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Star Wars: Expanded Universe
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Star Wars fiction flourished during the time of the original series (1977–1983) but slowed to a trickle afterwards. In 1991... Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy debuted, sparking a new interest in the Star Wars universe. Since then, several hundred tie-in novels have been published by Bantam and Del Rey. A similar resurgence in the Expanded Universe occurred in 1996 with the Steve Perry novel Shadows of the Empire, set between Episodes V and VI, and accompanying video game and comic book series.
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The role-playing game from veteran developers Bioware is set in the Star Wars universe, but some 4,000 years before the events of the movies. Players get to use a lightsaber or two, train as a Jedi Knight and choose which path of The Force they want to follow: the honorable Light Side or the passionate Dark Side. The hybrid combat system combines turn-based and action elements into a totally new style of gameplay: slow enough to let players soak up the details of the story, but not bogged down by pointless quests or collection tasks. Most quests are optional, but the required missions are full of action and adventure so players are up to their lightsaber in fun.
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The term Expanded Universe (abbreviated EU) has come into existence as an umbrella term for all of the officially licensed Star Wars material outside of the six feature films. The material expands and continues the stories told in the films, taking place anywhere from 25,000 years before The Phantom Menace to 140 years after Return of the Jedi. The first Expanded Universe story appeared in Marvel Comics' Star Wars #7 in January 1978 (the first six issues of the series having been an adaptation of the film), followed quickly by Alan Dean Foster's novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye the following month.
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You can hear "The Star Wars Cantina" on hundreds of radio stations in every corner of the United States universe, from KIIS-FM/Los Angeles to Z-100/New York City. The parody is receiving frequent coast-to-coast airplay on morning shows and station top-request countdowns, thanks to nationwide distribution on the Premiere Radio Networks, Olympia Radio Networks, and the Westwood One Radio Networks. "The Star Wars Cantina" made its debut on the nationally-syndicated Dr. Demento Show.
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