The Legends of Luke Skywalker

The Legends of Luke Skywalker
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- "Luke Skywalker? I thought he was a myth."
- ―Rey[11]
The Legends of Luke Skywalker is acanon young-readers novel of myths and tall tales about the legendaryJedi KnightLuke Skywalker. It was written byKen Liu and was released byDisney–Lucasfilm Press onOctober 31,2017, as part of theJourney toStar Wars: The Last Jedi publishing program.
The frame story of the novel follows children on their way to thecasino world ofCanto Bight. The children tell each other six stories about Skywalker, debating whether or not he was a myth. The stories include a firsthand account, told secondhand, of amole-flea namedLugubrious Mote, who claimed to have been with Skywalker during therescue of Han Solo.
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As a cargo ship rockets across the galaxy to Canto Bight, the deckhands on board trade stories about legendary Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker. But are the stories of iconic and mysterious Luke Skywalker true, or merely tall tales passed from one corner of the galaxy to another? Is Skywalker really a famous Jedi hero, an elaborate charlatan, or even part droid? The deckhands will have to decide for themselves when they hear The Legends of Luke Skywalker.
A collection of myths and tall-tales about the legendary Jedi Luke Skywalker, written by Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy award-winning author Ken Liu.
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AtNew York Comic Con2019 it was announced thatViz Media would publish amanga adaptation of the novel in2020.[12] The manga adapted four of the six stories: "The Starship Graveyard," "I, Droid," "The Tale of Lugubrious Mote," and "Big Inside." "The Myth Buster" and "Fishing in the Deluge" short stories were not included in the adaption.
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- ISBN 9781484780770;October 31,2017;Disney–Lucasfilm Press; US hardcover[2]
- ISBN 9781760501280;December 1, 2017;Hardie Grant Publishing; Australian paperback[13]
- ISBN 9781405289122;April 5,2018;Egmont UK Ltd; UK paperback[3]
- ISBN 9787545533804;January,2018;Tiandi Press (天地出版社); China (Mainland) paperback
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Ken Liu on Exploring the "Perfect Mythic Figure" inThe Legends of Luke Skywalker onStarWars.com(backup link)The Star Wars Show:Battlefront II's T.J. Ramini, Star Wars: Galactic Nights News, and More! on the officialStar WarsYouTube channel(backup link)(Posted on StarWars.com)
The Star Wars Show:Star Wars: Shattered Empire | The Star Wars Show Book Club on the officialStar WarsYouTube channel(backup link)(Posted on StarWars.com)
The Star Wars Show:The Legends of Luke Skywalker | The Star Wars Show Book Club on the officialStar WarsYouTube channel(backup link)(Posted on StarWars.com)
Looking for aStar Wars Summer Reading List? Found One, You Have! onStarWars.com(backup link)
Notes and references[]
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Michael Siglain (@msiglain) onTwitter (post):"The Legends of Luke Skywalker by @kyliu99 & @JG_JONESfanpage is available now, but only at #NYCC Get yours at @DisneyHyperion booth 2329!"(backup link)
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The Legends of Luke Skywalker onDisney Publishing Worldwide'sofficial website(backup link) - ↑3.03.1Star Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker onBook Depository
- ↑The Legends of Luke Skywalker frame stories take placeyears afterLuke Skywalker's disappearance but beforehisdeath inStar Wars: Episode VIIIThe Last Jedi.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary places Luke Skywalker's disappearance sixyears before theStarkiller Incident and the events ofStar Wars: Episode VIIIThe Last Jedi in the same year as the Starkiller Incident.Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places the Starkiller Incident in34 ABY, meaning that Luke disappeared in28 ABY and died in 34ABY. Therefore, the earliest that the frame stories took place was30 ABY and the latest they took place was 34 ABY.
- ↑"The Myth Buster" takes place afterLuke Skywalker's disappearance but beforehisdeath inStar Wars: Episode VIIIThe Last Jedi.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary places Luke Skywalker's disappearance sixyears before theStarkiller Incident and the events ofStar Wars: Episode VIIIThe Last Jedi in the same year as the Starkiller Incident.Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places the Starkiller Incident in34 ABY, meaning that Luke disappeared in28 ABY and died in 34ABY. Therefore, the earliest that "The Myth Buster" took place was 28 ABY and the latest it took place was 34 ABY.
- ↑"The Starship Graveyard" features theBattle of Jakku, whichStar Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to5 ABY.
- ↑In "Fishing in the Deluge"Luke Skywalker is visibly younger thanhe is inThe Rise of Kylo Ren 2 flashbacks, but it takes place after he metYoda inStar Wars: Episode VThe Empire Strikes Back, whichStar Wars: Galactic Atlas places in3 ABY.Skywalker: A Family at War states thatBen Solo was fourteen duringThe Rise of Kylo Ren 2 flashbacks. According toAftermath: Empire's End he was born during theBattle of Jakku, whichStar Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to5 ABY. Therefore,The Rise of Kylo Ren 2 flashbacks take place in19 ABY, and "Fishing in the Deluge" takes place between those twoyears.
- ↑"I, Droid" depictsLuke Skywalker using theSkywalker lightsaber, whichhe received inStar Wars: Episode IVA New Hope and lost inStar Wars: Episode VThe Empire Strikes Back.Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places these stories in0 ABY and3 ABY respectively, meaning that "I, Droid" takes place between these twoyears.
- ↑"The Tale of Lugubrious Mote" takes place concurrently withStar Wars: Episode VIReturn of the Jedi, whichStar Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to4 ABY.
- ↑In "Big Inside,"Luke Skywalker is visibly older thanhe is in "Chapter 16: The Rescue," but visibly younger than he is inThe Rise of Kylo Ren 2 flashbacks.
"A Certain Point of View" —Star Wars Insider 202 places "Chapter 16: The Rescue" nineyears afterStar Wars: Episode IVA New Hope, which corresponds to9 ABY according toStar Wars: Galactic Atlas. Also,Skywalker: A Family at War states thatBen Solo was fourteen duringThe Rise of Kylo Ren 2 flashbacks. According toAftermath: Empire's End he was born during theBattle of Jakku, whichStar Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to5 ABY. Therefore,The Rise of Kylo Ren 2 flashbacks take place in19 ABY, and "Big Inside" takes place between those two years. - ↑Star Wars: Episode VIIThe Force Awakens
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SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) onTwitter (post):"The Legends of Luke Skywalker coming from @VIZMedia #NYCC #NYCC2019 #StarWars #SWBooksNYCC"(backup link)
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Legends of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight onHardie Grant Publishing'sofficial website(backup link)















