Another Annual Beyond the Films Year in Review! What NEW LEGENDS stories did we get last year? How did the books of 2017 stack up? What did your hosts like, and dislike from 2017? All this, and more, all on the next Star Wars Beyond the Films. YOUR “Star Wars” discussion podcast! YOUR Podcast of Legends! YOUR ticket to that Galaxy far, far away! Your Fandom lies Beyond the Films.
This week true believers, Beyonders, Fanboys, Fangirls, respected aliens around the galaxy, The Champion of the Multiverse; Mark Hurliman, and your Count of Continuities; Nathan P. Butler sit down to discuss the 2017 Year In Review: The Books! So strap in and tighten your crash webbing Fandom, Star Wars Beyond the Films is setting off on another rapid-fire trip into that galaxy far, far away!
This episode your hosts discuss:
Star Wars Books of 2017:
Nate’s book: A Saga on Home Video“Adult” Novels from Del Rey
Empire’s End (both hardback and paperback)ThrawnInferno SquadPhasmaFrom a Certain Point of ViewCanto BightPaperback reprints of Life Debt, Rogue One, and CatalystHan Solo trilogy got a B&N hardback reprintLarger Books from Disney Lucasfilm Press
Rebel RisingLeia: POALegends of Luke SkywalkerPaperback reprints of Lost Stars and AhsokaYounger Reader Books of Note (new material)
Join the Resistance (1) and Escape from Vodran (2)Backstories: Darth Vader: Sith LordAdventures in Wild Space: The Cold (UK and here) and The Rescue (UK, finishing out the UK version). The U.S. also saw The Steal reprinted here as The Heist and The Dark reprinted here as The Darkness, both this year from UK books from 2016.Rogue One junior novelizationGuardians of the WhillsBomber CommandCobalt SquadronBB-8 on the RunChewie and the PorgsNew versions of kid’s adaptations of ANH, ESB, and ROTJ to go with TFA with some alterations for the SG’s new canonFOD: Daring Adventures vol. 1 and 2, Tales of Hope and CourageComedic / Parody
Jedi Academy: The Force Oversleeps99 Stormtroopers Join the EmpireThe Force Doth AwakenReference Style WorksVisual EncyclopediaTopps Classic Sticker BookOn the Front LinesStar Wars Made EasyStar Wars Coding ProjectsUltimate LEGO SWRebel FilesTLJ Incredible CSTLJ:TVDStormtroopers Beyond the ArmorAbsolutely Everything…Updated and ExpandedNEW LEGENDS STORIES FROM 2017:
Trading Scars is a short story written by Sam Wallschlaeger and published in the developer blog for Star Wars: The Old Republic on August 17, 2017. It serves as a prelude to the Flashpoint: Crisis on Umbara Chasing Copero is a short story written by Charles Boyd and published in the developer blog for Star Wars: The Old Republic on November 16, 2017. It serves as a prelude to the Flashpoint: A Traitor Among the Chiss. All this, and more!Once more your hosts cover entirely too much action this episode. But don’t worry, give it a go; you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even get a little education on Star Wars while you’re at it. But no matter how you slice it and dice it, you’ll be having another adventure Beyond the Films. So sit back, hang on, enjoy the show, and may the Force be with you!
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