2017 Star Wars Release Schedule
If you’re like me and you’ve spent the last week sulking about the fact Star Wars Celebration is over, fear not, for we still have much to look forward to in 2017! Here’s a breakdown of what’s in store for the rest of the year…
TV:
- Star Wars: Forces Of Destiny (July)
- Star Wars Rebels, Season 4 – Final Season (September/October)
Novels (JR = Junior Reader Novels/YR = Young Reader Novels ):
- Rebel Rising (May 2)
- Trouble On Tatooine (May 2) – YR
- Han And The Rebel Rescue (May 2) – YR
- Guardians Of The Whills (May 2) – JR
- Adventures In Wild Space: The Rescue (May 4) – JR
- Star Wars Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (July 25)
- BB-8 On The Run (September 1) – YR
- A Leader Named Leia (Septemeber 1) – YR
- The Legends Of Luke Skywalker (September 1) – JR
- Leia: Princess Of Alderaan (September 1) – JR
- Phasma (September 1)
- The Prequel Trilogy Stories (September 26) – YR
- Star Wars: From A Certain Point Of View (October) – Short Stories
- Join The Resistance: Escape From Vodran (November 7) – JR
Comics:
- Poe Dameron, Issue 13 (April 19)
- Darth Maul, Issue 3 (April 26)
- Rogue One, Issue 2 (May 3)
- Poe Dameron, Issue 14 (May 3)
- Lost Stars, Issue 1 (May 4) – Webcomic
- The Screaming Citadel, Issue 1 (May 10)
- Off The Rails (May 10)
- Star Wars, Issue 31 (May 17)
- Poe Dameron, Issue 15 (May 17)
- Doctor Aphra, Issue 7 (May 31)
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord Of The Sith, Issue 1 (June 7)
- Rogue One, Issue 3 (June 7)
- Star Wars, Issue 32 (June 14)
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord Of The Sith, Issue 2 (June 21)
- Darth Maul, Issue 4 (June 21)
- Doctor Aphra, Issue 8 (June 28)
- Poe Dameron, Issue 16 (June 28)
- Darth Maul, Issue 5 (July 19)
- Captain Phasma, Issue 1 (September)
- Star Wars Adventures, Issue 1 (October 17)
Video Games:
- Star Wars Battlefront II (November 17)
Oh and…
Films:
- Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (December 15)
As you can see, there’s nothing for us Star Wars fans to complain about… we have more than ever to look forward to. Possibly too much?… Never!
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What’s “Off the rails” in the comics section? Not heard of that before.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Off_the_Rails
I had no idea what it is either.
It’s a thing from the Rebels Magazine.
– Pomojema
I think they should have developed a seperate animated series to fill the void when Rebels (or any future series) is between series.
By having two series alternating series awe would have star wars on television throughout the year.
What, you don’t count the Freemaker Adventures?
Freemakers is on a sperate level.
Freemakers…. then the Films … then the animated series.
Freemakers is the true star wars
Need more video games. I know they are working on some and Battlefront 2 looks good but its been 4 years since EA got the exclusive contract. I won’t more Star Wars dammit.
I am surprised there haven’t been more SW games. And I don’t mean mobile games. Or the Lego game.
A part of me really wishes there was another Force Unleashed style of video game where you play as a Jedi. Imagine a Kylo Ren centered game. Maybe, it takes place before Ben turns to the dark side? Or perhaps in Kylo’s infancy when working under Snoke.
I still dust off the 360 every now & again & spin through some adventures w/ Starkiller & Kota. I LOVE that series…
I like the gameplay; the story I’m mixed on. I have issues with the rebel alliance and how it is portrayed and really what it means for the entire OT. Though, Sam Witwer is amazing, though as Starkiller. And I liked the characters.
Rebel Rising is YA.
what star wars really needs rather than a new tv show is a good strategy game, something like Empire at war 3
There are several. X-Wing and Imperial Assault are fantastic. And while I’ve not played Armada or Rebellion, I’ve heard they excellent.
I am sure he means good strategy video game… and I agree… Empire at War 3: Empire’s End.
Ah. Well, then I agree. I’d love to see something like the old Lucasarts Rebellion game. That was a masterpiece.
@Bobby Sharp – if you’ll settle for an analog version of Rebellion, Fantasy Flight’s board game of the same name is loosely based on the 1998 video game.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/03/star-wars-rebellion-review-a-fully-operational-4-hour-board-game/
Ah! I mentioned FF’s Rebellion in my post above, but I’ve never played it. I had no idea, however, that it was based off the Lucasarts game. That pretty much seals the deal for me. I loved the old Rebellion computer game, but I must prefer tabletop games. I’m just not that into video games.
With the new canon active, I’m definitely all for a reboot of Empire at War; especially with improved RTS gameplay with sequels coming after that beyond the Galactic Civil War. ^_^
They’d have to make a EAW2 first.
– Pomojema
Are we sure the Claudia Gray Leia book and the Legends of Luke Skywalker aren’t YA?
The Leia book is YA and the Luke book is for younger readers, like 10+ I think.
and SW1313???? release date: never… thank you disney
At some point you need to accept it and move on
This year is packed with Star Wars content; cannot wait. ^_^
Kind of disappointed that there isn’t a major adult novel that ties into TLJ. I was hoping for something that would give background into new characters a month or two before the film comes out. Maybe something that explores a new world that we’ll visit. Also, and I’m sure this will be announced closer to TLJ release date, but there wasn’t an announcement for an art book or anything of the sort for TLJ either.
Unlike TFA, there isn’t a 30-year gap between TLJ and the movie that comes before it. there’s not much to lead up to, really.
Lots of stuff for children. I guess Disney feels OK ignoring adult Star Wars fans.
When I was a kid we had a ton of kid stuff. We also had great novels but there is a steady stream of that too. This doesn’t seem unusual for Star Wars.
Well, I don’t know when you were a kid, so I have no idea how to respond to that. Maybe it was last year, or maybe it was 20 years ago.
That’s ridiculous. Adult Star Wars fans are getting a frickin movie every single year, comics, a few novels, and a new video game that’s looking to be pretty darn good. Star Wars is essentially a kids property. Don’t be selfish.
lol, you calling me “ridiculous”. If you want to think of Star Wars as a “kids property”, that’s your business. But I know that as a 10-year-old seeing the original Star Wars in the theater in 1977, it was NOT a “kids property”. I did not understand half of what they were talking about because it was not dumbed-down to me like so much of this so-called “kids property” is to children these days.
But that fact — that I knew it was a little above my head in many respects — made it MUCH BETTER. I felt like I was seeing something great and important, not an episode of Mork and Mindy or Dukes of Hazzard.
There are many aspects of Star Wars that are still great. But the childish direction of a vast swathe of Star Wars, as well as the politically-correct pandering that is consuming much of it, is unwanted and conformist. NO THANKS.
If at 10 years old you were confused by half of Star Wars then…
Star Wars was never intended as an adult property. Lots of adults liked it, sure, but it was a movie for young people. Lucas said so (back in the day and as late as last week). The rating said so. The massive merchandising campaign directed almost solely to children said so. It’s not my opinion. It’s a fact. Like you, I was there at the time. It was for kids.
But as I said earlier, grown-ups are getting more new Star Wars material than they could possibly, realistically wish for. To bellyache that there are some books and cartoons being made for children is, as I also stated earlier, ridiculous.
“…the politically-correct pandering that is consuming much of it…”
Oh, please elucidate. This should be good…
You’re such a douche to someone just expressing their opinion. God forbid my opinion is different than yours.
You didn’t give an opinion, you made a claim. Your incorrect claim was promptly refuted.
“Refuted” means to disprove, so that is wrong. You and other people who think Star Wars should be primarily aimed at young children have expressed your opinions, as sad as they are. Nevertheless, they are simply your opinions, and like a-holes, everyone has one. I guess there are a lot of man-childs in geekdom who want to read and watch dialog aimed at 7-year-olds. Don’t count me among them.
No, they’re not our opinions on what demographic Star Wars SHOULD be aimed at. They’re the facts about the demographic that Star Wars IS aimed at. Lucas said it himself. He made Star Wars for 12 year-olds.
You’re sounding more pompous than usual.
What can I say? You make me a better person.
Word! It’s a KIDS’ commodity. Always has been. Just ask a guy named George…
George Lucas said that he made the franchise for 12 year-olds.
Get over it.
He said that later in life, right around the time he was creating Jar-Jar. He has rewritten the history of Star Wars many times — any true Star Wars fan knows that. Enjoy life as a man-child. I’ll keep annoying you by complaining about the downward tilt of the franchise, toward young children and SJWs.
Spinoffs = adults, Saga films = kids. That seems to be the message that Disney is conveying.
I’m 39 years old and there’s never been MORE Star Wars stuff for me in my entire life. Novels, comics, TV series, movies, video games…..like, what the fuck else do you possible want?
I´d recommend not only ignore, but avoid visual contact with adult Star Wars fans
why dont they make a novel about what happened to Barriss Offee after the clonewars show or a novel about Dooku training Qui Gon Jinn.
Most interesting. I do hope the Journey to TLJ will be a lot better than TFA. I can rest at least knowing that at the very least this will be LucasFIlm’s second attempt at doing this. Some things I am looking forward to are the Phasma comic(please be good.), Claudia Gray’s Leia’s book(despite being geared towards children she writes Leia really well), Inferno( Didn’t like Dark Disciple, but it was written very well and I can see Christie Golden doing a phenomenal job with this. Especially, given it won’t be a bunch of scripts from a TCW story arc), and Star Wars: A certain point of view.
I am a sucker for anthology collections of short-stories. And really, I love the idea of focusing on those smaller characters in the background. Because, it makes the universe feel that much more real. It is actually why I loved Aftermath’s interludes for the first book. A part of me wished that the entire book could just have those as that type of storytelling I can eat up.
Claudia Gray’s Leia book is actually a young adult novel. So if you liked her writing in Lost Stars, you will probably enjoy this one as well. I am disappointed that the Luke book coming out is for younger readers though. For myself at least…Luke is my son’s favorite so I’m sure he will love it.
Yeah, I found that out recently, but as you stated It won’t detract me as I do like Gray’s writing style. The Luke book, I can see where you are coming from. I was like that when some people told me that Weapon of the Jedi was a Young Adult novel. But knowing Jason Fry wrote it and having read it; it was a short(understandably so) yet well-crafted storyline.
And goes to show that you shouldn’t literally judge a book by its cover. That sometimes the best stories can be enjoyed, regardless of age.
So where’s the one about Kylo Ren’s scar moving to the wrong side of his face? I think noted historical revisionist Scamber Teard should write that epic.
I really want to know why a saber to the face can cause a decades long scar on Anakin’s face but less damage to his Grandson than a cat scratch. Maybe his face is made of the same material that those riot troopers on Takodana used, Inquiring minds want to know.
I don’t think Anakin required a Bacta bath after he got his scar. Kylo on the other hand..probably needed one or two. As for the shifting..they probably thought it looks better that way.
It’s on the correct side of his face, it just shifted slightly. i honestly don’t see why you’re whining about it so much.
It’s a scar.
Look at his user name. Don’t feed the trolls.
“As you can see, there’s nothing for us Star Wars fans to complain about…”
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Looking forward to the Screaming Citadel story arch and the Phasma novel! Oh and Rebels season 4 and that lil thing called The Last Jedi.
really looking forward to continuing Darth Maul, and hyped for the New Darth Vader comic!
Does the Battlefront II novel have the same storyline as the videogame?
It’s a prequel to the game’s storyline. It tells the story of the team’s first mission.
dang it! I hoped it would prevent me to start videoplaying
One thing I don’t get is why every star wars new canon imperial female character has dark hair(Rae Sloane,Ciena Ree, Brunson, the inferno squad leader), where is the problem with blonde or ginger hair? When someone says female imperial officer I imagine a blonde girl in black uniform(Juno Eclipse), but disney keep giving us the same visage with only different names.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Brunson
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ciena_Ree
https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/3/39/Vice_Admiral_Rae_Sloane.png/revision/latest?cb=20160316231505
Oh no, not BROWN-HAIRED WOMEN!!
Maybe I have written it badly, it is not only about the hair I meant that they all look completely the same, there is no difference between them only names.
He actually has a point here. I have thought the same thing before. There have been fair-skinned blonde-haired officers as well in canon [Commander Alecia Beck from Smuggler’s Run and Captain Tolvan from the Aphra series (and possibly Captain Phasma?) come to mind], but so far they have just been ancillary. The main characters have all been mostly like the ones Thrawn mentions above. It doesn’t really matter to me, as I care more about substance than image (but LFL definitely seems to have a certain image in mind regarding their female Imperials at the moment). I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t hope for a certain red head to pop up eventually though :).
They’re cartoons for little girls. Get over it.
So when is Disney going to air re-runs of Rebels Season 3 on regular Disney? . . . still waiting . . . thats a date i would be interested in, though I am not holding my breathe on it thats for sure