Del Rey is a science-fiction and fantasy imprint of Random House, beginning as an imprint of Ballantine Books in 1977. The imprint is responsible for most of Random House's science-fiction publications, including most of the Star Wars books (with the exception of novels published between 1991 and 1999, which are still reprinted as Bantam Spectra books).[source?]
In late June 2004, it renewed its contract with Lucas Licensing to extend its book licensing agreement through December 2008.[1] Eventually, the company renewed its contract once more, continuing to print Star Wars books.[source?]
In May 2022, Random House announced that all of its licenced publications, including Star Wars, were moving to a new imprint, Random House Worlds,[2] while Del Rey will refocus on publishing original speculative fiction.[3] The team who worked for Star Wars products under Del Rey moved to Random House.[4][5]
Del Rey has social media accounts under the label Star Wars Books that announce any news related to Star Wars books by Del Rey.[6][7]
Published novels[]
Legends novels[]
Essential Legends Collection reprints[]
- Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (June 2021)
- Heir to the Empire (June 2021)
- Shatterpoint (June 2021)
- Dark Force Rising (September 2021)
- Darth Bane: Rule of Two (September 2021)
- The Last Command (September 2021)
- X-Wing: Rogue Squadron (September 2021)
- Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil (April 2022)
- Darth Plagueis (April 2022)
- Kenobi (April 2022)
- X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble (April 2022)
- Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter (August 2022)
- Death Troopers (August 2022)
- X-Wing: The Krytos Trap (August 2022)
- The Old Republic: Deceived (November 2022)
- The Old Republic: Revan (November 2022)
- X-Wing: The Bacta War (November 2022)
Canon novels[]
Other[]
- Ronin: A Visions Novel (October 2021)
Canceled books[]
- The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide: Siege
- The New Jedi Order: Knightfall I: Jedi Storm
- The New Jedi Order: Knightfall II: Jedi Fire
- The New Jedi Order: Knightfall III: Jedi Blood
- The Essential Guide to Episode I
- Escape from Dagu
- Untitled Boba Fett novel
- Imperial Commando 2
- Blood Oath
- Mandorla
- Sword of the Jedi (trilogy)
- Untitled Paul S. Kemp duology
- Untitled Troy Denning trilogy
- The Mandalorian: An Original Novel
Published reference books[]
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 'Star Wars' books are soldiering on by Eng, Dinah on usatoday30.usatoday.com (June 23, 2004) (archived from the original on December 5, 2019)
- ↑ Random House Launches New Imprint, Random House Worlds on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
- ↑ News on www.readstarwars.com (May 17, 2022) (archived from the original on May 17, 2022)
- ↑ Tom Hoeler (@DarthInternous) on Twitter (January 18, 2023): "*published by Random House Worlds (same team / new name & logo. Technically speaking the last SW book Del Rey published was Convergence.)" (backup link)
- ↑ Tom Hoeler (@DarthInternous) on Twitter (January 24, 2023): "Yep. Same people different logo." (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Books (@delreystarwars) on Twitter
- ↑ Star Wars Books (@starwarsbooks) on Facebook
External links[]
- Official site
- Del Rey Books on Wikipedia
- Star Wars Books (@starwarsbooks) on Facebook
- Star Wars Books (@delreystarwars) on Twitter