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The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology

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The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology is the third book in Del Rey's Essential Guides series. The book featured an in-depth look at one hundred different devices from works that had been published before and during 1997, ranging from thermal detonators and Wookiee bowcasters to Lobot's cyborg implant and the Empire's top-secret cloaking devices.

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Title
The Essential Guide to
Weapons and Technology
Author
Bill Smith
Illustrator
David Nakabayashi
Troy Vigil
Editor
Allan Kausch (Lucasfilm)
Steve Saffel (Del Rey)
Publisher
Del Rey
Boxtree
Released
November 1997
Pages
240
Isbn
9780345414137
Series
Star Wars: Essential Guides

Who turns up here

Characters: 70
Species: 46
Planets: 41
Places: 26
Galaxy: 10
Starships: 47
Vehicles: 12
Organizations: 131
Events: 27
Technology: 553
Lore: 29
Media: 1
Everything else: 664
Not in the archive: 5
  • Imperial Royal Guard armor
  • Boba Fett's armor
  • Labor camp
  • Microbe
  • Nutrient

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