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Heir to the empire begins five years after return of the jedi. Star wars is an american epic spaceopera media franchise, centered on a film series created by george lucas that includes star wars 1977, the empire strikes back 1980, and return of the jedi 1983. A thrilling new adventure set between a new hope and the empire strikes back, andfor the. Heir to the jedi audio book sample check out an exclusive sample from kevin hearnes new novel heir to the jedi. Heir to the empire was the first star wars book to refer to the galactic capital as coruscant. Its had a permanent space on my top books of all time, and there is a reason. Star wars, kotor and otherwise, is the property of george lucas.