This is the best of the essential guides. The text is reasonably thorough and compelling, the subject is interesting, and the drawings are magnificent. This is the perfect Star Wars reference book, that walks the fine line between believability and staying faithful to the Star Wars Galaxy. While you don't get a novel, you get a good, solid, text bookish read that should be present in a reference book. You also get great data, and drawings of your favorite ships from Star Wars.

This book is awsome! It tells you when it's made, which company made it and its functions. At the front, it even tells you all the companies in Star Wars! Everybody should have this!

This was cool! I enjoyed reading about all of the ships inthis. I'll bet not very many people know what an MT-AT is, but Iknow. Most people probably don't know who it was that destroyed Executor, but I know. In other words, if you didn't know those, you need to brush up on your Star Wars facts, so I reccommend that you buy this.