Here follow my recommendations for Star Wars literature. When it came to Star Wars, like most people I stuck with the movies. But I began to be interested in finding a more fulfilling exercise in magnificent worldbuilding, epic storytelling, and heartbreaking beauty. In other words, I wanted Tolkien in space. I found it in the works of Brian Daley — the radio dramatizations of the original movies — and Timothy Zahn — the five novels which originally continued the story. Here is a list of those works (highlighted in yellow), plus some peripheral books which are excellent and which round out the experience.
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