Amy Richau writes about pop culture and film history. She's the author of Star Wars I Love You. I Know.: Lessons in Love and Friendship and her work has appeared in StarWars.com, StarTrek.com, Star Wars Insider magazine, and Nerdist. She was a researcher and appeared in the docu-series Looking for Leia and worked for many years as a film preservationist. Amy lives outside Boulder, Colorado, with her husband, two children, and several pets. Want to know how tall Darth Vader is? Or where the ferocious Nexu comes from? Look no further than the Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded . With more than 200 profiles on heroes, villains, and more, this handy guide is full of fun facts and intriguing information guaranteed to enthrall fans for hours on end. Development [ ] StarWars.com: I bet if you did have a guide that contained all the podracer pilots, Sebulba would love to get his hands on it! Pablo Hidalgo: Sometimes that is informed by something that is in development. Sometimes it’s information that seems solid and unlikely to change in the future. There weren’t that many outdated Legends ideas that needed to be reined in: Depa Billaba’s specific fate on Haruun Kal, General Veers’ family life, for example. The last edition of the book from 2011 already did a great job of emphasizing the screen canon of George Lucas’ universe and less so the Expanded Universe lore of the time.

Pablo Hidalgo: As a huge Ratts Tyerell fan, I do wish the podracers were broken out to individual entries. But, there are 18 of ‘em and it’s hard to justify getting all of them in there. StarWars.com: A key component of DK guidebooks is the prominent use of images. What was the process of selecting images to be the main image of that character, especially when the character appears in more than one film? Though Cornelius Evazan is described as having survived his encounter with Obi-Wan Kenobi at Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina, the Databank entries of both Evazan [5] and Ponda Baba [6] claim that he died. However, the short story " The Secrets of Long Snoot" from the 2017 anthology From a Certain Point of View also stated that Evazan indeed survived. [7] StarWars.com: While only imagery related to the movies was used, there are references to characters and events from The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. How did you decide when to include that information?Pablo Hidalgo has been writing professionally about Star Wars since 1995. In 2000, he joined Lucasfilm to become a full-time Star Wars authority, first as a StarWars.com writer, and now as a creative executive in story development. He has written or co-written several authoritative Star Wars reference books, including DK's best-selling Star Wars: The Force Awakens The Visual Dictionary, Star Wars: Rogue One The Ultimate Visual Guide, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi Visual Dictionary. He lives in San Francisco. Star Wars live-action movies, including at least 40 from The Force Awakens. How were characters for this edition selected?

Pablo Hidalgo: In this case, I wrote the new The Force Awakens entries. Simon is the credited author of the original entries. I also suggested edits made to the original entries to better reflect what we know about the storytelling now and where it’s going. The main reason DK tapped me to do the new entries is because I had just finished writing The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary at the time, so they knew I was grounded in the material. The long lead times in publishing meant that this book needed to be completed before the movie came out, so I had access to the necessary information. Elizabeth Dowsett is a London-based writer and editor who specialises in Star Wars and sharing the secrets from the library of holocrons. She has been writing and editing illustrated books for 14 years and has worked on more than 35 Star Wars titles as well as many other popular licences for both adults and children. Updated and expanded with amazing new material including characters from Star Wars™: The Force Awakens ! Dan Zehr is a Star Wars expert and is the host and brand director of the podcast Coffee With Kenobi. He co-wrote The Star Wars Book alongside Pablo Hidalgo and Cole Horton, is a feature blog contributor for StarWars.com, and is a prominent influencer in Star Wars fandom. Dan is also a prolific high school educator, who teaches Literature and Composition, and has a Master’s Degree in Teaching and Learning. He resides in Illinois with his wife and three boys. Bail Organa's height is given as 1.91 meters. However, Organa's Databank entry lists it as 1.99 meters. [4]The latest edition of this beloved title has been comprehensively updated to include new characters from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and both seasons of Star Wars: The Mandalorian . Want to know how tall Snoke is? Or learn where Maz Kanata is from? The Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia is full of fun facts and intriguing information that's guaranteed to enthrall fans of all ages. With plenty of lesser-known details, even die-hard fans will learn new facts about iconic characters! Media [ ] Editions [ ] StarWars.com: This encyclopedia is designed to be accessible to readers of all ages, yet contain enough depth to satisfy serious fans. As you developed it, how did you work to achieve both goals? Also, how was the balance in revealing story information versus not revealing certain plot points of the saga? Adi Gallia's homeworld is listed to be Coruscant like in Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know. [2] However, Ultimate Star Wars listed her homeworld to be Tholoth. [3]