Reference book
The Essential Guide to Alien Species (real-world book)
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The Essential Guide to Alien Species is a reference book released by Del Rey in 2001, written by Ann Margaret Lewis, and illustrated by R. K. Post. It covers 140 species in detail and an additional 25 in a section in the back of the book. The book comes with a handy chart with the planets and their constituent species, a pronunciation guide, and a timeline detailing events from 3,000,000 BBY to 30 ABY.
Like The New Essential Chronology and Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide, this book "exists" also as an in-universe publication, written by Mammon Hoole.
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Facts
- Title
- The Essential Guide to Alien Species
- Author
- Ann Margaret Lewis
- Illustrator
- R. K. Post
- Publisher
- Del Rey
- Released
- April 3, 2001
- Pages
- 176
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 0.5 x 10.8 inches
- Weight
- 1.4 pounds
- Isbn
- 0345442202
- Series
- Star Wars: Essential Guides
Who turns up here
Characters: 19
- Arno
- Jo Ewsli (first mentioned)
- Rorax Falken
- Borsk Fey'lya
- Loka Hask
- Ibtisam
- Gyr Keela
- Charza Kwinn
- Leonie
- Mika'sai'Malloc (first mentioned)
- Dllr Nep
- Trista Orlanis
- Donatellinsar R'a Pereriansa (first mentioned)
- Tonaa Rikstnns (first mentioned)
- Pol SulliVaan (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Toydarian subject (first mentioned)
- Nrin Vakil
- Denn Walc (first mentioned)
- Kimar Walc (first mentioned)
Planets: 1
Places: 1
- Mrlsst Trade and Science Academy (indirect mention)
Starships: 3
- Ghostling Nest of the Assembler
- Sluis Van Shipyards
- Dominator (indirect mention)
Organizations: 2
Events: 2
- Evacuation of Ciutric (indirect mention)
- Mission to Mrlsst
Everything else: 5
- Joon Odovrera (first mentioned)
- Kylie Renoren (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Kurtzen shaman (first mentioned)
- Gravitic polarization beam
- Phantom Project
Not in the archive: 1
- Jiprin Kosh
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