Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
Author: Ann Margaret Lewis, Helen Keier, Chris Trevas
Released: 31 Oct 2006
When it comes to extraterrestrial life-forms, there’s more to science fiction’s most famous galaxy than just Jawas, Wookiees, Ewoks and Hutts. From the skylanes of Coruscant to the worlds of the Outer Rim, an untold number of species populate those planets far, far away. And if you confuse Gungans with Gamorreans, or don’t know a bantha from a tauntaun, you’ll definitely need the in-depth data that only this revised, expanded and updated guide can deliver.
This comprehensive overview includes beings from all six of the classic movies – plus the novels, cartoon series, comics and video games. It’s an even bigger cross section of species that you’ll find in the Mos Eisley cantina. And each entry, from Acklay to Zabrak, from amphibians to vacuumbreathers, features everything you need to know.
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Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Droids
Author: Daniel Wallace
Released: 27 Jun 2006
The New Essential Guide to Droids covers all the new droids from the new trilogy and New Jedi Order Books. The Computer graphic illustrations give it a newer, finer more futureistic feel and gives a sense of realism to the droids. All the information you could want is there with the book describing all the droid manufacturing companies, giving a brief history of droids and giving you individual descriptions of each one.
The entries of the Droids are interesting and add information to the already existing background.
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Star Wars: The New Essential Chronology
Author: Mark Chiarello, Tommy Lee Edwards, John Van Fleet
Released: 25 Oct 2005
The Star Wars The New Essential Chronology provides a broad history of the Star Wars saga, from pre-Republic history to after the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, drawing upon both well-known and obscure sources. This edition is updated for the prequel trilogy and the New Jedi Order.
The artwork for this installment differs from the usual for the New Essential Guides and has more in common with the artwork found in the Star Wars Roleplaying Game sourcebooks published by Wizards of the Coast. There are great pieces covering scenes from books and events all across the Star Wars timeline that are really impressive. This Essential guide is a good edition to the series and is something that if you enjoy the Star Wars books and comics is a must buy for all the additional information it includes.
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Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
Author: W Haden Blackman
Released: 4 Oct 2004
The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology features an in-depth look at one hundred different devices, ranging from thermal detonators and Wookiee bowcasters to Lobot’s cyborg implant and the Empire’s top-secret cloaking devices.
The book is packed with information and topics are described in an in-universe perspective, as has become more or less customary in the world of Star Wars. Each entry is also accompanied by a charts and illustrations and relevant quote from within the Star Wars universe.
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Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
Author: W Haden Blackman
Released: 1 Sep 2003
The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels features an in-depth look at one hundred ships, fighters, and other flying machines from the original and prequel trilogies as well as the Expanded Universe including the The New Jedi Order series, each with its own one-to-two page spread including detailed schematics.
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