Star Wars is a biggie. Not only is it really good, but there's also tons of it. Like tons and tons. What starts as a neat little trilogy, eventually leaks into a trilogy of film trilogies, spin-off movies, TV shows, and books. And these spawn comics, audio-dramas, short stories, and even more.
IGN has put together a definitive list of every piece of canon Star Wars content to help you keep track of it all. Whether you're brand new to Star Wars and can't wait to explore every inch of the galaxy far, far away, or you're a seasoned traveler looking to tick off the final few elusive stories, this is the page for you.
Let's also make clear what we mean by canon. When Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, they essentially reset the Star Wars universe. They turned almost everything outside of the core six films into something called Legends, which takes place in a universe where the Sequel Trilogy never happened.
Everything published afterwards is categorised as canon, and (more or less) sticks to one cohesive universe. No new Legends content will be published, whereas the canon Star Wars content will likely continue to grow for years and decades to come.
Below is a list of every piece of canon Star Wars content. It can be quite overwhelming, but that's why we've collected everything for you, broken it down into different categories with explainers, and provided recommendations on the best places to start. We've also included definite upcoming content like the Ahsoka Disney+ series (these will be listed in italics), but not untitled projects like the new Rey Skywalker film. May the Force be with you...
Click through the index below to jump to any section of this page:
Let's start simple. The famous film series was the main Star Wars media format to not get wiped and turned into Legends when Disney took over the franchise. This means that every Star Wars film is canon, from A New Hope in 1977 to The Rise of Skywalker in 2019.
We've included this as an entry because there are a few sneaky films sprinkled in though, including those released as part of Disney's now scrapped "one film every year" approach. Finally, the easy to forget film The Clone Wars which began the beloved TV series is also a canon entry. As for where to start watching, checking out the mainline Episodes in release order is probably your best bet, while a chronological run-through might be more enjoyable for a second watch.
The first stop on any new Star Wars fan's journey into the extended universe will likely be one of the several TV shows available on Disney+. Though there aren't dozens of these to choose from yet, there is still plenty of content aimed at younger viewers, adults, those young at heart, and everywhere in between.
In fact, because even the shows aimed at younger viewers are packed full of important canon lore that feeds into other content, most of the offerings are enjoyable for all ages. The Clone Wars TV series introduces Ahsoka, for example, but she later appears in the Rebels show, in her own young adult novel, in The Mandalorian, and she's even getting a Disney+ series all to herself.
As Ahsoka and The Clone Wars TV series were so beloved, they survived Disney's Order 66 and made it into the canon universe despite being produced before the studio purchased Star Wars, but no other series released before 2014 is considered canon.
What better way to immerse yourself in Star Wars canon than by actually putting yourself into the galaxy far, far away by playing as one of its characters. Despite there being so many Star Wars games out there though, the canon list is surprisingly small.
Video games can take as long as films to make, if not longer, so the universe-resetting following the Disney takeover led to a slow restart for this side of things. Publisher EA also held an exclusive deal to make Star Wars games, and story-based, single player content seemingly wasn't their priority.
The first canon game is therefore 2017's Battlefront 2 (not to be confused with one from 2005 of the same name), because unlike its predecessor, it actually had a story campaign. There are also a couple of smaller virtual reality canon games, and space combat entry Squadrons, but it's the Jedi series from Respawn Entertainment that provides the heftiest chunk of story content.
This is where Star Wars gets busy. Though the first canon novel was released less than 10 years ago, there are already dozens and dozens of books published, even ignoring the several adaptations and junior reader novels.
There are novels tied into the plots of films, deep backstories for characters only featured briefly in other content, and completely fresh ideas that have spawned their own multimedia sagas. If you really, really, want to get into the depths of Star Wars lore, the novels are for you.
These are published in several different categories. Adult novels are, well, novels aimed at adults, and are published with the most consistency. Then there are young adult novels, and while the writing here is slightly less complex, these are largely considered as interesting and enjoyable as the adult novels.
Finally, there are junior reader Star Wars novels. These are aimed at kids, though the ages can vary from book to book. Some are meant for middle school readers, meaning the stories can still be somewhat interesting to older readers, though adults will likely notice a significant difference between these and the adult and even young adult books.
They still contain canon lore, of course, so some readers may want to work through them to absorb every piece of Star Wars available. The reading level also allows them to be consumed in just a couple of hours, so it's up to the individual whether they're willing to spend the time and money.
Another brief explanation is needed for The High Republic, a novel-led saga of brand new Star Wars stories taking place around 200 years before The Phantom Menace. This is split into phases, and each phase is broken down into waves.
Each wave primarily contains one adult novel, one young adult novel, and one junior, with a few extras sprinkled in like comics, audio books, and more. The overall stories are contained within each format though, so the adult novels directly lead into each other and you don't need to read the young adult novels to get the whole picture, for example.
Instead, the young adult novel stories just take place alongside the events of the adult novels, covering different characters in roughly the same time period. This means that if you only want to read the adult novels, that's absolutely fine. And if this is all super confusing, just follow the publishing order of the High Republic saga.
Star Wars comics canon was easy to figure out when the universe was reset. Disney released a run simply titled Star Wars, and then blended it together with a Darth Vader run, and subsequently released smaller runs focused on single characters like Princess Leia, Lando, and so on.
Years on, however, and there are now dozens of different comic series and standalone graphic novels, featuring just about every established Star Wars character and a few new ones. Whether you want to read about the adventures of Han, Obi-Wan, Captain Phasma, Kylo Ren, Jabba, or any of your other favourite characters, there's probably at least one comic run that allows that.
Our guide breaks all of these down, of course, but there are some useful things you should know to make the comic reading experience go a little bit smoother.
Some of the entries, such as the aforementioned Darth Vader run, will have years after them in brackets. This is because another Darth Vader run began after the first one wrapped, telling a new story separate from the original. We therefore say Darth Vader (2015) to indicate the run starting in 2015, and Darth Vader (2017) to indicate the run starting in 2017. You get it.
Annuals are also released for some of the longer series. These aren't part of the regular, numbered issues but can still contribute to the run's overall story. You can get away without reading these, but if you want to absorb absolutely every piece of the story, it's worth checking when they fit into the main story.
Another thing non-comic readers might find confusing about delving into this side of Star Wars anon is crossover events. This is when readers are intended to read different comics from several runs to get the complete story. Don't worry about missing out, however, as the comics tell you plainly when this is about to happen in the 'next issue' segment at the end of each chapter.
Finally, a single run from before the Disney reset is considered canon. A four-part comic called Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir was published by Dark Horse in 2014, but was based on content scrapped from The Clone Wars TV series and therefore fit with Star Wars canon. Disney made it official in 2017 when Marvel republished the book under its banner.
We've separated the below list to indicate comics aimed at younger readers (that would likely still be fun for adults), alongside smaller comic runs that appeared as part of other media, and another list exists for comic adpatations of the films and TV shows. What you'll see first, however, is every mainline Star Wars comic that further expands the canon universe. The run name is followed by the number of issues (and number of annuals where applicable) followed by the date issue one was published.
Yes, Star Wars canon even includes audio dramas. There aren't many though, as Disney only releases them every year or so. The scripts of these audio dramas can usually be purchased in a nicely packaged book too, and regular Star Wars novels can often be found in audio book format.
Finally, there are Star Wars short stories sprinkled throughout various other media. These are most commonly featured in the Star Wars Insider magazine, though have also appeared on websites as part of promotional campaigns, packaged in special editions of some novels, and so on.
There are some books made up entirely of short stories too, but we've listed these in the novels section for simplicity, and any short story appearing in one of these dedicated collections won't appear in the below list.
And that's it! As you can see there is a lot of Star Wars content to consume, and something for absolutely everyone whether you like TV, novels, comics, or whatever else. And within each section there's probably a dozen choices of your favourite characters or storylines to get into.
Hopefully our guide will help you figure out where to start and act as a checklist for those looking to tick off every single canon release. It's also just about 10 years into the canon universe, and we all know Star Wars is going nowhere, so you can imagine how much the galaxy will expand over the next few years and decades.
On that note, it's also worth remembering that new content is released all the time, especially on the comics front. This list is therefore accurate as of May 4, 2023, and while we'll continue to update it regularly, it will almost immediately be a tad out of date.
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IGN has put together a definitive list of every piece of canon Star Wars content to help you keep track of it all. Whether you're brand new to Star Wars and can't wait to explore every inch of the galaxy far, far away, or you're a seasoned traveler looking to tick off the final few elusive stories, this is the page for you.
Let's also make clear what we mean by canon. When Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, they essentially reset the Star Wars universe. They turned almost everything outside of the core six films into something called Legends, which takes place in a universe where the Sequel Trilogy never happened.
Everything published afterwards is categorised as canon, and (more or less) sticks to one cohesive universe. No new Legends content will be published, whereas the canon Star Wars content will likely continue to grow for years and decades to come.
Below is a list of every piece of canon Star Wars content. It can be quite overwhelming, but that's why we've collected everything for you, broken it down into different categories with explainers, and provided recommendations on the best places to start. We've also included definite upcoming content like the Ahsoka Disney+ series (these will be listed in italics), but not untitled projects like the new Rey Skywalker film. May the Force be with you...
The Star Wars Canon: Index
Click through the index below to jump to any section of this page:
- Every Canon Star Wars Film
- Every Canon Star Wars TV Show
- Every Canon Star Wars Video Game
- Every Canon Star Wars Novel
- Every Canon Star Wars Comic
- Every Canon Star Wars Audio Drama
- Every Canon Star Wars Short Story
Every Canon Star Wars Film
Let's start simple. The famous film series was the main Star Wars media format to not get wiped and turned into Legends when Disney took over the franchise. This means that every Star Wars film is canon, from A New Hope in 1977 to The Rise of Skywalker in 2019.
We've included this as an entry because there are a few sneaky films sprinkled in though, including those released as part of Disney's now scrapped "one film every year" approach. Finally, the easy to forget film The Clone Wars which began the beloved TV series is also a canon entry. As for where to start watching, checking out the mainline Episodes in release order is probably your best bet, while a chronological run-through might be more enjoyable for a second watch.
Every Canon Star Wars Film
- Episode IV: A New Hope — May 25, 1977
- Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back — May 21, 1980
- Episode VI: Return of the Jedi — May 25, 1983
- Episode I: The Phantom Menace — May 19, 1999
- Episode II: Attack of the Clones — May 16, 2002
- Episode III: Revenge of the Sith — May 19, 2005
- The Clone Wars — August 15, 2008
- Episode VII: The Force Awakens — December 18, 2015
- Rogue One — December 16, 2016
- Episode VIII: The Last Jedi — December 15, 2017
- Solo — May 25, 2018
- Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker — December 20, 2019
Every Canon Star Wars TV Show
The first stop on any new Star Wars fan's journey into the extended universe will likely be one of the several TV shows available on Disney+. Though there aren't dozens of these to choose from yet, there is still plenty of content aimed at younger viewers, adults, those young at heart, and everywhere in between.
In fact, because even the shows aimed at younger viewers are packed full of important canon lore that feeds into other content, most of the offerings are enjoyable for all ages. The Clone Wars TV series introduces Ahsoka, for example, but she later appears in the Rebels show, in her own young adult novel, in The Mandalorian, and she's even getting a Disney+ series all to herself.
As Ahsoka and The Clone Wars TV series were so beloved, they survived Disney's Order 66 and made it into the canon universe despite being produced before the studio purchased Star Wars, but no other series released before 2014 is considered canon.
Every Live-Action Canon Star Wars TV Show
- The Mandalorian — 3 Seasons — November 12, 2019
- The Book of Boba Fett — 1 Season — October 30, 2020
- Obi-Wan Kenobi — 1 Season — May 27, 2022
- Andor — 1 Season and 1 Upcoming — September 21, 2022
- Ahsoka — 1 Season — August, 2023
- The Acolyte — 1 Season — 2024
- Skeleton Crew — 1 Season — 2024
Every Animated Canon Star Wars TV Show
- The Clone Wars — 7 Seasons — October 3, 2008
- Rebels — 4 Seasons and Shorts — August 11, 2014
- Resistance — 2 Seasons and Shorts — October 7, 2018
- The Bad Batch — 2 Seasons and 1 Upcoming — May 4, 2021
- Tales of the Jedi — 1 Season and 1 Upcoming — October 26, 2022
- Young Jedi Adventures — 1 Season — May 4, 2023
Every Canon Star Wars Video Game
What better way to immerse yourself in Star Wars canon than by actually putting yourself into the galaxy far, far away by playing as one of its characters. Despite there being so many Star Wars games out there though, the canon list is surprisingly small.
Video games can take as long as films to make, if not longer, so the universe-resetting following the Disney takeover led to a slow restart for this side of things. Publisher EA also held an exclusive deal to make Star Wars games, and story-based, single player content seemingly wasn't their priority.
The first canon game is therefore 2017's Battlefront 2 (not to be confused with one from 2005 of the same name), because unlike its predecessor, it actually had a story campaign. There are also a couple of smaller virtual reality canon games, and space combat entry Squadrons, but it's the Jedi series from Respawn Entertainment that provides the heftiest chunk of story content.
Every Canon Star Wars Video Game
- Battlefront 2 — PS4, Xbox One, PC — November 17, 2017
- Vader Immortal — PSVR, Meta Quest, Meta Quest 2 — May 21, 2019
- Jedi: Fallen Order — PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PC — November 15, 2019
- Squadrons — PS4, Xbox One, PC — October 1, 2020
- Tales from the Galaxy's Edge — PSVR 2, Meta Quest, Meta Quest 2 — November 19, 2020
- Jedi: Survivor — PS5, Xbox Series, PC — April 28, 2023
Every Canon Star Wars Novel
This is where Star Wars gets busy. Though the first canon novel was released less than 10 years ago, there are already dozens and dozens of books published, even ignoring the several adaptations and junior reader novels.
There are novels tied into the plots of films, deep backstories for characters only featured briefly in other content, and completely fresh ideas that have spawned their own multimedia sagas. If you really, really, want to get into the depths of Star Wars lore, the novels are for you.
These are published in several different categories. Adult novels are, well, novels aimed at adults, and are published with the most consistency. Then there are young adult novels, and while the writing here is slightly less complex, these are largely considered as interesting and enjoyable as the adult novels.
Finally, there are junior reader Star Wars novels. These are aimed at kids, though the ages can vary from book to book. Some are meant for middle school readers, meaning the stories can still be somewhat interesting to older readers, though adults will likely notice a significant difference between these and the adult and even young adult books.
They still contain canon lore, of course, so some readers may want to work through them to absorb every piece of Star Wars available. The reading level also allows them to be consumed in just a couple of hours, so it's up to the individual whether they're willing to spend the time and money.
Another brief explanation is needed for The High Republic, a novel-led saga of brand new Star Wars stories taking place around 200 years before The Phantom Menace. This is split into phases, and each phase is broken down into waves.
Each wave primarily contains one adult novel, one young adult novel, and one junior, with a few extras sprinkled in like comics, audio books, and more. The overall stories are contained within each format though, so the adult novels directly lead into each other and you don't need to read the young adult novels to get the whole picture, for example.
Instead, the young adult novel stories just take place alongside the events of the adult novels, covering different characters in roughly the same time period. This means that if you only want to read the adult novels, that's absolutely fine. And if this is all super confusing, just follow the publishing order of the High Republic saga.
Every Canon Star Wars Adult Novel
- A New Dawn — September 2, 2014
- Tarkin — November 4, 2014
- Heir to the Jedi — February 26, 2015
- Lords of the Sith — April 28, 2015
- Dark Disciple — July 7, 2015
- Aftermath — Aftermath 1/3 — September 4, 2015
- Battlefront: Twilight Company — November 3, 2015
- The Foce Awakens Novelisation — December 18, 2015
- Bloodline — May 3, 2016
- Life Debt — Aftermath 2/3 — July 12, 2016
- Rogue One: Catalyst — November 15, 2016
- Rogue One Novelisation — December 16, 2016
- Empire's End — Aftermath 3/3 — July 12, 2016
- Thrawn — Thrawn 1/3 — April 11, 2017
- Battlefront: Inferno Squad — July 25, 2017
- Phasma — September 1, 2017
- From a Certain Point of View — October 3, 2017
- Canto Bight — December 5, 2017
- The Last Jedi Novelisation — March 6, 2018
- Last Shot — April 17, 2018
- Alliances — Thrawn 2/3 — July 24, 2018
- Solo Novelisation — September 4, 2018
- Master and Apprentice — April 16, 2019
- Alphabet Squadron — Alphabet Squadron 1/3 — June 11, 2019
- Treason — Thrawn 3/3 — July 25, 2019
- Myths and Fables — August 6, 2019
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire — August 17, 2019
- Resistance Reborn — November 5, 2019
- The Rise of Skywalker Novelisation — March 17, 2020
- Shadow Fall — Alphabet Squadron 2/3 — June 23, 2020
- Dark Legends — July 28, 2020
- Chaos Rising — Thrawn Ascendancy 1/3 — September 1, 2020
- Certain Point of View: Empire Strikes Back — November 12, 2020
- Light of the Jedi — The High Republic Phase 1 — January 5, 2021
- Victory's Price — Alphabet Squadron 3/3 — March 2, 2021
- Greater Good — Thrawn Ascendancy 2/3 — April 27, 2021
- The Rising Storm — The High Republic Phase 1 — July 6, 2021
- Life Day Treasury — September 7, 2021
- Lesser Evil — Thrawn Ascendancy 3/3 — November 16, 2021
- The Fallen Star — The High Republic Phase 1 — January 4, 2022
- Brotherhood — May 10, 2022
- Shadow of the Sith — June 28, 2022
- The Princess and the Scoundrel — August 16, 2022
- Convergence — The High Republic Phase 2 — November 22, 2022
- Jedi: Battle Scars — March 7, 2023
- Cataclysm — The High Republic Phase 2 — April 4, 2023
- Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade — July 18, 2023
- From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi — September 5, 2023
- Eye of Darkness — The High Republic Phase 2 — November 14, 2023
- Temptation of the Force — The High Republic Phase 3 — Undated
- Trials of the Jedi — The High Republic Phase 3 — Undated
Every Canon Star Wars Young Adult Novel
- Lost Stars — September 4, 2015
- Ahsoka — October 11, 2016
- Rogue One: Rebel Rising — May 2, 2017
- Leia: Princess of Alderaan — September 1, 2017
- Most Wanted — May 25, 2018
- Queen's Shadow — Queen 1/3 — March 5, 2018
- Galaxy's Edge: A Crash of Fate — August 6, 2019
- Force Collector — October 4, 2019
- Queen's Peril — Queen 2/3 — June 2, 2020
- Poe Dameron: Free Fall — 4 August, 2020
- The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark — August 25, 2020
- Into the Dark — The High Republic Phase 1 — February 2, 2021
- Out of the Shadows — The High Republic Phase 1 — July 27, 2021
- Midnight Horizon — The High Republic Phase 1 — February 10, 2022
- Queen's Hope — Queen 3/3 — April 5, 2022
- Padawan — July 28, 2022
- Path of Deceit — The High Republic Phase 2 — November 3, 2022
- The High Republic: Starlight Stories — December 6, 2022
- Path of Vengeance — The High Republic Phase 2 — May 2, 2023
- The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life — September 5, 2023
- Crimson Climb — October 10, 2023
- Defy the Storm — The High Republic Phase 3 — March 12, 2024
- Tears of the Nameless — The High Republic Phase 3 — Undated
- Into the Light — The High Republic Phase 3 — Undated
Every Canon Star Wars Junior Novel
- Rebels: Ezra's Gamble — August 5, 2014
- Rise of the Rebels — August 5, 2014
- Rebels: Servans of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy — October 21, 2014
- Rebels: The Rebellion Begins — October 21, 2014
- Rebels: Droids in Distress — November 18, 2014
- Rebels: Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks — March 3, 2015
- Rebels: Ezra's Duel with Danger — March 17, 2015
- Rebels: Battle to the End — June 4, 2015
- Rebels: Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice — July 7, 2015
- Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo and Chewbacca Adventure — September 4, 2015
- The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure — September 4, 2015
- Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure — September 4, 2015
- Rebels: Servants of the Empire: The Secret Academy — October 6, 2015
- Before the Awakening — December 18, 2015
- The Force Awakens: Rey's Story — February 16, 2015
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Escape — February 25, 2016
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Snare — February 25, 2016
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Nest — February 25, 2016
- Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens — April 5, 2016
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Steal — June 30, 2016
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Dark — June 30, 2016
- The Force Awakens: Finn's Story — September 13, 2016
- Princess Leia: Royal Rebel — November 29, 2016
- Darth Vader: Sith Lord — February 28, 2017
- Join the Resistance — March 7, 2017
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Cold — March 9, 2017
- Guardians of the Whills — May 2, 2017
- Adventures in Wild Space: The Rescue — May 4, 2017
- Forces of Destiny: Daring Adventures 1 — August 1, 2017
- Forces of Destiny: Daring Adventures 2 — October 3, 2017
- Join the Resistance: Escape from Vodran — October 3, 2017
- The Legends of Luke Skywalker — October 5, 2017
- The Last Jedi: Cobalt Squadron — December 15, 2017
- Forces of Destiny: The Leia Chronicles — January 8, 2018
- Forces of Destiny: The Rey Chronicles — March 6, 2018
- The Mighty Chewbacca in the Forest of Fear — May 25, 2018
- Join the Resistance: Attack on Starkiller Base — July 31, 2018
- Lando's Luck — October 2, 2018
- Rebels: Pirate's Price — January 8, 2019
- Spark of Resistance — October 4, 2019
- A Test of Courage — The High Republic Phase 1 — January 5, 2021
- Race to Crashpoint Tower — The High Republic Phase 1 — June 29, 2021
- Mission to Disaster — The High Republic Phase 1 — March 1, 2022
- Stories of Jedi and Sith — June 7, 2022
- Quest for the Hidden City — The High Republic Phase 2 — November 1, 2022
- Hunters: Battle for the Arena — March 7, 2023
- Return of the Jedi: The Battle of Endor — March 7, 2023
- Grogu's Galaxy — March 14, 2023
- Quest for Planet X — The High Republic Phase 2 — April 4, 2023
- Young Jedi Adventures: Jedi Training — May 2, 2023
- Young Jedi Adventures: Get Well Nubs — July 25, 2023
- The High Republic: Jedi Brave in Every Way —October 10, 2023
- Escape From Valo — The High Republic Phase 3 — January 30, 2024
- BB-8 and the Snow Monster — February 6, 2024
- Young Jedi Adventures: Lys and the Snowy Mountain Rescue — September 3, 2024
- Beware the Nameless — The High Republic Phase 3 — Undated
- A Valiant Vow — The High Republic Phase 3 — Undated
Every Canon Star Wars Junior Novel Adaptation
- A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy — September 22, 2015
- The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? — September 22, 20215
- Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side — September 22, 2015
- The Force Awakens — December 18, 2015
- Rogue One — December 16, 2016
- A New Hope — May 4, 2017
- The Empire Stikes Back — May 4, 2017
- Return of the Jedi — May 4, 2017
- The Last Jedi — March 6, 2017
- Solo — September 11, 2018
- Rise of Skywalker — April 21, 2020
- The Mandalorian — January 5, 2021
- The Mandalorian Season 1 — May 12, 2021
- The Mandalorian Season 2 — January 4, 2022
- The Book of Boba Fett — January 3, 2023
Every Canon Star Wars Comic
Star Wars comics canon was easy to figure out when the universe was reset. Disney released a run simply titled Star Wars, and then blended it together with a Darth Vader run, and subsequently released smaller runs focused on single characters like Princess Leia, Lando, and so on.
Years on, however, and there are now dozens of different comic series and standalone graphic novels, featuring just about every established Star Wars character and a few new ones. Whether you want to read about the adventures of Han, Obi-Wan, Captain Phasma, Kylo Ren, Jabba, or any of your other favourite characters, there's probably at least one comic run that allows that.
Our guide breaks all of these down, of course, but there are some useful things you should know to make the comic reading experience go a little bit smoother.
Some of the entries, such as the aforementioned Darth Vader run, will have years after them in brackets. This is because another Darth Vader run began after the first one wrapped, telling a new story separate from the original. We therefore say Darth Vader (2015) to indicate the run starting in 2015, and Darth Vader (2017) to indicate the run starting in 2017. You get it.
Annuals are also released for some of the longer series. These aren't part of the regular, numbered issues but can still contribute to the run's overall story. You can get away without reading these, but if you want to absorb absolutely every piece of the story, it's worth checking when they fit into the main story.
Another thing non-comic readers might find confusing about delving into this side of Star Wars anon is crossover events. This is when readers are intended to read different comics from several runs to get the complete story. Don't worry about missing out, however, as the comics tell you plainly when this is about to happen in the 'next issue' segment at the end of each chapter.
Finally, a single run from before the Disney reset is considered canon. A four-part comic called Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir was published by Dark Horse in 2014, but was based on content scrapped from The Clone Wars TV series and therefore fit with Star Wars canon. Disney made it official in 2017 when Marvel republished the book under its banner.
We've separated the below list to indicate comics aimed at younger readers (that would likely still be fun for adults), alongside smaller comic runs that appeared as part of other media, and another list exists for comic adpatations of the films and TV shows. What you'll see first, however, is every mainline Star Wars comic that further expands the canon universe. The run name is followed by the number of issues (and number of annuals where applicable) followed by the date issue one was published.
Every Canon Mainline Star Wars Comic
- Star Wars (2015) — 75/4 — January 14, 2015
- Darth Vader (2015) — 25/1 — February 11, 2015
- Princess Leia — 5 — 4 March, 2015
- Kanan — 12 — April 1, 2015
- Lando — 5 — 8 July, 2015
- Shattered Empire — 4 — September 9, 2015
- Chewbacca — 5 — October 14, 2015
- Vader Down — 1 — November 18, 2015
- Obi-Wan and Anakain — 5 — January 6, 2016
- Poe Dameron — 31/2 — April 6, 2016
- C-3PO Special — 1 — April 13, 2016
- Han Solo — 5 — June 15, 2016
- Doctor Aphra (2016) — 40/3 — December 7, 2016
- Darth Maul (2017) — 5 — February 1, 2017
- The Screaming Citadel — 1 — May 10, 2017
- Darth Vader (2017) — 25/1 — June 7, 2017
- Rogue One: Cassian and K-2SO — 1 — August 9, 2017
- Jedi of the Republic: Mace Windu — 5 — August 30, 2017
- Captain Phasma — 4 — September 6, 2017
- Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir — 4 — November 21, 2017
- The Storms of Crait — 1 — December 27, 2017
- DJ: Most Wanted —1 — January 31, 2018
- Thrawn — 6 — February 14, 2018
- Lando: Double or Nothing — 5 — May 30, 2018
- Beckett — 1 — August 15, 2018
- Han Solo: Imperial Credit — 5 — November 7, 2018
- Age of Republic — 9 — December 5, 2018
- Vader: Dark Visions — 5 — March 6, 2019
- Age of Rebellion — 8 — April 10, 2019
- TIE Fighter — 5 — April 17, 2019
- Galaxy's Edge — 5 — May 17, 2019
- Target Vader — 6 — July 3, 2019
- Age of Resistance — 9 — July 3, 2019
- Jedi: Fallen Order: Dark Temple — September 4, 2019
- Allegiance — 4 — October 9, 2019
- Empire Ascendant — 1 — December 18, 2019
- The Rise of Kylo Ren — 4 — December 18, 2019
- Star Wars (2020) — Ongoing — January 1, 2020
- Darth Vader (2020) — Ongoing — February 5, 2020
- Bounty Hunters — Ongoing — March 11, 2020
- Doctor Aphra (2020) — Ongoing — May 27, 2020
- The High Republic (2021) — 15 — January 6, 2021
- War of the Bountry Hunters Alpha — 1 — May 5, 2021
- War of the Bounty Hunters — 5 — June 2, 2021
- War of the Bounty Hunters: Jabba — 1 — July 21, 2021
- War of the Bounty Hunters: 4-LOM and Zuckuss — 1 — August 4, 2021
- The High Republic: The Edge of Balance — 3 — September 7, 2021
- War of the Bounty Hunters: Boushh — 1 — September 15, 2021
- The High Republic: Trail of Shadows — 5 — October 13, 2021
- War of the Bounty Hunters: IG-88 — 1 — October 27, 2021
- Life Day — 1 — November 24, 2021
- The High Republic: Eye of the Storm — 2 — January 12, 2022
- Halcyon Legacy — 5 — February 2, 2022
- Han Solo and Chewbacca — 10 — March 9, 2022
- Obi-Wan — 5 — May 4, 2022
- Crimson Reign — 5 — June 22, 2022
- The High Republic (2022) — Ongoing — October 12, 2022
- Hidden Empire — Ongoing — November 16, 2022
- Yoda — Ongoing — November 23, 2022
- Revelations — 1 — November 23, 2022
- Tales from the Rancor Pit — 1 — November 23, 2022
- The High Republic: The Blade — 4 — December 28, 2022
- Sana Starros — Ongoing — February 1, 2023
- Return of the Jedi One-Shots — Ongoing — March 29, 2023
- Darth Vader: Black, White, and Red — Ongoing — April 26, 2023
- Dark Droids — 1 — August 2, 2023
- Tales from the Death Star — 1 — September 5, 2023
Every Canon Junior Star Wars Comic
- Forces of Destiny — 5 — July 10, 2017
- Adventures (2017) —32/2 — 12 July, 2017
- Adventures: Destroyer Down — 1 — December 20, 2017
- Adventures Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) 2018 — May 5, 2018
- Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle — 5 — October 3, 2018
- Adventures FCBD 2019 — 1 — May 4, 2019
- Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle — 5 — October 2, 2019
- Adventures: The Clone Wars: Battle Tales — 5 — January 24, 2020
- Adventures (2020) — 14/2 — October 7, 2020
- Adventures: Shadow of Vader's Castle — 1 — November 4, 2020
- Adventures: Smuggler's Run — 2 — December 23, 2020
- The High Republic Adventures — 13/1 — February 3, 2021
- Adventures: The Weapon of a Jedi — 2 — May 26, 2021
- The High Republic Adventures: The Monster of Temple Peak — 4 — August 11, 2021
- The High Republic Adventures FCBD 2021 — 1 — August 14, 2021
- Aventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle —5 — September 22, 2021
- The High Republic Adventures: Galactic Bake-Off Spectacular — 1 — January 19, 2022
- Hyperspace Stories — Ongoing — August 24, 2022
- The High Republic Adventures (2022) — Ongoing — November 30, 2022
- The High Republic Adventures: The Nameless Terror — Ongoing — February 22, 2023
- The High Republic Adventures: Quest of the Jedi — 1 — April 5, 2023
- The High Republic Adventures FCBD 2023 — 1 — May 6, 2023
Every Canon Star Wars Comic Adaptation
- The Original Trilogy — 1 — March 1, 2016
- The Force Awakens — 6 — June 22, 2016
- The Prequel Trilogy — 1 — April 4, 2017
- Rogue One — 6 — April 5, 2017
- The Force Awakens Graphic Novel — 1 — August 29, 2017
- Rogue One Graphic Novel — December 12, 2017
- A New Hope: 40th Anniversary — 1 — April 17, 2018
- The Last Jedi — May 9, 2018
- The Last Jedi Graphic Novel — 1 — September 25, 2018
- Solo — 7 — October 10, 2018
- Solo Graphic Novel —1 — March 26, 2019
- Star Wars Saga 2015 — 1 — December 4, 2019
- The Clone Wars: Season 7 — 1 — December 8, 2020
- The Rise of Skywalker Graphic Novel — 1 — March 2, 2023
- The Mandalorian — Ongoing — July 13, 2022
- The Clone Wars: Ahsoka Vs Maul — 1 — September 5, 2023
Every Canon Star Wars Mini Comic
- Rebels Magazine Shorts — 39 —January 28, 2015
- Nestle Comics — 2 — September 1, 2015
- Spark of Rebellion: A Rebels Cinestory — 1 — August 8, 2017
- Path of the Jedi: A Rebels Cinestory — 1 — November 14, 2017
- Maul: A Rebels Cinestory — 1 — February 6, 2018
- Rebels: Animation Magazine Strips — 4 — February 14, 2018
- Resistance: Animation Magazine Strips — 4 — May 15, 2019
- Red Four (Marvel 1000) — 1 — August 28, 2019
- Resistance: Fun and Action Strips — 1 — March 18, 2020
- Rise of Skywalker Screen Comix — 1 — October 28, 2020
- Empire Strikes Screen Comix — 1 — December 28, 2022
Every Canon Star Wars Audio Drama
Yes, Star Wars canon even includes audio dramas. There aren't many though, as Disney only releases them every year or so. The scripts of these audio dramas can usually be purchased in a nicely packaged book too, and regular Star Wars novels can often be found in audio book format.
- Dooku: Jedi Lost — April 30, 2019
- Doctor Aphra — July 21, 2020
- Tempest Runner —The High Republic Phase 1 — August 31, 2021
- The Battle of Jedha — The High Republic Phase 2 — January 3, 2023
Every Canon Star Wars Short Story
Finally, there are Star Wars short stories sprinkled throughout various other media. These are most commonly featured in the Star Wars Insider magazine, though have also appeared on websites as part of promotional campaigns, packaged in special editions of some novels, and so on.
There are some books made up entirely of short stories too, but we've listed these in the novels section for simplicity, and any short story appearing in one of these dedicated collections won't appear in the below list.
Every Canon Star Wars Short Story
- Blade Squadron Part 1 — April 22, 2014
- Blade Squadron Part 2 — June 10, 2014
- One Thousand Levels Down — July 22, 2014
- The End of History — December 9, 2014
- Last Call at the Zero Angle — March 10, 2015
- Orientation — April 21, 2015
- Rebel Bluff — July 21, 2015
- Kindred Spirits — July 21, 2015
- Blade Squadron: Zero Hour — September 22, 2015
- Mercy Mission — October 6, 2015
- Bottleneck — October 6, 2015
- The Levels of Power — October 6, 2015
- Inbrief — November 10, 2015
- Bait — December 22, 2015
- The Perfect Weapon — January 5, 2016
- Scorched — May 3, 2016
- TK-146275 — June 14, 2016
- Blade Squadron: Kuat — September 6, 2016
- Turning Point — October 25, 2016
- The Voice of the Empire — December 16, 2016
- Blade Squadron: Jakku — April 11, 2017
- The Sleeping Eye — August 6, 2019
- The Leviathon — August 6, 2019
- The Golden One — August 6, 2019
- An Unwilling Apprentice — August 6, 2019
- The Silent Circle — August 6, 2019
- The Skiff and the Galleons — August 6, 2019
- Black Spire: Return to a Shattered Planet — June 30, 2020
- Sleep of Ages — July 28, 2020
- Bakurat — July 28, 2020
- A Bitter Harvest — July 28, 2020
- The Light You Bring — October 8, 2020
- Count to Three — October 13, 2020
- Galactic Tales: The Wesell Run — March 15, 2022
- Galactic Tales: Saber Trust — May 3, 2022
- Galactic Tales: Inheritance — June 7, 2022
- Galaxtic Tales: From the Shadows Come the Kran — August 2, 2022
- Tales of Enlightenment: New Prospects 1 — September 13, 2022
- Tales of Enlightenment: New Prospects 2 — October 25, 2022
- Tales of Enlightenment: A Different Perspective — December 6, 2022
- Tales of Enlightenment: The Unusual Suspect — February 7, 2023
And that's it! As you can see there is a lot of Star Wars content to consume, and something for absolutely everyone whether you like TV, novels, comics, or whatever else. And within each section there's probably a dozen choices of your favourite characters or storylines to get into.
Hopefully our guide will help you figure out where to start and act as a checklist for those looking to tick off every single canon release. It's also just about 10 years into the canon universe, and we all know Star Wars is going nowhere, so you can imagine how much the galaxy will expand over the next few years and decades.
On that note, it's also worth remembering that new content is released all the time, especially on the comics front. This list is therefore accurate as of May 4, 2023, and while we'll continue to update it regularly, it will almost immediately be a tad out of date.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and acting UK news editor. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.
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