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The seeds for the eventual rise of the evil empire are sown in a seemingly routine place. Legacy is a series published in 2006 by dark horse comics that was purged from canon like most of the expanded universe after disneys purchase of lucasfilm. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. Star wars books to this day, the first widely recognized eu book is splinter of the. The first book devoted to analyzing the actual historical events in our past that influenced the creation of the space fantasy, star wars features 11 essays by a wise council of history scholars. The ultimate guide to reading the star wars books reedsy. Malgus brought down the jedi temple on coruscant in a brutal assault that shocked the galaxy.
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