Heir to the Jedi

"A thrilling new adventure set between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, and&mdash;for the first time ever&mdash;written entirely from Luke Skywalker's first-person point of view."

- Del Rey

Heir to the Jedi is an upcoming novel that will be written by Kevin Hearne. It was intended to be final installment in the Empire and Rebellion series but is now a stand-alone book. The story will take place before the events in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. It is set to be released on January 13, 2015.

Publisher's summary
The Galactic Civil War rages on after the destruction of the Death Star and Luke Skywalker struggles to learn more about the Force without the aid of Obi-Wan Kenobi-or indeed without any aid at all. But the few memories he has of Obi-Wan's instruction point the way to a stronger control of the Force, and he is encouraged to pursue it by a new friend in the Alliance. When Luke, R2-D2 and his new ally are tasked with liberating a valuable asset from the Empire and delivering her to a safe planet where she can aid the Alliance, their journey across the galaxy is fraught with peril-and opportunities for Luke to discover the mysteries of the Force.

Development
Hearne's novel, unnamed at the time, was first announced in August 2012 at Celebration VI. According to Senior LucasBooks Editor Jennifer Heddle in January 2013, the outline for the novel was very funny when turned in. The title was released in a StarWars.com press release on April 25, 2014.

As of May 18, 2014, Hearne reported that he was in the process of editing the novel.

Continuity
The novel was composed with input from the Lucasfilm Story Group, making it part of the new Star Wars canon. As one of the first releases in the new canon, the story's title is partially a homage to author Timothy Zahn's 1991 novel Heir to the Empire, which some consider to have begun the Expanded Universe.