Product Description
Discover who’s who and what’s what in the Star Wars universe with this beautifully illustrated guide–now in full color for the first time.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 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 than what you’ll find in the Mos Eisley cantina. And each entry, from acklay to Zabrak, from amphibians to vacuum-breathers, features everything you need to know, including• complete physical description and official designation, so you can tell your sentients from your non-sentients, and your humanoids from your insectoids• homeworld: from dry and dusty Tatooine, stormy and waterlogged Kamino, to arctic Hoth, and countless other strange and varied worlds• phonetic pronunciation: Askajian, H’nemthe, Iktotchi, Ssi-ruu, and Xexto/Quermian aren’t as easy to say as they are to, er, spell• notable appearance: a listing of one of the more significant appearances of each species in the teeming Star Wars storylinePlus, this brand-new edition includes a glossary of crucial descriptive terms and a completely original, full color illustration for each of more than one hundred individual species. It’s a big galaxy, and someone has to organize it. Count on Star Wars®: The New Essential Guide to Alien Species–and don’t leave your homeworld without it.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 8 reviews)

Big Star Wars fan! by Rynaria (Western NY)

5 Stars
September 25, 2009
I LOVE Star Wars and being a roleplayer, this book was very helpful when it came to creating characters of certain species to better understand how to portray them. I just wish it were longer and included Near Humans as well.

great value by Greg-O-Wii

5 Stars
February 14, 2009
Very in-depth resource about your favorite SW Creatures. It's got just about everything. Every species/race/creature you see in the movies is in here and A LOT from the Expanded Universe but not everything. There's a lot of fantastic information in here though. Even some good stuff about General Greivous' race the Kaleesh. Definitely worth the 17$

Loved by my 12 year old son by Desert Rat's Wife (Lincoln, NE)

5 Stars
January 15, 2009
We got this for our 12 year old son for Christmas. He loves Star Wars and was very excited to receive this book. We looked at a few places and Amazon.com was almost [...] less and I was able to get the free shipping. Great pictures.

Expanded Second Edition by John Matlock (Winnemucca, NV)

5 Stars
January 11, 2007
Now how are you going to understand the joke unless you know these species. And how are you going to know these species without the guide book. This guide book is a description of the alien species found in the Star Wars. Generally each species gets two pages. On the left hand side wil be a drawing illustrating a representative of the species. On the tight is a description of the species, their home habitat, and other pertinent information about them. Overall, about a hundred species are so described, with another few dozen more given a third of a page or so of description. This is the second edition of the book: revised, expanded and with color images of the alien species as requested by the readers of the earlier edition. Of particular interest is the entry on 'Humans.' It remarks that we are really quite wide spread across the galazy. I guess that mean we've still got a chance.

New Essential Guide To Alien Species by Todd Waterhouse

5 Stars
January 11, 2007
Glad to see the newer version. They did leave out the Selkath and Rakata from Knights Of The Old Republic. Hopefully they will be added to the 3rd version (if there is one).

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