star wars 8 hero rey is still missing her parents but the popular theories about luke or. Abeloth, also known as the bringer of chaos and beloved queen of the stars, was a being very powerful in both the dark side of the force and the light side of the force because she drank from the well of power and bathed in the pool of knowledge.
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