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I think it would be a good idea to make a list of all the books and webpages that you have found useful in learning about Star Wars and the EU along with comments if neccesary, if we get enough good submissions a mod could sticky this to help newbie Star Wars debaters.

I'll start...

Star Wars: Incredible Cross-Sections
Written by David West Reynolds
Published by Dorling Kindersley
ISBN No: 0-7513-7080-0

One of the "bibles" of Star Wars, considered to be so accurate as to be nearly canon, contains very detailed references to various vehicles systems and backgrounds. Written for the original trilogy.

Star Wars Episode 1: Incredible Cross-Sections
Written by David West Reynolds
Published by Dorling Kindersley
ISBN No: 0-7513-7058-4

Same as above but concentrates on Episode 1 technology, again ver detailed and considered about as close to canon as you can get.

Star Wars Episode 2: Incredible Cross-Sections
Written by Dr Curtis Saxton
Published by Dorling Kindersley
ISBN No: 0-7513-3744-7

This is, in my opinion the best of the ICS books, it not only is just as detailed as the other books in the series, but this one uses proper scientific notation giving us very accurate reading of the power of SW technology.

Star Wars Chronicles
Written by Deborah Fine
Published by Virgin Publishing
ISBN No: 1-85227-641-X

A huge book (and expensive) book, contains thousands of highly detailed pictures from the films, concept art and behind the scenes. The quality of the pictures is what makes this book worth it. However the explanations of some of the technology is quite suspect aswell as its sixe comparison charts and it contains many of the old fallacies that have since been disproved (such as the 8km Executor fallacy).

Star Wars Essential Guide to ...
Written by various...
Published by Boxtree

These are a series of books with a compilation of Star Wars information on various subjects, it contains massive amounts of information on the expanded universe along with good illustrations. Only problem with them is some of the information has been known to be wrong, from time to time.

Star Wars Technical Commentries
Written by Dr Curtis Saxton
http://www.theforce.net/swtc/

Superb website written by the author of the Episode 2 ICS, contains huge amounts of info on the more obscure topics to do with the films and EU, along with explanations of some of the apparent technical or continuity problems of Star Wars.


Please don't post in this thread unless you want to contribute to the list or suggest changes.

Ok I stickyfied this. Useful posts ONLY.

Ok, got some more to add:

The Star Wars Archives
Written by Mark Cotta Vas & Shinji Hata
Published by Virgin Publishing
ISBN No: 1-85227-587-1

This is an old book, and I don't know if you can still get it, it's basically a big collection of behind the scenes images with story boards, props, concept art and the like. Very useful for detailed pictures of the costumes and ship/vehicle models. On a sidenote it also has info about some of Georges other project, such as Indiana Jones.

Star Wars Visual Dictionary series
Written by David West Reynolds
Published By Dorling Kindersley
ISBN No:
Original Trilogy: 0-7513-7081-9
Episode 1: 0-7513-7057-6
Episode 2: 0-7513-3745-5

These books focus on the smaller props such as lightsabers and blasters, but also some of the smaller vehicles, characters and creatures. It also contains some fairly detailed technical explanation of some technology which seem to be only of average accuracy. However there are some glaring errors occasionally, for example the focusing dish of the SPHA-Ts main weapon is labelled as a "troop deployment hatch" which is obviously a mistake, this is a shame because it calls into question how reliable some of the other more beleivable information in the books are. All in all though they are excellent books because of the detail you can see even some of the little used props in you just have to watch out for the occasional bits of information obviously pulled out of the authors ass.

Aaron Ash wrote:
Star Wars Essential Guide to ...
Written by various...
Published by Boxtree

These are a series of books with a compilation of Star Wars information on various subjects, it contains massive amounts of information on the expanded universe along with good illustrations. Only problem with them is some of the information has been known to be wrong, from time to time.

They appear to be starting a new line of these (The NEW EGTC is out) and anything in these will contradict the old set.

I have the honor to be the first to recommend Bob Brown's Star Wars Discussions. http://www.synicon.com.au/sw/ These are a series of meticulously researched articles on various Star Wars topics (Millennium Falcon, R2-D2, lightsabre combat techniques, etc.) Also, if read in chronological order, they chronicle Mr. Brown's growing frustration with and eventual hostility toward Lucasfilm, Dr. David West Reynold, and ever Dr. Curtis Saxton! Fun for the whole family!

I have the highest honor of reccomending my own page for references:
www.hisdivineshadow.com

TimeTales Chronology

TimeTales

Periodically updated; usually more frequent and recent updates can be found in the .doc file in the downloadedable .zip. Give a grain of salt, as TF.net denizens do not differenciate between stupid and sensical ideas and have recorded everything in equal weight. Still an excellent source to explore the entirety of the SW Continuity Chronology.

Amazing that no one has listed these yet:

http://www.starwars.com/databank/

Or how about the movies themselves.

A while back, some folks were making noises about rendering an entire ISD for a Quake-style of game. Apparently, someone is already graphically rendering an ISD (outside and in) and posting updates on a website. Does anyone remember where that site is? If so, plz post the link. Thanks.

Of course, the new Inside the Worlds of STAR WARS Attack of the Clones, written by Simon Beecroft, Illustrated by Richard Chasemore & Hans Jenssen, and with the one and only Curtis Saxton as Consultant.
It includes a lot of fascinating stuff, just like its predecessor.

Currald wrote:I have the honor to be the first to recommend Bob Brown's Star Wars Discussions. http://www.synicon.com.au/sw/ These are a series of meticulously researched articles on various Star Wars topics (Millennium Falcon, R2-D2, lightsabre combat techniques, etc.) Also, if read in chronological order, they chronicle Mr. Brown's growing frustration with and eventual hostility toward Lucasfilm, Dr. David West Reynold, and ever Dr. Curtis Saxton! Fun for the whole family!

the site no longer exists.

www.galacticempiredatabank.com very good site about ships, although it may not be 100% accurate in all cases