Star Wars: Heir to the Jedi Star Wars: Heir to the Jedi Star Wars: Heir to the Jedi is a "Star Wars" novel by Kevin Hearne, published in March 2015. Set between the films "A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back", it features the early adventures of the character Luke Skywalker. "Heir to the Jedi" was one of the first four novels published in the franchise after Lucasfilm redefined "Star Wars" continuity in April 2014. Set between "A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back", "Heir to the Jedi" chronicles the adventures of young Luke Skywalker as he continues his war against the Galactic Empire
Star Wars expanded to other media considered canonical within the franchise would be the primary episodic films, and and . The announcement called these works "the immovable objects of "Star Wars" history, the characters and events to which all other tales must align." It was also made clear that a planned "Star Wars" sequel trilogy, and subsequent works developed within the restructured canon, would not be based on "Legends" material but could possibly draw from it. There was some fan backlash against this decision, with one group successfully campaigning to buy a billboard pleading for Lucasfilm to continue the original "Expanded Universe" separately from the new