Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
The definitive guide to the vehicles from a galaxy far, far away… Learn all about your favorite Star Wars vehicles, from the A-wing to the Y-wing.
Don’t know your X-wing from your Y-wing? Not sure what type of craft Slave I is? Look no further than the Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles. From the swamps of Kashyyyk to the deserts of Jakku, from inner-city Coruscant to the vastness of hyperspace, this new Star Wars book will show you the right craft for the job. This handy guide is full of fun facts and intriguing information, guaranteed to enthrall fans for hours on end.
This encyclopedia features more than 200 weird and wonderful vehicles from the world of Star Wars, including ships and vehicles from the entire saga of movies as well as the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels. One vehicle is explored in detail on each page, so there’s something new even for die-hard fans. All the technology behind the vehicles such as repulsorlift craft and hyperspeed is fully explored.
DK have made a very welcome habit of bringing us high detail, fact-filled releases and Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles continues that hot streak. Casting its net wide across the forty years of the saga, this smaller sized book takes us on a tour of the galaxy’s greatest vehicles.
Author Landry Q. Walker walks us through over 200 modes of transport including air vehicles, land craft, water vessels and space craft. Original trilogy vessels are parked next to ships from the prequels, The Clone Wars animated series, Star Wars Rebels, The Force Awakens, Rogue One and The Last Jedi, highlighting the design lineage of these familiar craft.
Each entry follows a similar pattern, with a Data File looking at the type of vehicle, its manufacturer, speed, the model and its dimensions. All valuable information when comparing the scale of the vessels and which ones could travel fastest from D’Qar to the Corporate sector and back.
Box outs give background to the vehicles, key characteristics, special attributes, specific missions and stories they have featured in. The book is perfect for readers who enjoy such details, roleplayers and online gamers who want quick and easy access to ship statistics and fiction writers who need the concise facts quickly. I know if I’d has a book like this back in 1982 when I was starting my fan fiction journey it would have been a huge help (albeit temporally impossible)
Moving forward let’s hope DK continue to bring us these regularly updated and concise dips into the Star Wars galaxy. There are a multitude of DK releases out there on the shelves, with the company being among the most active of the literature licensees, but with quality product like this that’s no problem at all. Indeed, you could probably work out which vehicle has the best cargo hold to carry your ever-growing DK collection.
