Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker wrote a novel called "Splinter of the Mind's Eye", which was originally commissioned by George Lucas for the purpose of being filmed as a low-budget sequel, as a fallback plan in the event that "Star Wars" did not do well. It was published in 1978, a year after the movie's release. This made it the first full-length original novel to be published in the Star Wars expanded universe. The next official novelization of a "Star Wars" movie was "The Empire Strikes Back" by Donald F. Glut in 1980. Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker Star Wars: From the
Journey to Star Wars to bridge the "Star Wars" timeline between "Return of the Jedi" and "The Force Awakens". Journey to Star Wars "Journey to "Star Wars" is a Disney/Lucasfilm publishing initiative that connects the "Star Wars" sequel films with previous film installments in the franchise. It currently includes the initiatives "Journey to "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and "Journey to "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"". All titles under the program are canonical to the "Star Wars" universe. A group of "at least" 20 novels and comic books related to the 2015 film "" was announced in March 2015. The first novels, including ""