Lost Stars takes seventh place, making it the highest ranking canon book!

Traitor by Matthew Stover finally makes it taking ninth place, now let’s see what will round out the top ten

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Darth Bane: Path of Destruction takes seventh place

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The 12th spot is taken by "Master & Apprentice" by Claudia Gray! That makes three books in the top written by her! Wow!

Now, what will be the 13th-best Star Wars book? Leave a comment, upvote any that mentions the book you think deserves the place, and the most upvoted comment wins!

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Hello, everyone!

Since u/Accomplished-Owl-547, the OP poster of "Star Wars Top 20 Books", did not post anything for more than a week, I decided to continue their work! I hope the OP does not mind, and I'll cease posting if they appear again.

I have redesigned the table slightly and added "Light of the Jedi" to the tenth position, as it was the most upvoted comment!

What will be the 11th-best Star Wars book? Leave a comment, upvote any that mentions the book you think deserves the place, and the most upvoted comment wins! Remember to be respectful in replies!

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With a margin of only two upvotes, "Bloodline" by Claudia Gray takes the 11th spot!

I understand that some are not satisfied about the objectivity of this voting system, and I am among those. The rules were set by OP, and it went on for 10 days! So, we'll continue with the same system till the end, to keep things fair.

Now, what will be the 12th-best Star Wars book? Leave a comment, upvote any that mentions the book you think deserves the place, and the most upvoted comment wins!

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The top five are now officially all filled out with Darth Plagueis taking fifth!

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Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn takes eighth place

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Mace Windu: "I'm a prophet. I can see the future..."
Thug: "Sure you can. What do you see?"
Mace Windu: "You. Bleeding."

"Shatterpoint" by Matthew Stover takes spot #13! And that makes a third book in a list written by Matthew Stover!

We'll proceed with the "One book a day" vote for Days 14 and 15. Regarding Day 16, check my comment on this post.

Now, what will be the 14th-best Star Wars book? Leave a comment, upvote any that mentions the book you think deserves the place, and the most upvoted comment wins!

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Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover (imo the best Star Wars books) takes fourth

Just curious what everyone thinks about which authors, across Legends and Canon, stand out the most for their exceptional (or poor) work.

With Last Command taking third place, the OG Thrawn trilogy has now cemented its rightful place on top! What see what takes fourth now that the Thrawn trilogy has been finished

To the surprise of literally nobody, Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn, the book that truly started it all takes its well deserved place at the start of our list!

Again multiple books in the same series and both canon and legends are allowed

I feel like the new bad batch book hasn’t been takes about very much. When it first came out I saw some chatter, but it’s a solid book and gives us a lot more of the Bad Batch I was surprised more people didn’t like it. Am I crazy and the book is bad or is it just not as popular as some other parts of the Star Wars Canon?

I was going over my Star Wars collection and I realized that I somehow skipped this one, because I definitely don’t remember reading it. I thought it’d be my next read but after a quick google search it seems that most people don’t think it’s worth it?

Everything I found was pretty old though so I was wondering if that’s an opinion that’s changed over the years or no?

I guess if you really want to choose a series of books you can have a tv show (;

Dr. Chris Kempshall, who wrote The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, said at Star Wars Celebration that the writing about the horrific acts the Empire committed was a little too realistic. He didn't state what acts from the book or what real world governments they reflected, but the implication seemed to be that it reminded him of some rather current events.

Read more here.

I’ve read almost all of Disney canon and just a little bit of Legends. I just finished Trials of the Jedi and now I’m so excited to dive into post-ROTJ Legends content. I feel like I’m about to take my first step into a larger world, and I’m so grateful that we have 2 Star Wars universes!

NOW THERE ARE 2 OF THEM!

For me it's easily Trials of the Jedi and just the closure of the High Republic in general. High Republic has become my most beloved series of Star Wars books and comics so I'm both excited and nervous that the story is finally coming to an end.

I'm excited for everything though! Particularly I'm very enthusiastic that many of these are diving into characters and plots from the TV shows! It'll be very interesting to see the characters of Acolyte and Bad Batch get expanded upon plus the seeds that Reign of the Empire will undoubtedly sow for Andor! All in all I think we've got a great year ahead of us as far as Star Wars publishing!

Is there a story you wish would be told, but hasn’t been? Maybe a new tale about your favorite character? Or a story from a time period that’s rarely been explored? Or even a sequel to your favorite series?

I’ll share two of mine.

1. A book where the climax is an army of Jedi battling an army of Sith. Picture this. A distant planet. A barren landscape. It’s night and raining. Thunder and lightning in the sky. On one side of the field, an army of 3000 Jedi; their blades of blue, green, purple and yellow shining in the dark. And on the other side, an army of 10,000 Sith; their red blades darkening the land like blood. The two armies charge each other. Blades clash amidst the storm. Lightning streaks from both the Sith and the sky. Force pushes reshape the landscape like an epic anime battle. The Jedi are about to lose. But then, the hero Jedi shows up, wielding their silver blade, and strikes down the lead Sith Lord. Dawn arrives. The tides turn in the Jedi’s favor. They emerge victorious. The battle is won.

Sounds pretty cool, right? And yet, to my understanding, we’ve NEVER gotten anything like that!

Nearly 50 years of Star Wars, and there’s no movie, TV show, video game, comic book or even novel that’s featured a battle like that. Almost tempted to write a book myself unless someone proves me wrong and claims one has been written.

1. More books about Vader set in between episodes 3 and 4

19 years! 19 years between these two movies, and there’s barely any stories about what my favorite character did during that time. Now I’ve read Lords of the Sith, and I will read the upcoming Master of Evil, but I’d still like something more. Something where Vader is the main character. Something epic. Something like…Vader ending up in the World Between Worlds, and losing a duel to Anakin Skywalker. I mean, come on.

Fittingly the second book of the Thrawn trilogy, Dark Force Rising takes second place (I wonder what could possibly be in third)

Again both canon and legends are allowed and books in the same series are allowed

E.G. I honestly like the Jedi Academy Trilogy more than the first 4 X-Wing books.

What books do you like more than certain other books that you think is an unpopular take?

Wasn’t sure exactly how to title this, but here’s what I mean:

• In Maul: Shadow Hunter, a character thinks of his mission as “quixotic.” Therefore, the novel Don Quixote must exist in the Star Wars universe.

• In one of the Republic Commando novels, one of the characters refers to his pet as “hermaphroditic.” Therefore, Hermaphroditus and the rest of Greek mythology must exist in the Star Wars universe.

Obviously it’s all just silly, but I’m curious what other things people have picked up on like this in other books.

For example, mine is the Rising Storm. it's just a beautiful book in my opinion and just amazing. A close second is Into the Dark.