I was nine in 1977, and at one point in my life I had an almost encyclopedic knowledge of Star Wars. Certainly not anymore.

Year by year, what were the highs and lows? Obviously what's high for one might be low for another, but what are the notable events for each year?

These are mentions found in a haphazard browsing of my bookshelf, and I've tried to be fairly even-handed---even in my description of Splinter, which I devoured in elementary school and several times since (and a few years ago acquired in hardcover).

Your additions?

1976: Alan Dean Foster's novelisation published.

1977: Marvel Comics introduces us to Jabba the Hut[t] as a biped pulled (I think) from the original cut of the Cantina sequence.

1978: The First Sequel, Alan Dean Foster's Splinter of the Mind's Eye, is published.

1979: Brian Daley's Han Solo At Stars' End gives us a look at another part of the GFFA.

1979: Russ Manning's newspaper strip debuts.

1981: Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson inherit the newspaper strip, and for the first depict with retrospect events between ANH and TESB.

1991: Interest in Star Wars is renewed by Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire.

1992: The Emperor returns in Dark Empire [date based on TPB]. [And returns again, and again, in the sequels.]

1994: Han and Leia are married in Dave Wolverton's The Courtship of Princess Leia.

1995: Years after the Marvel series folded, a new comic series debuts with X-Wing Rogue Squadron [date based on Omnibus].

1996: Michael Stackpole's X-Wing Rogue Squadron is published, and continuity issues begin to be knit.

1996: Steve Perry's Shadows of the Empire is published; finally we know Vader's thoughts, and a character tries to get Leia to disrobe.

1999: A prequel trilogy debuts to unmeetable expectations.

1999: The Yuuzhan Vong invasion begins in R. A. Salvatore's Vector Prime.

2005: Matthew Stover's adaptation of "Revenge of the Sith" gives new depth to the story.

2008: The animated movie and TV show test whether the audience will accept something new.