There’s a lot that goes on in Star Wars, and plenty of it enough to confuse the viewer. The Skywalker Saga is a sprawling, expansive epic that takes place over a period of decades, and while it has (mostly) come together to form a cohesive whole, there are still plenty of questions that the films leave unanswered.

For those fans willing to take their love for the galaxy far, far away into the unknown regions of the expanded universe, absorbing the many novels, comics, TV shows and video games that help make Star Wars so… Star Wars-y, most of those unanswered questions will receive closure.

It isn’t the primary function of those stories of course, but they have done a great job of fleshing out some of the less developed ideas seen on film, as well as addressing the queries some viewers have levelled at the saga over the years.

Why is stormtrooper armour so naff? What happened to the clones after the rise of the Empire? Why do all Sith have red lightsabers? The answers to these conundrums and more have all been revealed in various tie-in material, which should (hopefully) make certain aspects of the Star Wars mythos just a little bit less confusing to navigate…