Fiction Books (young adult / juvenile)

Here is all there is to know about upcoming Star Wars (young adult/juvenile fiction) books! Below the shortlist is a complete listing with solicitations, publisher info, and pre-order links! Click the covers to see a bigger image!

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shortlist juvenile fiction

May 6, 2025

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC – A VALIANT VOW

hardcover original (USA) / unabridged audiobook download

July 29, 2025

STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE – THE CRYSTAL CROWN

hardcover original (USA)

August 28, 2025

STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES
Cinematic Classics

hardcover original (UK)

STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Cinematic Classics

hardcover original (UK)

September 2, 2025

STAR WARS: BEFORE THE AWAKENING

paperback reprint (USA)

October 21, 2025

STAR WARS: THE LAST ORDER
THE PHANTOM MENACE 10th Anniversary tie-in novel
hardcover original (USA)

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MAY 6, 2025

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC – A VALIANT VOW

hardcover (middle-grade) original (USA)

publisher info:

written by Justina Ireland

hardcover (240 pages)

Disney – Lucasfilm Press
ISBN 978-1-368-09520-4
$ 14.99

audiobook download (unabridged; 278 mins.)

narrated by Todd Haberkorn
Disney – Lucasfilm Press
$ 18.00

solicitation copy:

The New York Times best-selling series comes to an epic conclusion in this final installment of this wave of High Republic storytelling.

Written by Justina Ireland, one of the original High Republic story architects, the author of several Star Wars novels including Star Wars: The High Republic: A Test of Courage and Star Wars: The High Republic: Mission to Disaster, and a staff writer on the Netflix TV mini-series The Fall of the House of Usher. This eerie, high-stakes adventure features six full-color pages of art!

It’s all been leading to this! Fan-favorite Padawans and younglings must team-up to stop the seemingly unstoppable blight all while dealing with technological terrors in the form of crab-like scav droids that destroy everything in their path!

links (starwarstimeline.com gets commissions for purchases made through links on this website):

USA: amazon hardcover / amazon digital / amazon audiobook download

CANADA: amazon hardcover
UK: amazon hardcover
GERMANY:
amazon hardcover

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JULY 29, 2025

STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE – THE CRYSTAL CROWN

hardcover (young adult) original (USA)

publisher info:

written by Tessa Gratton

hardcover (384 pages)

Disney – Lucasfilm Press
ISBN 978-1-368-07012-6
$ 18.99

solicitation copy:

An exciting adventure starring fan-favorite Jedi Padawans Jecki and Yord from the Disney+ live-action series, The Acolyte.

While their Jedi Masters clean up a political mess left behind by one of their own, Jedi Padawan Jecki and her least favorite fellow Padawan Yord are drawn into a planet-wide coming-of-age ritual as featured guests. The first ritual goes well, but when things unexpectedly turn deadly, Jecki and Yord will have to use all of their abilities and work together to keep each other—and their new friends—safe.

This young adult novel is Star Wars meets The Hunger Games and offers fans of The Acolyte a chance to spend more time with two of their favorite characters from the show.

links (starwarstimeline.com gets commissions for purchases made through links on this website):

USA: amazon hardcover

CANADA: amazon hardcover
UK: amazon hardcover
GERMANY:
amazon hardcover

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AUGUST 28, 2025

STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES
Cinematic Classics

hardcover original (UK)

publisher info:

written by Tom Huddleston

hardcover (72 pages)

Studio Press (Bonnier Books Ltd.)
ISBN 978-1-8358-7148-5
£ 14.99

solicitation copy:

A retelling of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones featuring stunning development art from the original Lucasfilm concept artists.

Relive the excitement of the cinematic classic Attack of the Clones. Enjoy the hit movie through this all-ages retelling accompanied by concept art from the original artists. Alongside the art, fascinating facts about each piece give an insight into the design process behind iconic characters and settings like Count Dooku and Geonosis.

links (starwarstimeline.com gets commissions for purchases made through links on this website):

USA: amazon hardcover

CANADA: amazon hardcover
UK: amazon hardcover
GERMANY:
amazon hardcover

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STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Cinematic Classics

hardcover original (UK)

publisher info:

written by Tom Huddleston

hardcover (72 pages)

Studio Press (Bonnier Books Ltd.)
ISBN 978-1835871492
£ 14.99

solicitation copy:

A retelling of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back featuring stunning development art from the original Lucasfilm concept artists.

Relive the excitement of the cinematic classic The Empire Strikes Back. The thrilling tale follows the story of the battle between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance, as Luke Skywalker masters the Force to take on Darth Vader.

Enjoy the hit movie through this all-ages retelling accompanied by concept art from the original artists. Alongside the art, fascinating facts about each piece give an insight into the design process behind iconic characters and settings like Yoda and Cloud City.

links (starwarstimeline.com gets commissions for purchases made through links on this website):

USA: amazon hardcover

CANADA: amazon hardcover
UK: amazon hardcover
GERMANY:
amazon hardcover

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

STAR WARS: BEFORE THE AWAKENING

paperback reprint of the December 2015 hardcover original (USA)

publisher info:

written by Greg Rucka
illustrated by Phil Noto

paperback (224 pages)

Disney – Lucasfilm Press
ISBN 978-1-368-10821-8
$ 8.99

solicitation copy:

Before they banded together to battle the evil First Order, Rey, Poe, and Finn led very different lives. These are their stories… before the awakening. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Episode VII: The Force Awakens with this first-ever paperback edition of the New York Times best seller!

A shadow has been cast across the galaxy. Where once there were hope and peace, now there are fear and the looming clouds of war. The First Order is rising, its power growing, and the new Republic may well be powerless to stop it.

Three individuals will find themselves drawn into the heart of this conflict: FN-2187 is a stormtrooper trained by the First Order and plagued by doubt. On Jakku, a young woman who calls herself Rey struggles to live in an isolation necessary for her own survival. And among the stars, Poe Dameron strives to serve a Republic he has always believed in as sinister powers threaten to break his resolve.

These are their stories in the days, weeks, and months before The Force Awakens.

links (starwarstimeline.com gets commissions for purchases made through links on this website):

USA: amazon paperback

CANADA: amazon paperback
UK: amazon paperback
GERMANY:
amazon paperback

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OCTOBER 21, 2025

STAR WARS: THE LAST ORDER
THE PHANTOM MENACE 10TH Anniversary tie-in novel

hardcover original (USA)

publisher info:

written by Kwame Mbali

hardcover (464 pages)

Disney – Lucasfilm Press
ISBN  978-1-368-06561-0
$ 18.99

solicitation copy:

New York Times best-selling author Kwame Mbalia makes his Star Wars debut with this exciting YA novel!

Following the end of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the Resistance rescues a ship full of young passengers who had been kidnapped by the First Order. As Finn and Jannah set out to find the First Order officer responsible before he can endanger any more children, the two former stormtroopers must wrestle with their own complicated pasts as soldiers of the oppressive regime.

Take a deep dive into the pasts of popular characters Finn and Jannah in this richly-drawn, action-packed story that fans have been asking for.

links (starwarstimeline.com gets commissions for purchases made through links on this website):

USA: amazon hardcover

CANADA: amazon hardcover
UK: amazon hardcover
GERMANY:
amazon hardcover

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