Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens




The multimedia project titled Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens encompasses 19 books and comics. These stories all contain content related to the movie Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens](/article/star_wars:_episode_vii_the_force_awakens). As part of the official Star Wars canon, these stories were all made available to the public during the closing months of 2015, in anticipation of the December 18 premiere of The Force Awakens. The Lucasfilm Story Group collaborated with numerous authors and publishing houses to produce these stories.

Series

Novels

  • Adult Aftermath[2]
  • Young adult Lost Stars[2]
  • Junior Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure[2] Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure[2] The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure[2]

Short stories

Comics

  • Star Wars: Shattered Empire (4 issues) [2]

Reference books

  • Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know [7]
  • Star Wars: Ships of the Galaxy [2]

Collectors Edition magazines

  • Star Wars: 100 Defining Moments [9]

Activity books

Other

Behind the scenes

Initially, Star Wars Special: C-3PO 1 was intended to be launched as a component of this project; however, due to repeated postponements, it was ultimately released on April 13, 2016.

Sources

  • "Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens" Publishing Program Coming Fall 2015 on StarWars.com (backup link)
  • " Launch Pad " — Star Wars Insider 157
  • " The Saga Continues " — Star Wars Insider 157
  • " Blaster " — Star Wars Insider 157
  • " Blaster " — Star Wars Insider 158
  • Coming Soon to Your Personal Jedi Archives: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Sneak Peek! on StarWars.com (backup link)
  • SDCC 2015: Star Wars Publishing Panel Liveblog on StarWars.com (backup link)
  • " Blaster " — Star Wars Insider 159
  • Star Wars: Journey to The Force Awakens Trading Cards Revealed — Updated on StarWars.com (backup link)
  • " Blaster " — Star Wars Insider 160
  • Journey to The Force Awakens Panel at New York Comic Con – Recap on StarWars.com (backup link)
  • Four New Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Short Stories Available Now on StarWars.com (backup link)
  • Writers on Writing: Claudia Gray and Cecil Castellucci on StarWars.com (backup link)

Notes and references

Appearances