R!zz0 Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 I have a request. I love the Star Wars films, but I have never read any other the other books or anything like that. All my Star Wars knowledge comes from the films, and random things I pick up in these forums. I would like to extend my general Star Wars knowledge and I was wondering what book people would recommend. Not a novel sort of book, but an 'Everything you ever wanted to know about Star Wars' type book. (Any good websites would be nice as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalGuard Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 The new Starwars RPG sourcebooks tie all the film and EU material together to give a broad overview of the Starwars timelines. Currently there is a sourcebook available for rebellion era (ANH-ROTJ) and New Jedi Order Era. An Old Republic Era is on the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 Star Wars Encyclopedia Star Wars: Guide to Vehicles & Vessels Star Wars: Guide to Aliens and Creatures encyclopedia would be the best thing to go for....i still need to get one of those.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threetall Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 There is also Star Wars Chroniclesd which gives a short and sweet version of everything SW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophrenic Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 The Star Wars Encyclopedia and the Essential Guides (Vehicles, Droids, Planets, Weapons/Technology, Aliens, Characters, Chronology) have just about everything. There are two versions of the EG to Characters though, an older one made in '95 and a new one due later this month. Easy way to get the SW Encyclopedia: Join the Sci-Fi Book Club and use it as one of the free/super-cheap intro books. I got my copy (normally $50-ish) for just a few bucks, then bought 2 books at full price and quit the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebelwerfer_ Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 If you aren't that knowlegable about the expanded universe, then I highly recommend "Shadows of the Empire". It takes place between ESB and RotJ, truely a literary gem. Also any of the Timothy Zhan books are just as good. I personally hold the Timothy Zhan books equally good as the Lucas written movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesentac Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 You must go back to the time before "Star wars EP1". Not a lot of people realize that Exar Kun was the first one to develop the double saber. He was probably the greatest sith lord but he kinda had a bad ending. Most of the Lore can be read through "the comic books by Dark horse" or Graphical novels. Most notable history is "Tales of the Jedi" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 yea, i really would like to know the whole story that happened during tales of the jedi, but i never got into comics .... anywho, a buddy of mine has tales of the jedi on audio tape, with sounds and all, its pretty cool, ill have to get that from him and take a listen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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