- "So on one side of the book I liken it to 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine In Space.' It's this group of lovable misfits who are all banded together and learning how to be part of the Resistance. The flip side of that is we do have the First Order show up and when you have spies and resistance tangling with the First Order there's going to be some violence. I felt like this was a book where we had to deal with things we don't see in Star Wars, insofar as people dealing with heavy trauma."
- ―Delilah S. Dawson
Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire is a canon novel written by Delilah S. Dawson. It is part of the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge media project, and it was first published on August 27, 2019 by Del Rey. An audiobook version was also released.
Set after Dawson's previous Star Wars novel, Phasma, Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire begins during the events of the film Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens. The rest of the story is set four months later, between Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi and Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, and prior to the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge theme park experience.
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Walk the ancient streets, meet the colorful characters, and uncover the secret history of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, the upcoming expansion to the Disney Parks experience!
After devastating losses at the hands of the First Order, General Leia Organa has dispatched her agents across the galaxy in search of allies, sanctuary, and firepower—and her top spy, Vi Moradi, may have just found all three, on a secluded world at the galaxy's edge.
A planet of lush forests, precarious mountains, and towering, petrified trees, Batuu is on the furthest possible frontier of the galactic map, the last settled world before the mysterious expanse of Wild Space. The rogues, smugglers, and adventurers who eke out a living on the largest settlement on the planet, Black Spire Outpost, are here to avoid prying eyes and unnecessary complications. Vi, a Resistance spy on the run from the First Order, is hardly a welcome guest. And when a shuttle full of stormtroopers lands in her wake, determined to root her out, she has no idea where to find help.
To survive, Vi will have to seek out the good-hearted heroes hiding in a world that redefines scum and villainy. With the help of a traitorous trooper and her acerbic droid, she begins to gather a colorful band of outcasts and misfits, and embarks on a mission to spark the fire of resistance on Batuu—before the First Order snuffs it out entirely.
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EditionsEdit
- ISBN 9780593128381; August 27, 2019; Del Rey; US hardcover[1]
- ISBN 9780593128398; August 27, 2019; Del Rey; US eBook[2]
- ISBN 9780593157107; August 27, 2019; Del Rey; US hardcover, Signed Edition[5]
- ISBN 9780593157114; August 27, 2019; Del Rey; US hardcover, Special Barnes & Noble Edition[6]
- ISBN 9780593159033; June 30, 2020; Del Rey; US paperback[3]
Cover galleryEdit
Solicitation cover
US hardcover
Special Barnes & Noble Edition
Special Barnes & Noble Edition insert
Cover art by Darren Tan
US paperback
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BibliographyEdit
- Step into Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge with New Books, Comics, and Fables on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Elijah Wood Talks Star Wars Resistance and Star Wars Celebration Chicago News! on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Vi Moradi, Leia's Top Spy, Heads to Batuu in Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire on StarWars.com (backup link)
- SWCC 2019: 12 Insights and Announcements from the Lucasfilm Publishing Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
- SDCC 2019: Marvel's The Rise of Kylo Ren Revealed and More Highlights from the Lucasfilm Publishing Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Leia Has a Mission for Vi Moradi in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge – Black Spire – Exclusive Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Russo Brothers Love Star Wars 3,000 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel
- 'It's All in Black Spire': Delilah S. Dawson on Her New Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Novel on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Exclusive Look at Poe's X-wing from Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance on the official Star Wars YouTube channel
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (Star Wars) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link) (Hardcover)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (Star Wars) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link) (eBook)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (Star Wars) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link) (Paperback)
- ↑ Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire begins during the events of Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens and ends prior to the events of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. A timeline shown at D23 2019 dates both Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge to 34 ABY, so Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire must also be set in that year.
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxy's Edge - Black Spire - Autographed Copy by Delilah S. Dawson. Books-a-Million. Archived from the original on August 23, 2019. Retrieved on August 23, 2019.
- ↑ Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Star Wars) on Barnes & Noble's official website (backup link)
External linksEdit
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (Star Wars) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
- Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Star Wars) on Barnes & Noble's official website (backup link)
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