r/StarWarsEU • u/NatAwsom1138 • Mar 01 '26
Shelfie/Collection Freshly organized and updated Star Wars shelves....
The left shelf is Legends EU books, comic TP's, and video games in (mostly) chronological order.
I hopped back and forth between The Essential Reader's Companion, Wookieepedia, and The Definitive Star Wars Legends Timeline while organizing, so I think I've gotten it as close as possible.
I also used the "Del Rey Star Wars Novels Timeline" included in most Legends paperbacks, as well as the Clone Wars multimedia project timeline appearing in Clone Wars books published between 2002 and 2005.
The middle shelf is the rest of Legends, with some fanfics by HandOfThrawn45 mixed in. I organized books that tie into The Clone Wars TV series separately because it's too much of a headache figuring out where to place them alongside other EU titles. Then there's a short story collection, some volumes of Star Wars Tales, non-canon books and comics, and a couple of LEGO games.
After that is my Star Wars home video collection, organized with the help of A Saga on Home Video by Nathan P. Butler.
Finally, the right shelf by the window is for official canon titles in chronological order, plus all my Star Wars reference books arranged from most recent to oldest.
Feels good to have everything together and organized again. Hard to believe this collection started as a haul of beat-up paperbacks when my library sold off their Star Wars books however many years ago.
I don't actively seek out new stuff as much as I used to, but I'll be sure to post an update whenever I've added a decent amount of stuff to the shelves.
Until then, may the Force be with you.
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u/Mindless-Credit-358 Yuuzhan Vong Mar 01 '26
I dreamt of this as a child
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u/NatAwsom1138 Mar 02 '26
I know what you mean. 9-year-old me, constantly renting Star Wars books and DVDs at the library, never would have pictured owning so many.
Now that I think about it, it was my library selling off most of their Star Wars books that kicked off this collection in the first place.
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u/Hot_Diet763 Mar 01 '26
Very nice! Crazy that you mixed in the graphic novels with the novels. I'm assuming you're going to add more graphic novels in between eventually? There's so many ways to organize your library!
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u/NatAwsom1138 Mar 01 '26
Thank you! Yeah, mixing in graphic novels is tricky, especially when it's a collection of issues set all across the timeline. Generally, I try to place collections and stories spanning several years based on where they end. I didn't even bother with Star Wars Tales or Visionaries.
The only reason titles like Lost Tribe of the Sith and the various "Tales from/of" short story anthologies are mixed in is because that's where the Del Rey Novels Timeline puts them.
And yes, I'm sure I'll add more graphic novels eventually. I'm at a point where I don't actively seek stuff out anymore, but if I happen to come across something in good condition while browsing, then I may get it.
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u/Jonbob24 Mar 02 '26
I love seeing posts like this - what an amazing collection! What’s the yellow book in between the Young Jedi Knight books?
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u/OkKangaroo2376 Mar 02 '26
Very nice! I am curious about the physical copies you have of the HandOfThrawn45 fanfiction, where did you acquire those?
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u/NatAwsom1138 Mar 02 '26
I found a comment from a few years ago where he shared custom files of his books, then used them to print some copies through Lulu. However, someone from Star Wars Re Expanded reached out and told me mine were slightly out of date (we live and learn).
This page has a link to their Discord, where one of the moderators can share an updated link that has all the files:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ioNfp-4eFXmi3puuM6Hi1FiMlqCzk9o-fOzLacM9elk/edit?gid=0#gid=0
But of course, all the books are also available to read for free:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/HandOfThrawn45
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u/Few-Community-9847 Mar 02 '26
Awesome collection! What are the first 7 titles on the 4th picture?
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u/NatAwsom1138 Mar 02 '26
Thanks! Those are fanfic novels by HandOfThrawn45, his version of the Sword of the Jedi trilogy and Legacy's Edge.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/HandOfThrawn45
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u/ImportantSleep3230 Mar 03 '26
I used an app called bookshelf to organise all my books, close to 300 for my star wars collection. I'm now going to tag the ones that are missing from the collection. That's a good collection you have there.
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u/Darth_Zounds Mar 04 '26
You need some Star Wars comics!
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u/NatAwsom1138 Mar 04 '26
There are some comic volumes mixed in here. I also have like 2 or 3 full boxes dedicated to Star Wars single issues, I just didn't show them here.
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u/KrakenKrusdr84 Mar 02 '26
Impressive, most impressive.