


Set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, this told the story of how Luke Skywalker constructed his own lightsaber and became a true Jedi, even as Leia scoured the galaxy for her beloved Han Solo. The main narrative was told in the form of a novel, a comic book series, a even a video game, and even had its own popular soundtrack literally the only Star Wars medium it lacked at the time was a movie. Shadows of the Empire was a multimedia initiative that feels like a spiritual ancestor of the upcoming High Republic project. In 1996, Lucasfilm released one of the most important stories in the old Expanded Universe. Shadows of the Empire is one of the most beloved stories in the Star Wars Expanded Universe - but was still excluded from canon in the post-Disney universe.
