Star Wars: The Essential Legends Collection Reveals Covers for Fourth Wave of Books

Del Rey has officially revealed the covers for the three books they will be re-releasing next as part of their ongoing Star Wars: The Essential Legends Collection initiative. This will be their fourth wave of re-releases, and the three new books will be Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, Death Troopers, and X-Wing: The Krytos Trap. They will come out on August 2nd, 2022.



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While these details had already leaked (though the release date has been moved up six days), this is the first time Del Rey has said anything about it, and this is also the first look we've had at the new covers. X-Wing: The Krytos Trap is the third novel in the Rogue Squadron series; it was written by Michael A. Stackpole and came out in 1996. Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter was written by Michael Reaves and came out in 2001, while Death Troopers was written by Joe Schreiber and came out in 2009.



This piece of news comes out right after the titles for the fifth wave leaked online through Edelweiss. The fifth batch will consist of X-Wing: The Bacta War, The Old Republic: Deceived, and The Old Republic: Revan. They will come out on November 1st. For a recap, here is every single one of the books that have been or will be released as a part of the Star Wars: The Essential Legends Collection, including waves 4 and 5:

• The Thrawn Trilogy
  • Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn (Wave 1)
  • Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn (Wave 2)
  • The Last Command by Timothy Zahn (Wave 2)
• The Darth Bane Trilogy
  • Darth Bane: Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn (Wave 1)
  • Darth Bane: Rule of Two by Drew Karpyshyn (Wave 2)
  • Darth Bane:  Dynasty of Evil by Drew Karpyshyn (Wave 3)
• X-Wing Series
  • X-Wing: Rogue Squadron by Michael A. Stackpole (Wave 2)
  • X-Wing: Wedge’s Gamble by Michael A. Stackpole (Wave 3)
  • X-Wing: The Krytos Trap by Michael A. Stackpole (Wave 4)
  • X-Wing: The Bacta War by Michael A. Stackpole (Wave 5)
• The Old Republic
  • The Old Republic: Deceived by Paul S. Kemp (Wave 5)
  • The Old Republic: Revan by Drew Karpyshyn (Wave 5)
•  Others
  • Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover (Wave 1)
  • Kenobi by John Jackson Miller (Wave 3)
  • Darth Plagueis by James Luceno (Wave 3)
  • Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber (Wave 4)
  • Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter by Michael Reaves (Wave 4)

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