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Published Nov 10, 2026, 10:56 AM EST
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Star Wars has a long history of storytelling. Nearly 50 years long and now we are getting new stories from creatives who have loved this franchise their entire life. That includes getting to see a new view of stories we already know and love, like the original trilogy. A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi helped establish the franchise as one of the best fantasy series of all time. And now, thanks to Lucasfilm's publishing, we're getting a series of new books, announced back at San Diego Comic-Con!
Even now, almost 50 years later, the original trilogy still has stories to explore and with new audiobooks, including Star Wars Icons: Vader - Compendium that has a foreward written by Anakin Skywalker himself, Hayden Christensen. These will be the first unabridged audiobooks about the original series and it is a fun new way to explore the three films that brought fans so much joy and happiness throughout the years. The audiobooks wil lbe narrated by Marc Thompson and are set to release on February 2, 2027.
The list of books announced are as follows:
- Star Wars: Twin Crossroads – Adult novel by Beth Revis
- Star Wars: A Celebration – New book from DK Publishing
- Star Wars Icons: Vader – Compendium by Anthony Breznican and Christensen
- Star Wars: A New Hope – Triple Take – Graphic novel by Kim Shearer and Chas! Pangburn
- Race for Jabba’s Bounty – Graphic novel by Cavan Scott and Christian Colbert
- The Legend of Beggar’s Canyon – Graphic novel by Greg Pak
- Hiding from the Dark – Horror novel by Kiersten White
- Eyes Like Stars – Young adult romance novel by Ashley Poston
Collider Exclusive · 8 Questions · 2 Minutes Which Star Wars Crew Should You Join? Falcon · Ghost · Skeleton Crew · Razor Crest
Eight honest questions about how you actually are: what your friends come to you for, how you handle a night that falls apart, what you want out of work, what keeps you going. Answer them and we will tell you which ship has your seat. Four crews are hiring: the smugglers, the rebels, the kids who got hopelessly lost, and the one man who works alone until he does not.
🚀Falcon(Original Trilogy)
👾Ghost(Star Wars Rebels)
🗺️Skeleton Crew(Skeleton Crew)
🪖Razor Crest(The Mandalorian)
FIND YOUR CREW →
01
What role do you play in your friend group? Everybody has one, whether they admit it or not.
AThe one who talks us out of trouble. BThe one who keeps everybody together. CThe one who suggests the bad idea. DThe one who turns up and fixes it.
NEXT QUESTION →
02
How do you pack for a trip? This says more about people than it should.
ALast minute, and I always forget something. BEnough for me and whoever forgot theirs. COne bag of nonsense and no real plan. DExactly what I need and nothing more.
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03
Your plans collapse an hour before. What do you do? Everybody reacts to this differently.
ACome up with something better on the spot. BGet everybody on a call and sort it out. CGo out anyway and see what happens. DStay in, quite happily.
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04
What would you actually want out of a job? Be honest rather than impressive.
AGood money and nobody watching me. BWork that means something, even if it pays badly. CSomething different every single day. DClear terms, paid on time, left alone.
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05
What do people come to you for? You already know which one it is.
AGetting them out of something. BHolding it together when things get bad. CMaking a boring day interesting. DThe thing nobody else wants to do.
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06
How do you handle a disagreement with a friend? This is where people differ most.
AJoke about it now, deal with it later. BTalk it out properly, however long it takes. CForget the whole thing within an hour. DSay very little, then quietly fix it.
NEXT QUESTION →
07
What does a really good Saturday night look like? No wrong answers, but there are revealing ones.
ASomewhere loud with people I like. BA long dinner at home with my favourite few. COut with no plan at all. DQuiet, alone, and completely happy about it.
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08
What actually keeps you going? Eight questions in, this is the one that picks your crew.
AFreedom, and the money that pays for it. BBeing part of something worth fighting for. CCuriosity, mostly. DOne person who depends on me.
REVEAL MY CREW →
Docking Clamps Released Your Crew Is…
Four ships, four completely different reasons to be up there at all. Here is the one that has your seat, what flying with them would cost you, and what it would give back.
Millennium Falcon
You belong on the fastest piece of junk in the galaxy, with a crew that took the job for the payday and then quietly stopped caring about the payday. Nothing on the Falcon has ever gone according to plan, and everybody aboard prefers it that way.
- You improvise better than you prepare, which is why you keep ending up in situations that a careful person would have avoided.
- The Falcon is the only ship on this list that is genuinely funny, and half of that comes from it breaking at the worst possible moment.
- You would pretend the whole thing is transactional right up until somebody you like is in trouble, and then the pretending stops instantly.
- This crew is the reason the rebellion had a chance at all, and not one of them would ever admit to that out loud.
The Ghost
You belong with the crew that turned a tiny cell of misfits into an actual rebellion. The Ghost is a home before it is a ship, and everybody who boards it arrived with something broken that the rest of them decided to look after.
- Found family is the whole engine here, and Rebels earns it by making you watch these people choose each other over and over again.
- You are in it for the cause, but what actually keeps you going is the four people who would notice immediately if you stopped showing up.
- Hera is one of the best captains in the franchise, and the show is smart enough to make her competence the quiet centre of everything.
- This crew pays for its wins, which is exactly what makes the wins land the way they do.
The Skeleton Crew
You belong with the four kids who found a buried ship, launched it by accident and are now extremely lost in a galaxy that eats people like them. Nobody here knows what they are doing, and that turns out to be the fun of it.
- Your instinct is to open the door that says do not open, and you would do it again tomorrow.
- Skeleton Crew is the closest Star Wars has come to an eighties adventure movie, where the stakes are real but the wonder never gets sanded off.
- You make friends out of whoever is standing next to you when things go wrong, which is a genuinely useful survival skill.
- The pirates in this one are properly frightening, and that is precisely why the kids being out of their depth works so well.
The Razor Crest
You belong in the quietest ship in the galaxy, with one small passenger and a code you have never explained to anybody. You told yourself this was a job, and then it stopped being a job somewhere around the second week.
- You work alone by preference and by habit, which lasts exactly as long as it takes for somebody small to need looking after.
- The Mandalorian works because almost nothing gets said out loud, and the armour does the acting that a face usually would.
- Your loyalty is narrow and absolute, so there are very few people on your list and nothing will move you off it.
- The Mandalorian and Grogu took all of that to the big screen over Memorial Day 2026, the first Star Wars film in seven years.
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It Comes at a Time When Star Wars Is In Limbo
Image via Disney+The Star Wars franchise is at a bit of an impasse. With films like The Mandalorian & Grogu underperforming and the studio canceling hits like The Acolyte, there are only a handful of things to look forward to with the franchise. Outside of publishing, we have Star Wars: Starfighter coming out in 2027 starring Ryan Gosling and Season 2 of Star Wars: Ahsoka is set to release in January. To celebrate 50 years of Star Wars, there is also anniversary celebrations set for next year but we're not getting regular releases like before. Maybe with Dave Filoni as co-President of Lucasfilm with Lynwen Brennan will bring more Star Wars to us. At least we have our beloved books!
As you wait for the next line of Star Wars novels, you can rewatch the original trilogy!
Release Date May 25, 1977
Runtime 121 minutes
Director George Lucas
