'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' 2015 Spoilers: Disney & Lucasfilm Releasing 20 Books Filling In Story Between 'Return of the Jedi' and 'Episode VII'

This week, Disney and Lucasfilm announced a new book series entitled Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which will bridge the gap between 2015's Episode VII and its franchise predecessor, Episode VI -Return of the Jedi. Coming out this fall, ahead of the December 2015 J.J. Abrams blockbuster, 20 new novels will tell stories that make up the 30-year gap between the two films. Check out some new titles and more on this news below!

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According to Slash Film, the film companies are teaming with publishers like Del Rey, Dorling Kindersley and Marvel Comics to fill in this story gap. Andrew Sugerman, executive vice president of Disney Publishing Worldwide, spoke about this news today, revealing what to expect in this new series of books.

"The Force Awakens is an extraordinarily, heavily guarded storyline. To track it, a lot of top-secret meetings were happening up in San Francisco as we worked through this program," he said, according to Entertainment Weekly. "The partnership with the story group and the editorial team always had to be true to the sanctity of the film while making sure that we find these moments to introduce hints, clues, and puzzle pieces. Without revealing what those pieces are, it will just allow readers to speculate about the new film: What could a location mean, or what could a character mean?"

So far, some titles have been announced. Check them out right here (via Slash Film):

•  Star Wars: Aftermath -a novel
•  Star Wars: Journey to the Force Awakens, a Marvel Comics prequel
•  A Marvel Comics prequel told from C-3PO's perspective
•  Star Wars: Ships of the Galaxy, printed by Studio Fun International
•  Moving Target, a Princess Leia story by Cecil Castellucci
•  The Weapon of a Jedi, a Luke Skywalker story by Jason Fry
•  Lost Starsby Claudia Gray
•  Smuggler's Run, a Han Solo story by Greg Rucka

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