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Because it wasn't constrained by a film trilogy, Legends could explore weird corners:

The most ambitious arc is the New Jedi Order series (19 books). The extragalactic Yuuzhan Vong —a race of pain-worshipping bio-engineers immune to the Force—invade. This is Star Wars at its darkest and most mature. Characters you love die permanently (including a major Solo child). It explores the morality of pacifism versus survival, and it forces the Jedi to adapt. It's a war story, not a space fantasy. star wars legends

The era leading up to and including the Prequel Trilogy. Because it wasn't constrained by a film trilogy,

(formerly known as the Expanded Universe or EU ) is the vast continuity of Star Wars storytelling that existed prior to April 2014. It encompasses thousands of years of galactic history, millions of years before the Battle of Yavin (BBY) to more than 100 years after the Battle of Endor (ABY). Characters you love die permanently (including a major