by Aaron Allston
Hardback Novel ( ) [Also published as an Audio Book and an e-Book]

Approx. 43 years after the Battle of Yavin:
Having narrowly escaped the deranged Force worshippers known as the Mind Walkers and a deadly Sith hit squad, Luke and Ben Skywalker are in pursuit of the now Masterless Sith apprentice Vestara Khai. It is a chase that leads to the forbidding planet Dathomir...more
Published: 9th March [US] by Del Rey

Reviews have been posted by NJOE.com (spoiler free and with spoilers), TheForce.net (contains spoilers) and by Harriet Klausner at Alternative Worlds (contains spoilers).
Backlash is released tomorrow in hardback in the US and on 15th April in the UK.

Star Wars: Invasion issue #6, Rescues (part 1 of 6 part story-arc), is due to be released on 26th May.
(Source: via Dark Horse Message Boards)

Comic Book ( )

Between 22 and 19 years before the Battle of Yavin:
Featuring the short comic story Terror on the Twilight written by Robin Etherington, illustrated by Tanya Roberts plus puzzles, games and free cover gift.
Published: 4th March [UK] by Titan Comics

by Matthew Stover
Paperback Novel ( )

Approx. 5 years after the Battle of Yavin:
Powerful remnants of the vanquished Empire, hungry for retaliation, are still at large, committing acts of piracy, terrorism & wholesale slaughter against the worlds of the fledgling Republic. The most deadly of these, a ruthless legion of black-armored stormtroopers, do the brutal bidding of the newly risen warlord Shadowspawn...more
Published: 4th March [UK] by Arrow Books

UPDATE: Sue has indicated in a later post on the StarWars.com Message Boards that the second Imperial Commando novel will "probably be the last one".

by Mike Baron et al. (based on the novels by Timothy Zahn)
Hardback Graphic Novel ( )

This paperback graphic novel collects all three of Mike Baron's comic story adaptations of Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy: Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command into one single collection...more
Published: 26th February [UK] by Titan Books

by Tom Taylor et al.
Graphic Novella ( )

Approximately 3 years after the Battle of Yavin:
The movie The Empire Strikes Back shows us only a small portion of Luke Skywalker’s Jedi training under the tutelage of Master Yoda. In this story, witness a never-before-seen part of that training as Luke is given the task of finding and retrieving an object guarded by the deadliest creatures on the swamp world of Dagobah...more
Published: 26th February [UK] by Titan Books

by Jeremy Barlow et al.
Graphic Novella ( )

Between 22 and 19 years before the Battle of Yavin:
Jedi Master Mace Windu leads a battle against Separatist forces for control of the planet Simocadia! While the Confederacy of Independent Systems battles for the planet's rare fuel source, and the Republic tries to repel the invaders, the rulers of Simocadia choose a different option to save the planet: awakening the Ardana Shadex, an indestructible mechanized giant that has been sleeping for centuries under the planet's surface...more
Published: 26th February [UK] by Titan Books

(Source: Becker&Mayer (PDF - 3.5Mb) via StarWarsTimeline.com)

UPDATE: Daniel Wallace, author of The Jedi Path, has confirmed the existence of this book on his weblog and goes on to tease us with "the catalog (opens PDF - 3.5Mb) copy gives the tiniest hint of how much fun this book has been to put together, and I promise to post more behind-the-scenes details as the release date gets closer."

by John Ostrander et al.
Comic Book ( & )

Approximately 138 years after the Battle of Yavin:
Wayland is a world overrun with Yuuzhan Vong flora and fauna -- almost all of it hostile to humans. Cade and his friends have been separated, Deliah Blue has been captured, and they're about to meet the source of all of the Vongspawn...more
Published: 24th February [US & UK (import)] by Dark Horse Comics

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