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STORIES FOR YOUNGLINGS
A WHOLE GALAXY
OF STORIES
09 Star Wars storytelling is
timeless, with a universe filled
with opportunities for authors to
craft thrilling fresh adventures
for audiences of all ages:
Star Wars:
Obi-123
(2017)
Authors:
Calliope
Glass,
Caitlin
Kennedy
Illustrator: Katie Cook
Publisher: Disney Lucasfi lm Press
The fun follow-up to Star Wars:
ABC-3PO.
Star Wars
Rebels:
Servants of the
Empire (2014–2015)
Author: Jason Fry
Publisher: Disney
Lucasfi lm Press
The four-book story
of Imperial cadet turned rebel spy,
Zare Leonis.
09 Picture books continue to play a key role in Lucasfilm’s ongoing publishing program. Adventures
in Wild Space
(2016–2017)
“Back in the 1990s, middle-grade Authors: Cavan Scott
and Tom Huddleston
Star Wars fans enjoyed more reading choice Publisher: Disney
Lucasfi lm Press
than their younger peers, with many books This seven-book
series sees Emil and
featuring protagonists their own age.” Lina Graf searching for their parents,
who have been kidnapped by Imperial
Navy captain Visler Korda. On their
quest, they travel to Lothal, teaming
up with Ephraim and Mira Bridger, and
cross swords with Governor Tarkin.
program, with the most recent of themselves within Star Wars
titles including BB-8 on the Run is incredibly important,” says Join the
by Drew Daywalt and Matt Myers, Michael Siglain. “That’s why we Resistance
and Chewie and the Porgs by have children and teens as the (2018–)
Kevin Shinick and Fiona Hsieh. heroes in Adventures in Wild Authors: Ben Acker
and Ben Blacker
Space and Join the Resistance. It Publisher: Disney
Young Heroes creates corners of the galaxy that Lucasfi lm Press
Back in the 1990s, middle-grade kids can claim as their own.” Described as The
Goonies meets The Force Awakens,
Star Wars fans enjoyed more It’s a subject that is particularly
Join the Resistance follows a ragtag
reading choice than their younger close to my heart, as Adventures group of young pilots coming together
peers, with many books featuring in Wild Space provided me with to join General Leia Organa’s fi ght
protagonists their own age, such my first opportunity to write in against the New Order. Book three is

published in July this year.
as Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca the Star Wars universe. The series
Moesta’s Young Jedi Knights. was the brainchild of editor Emil Choose Your
“I was obsessed with those Fortune, who—infl uenced by Destiny: A Han
books,” Alex Bracken says, previous books such as Galaxy of and Chewie
Adventure
admitting that her love for the Fear—knew that he wanted the
(2018)
Solo twins stemmed from a degree main protagonists in the series to
Author: Cavan Scott

of wish fulfillment. “I would have be children themselves. Publisher: Disney
loved to train at the Jedi Academy “I don’t want to say it’s not Lucasfi lm Press
Released to accompany Solo: A Star
and to have had my own galaxy- possible for children to identify
Wars Story, this is the fi rst in a series of
spanning adventures!” with older heroes,” Fortune gamebooks that features new canon
“Showing children a version explains, “because I grew up stories for iconic Star Wars characters.
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