#neweu

There's so many Star Wars books it can be hard to know where to start. Of course, you can just read everything if you want, but if you have limited time and can't decide between two similar titles here's my list of which ones are worthy of your time (and sometimes braincells). I make no distinction between Legends EU and New EU in this list because none of this stuff is one coherent continuity anyway (no matter what they tell you). Instead, I'm focusing on the characters and how good the stories are for that character. List is roughly in timeline order and divided by similar books about the same character.

Obi-Wan as a Padawan

Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray > Padawan by Kiersten White

Anakin and Obi-Wan

The Approaching Storm by Alan Dean Foster > Brotherhood by Mike Chen

Obi-Wan on Tatooine

Kenobi by John Jackson Miller > Obi-Wan: A Jedi's Purpose by Christopher Cantwell (comic)

Kanan Jarrus

A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller > Kanan Omnibus by Greg Weisman (comic)

Grand Admiral Thrawn

Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn > Thrawn by Timothy Zahn

Han Solo

Scoundrels by Timothy Zahn > Honor Among Thieves by James S. A. Corey

Boba Fett

Blood Ties, vol 1-2 by Tom Taylor (comic) > The Mandalorian Armor by K. W. Jeter

Princess Leia

Tatooine Ghost by Troy Denning > Razor's Edge by Martha Wells

Luke Skywalker

She’d always struck him as a person unafraid to die. Now she seemed like someone who couldn’t.

---

Jyn let out a huff of a half laugh. She was starting to like the confident, comfortable---and cynical---Bodhi.

“No,” K-2 said. “We haven’t.”