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Star wars, the empire strikes back, and return of the jedi, slipcased. In cases where series were not published in their chronological order, we have noted that as well. Check out our star wars timeline for all of the major events and milestones in the canon, including movies, tv shows, and books, in the faraway galaxy. Fight the evil sith lords darth vader and darth sidious and learn from the incredible jedi masters yoda an. This article is about star wars books by inuniverse chronological order.
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