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A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (Paperback)

by Bill Slavicsek (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
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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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This revised and updated encyclopedia of the popular science fiction saga contains information on characters, planets, technical terms, historical events, spaceships, alien species, nicknames, android types, and more. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, solid Star Wars guide, update forthcoming....., April 9 2004
By Alex Diaz-Granados "fardreaming writer" (Miami, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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Because the "Star Wars Universe" this guide covers is as vast and populated as George Lucas' "galaxy far, far away," it's impossible for even the most prolific researcher/writer to keep up with all the new additions as books, games, collectibles and even animated episodes appear almost on a monthly basis. For even though the Star Wars canon (read, "official version") only includes the six filmed Episodes, their novelizations, and their direct off-shoots (such as the National Public Radio dramatizations and the Cartoon Network's Clone Wars miniseries), there are also tons of Lucasfilm-authorized Expanded Universe novels, comic books, and games (roleplaying and computer games) that have added planets, political entities, droids, weapons, spacecraft, alien and human characters that go beyond Lucas' filmed works.

In some ways, Bill Slavicsek's 596 page A (as in A-3DO, a droid once owned by the Jedi Knight Andur Sunrider) to Z (ZZ-4Z, yet another droid, this time once Han Solo's mechanical housekeeper, last seen recovering from an attack by Boba Fett) book serves as a "poor man's Star Wars Encyclopedia," since the format is very similar and essentially covers the same territory -- down to the style of the entries -- as Steven J. Sansweet's more expensive and even more outdated (circa 1998) reference book.

The Guide is, obviously, a must-have reference work, and Slavicsek has done an excellent job at compiling all the data from not only the first four filmed Episodes (the cutoff point in this edition for the movies is Episode I: The Phantom Menace) but also every licensed media release, including young reader books (The Glove of Darth Vader), comic books (Tales of the Jedi Knights, the Dark Empire series), and such forgotten (and forgetable) TV offerings as the Droids animated series.

I don't know if there will be an interim Guide published by Ballantine Books before the release of Episode III next year; I had hoped to see a fourth edition this year that would cover Episode II and the New Jedi Order series after Vector Prime. Then again, Sansweet's more expensive Star Wars Encyclopedia has not been updated yet, so I am guessing the next editions of these two wonderful references will be released in a few years.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book is awesome, Jan 24 2004
By Kristen Saunders "Scaper Saunders" (MS, USA) - See all my reviews
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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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Almost complete, Dec 25 2003
By Roque Maria Neto "Roque" (Santo Andre, Sao Paulo Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This book is a very nice work in the Star Wars universe, since it encompass not only the classic Trilogy, but also the new Trilogy and the New Republic facts. The only problems that I see in it are that the entries are very shor in some cases, missing some information and the illustrations are very poor in most of the cases. However, it is a good book for a Star Wars fan.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference to the Star Wars Universe
The Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy is a handy reference for any fan of the books and movies. Because it was published in the year 2000, it came after a wave of new books and a new... Read more
Published on Dec 5 2002 by Andrew

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent source of fairly up to date information...
This book is highly informative, updated to include everything up to around Hero's Trial (New Jedi Order), which makes it a must even if you already have the more presentable Star... Read more
Published on Sep 26 2002 by kandladin

4.0 out of 5 stars A complete Star Wars dictionary
Very complete dictionary including all characters appeared on the SW universe. You can have a brief and precise description of each one (includes books in which appeared)
A... Read more
Published on May 17 2002 by Tomas MF

4.0 out of 5 stars great but can get better
This book is not a story, it is more like a diconary of all the characters, events, and things major or not in the Star Wars universe. Read more
Published on Mar 14 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars THE ABSOLUTE BEST
This book has everything from the SSD Executor,to the ISD Avenger,to the Emperor's resurrection.This book is the one you need if you are looking for information on... Read more
Published on Jun 22 2001 by Trey Ivins

4.0 out of 5 stars incomplete, but, a must-have
having been a HUGE star wars fan since 1977, (or 1976, when i first heard of it, a year before everyone else, a fact in which i take great pride!), i consider it a must-have. Read more
Published on April 18 2001 by smc@fastmail.ca

4.0 out of 5 stars incomplete, but, a must-have
having been a HUGE star wars fan since 1977, (or 1976, when i first heard of it, a year before everyone else, a fact in which i take great pride!), i consider it a must-have. Read more
Published on April 18 2001 by smc@fastmail.ca

4.0 out of 5 stars A Guide, Not A 'Complete' Guide to the Star Wars Universe
'Completely revised and expanded' is what the cover of the Third Edition 'Guide to the Star Wars Universe' says, but when those who own previous editions flip through the pages,... Read more
Published on Jan 25 2001 by Mark Hills

2.0 out of 5 stars Not enough new Info
This book although useful in its own right as a reference tool for a star wars fan is useless to the owner of an earlier revision. Read more
Published on Dec 22 2000 by Fly Molo

4.0 out of 5 stars A Guide To The Star Wars Universe
Bill Slavicsek's book is a masterpiece. It tells a little about basically everything in the Star Wars Universe. It does hawever have many mistakes. Read more
Published on Nov 10 2000 by Ms. Spillane's Student

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