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A Guide to the Star Wars Universe

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Publication information

A Guide to the Star Wars Universe is a reference book that was compiled by Raymond L. Velasco and published by Ballantine Books in 1984. It details the locations, inhabitants, and technology of the galaxy far, far away in approximately 951 alphabetized entries. It was later followed by second and third editions.

Publisher's summaryEdit

From Alderaan to Yavin and a myriad of fantastic worlds before and between—this is the one indispensable guide to the characters, places and things brought to life by George Lucas.

Characters
Organic and Metallic
From Artoo-Detoo to Salacious Crumb—all the heroes you cheered…and all the villains you love to hate.

Places
Havens and Otherwise
Anoat System, Hoth, Mos Eisley, Stars' End, Yavin—the landscapes, skies and vistas that are backdrops to Mankind's biggest saga.

Things
Useful and not
Chrysopaz, hydrospanner, Krayt Dragons, and Rancors.

Here is the key to a story that began long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away…

DescriptionEdit

The entries within A Guide to the Star Wars Universe are divided into a series of categorized lists to help readers find specific names or terms. The entries within the main body of the book are alphabetized with no further categorization. They can be short and to the point as in the two-word entry for 'hydrospanner.' The longest entries within A Guide to the Star Wars Universe are about a page and a half. The subjects of these long entries are usually main characters and battles.

Every entry is followed by a series of codes which tell the reader where the information contained in the entry is drawn from. A list of source materials and their individual codes are provided at the front of the book. Where appropriate, an entry directs readers to other entries relevant to the subject that it covers. This is the sole function of approximately 67 entries within the book. Forty-three entries are accompanied by a picture of their subject, and 20 entries include a pronunciation guide. The entry for the 'Behavioral Circuitry Matrix' includes a diagram.

PerspectiveEdit

A Guide to the Star Wars Universe was written at a relatively early time in the history of Star Wars. In contrast to more recent reference books that have been presented as in-universe works, certain entries within A Guide to the Star Wars Universe contain references to the real world.

For example, Orron III is described as 'an Earthlike agricultural world.' However, the most common examples of this occur within the entries for the Rebel pilots at the Battle of Yavin, which point out differences between the novelization and the film in the pilots' com designations. Additionally, Luke Skywalker's entry states: '(The second of three trilogies in the saga known as Star Wars chronicles the events in galactic history revolving around Luke Skywalker. The second trilogy is comprised of three stories: 'A New Hope,' 'The Empire Strikes Back,' and 'Return of the Jedi.')'

SourcesEdit

A Guide to the Star Wars Universe includes information from:

• The movies of the original trilogy and their respective novelizations
• The radio adaptations of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back
• The Star Wars Holiday Special (which it calls Star Wars TV Special and erroneously claims aired in 1977) and The Wookiee Storybook
• Early Expanded Universe novels such as Splinter of the Mind's Eye, The Han Solo Adventures and Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu
• Sketchbooks, portfolios and books detailing the art of Star Wars by Ralph McQuarrie, Nilo Rodis-Jamero and Joe Johnston
• Magazine articles
• Assembly manuals for models of C-3PO and R2-D2

Of previously published works, it contains no information from:

• The latter two volumes of The Lando Calrissian Adventures
• The entire Marvel comics series (which consisted of 90 issues at the time of this book's release)
• Any newspaper comic strips
• The children's books The Maverick Moon and The Mystery of the Rebellious Robot

Furthermore, while the book does contain information from the Holiday Special, The Wookiee Storybook, and Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu, only the Chewbacca, Kashyyyk, and sabacc entries use information from these sources; there are no entries for characters and items that originate in these three stories.

Behind the scenesEdit

ArtEdit

The illustrator of A Guide to the Star Wars Universe was uncredited in the book. Though June Brigman was credited in The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire for illustrations that had appeared in A Guide to the Star Wars Universe and she had been acknowledged for her work in helping prepare the second edition of A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, there was no such acknowledgement in the first edition.

ErrorsEdit

After Velasco had turned in the manuscript of A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Judy-Lynn del Rey asked Brian Daley to review it and correct any errors that he had found. Daley would later claim in an interview conducted by fan Alex Newborn that he had filled up two to three pages with errors that he had found in the manuscript relating to the movies, his novels and a number of other sources. In addition to this, Velasco had related subjects that were never intended to be such. For example, Daley had never intended the character Squeak to be a Tin-Tin Dwarf.^[1]

Though he acknowledged that A Guide to the Star Wars Universe was not perfect, Abel G. Peña would salute Velasco for what he considered to be a 'corusca gem in the rough.'^[2] In an essay about the first edition of A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Peña cited the diagram of the Behavioral Circuitry Matrix and other examples in the book as reasons for why Velasco should be considered 'the father of the ret-con in the Star Wars Universe' and 'Star Wars' very first fanboy author.' ^[3]

It appears that the only continuity errors that made it into the published edition of A Guide to the Star Wars Universe had to do with the physical descriptions of the bounty huntersBossk and Zuckuss. This may indicate a reliance upon the novelization of The Empire Strikes Back for certain details. In addition, a few entries were misspelled (e.g. 'Galandro' instead of 'Gallandro,' and 'Sabador' instead of 'Sabodor').

It is also questionable whether some entries should have been entries at all, as they were either standard English words with no different meaning in the Star Wars universe (e.g. 'erg'), or phrases consisting of words that in combination carry no meaning beyond that implied by standard English construction (e.g. 'external audio pickup').

ContentsEdit

The book categorizes each entry into one or more of the eleven broad categories below. The one term that has an entry in the main body but is not categorized in the lists is medipak. The synonymous term medikit is in the category lists, followed by the parenthetical '(see ref.)' Although many entries in the main body are merely pointers to other entries, this is the only one so marked in the category lists.

Alien Creatures and SpeciesEdit

• Ball Creature of Duroon(Omitted from third edition)
• Bloodsniffer(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Calamarian(Entry redirects to Mon Calamari)
• gravel-maggots(Omitted from second and third editions)
• grazer(Omitted from third edition)
• greenies(Entry redirects to Mimbanite)
• Meeriam Hammerhead(Omitted from third edition)
• Mimbanite(Separate entry omitted from third edition)

• Pho Ph'eahian(Omitted from third edition)
• pterosaur(Omitted from third edition)
• Sand People(Entry redirects to Tusken Raider)
• Sauropteroid(Entry redirects to Swimming People))
• Sljee(Omitted from third edition)
• Song serpent(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Swimmer(Entry redirects to Swimming People, mitted from third edition)
• Swimming People(Omitted from third edition)
• Ubese(Language only)
• wandrella(Omitted from third edition)

Characters and Characters' NamesEdit

• Blue Four(Omitted from third edition)
• Galandro [sic]
• Gold Five(Entry redirects to Red Five, entry omitted from third edition)
• Gold Two(Entry redirects to Red Two)
• GovernorBin Essada(Entry redirects to Bin Essada; entry omitted from third edition)
• GovernorTarkin(Entry redirects to MoffTarkin)
• Gray Wing(Entry redirects to Gray Leader)
• grifter(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Hirken(Mirkovig Hirken in third edition)
• Ido(Omitted from third edition)

• John D(Entry redirects to Blue Six; entry omitted from third edition)
• Lwyll(Omitted from third edition)
• Maker, the(Omitted from third edition)
• Odumin(Entry redirects to Spray of Tynna)
• Piggy(Entry redirects to Blue Four)
• Porkins(Entry redirects to Blue Four)
• Portmaster(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Puddra(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Sabador [sic]
• SenatorPalpatine(Entry redirects to The Emperor; omitted from third edition)
• Slick(Omitted from third edition)
• starshipwright(Omitted from third edition)
• Supreme Dark Ruler(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Tarrin(Omitted from third edition)
• Tiree(Entry redirects to Red Two)
• top tracker(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Torm(Torm Dadeferron in third edition)
• Trooper(Omitted from third edition)
• Viceprex(Omitted from second edition)
• Vonzel(Omitted from third edition)
• Wicket(Wicket Wystri Warrick in second and third editions)
• Zev(Zev Senesca in third edition)

Devices and ThingsEdit

• acceleration straps(Entry omitted from second edition; restored in third edition)
• antigrav drive(Omitted from third edition)
• artificial perspirator(Omitted from second and third editions)
• atmospheric controls(Omitted from second and third editions)
• automatic sealup(Entry omitted from second edition; restored in third edition)
• autovalet(Omitted from second edition)
• beltway(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Beta mission(Omitted from second and third editions)
• braking rocket(Omitted from second and third editions)
• central ladderwell(Omitted from third edition)
• central lifter(Omitted from third edition)
• chronometer(As 'chrono' in second and third editions)
• chrysopaz(Omitted from second edition)
• circuit scanner(Entry redirects to scanner; omitted from second and third editions)
• command case(Omitted from second and third editions)
• command signal receiver(Omitted from second and third editions)
• communicator(Omitted from second and third editions)
• computer tech(Omitted from second and third editions)
• condenser unit(Omitted from third edition)
• conform lounger(Omitted from second and third editions)
• corundum(Omitted from second and third editions)
• cyber command signal(Omitted from second and third editions)
• cyber pilot system(Omitted from second and third editions)
• data-bank hookup(Omitted from second and third editions)
• data plaque(Omitted from second and third editions)
• decoder(Omitted from third edition)
• decontam(Omitted from second and third editions)
• D'ian orchid vine(Omitted from second and third editions)
• dipill(Omitted from third edition)
• director unit(Omitted from second and third editions)
• dormo-shock(Omitted from third edition)
• driit(Omitted from third edition)
• drop shaft(Entry redirects to lift tube)
• duplicator(Omitted from second edition)
• durindfire(Omitted from second edition)
• Ebla beer(As 'Elba beer' in second edition; omitted from third edition)
• electrotelescope(Omitted from third edition)
• emergency cube concentrate(Omitted from second and third editions)
• emergency shelter(Omitted from second and third editions)
• emergency stud(Omitted from third edition)
• energy cell(Omitted from third edition)
• energy mining(Omitted from second edition)
• escape pod station(Entry redirects to lifeboat bay; omitted from second edition; restored in third edition)
• external address(Omitted from second and third editions)
• external audio pickup(Omitted from second and third editions)
• fire node(Omitted from second and third editions)
• flameout(Omitted from third edition)
• flex lamp(Omitted from second and third editions)
• flexclamp(Omitted from second and third editions)
• floater pad(Omitted from second and third editions)
• formex(Omitted from second and third editions)
• forward tech station(Omitted from third edition)
• freeze-floating control(Omitted from third edition)
• fuel slug(Omitted from second and third editions)
• G-locks(Omitted from second and third editions)
• gel-coat(Omitted from second and third editions)
• gravel storm(Omitted from third edition)
• Greel wood(Omitted from second and third editions)
• ground control light cluster(Omitted from second and third editions)
• hoist cable(Omitted from second and third editions)
• hold area(Omitted from second and third editions)
• holofeature(Omitted from second and third editions)
• holotape(Omitted from second and third editions)
• homing beacon(Entry redirects to directional landing beacon; omitted from third edition)
• horizontal booster(Omitted from third edition)
• hull patch(Omitted from second and third editions)
• hyperdrive motivator(Entry redirects to hyperspace control unit)
• hyperspace control unit(Omitted from second and third editions)
• hyperspace jump(Omitted from second and third editions)
• identi-marks(Omitted from second and third editions)
• illumi-panel marker(Omitted from second and third editions)
• illumigrid(Omitted from second and third editions)
• illuminator(Omitted from second and third editions)
• illuminescences(Omitted from third edition)
• impeller(Omitted from second and third editions)
• impoundment fastener(Omitted from second and third editions)
• information-control console(Omitted from second and third editions)
• information terminal(Omitted from second and third editions)
• integrated logic terminal(Entry redirects to information terminal; omitted from second and third editions)
• integrator(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Interrupter-template(As 'interruptor template' in second edition)
• interstellar jump schedule(Omitted from second and third editions)
• irradiator(Omitted from third edition)
• jet-pack(Omitted from second and third editions)
• jump(Entry redirects to hyperspace jump; omitted from second and third editions)
• Kiirium(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Labor Pool Overseer(Entry omitted from second edition; restored in third edition)
• lateral stabilizer(Omitted from second and third editions)
• LED(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Liar's Cut(Omitted from second and third editions)
• lifeboat bay(Entry omitted from second edition; restored in third edition)
• lift(Entry omitted from second edition; restored in third edition)
• light-table(As 'light table' in second and third editions)
• lightspeed engine(Entry redirects to hyperdrive; omitted from second edition; restored in third edition)
• liqui-gloss(Omitted from second and third editions)

• locking claw(Omitted from second and third editions)
• lockslab(Omitted from second and third editions)
• log recorder(Omitted from second and third editions)
• loudhailer(Omitted from second and third editions)
• luma(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Management Circuitry(Omitted from second and third editions)
• medikit(Entry redirects to medipak; omitted from second and third editions)
• memo-wire(Omitted from second and third editions)
• metal scanner(Omitted from second and third editions)
• military scrip(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Mind-Jam(Omitted from second and third editions)
• miser plant(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Money Lane(Entry omitted from second edition; restored in third edition)
• Mullanite(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Mytag Crystal(Omitted from second and third editions)
• nano-jump(Omitted from second and third editions)
• narcotic incense(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Navicomputer(As 'nav computer' in second and third editions)
• nav'puter(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Norvanian grog [sic]
• nova crystal(Omitted from second and third editions)
• nutmeat(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Obedience-Rationale Module [sic] (Omitted from second and third editions)
• omniron(Omitted from second and third editions)
• parking slip(Omitted from second and third editions)
• pelvic servomotor(Omitted from third edition)
• permacite(Omitted from second and third editions)
• permex(Omitted from second and third editions)
• pharynx flute(Omitted from second and third editions)
• photoplate(Omitted from second and third editions)
• photosensor(Omitted from second and third editions)
• pitter(Omitted from second and third editions)
• plain text commo(Omitted from second and third editions)
• planetfall(Omitted from second and third editions)
• plasform(Omitted from second and third editions)
• plasma torch(Omitted from second and third editions)
• plastoid(Omitted from third edition)
• preflight rundown(Omitted from second and third editions)
• primary performance banks(Omitted from second and third editions)
• prototyper(Omitted from second and third editions)
• prybar(Omitted from second and third editions)
• quickclay(Omitted from third edition)
• R'alla mineral water(Omitted from third edition)
• reader(Omitted from second and third editions)
• readout(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Reflex Races(Omitted from second and third editions)
• repulsorlift handtruck(Omitted from second and third editions)
• restraint binder(Omitted from second and third editions)
• retrorocket(Omitted from second and third editions)
• ring stabilizer(Omitted from second and third editions)
• running lights(Omitted from second and third editions)
• secondary deviation control(Omitted from second and third editions)
• sensitive(As 'Force sensitive' in second edition; Force-sensitive in third edition)
• Senso-Switch(Omitted from second and third editions)
• sensor arm(Omitted from second edition)
• sensor frisk(Omitted from second edition)
• servo-grip(Omitted from third edition)
• servo remote mode(Omitted from second and third editions)
• servomotor central(Omitted from second and third editions)
• shakedown cruise(Omitted from second and third editions)
• shelter container(Entry redirects to emergency shelter; omitted from second edition)
• shimmersilk(Omitted from third edition)
• shock ball(As 'shock-ball' in second and third editions)
• shorn(Omitted from second and third editions)
• sinkhole(Omitted from second and third editions)
• snow screen(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Starfight(Omitted from second and third editions)
• stasis booth(Omitted from second and third editions)
• sting brush(Omitted from second and third editions)
• storage bank(Omitted from second and third editions)
• sub-officer(Omitted from second and third editions)
• subspace planetary relay(Omitted from second and third editions)
• suspension cushion(Omitted from second and third editions)
• supralight jump(Entry redirects to supralight travel; omitted from second and third editions)
• supralight travel(Omitted from second and third editions)
• synth-flesh(As 'synth flesh' in third edition)
• tech dome(Omitted from third edition)
• tele-eye(Omitted from second and third editions)
• terrain tracer(Entry redirects to top tracker; omitted from second and third editions)
• thermal coil(Entry redirects to condenser unit; omitted from third edition)
• thermosuit(Omitted from third edition)
• T'iil(Omitted from third edition)
• T'iil-T'iil(Omitted from second and third editions)
• tow raft(Omitted from second and third editions)
• tracomp(Omitted from third edition)
• traction web(Omitted from second and third editions)
• tractor lock(Omitted from second and third editions)
• translation computer(Omitted from second and third editions)
• transmitter dish(Omitted from second and third editions)
• tympanic pulser(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Vanadinite(Omitted from second edition)
• Vector(Omitted from third edition)
• ventral manipulators(Omitted from third edition)
• vibroscalpel(Omitted from third edition)
• vis pickup(Omitted from second and third editions)
• vo pickup(Omitted from second and third editions)
• vocabulator(Entry redirects to vocoder)
• vocoder(As 'vocabulator' in second and third editions)
• voice writer(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Waivers List(Omitted from second edition)
• warming unit(entry redirects to condenser unit; omitted from third edition)
• water extraction tube(Omitted from second and third editions)
• weather control station(Omitted from second and third editions)
• X-foil(Entry redirects to S-foil; omitted from second and third editions)

Droid Names and Types of Droids/AutomataEdit

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• astromech(As 'astromech droid' in second and third editions)
• coordinating droid(Omitted from second and third editions)
• cultivator unit(Omitted from second and third editions)
• droid lot(Omitted from second and third editions)
• factory drone(Omitted from second edition)
• freight droid(Omitted from third edition)
• Goldenrod(Omitted from third edition)
• labor droid(Entry omitted from second edition; restored in third edition)

• Ninedenine(Entry redirects to EV-9D9 (Eve-Ninedenine))
• pain droid(Entry redirects to interrogator droid; omitted from second and third editions)
• probot(Entry redirects to probe droid)
• robo-bartender(Omitted from second and third editions)
• robo-hack(Omitted from second and third editions)
• robo-hauler(Omitted from second and third editions)
• robo-valet(Omitted from second and third editions)
• talkdroid(Omitted from third edition)
• Too-Onebee(As 2-1B in third edition)
• torture robot(Entry redirects to interrogator droid; omitted from second and third editions)
• traffic robo(Omitted from second and third editions)
• war robot(As 'war droid' in second and third editions)

Historical EventsEdit

• Battle of Taanab, the(Separate entry omitted in third edition)

• Rebellion, the(Entry redirects to Rebel Alliance)

Slang/ColloquialismsEdit

• choobies(Omitted from second and third editions)
• 'clear skies' (Omitted from second and third editions)
• comm call(Omitted from second and third editions)
• commo(Omitted from second and third editions)
• flitter(Omitted from third edition)
• hard shell Humans(Omitted from second and third editions)
• 'haul jets'
• heel-and-toe express(Omitted from second and third editions)
• hurt vector(Omitted from second and third editions)
• hyperspace commo(Omitted from third edition)
• jet juicer(Omitted from second and third editions)

• juvie-gang(Omitted from second and third editions)
• mechanicals(Entry omitted from second edition; restored in third edition)
• medilab(Omitted from second and third editions)
• mineral grubber(Omitted from second and third editions)
• nav'puter(Omitted from second and third editions)
• nightcrawler(Omitted from third edition)
• punching up a jump(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Q'mai(Omitted from second and third editions)
• raising ship(Omitted from second and third editions)
• 'scratch gravel' (Omitted from second and third editions)
• set-down(Omitted from second and third editions)
• show, the(Omitted from second and third editions)
• snowmen(Omitted from second and third editions)
• white hats(Omitted from second and third editions)

Social Customs and InstitutionsEdit

• Alpha Team(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Authority Data Center(Entry omitted from second edition; restored in third edition)
• Burning(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Canu(Omitted from third edition)
• Code of Ammuud(Omitted from second and third editions)
• death duel(Omitted from second and third editions)
• death mark(Omitted from third edition)
• Elite Circle(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Imperial Department of Resources(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Imperial Entertainers' Guild(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Interrogation Center(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Interstellar Collections, Ltd.(Omitted from second and third editions)

• Invisible Market(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Kessel Run(Entry redirects to Kessel; omitted from third edition)
• Pilot's Guild(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Port Control(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Rebels, the(Entry redirects to Rebel Alliance)
• Silence, the(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Swimmer's Law(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Traffic Central(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Traffic Control(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Triannii Ranger [sic]

Technical Concepts and Other AbstractionsEdit

• artificial gravity(Omitted from third edition)
• auto enhancement(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Behavioral Circuitry Matrix(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Cogitative Theory Unit(Omitted from second and third editions)
• command control instruction(As command control voice in second and third editions)
• detection ceiling(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Doppler distortion(Omitted from second and third editions)
• entropy field(Omitted from second and third editions)
• erg(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Fortress class(Omitted from second and third editions)
• fusion forming(Omitted from second and third editions)
• gravitonic construction(Omitted from second and third editions)
• high-band transmission(Omitted from second and third editions)

• hydroponics recycling(Omitted from second and third editions)
• hypno-imprinting(Omitted from second and third editions)
• lift factor(Omitted from second and third editions)
• load shedding(Omitted from second and third editions)
• manumitting(Omitted from third edition)
• molecular bonding(Omitted from second and third editions)
• outboard(Omitted from second and third editions)
• overload spiral(Omitted from second and third editions)
• shield rating(Entry redirects to deflector shield; omitted from second and third editions)
• solar ecliptic(Omitted from second and third editions)
• weapon rating(Entry redirects to armament rating; omitted from second and third editions)

Vehicles/VesselsEdit

• boarding craft(Omitted from second edition; restored in third edition)
• capital ship(Entry redirects to Star Destroyer)
• command ship(Omitted from second and third editions)
• crawler(Entry redirects to sandcrawler; omitted from second and third editions)
• cruiser(Omitted from second and third editions)
• destroyer(Entry redirects to Star Destroyer; omitted from second and third editions)
• Espo cruiser(Omitted from second and third editions)
• excavator(Omitted from second and third editions)
• flitter(Omitted from third edition)
• floater(Entry redirects to landspeeder)
• freight hauler(Omitted from second and third editions)
• frigate(Omitted from second and third editions)
• gig(Omitted from second and third editions)
• gravsled(Omitted from third edition)
• ground effect cargo lifter(Omitted from second and third editions)
• ground effect vehicle(Omitted from second and third editions)
• groundcoach(Omitted from second and third editions)
• groundcruiser(Omitted from second and third editions)
• groundlimo(Omitted from second and third editions)
• hover-raft(Omitted from second and third editions)
• hover-sled(Omitted from second and third editions)
• hovervan(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Incom T-65(Entry redirects to X-wing fighter)
• intersystem shuttle(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Imperial cruiser(Entry redirects to Star Destroyer; omitted from second and third editions)
• Imperialwalker(Entry redirects to All Terrain Armored Transport and All Terrain Scout Transport)
• landgouger(Omitted from second edition)
• lifeboat(Entry redirects to escape pod; omitted from second edition; restored in third edition)
• lighter(Omitted from third edition)

• 'M' class ship(Omitted from second and third editions)
• power wagon(Omitted from second and third editions)
• repulsion floater(Omitted from second and third editions)
• repulsorlift scooter(Omitted from second and third editions)
• repulsorlift swoop(Entry redirects to swoop; omitted from second and third editions)
• robo-hack(Omitted from second and third editions)
• robo-hauler(Omitted from second and third editions)
• scout(Omitted from second and third editions)
• skimmer(Entry redirects to landspeeder)
• speeder(Entry redirects to landspeeder and snowspeeder)
• surface effect vehicle(Omitted from second and third editions)
• T-16(Entry redirects to skyhopper)
• T-47(Entry redirects to snowspeeder)
• tow motor(Omitted from second and third editions)
• tow raft(Omitted from second and third editions)
• transport(Entry redirects to transport ship and transporter; omitted from second and third editions)
• transporter(Omitted from second and third editions)
• walker(Entry redirects to All Terrain Armored Transport and All Terrain Scout Transport)
• Wanderer(Omitted from second and third editions)

WeaponryEdit

• activation stud(Entry redirects to lightsaber; omitted from second and third editions)
• aerial sensor(Omitted from second and third editions)
• audio surveillance system(Omitted from second and third editions)
• blaster cannon(Omitted from second and third editions)
• capital ship(Entry redirects to Star Destroyer)
• command case(Omitted from second and third editions)
• command ship(Omitted from second and third editions)
• communicator monitor(Omitted from second and third editions)
• counterdetective [monitor](Omitted from second and third editions)
• cruiser(Omitted from second and third editions)
• dart shooter(Omitted from third edition)
• destroyer(Entry redirects to Star Destroyer; omitted from second and third editions)
• E-11 trooper rifle(Omitted from second and third editions)
• electrotelescope(Omitted from third edition)
• emergency shelter(Omitted from second and third editions)
• energy battery(Omitted from third edition)
• energy field(Omitted from second and third editions)
• energy shield(Entry redirects to deflector shield; omitted from second and third editions)
• flame projector(Omitted from second and third editions)
• flame rifle(Omitted from second and third editions)
• frigate(Omitted from second and third editions)
• gas projector(Omitted from second and third editions)
• holotank(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Imperial cruiser(Entry redirects to Star Destroyer; omitted from second and third editions)
• Imperial walker(Entry redirects to All Terrain Armored Transport and All Terrain Scout Transport)
• Incom T-65(Entry redirects to X-wing fighter)
• information retrieval system(Omitted from second and third editions)
• infrared scan(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Kell Mark II Heavy Assault Rifle(Omitted from second and third editions)

• 'M' class ship(Omitted from second and third editions)
• macroscope(Omitted from second and third editions)
• macrosight(omitted from second and third editions)
• missile tube(Omitted from third edition)
• needlebeamer(Omitted from second and third editions)
• perimeter markers(Omitted from second and third editions)
• pinnace(Omitted from third edition)
• power rifle(Omitted from second and third editions)
• power wagon(Omitted from second and third editions)
• predictor(Entry redirects to target tracker; omitted from second and third editions)
• program trap(Omitted from third edition)
• scanner(Omitted from second and third editions)
• scout(Omitted from second and third editions)
• security viewer(Omitted from second and third editions)
• seeker(Omitted from third edition)
• sleeper bomb(Omitted from third edition)
• slug shooter(Omitted from second and third editions)
• snooper goggles(Omitted from second and third editions)
• snubfighter(Entry redirects to X-wing fighter)
• spring gun(Omitted from second and third editions)
• stun gun(Omitted from second and third editions)
• T-47(Entry redirects to snowspeeder)
• target remote(Entry redirects to seeker)
• target tracker(Omitted from second edition)
• tele-eye(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Terrain Following Sensor(Omitted from third edition)
• umbrella shield(Omitted from second and third editions)
• vibro-cutter(Omitted from third edition)
• vibro-shiv(Omitted from third edition)
• walker(Entry redirects to All Terrain Armored Transport and All Terrain Scout Transport)
• weapon detector(Omitted from third edition)

Worlds and PlacesEdit

• Alien Quarter(Omitted from second and third editions)
• Beggars Canyon [sic]
• Bonadan Spaceport Southeast II(Omitted from third edition)
• Docking Bay 45(Omitted from third edition)
• Gargon(Omitted from third edition)
• Imperial, the(Omitted from second and third editions)

• Oslumpex V(Omitted from second edition; restored in third edition)
• Rakrir(Entry redirects to Sabador)
• Rampa(Omitted from third edition)
• Tatoo I and Tatoo II
• Thon(Omitted from third edition)
• Western Dune Sea(Entry redirects to Dune Sea; omitted from third edition)

AppearancesEdit

Characters

Creatures

Droid models

Events

Locations

Organizations and titles

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Weapons and technology

Miscellanea

Notes and referencesEdit

1. ↑Newborn, Alex 'A STAR WARS Fan Interviews Brian Daley'Star Wars Fanboy Association October 1999
2. ↑The Official Wizards of the Coast RPG Designers Thread on the Jedi Council Forums(Authors and Artists board; posted by Halagad_Ventor on 5/29/04 1:22pm)
3. ↑Peña, Abel G. 'Rejects of the Star Wars Universe 1.0'Star Wars Fanboy Association

External linksEdit

• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe in the StarWars.comCargo Bay(content now obsolete; backup link)

[Reposted from January for #StarWarsDay. May the fourth be with you!]

With the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story last month, fans of the Star Wars franchise have been given a taste of the range of storytelling that the modern Star Wars universe has to offer: core episodes, books, comics, animated shows, games, and spin-off films.

Like other major Hollywood franchises right now, Star Wars is utilizing the shared universe model of storytelling, incorporating all these stories into a much larger cohesive sandbox, but Star Wars’s shared universe isn’t quite like other shared universes. It takes things a step farther with its non-movie properties, bringing books, movies, television, and more together to create a singular universe in which it’s all truly connected. As a result, the common continuity shared by all Star Wars stories has created the most cohesive shared universe yet.

R.I.P. Expanded Universe

Before Disney purchased Lucasfilm, Star Wars canon was a complicated thing. Over the course of several decades, the Expanded Universe of books, comics, and games filled in almost every story gap imaginable, giving a detailed backstory to every character (no matter how minor), clarifying perceived plot-holes, explaining the intricacies of various technologies, filling in the gaps between (and during) the movies, and creating new characters and stories spanning the full spectrum of the Star Wars timeline - from several millennia before The Phantom Menace to centuries after Return of the Jedi.

While avid fans might try to say the Expanded Universe was a fixture of core Star Wars canon, the truth is that it was always an alternate universe, and its adherence to continuity was often shaky at best. Sure, the stories were sanctioned by George Lucas (and he occasionally had input on their direction), but when it came time to make the prequels, he paid little heed to what the Expanded Universe had already established. He incorporated some elements from the Expanded Universe, but he also didn't hesitate to outright contradict other aspects, such as Timothy Zahn’s description of The Clone Wars in his Thrawn Trilogy. Lucas also commented on the Expanded Universe several times, emphasizing on more than one occasion that the stories outside of the ones he wrote, produced, or directed took place in a “separate world,” solidifying the the Expanded Universe as an alternate universe.

Canon aside, the truth is the Expanded Universe so thoroughly filled up the Star Wars timeline that there was no oxygen left for new or original stories to breathe in a post-Disney world. Keeping the Expanded Universe continuity would mandate that future stories either have a minimal connection to the characters audiences know and love, or simply retread events already established by the Expanded Universe - both of which would alienate large swaths of the movie-going public.

The Expanded Universe had to go.

Enter: The Lucasfilm Story Group

The designation of the Expanded Universe as the non-canonical “Legends” universe doesn’t mean Lucasfilm is blind to what that content achieved. Hardcore fans hungry for more Star Wars created a market for the franchise off the big screen with the EU. Desiring to capitalize on that market, while still ensuring that all Star Wars stories were “intuitively and intentionally connected,”Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy called for a centralized Lucasfilm Story Group to help maintain cohesion in future storytelling. The Story Group works closely with all authors, screenwriters, artists, and other creatives to ensure every Star Wars story can be told without contradicting the depictions of characters, events, technology or any other bits of detailed encyclopedic minutiae that make up the fabric of the galaxy far, far away.

This interconnected narrative isn’t only fulfilling for continuity hounds, but it also maintains consistency within the Star Wars brand so audiences know they can rely on knowledge they gleaned from past events, unlike other cinematic shared universes like Transformers or X-Men. While those universes maintain basic story connections throughout, both franchises are full of continuity violations. X-Men even wiped the slate clean with Days of Future Past to account for the many contradictions in the X-MenCall of duty black ops 2 theme songs. timeline.

To be fair, the Transformers franchise recently created a writers group resembling the Lucasfilm Story Group in concept, and the X-Men franchise is similarly guided by writers and producers like Simon Kinberg and Lauren Shuler Donner, but the former franchise hasn't had an opportunity to prove the fruits of its labor yet, and the latter unfortunately seems to be (ironically) repeating history.

The better examples of this model appear to be the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the DC Extended Universe, and The CW’s DCverse, but even these franchises run into issues. The MCU has seen extended success in spreading content across the big screen, broadcast television, and Netflix, but it’s often criticized for keeping these three universes too separate; the DCEU has yet to land a critical hit - despite strong support from chunks of its fan base; and the CW’s “continuity” heavily relies on alternate timelines and the multiverse, with only one of its four shows, Arrow, maintaining a static time and place in the multiverse. On top of that, none of those properties have found a reliable way to account for the whereabouts of non-starring heroes during any major crisis outside of team-up stories.

Not only does Star Wars answer those questions, it does it while incorporating all its flavors of storytelling - movies, spin-offs, animated shows, comics, novels, and games - into one big happy continuity.