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A Guide to the Star Wars Universe [Paperback]

Bill Slavicsek (Author)
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  • Paperback: 624 pages
  • Publisher: Lucas Books; 3 Rev Exp edition (Sep 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0345420667
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345420664
  • Product Dimensions: 20.7 x 14 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 966,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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How did Exar Kun nearly destroy Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy?  When did Han Solo first meet Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian? Where was Mara Jade when the Emperor died? What are the secrets of the terrible super weapons--the Death Stars, the Sun Crusher, and the World Devastators? What are the Qom Qae? How powerful is the Black Sun criminal organization?

Looking for facts about the characters, starships, weaponry, droids, alien species, and historic battles in the most amazing adventure of them all? From airspeeders to N-1 starfighters, Coruscant to Tatooine, Nom Anor to Leia Organa--you'll find the whole universe of Star Wars covered here:

¸  The original Star Wars trilogy movies
¸  The novels--from Star Wars to Vector Prime
¸  The animated TV series Droids and Ewoks
¸  National Public Radio dramatizations
¸  Young Adult novels
¸  The Star Wars comic-books
¸  Role-playing books
¸  Video games and CD-ROMs
. . . plus sourcebooks, storybooks, sketchbooks, portfolios, and more!

Featuring new material on Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace . . . the latest Star Wars series: The New Jedi Order . . . and the entire thrilling saga!

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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It is a very good guide to the starwars universe. It has all the words you want and has sometimes three or four pages about one subject! It should be read by all starwars fans.
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As a Star Wars fan, I've got the Guide to the Star Wars Universe published in 1995 and compared to this version. Basically with a 100 extra pages, you would expect more info. And it does have a lot more. But I wish that they would put more detail about the characters and their background and not finding it out in different books.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
This book is awesome 24 Jan 2004
By Kristen Saunders - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I got this book around the time it came out, and 3 years later it is still the first book I go to for Star Wars look ups. Its biggest problem is that it is dated and cuts off right after Vector Prime, so it is not much help for looking up things in the New Jedi Order. That being said, it is still very valid and apart from the NJO and various newer comic book series, it covers pretty much everything. This book is a must for any serious Star Wars reader, and I highly recommend it as such. I would like to see a new edition with up-to-date material released after Episode III comes out.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
This book is almost like a Star Wars encyclopedia 28 April 1997
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
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I loved this book. I am a 12 year old Star Wars fan. I don't read the kiddie books, I read the adult novels. This book has told me every thing I want to know and more. I advise people who buy this book not to try to read the whole thing, it is better to use it like an encyclopedia
19 of 27 people found the following review helpful
This third edition is truly a rip-off! 5 Oct 2000
By Nathan - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
OK, what have we got here? To cover six years worth of Star Wars continuity since the last edition of the Guide, we get around 100 pages of new materiel. Except it isn't new. The author made a point to include materiel fom The Phantom Menace and Vector Prime, but other than that it seems nothing released in the last 2-3 years made it in here! No material from Allston's X-wing books, no Union, no prequel-era stuff except for the movie itself. While there is a bit about Kyle Katarn from the Dark Forces game, nothing about his role in the sequel, Jedi KNight, which came out about four years ago. There are virtually no new pictures, most of them are merely lifted from the Essential Guides.

But perhaps the biggest problem is in the organization. Gone are the categorical indeces of aliens, droids, ships, planets, creatures, etc... which were so helpful at the beginning of Edition 2, gone is even a rudimentary timeline, absent is the galactic map which has been gracing most of the more recent Star Wars fiction. Also gone is the neat seperation in the earlier edition between "canon" materiel -- that established in the movies and their novelizations -- and just about everything else.

For about twice the price of this book you can get the Star Wars Encyclopedia, which has more materiel, many, many more color photos and illustrations, and better organization of materiel. I recommend that you do. This book is a waste of time and money. It was three years outdated when it came out, overpriced at that.

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