There are maps depicting the timelines of each of the six motion pictures, the exploits of Han Solo, the atrocities of Palpatine’s Empire and even one identifying the famous shadowports of the galaxy. The maps themselves were beautifully done always showing enough information for you to grasp the basics of a particular era or region, while at the same time offering nitty-gritty details about particular worlds or mini-campaigns (such as the inset map for detailing the Mandalorian invasion of Taris and the agricultural systems that support it).īut it wasn’t just the Knights of the Old Republic era the book offered the same level of loving attention to detail for all of Star Wars major time periods. In short, it was everything I’d wanted for my game’s upcoming switch to a military-oriented campaign. It was all there - arrows showing major fleet movements for each military campaign, demarcations showing the extent of the Krath, Sith, Mandalorian and Republic political spheres, notes about major offenses and counter-offenses. A third flip brought up the Jedi Civil War. A flip of the page revealed one for the Mandalorian Wars. I first saw the book when one of my friends showed up for our weekly Star Wars game and placed the atlas in front of me, flipping it open to a timeline map of The Great Sith War. Cynics might argue there’s nothing here that can’t be found in fan resources like Wookipedia but they’d be wrong few resources I’ve seen can compare the beautifully crafted maps featured in this book, and its bound-form makes it far more browseable than the web based alternatives. It offers maps of every major sector of the galaxy, historical and political write-ups on them, and occasional “closer look” sidebars on topics like astrogation and galactic mysteries.
The soft-cover, coffee-table-style book covers every Star Wars era from the pre-Republic days of the alien and powerful Celestials (who constructed the Corellia system) through to the Sith Empire depicted in Dark Horse’s Legacy Era comic books. While Del Rey is publishing the Atlas as a general interest reference book, it’s beautiful maps, graphical timelines, and planetary write-ups make the book an excellent for gamers, regardless of whether they’re playing d6, Saga Edition, or a homebrew of their own design. Star Wars: The Essential Atlas is the best source book never released for any edition of the Star Wars RPG. Cover art for Star Wars: The Essential Atlas
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