Just some fantasizing on my part, but these new era books are really fun IMO. These are some of the era sourcebooks I think they could/should make that I'd love to see, with their respective titles. As more content gets added/reintroduced into the continuity, this list can/will expand of course:

Galactic Intrigue - Era sourcebook for the period around Episode I: The Phantom Menace . Could be set in the decade leading up to TPM and discusses Qui-Gon Jinn's apprenticeship to Dooku, and Kenobi's subsequent training. What the Republic is doing before the events of the films. Sidious/Plagueis scheming. An in depth look at the Trade Federation and its organization/lore. Same for Naboo and the Gungans, maybe even the Jedi Council.

A State of Turmoil - An era sourcebook for the period between Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones . Would be politics-heavy (not complaining, as a political junkie I'm a fan), the book would overview the beginnings of a secessionist movement and the debates over the Republic's policies at the time. Profiles on familiar personalities but set in this period of time. Can really get into the meat of the entire Separatist ideology and the reasons many worlds have for wanting independence. Also could maybe bring in some info on Dooku's departure from the Order.

The New Order In Power - Era sourcebook for the period after ROTS to the beginning of Rebels (19 BBY - 5 BBY)... showcases the Imperialization of the Galaxy and the implementation of the New Order/its philosophical doctrine/The Senate's place in this period/key personas (Screed, Dodonna, Holt, Ishin-Il-Raz, etc.) and the role of the Advisors/the Reconquest of the Rim. Dawn of Rebellion was a good start, but focused on the beginnings of the Rebel Alliance. The years between Ep. III and Rebels is still barren, both in canon and the EU. A real chance to showcase some old EU concepts and characters as well as illustrate the absolute need for a rebellion to start against the New Order and its totalitarian reign. Basically I want to see something akin to 1984 in the SW Universe. (Sidenote, the inspiration for the title comes from Publius' excellent work on StarDestroyer.Net from back in 2008. Check it out if you haven't already).

Empire At War - Era sourcebook for the OT film period/Yavin to Endor (0 ABY - 4 ABY). Pretty self explanatory, but would be fun.

A New Beginning - Era sourcebook for the immediate aftermath of Endor through the Battle of Jakku and the rise of the New Republic (4 ABY - ?). Summarizes the disintegration of the Empire, the subsequent chaos and the eventual retreat to the Unknown Regions. This would again be a cool chance to reintroduce some of the better concepts of the old EU by introducing the idea of an Imperial Civil War and the fracturing of the Empire into warring fiefdoms competing for dominance and power, however petty it may be. Again, old names could resurface (Delvardus, Zsinj, Harrsk, Teradoc, Kaine, etc.). This will probably not be an option until after Episode XI releases, but one can hope.

Obviously these are fantasies of a fan, but I think they would be able to work very well. Of course, they would take a while to be released, and we may have to wait until certain movies/films/TVshows come out, but still. Dawn of Rebellion was a book I have a lot of positive feelings for, since it incorporated a lot of old EU material, and seems to be a faithful continuation of the WEG ideas for Star Wars (I believe it was the first canon book to mention the CompForce as a thing). I would love a few Old Republic era ones, too (who wouldn't) but we still don't know what they're doing with that era yet in the current continuity. Any other ideas? Thoughts?

You just created new titles for existing books mostly.

I see very little that needs its own sourcebook on your list. Almost all of those eras can be played in with little to no homebrew. Heck, Empire at War is literally set in the game’s default time frame.

The sequel trilogy will eventually get a sourcebook or two because that’s what Disney wants everyone to push. Unless they’re really determined to squeeze everything they possibly can out of the Clone Wars, you won’t be seeing any more era sourcebooks unless Disney creates a major new era.

As for eras that could actually use sourcebooks?

New Jedi Order, Legacy Comics Era, Old Republic. As much as I like Fate of the Jedi, Legacy of the Force, and the Thrawn Trilogy, nothing enough about them is unique enough to demand a full era sourcebook. I guess New Republic Era as a whole would also be possible.

KotOR book.

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My list in no particular order:

1. KOTOR era - Give me all the Old Republic goodness.

2. Sequel era - I want stuff on the Resistance and the First Order and major characters from the new movies.

3. Sith/Empire - I think it would be great to have a book about playing Sith or evil aligned characters. I'm currently planning my first game were all the players are playing villains and one of them is a Sith in training, but I have had this idea requested a lot from the various groups I've played with. It comes up a lot and it would be great to have an official book by FFG about it!

49 minutes ago, GroggyGolem said:

KotOR book.

/thread

33 minutes ago, unicornpuncher said:

My list in no particular order:

1. KOTOR era - Give me all the Old Republic goodness.

2. Sequel era - I want stuff on the Resistance and the First Order and major characters from the new movies.

3. Sith/Empire - I think it would be great to have a book about playing Sith or evil aligned characters. I'm currently planning my first game were all the players are playing villains and one of them is a Sith in training, but I have had this idea requested a lot from the various groups I've played with. It comes up a lot and it would be great to have an official book by FFG about it!

The KotOR era could fill several books on its own, given how large of a time span it covers, and how much happened. From the Great Hyperspace War, through the Qel Droma epics (Tales of the Jedi), through the Revan saga, up through the events covered in the MMORPG, there’s a massive amount of material there; way too much for just one sourcebook.

I'm a fan of the "Galactic Intrigue" and "A State of Turmoil." I am curious to see how far back Rise of the Separatists will go.

That being said. In a Galactic Intrigue and A State of Turmoil campaigns there are a few campaign ideas to go.

1.) Edge of the Empire: Group of criminals on the run from the Republic.

2.) Age of Rebellion: A Separatists/CIS special ops squad.

3.) Force and Destiny: Republic characters looking to uproot evil and keep the peace.

I'm just going to blatantly quote myself from another thread:

I think a Fall of the Empire book would be great stock setting and book for Imperial PCs. Everything you've known and fought for is crumbling around you, your superiors are showing just how incompetent/suicidal/insane they are, the desperation of the Empire to double down on it's 'order through fear' doctrine is testing your morals, the New Republic is winning and you as players know they will. It allows for a more mixed bag of PCs in a party because the established order is going to pieces and what's left of your command structure is throwing whatever might work at the problem. In Age of Rebellion you have nowhere to go but up, whilst in a post-Endor Imperial book you can only go down.

It would also help get around the potential issue of certain people being a bit squeamish to a book that encourages you to play PCs fighting for the Stock Fascist Empire with the overhanging thread of "you've lost, you just don't know it yet. Except maybe you do."

From a lore perspective it's also been covered a fair bit by Nu!Canon but not so much there isn't freedom for FFG to write in, unlike the Sequel Era that Disney seem desperate to cling onto denying third parties a foot into.

For 'Good Guy' PCs, it could also include information on how your PCs and the Rebellion went from plucky guerrilla cells and into more of a conventional, New Republic fighting force, including the greater scope of your campaigns.

On 3/11/2019 at 5:16 PM, GroggyGolem said:

KotOR book.

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I thought KotOR and ToR were in a Legends zone.

Though that does beg the question: Could FFG make Sourcebook under the legends banner to cover that content?

I'm no fan of the Vong but I'm sure plenty of people are. Post Endor legends and KotOR era could be sound Legends content...

I'd be on board for those, even if they did have a fat yellow LEGENDS banner on them.

On 3/13/2019 at 5:59 PM, Ghostofman said:

I thought KotOR and ToR were in a Legends zone.

Though that does beg the question: Could FFG make Sourcebook under the legends banner to cover that content?

I'm no fan of the Vong but I'm sure plenty of people are. Post Endor legends and KotOR era could be sound Legends content...

Well a lot of what they do is mix Canon and legends already.

11 minutes ago, GroggyGolem said:

Well a lot of what they do is mix Canon and legends already.

Well a lot of what they did was approved and/or released before Legends was a thing...

I'm more curious about the concept of releasing a "new" legends product, even if it is "low threat" like an RPG supp...

I know it's not an "era" sourcebook, but I'd love to see something for the core worlds/Imperial strongholds in the same manner as Suns of Fortune and Lords of Nal Hutta (or the exact opposite of Strongholds of Resistance ). You could call it something like "Heart of the Empire' and include planets/systems where Imperial control is at its peak, not just Coruscant, but also places like Balmorra and Fondor. Throw in some named NPC's for certain worlds and regions, a couple of modular encounters, perhaps even a description or specialization for players who want to be affiliated with the Empire, and you'd have a book I'd buy so hard it would damage the game store's cash register.

1 hour ago, SlickAWG said:

I know it's not an "era" sourcebook, but I'd love to see something for the core worlds/Imperial strongholds in the same manner as Suns of Fortune and Lords of Nal Hutta (or the exact opposite of Strongholds of Resistance ). You could call it something like "Heart of the Empire' and include planets/systems where Imperial control is at its peak, not just Coruscant, but also places like Balmorra and Fondor. Throw in some named NPC's for certain worlds and regions, a couple of modular encounters, perhaps even a description or specialization for players who want to be affiliated with the Empire, and you'd have a book I'd buy so hard it would damage the game store's cash register.

I was sure they were going to. It could also be called Bastions of the Empire.