Star Wars Sourcebook

Star Wars Sourcebook is a sourcebook published by West End Games in 1987 for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.

Contents

Star Wars Sourcebook is a campaign setting and supplement, illustrated with art from the movie productions. It covers all types of starships, droids, vehicles and equipment, aliens and creatures, stormtroopers and rebels, Imperial and rebel bases, and includes statistics for important characters from the movies, including Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Darth Vader.[1]

Publication history

Star Wars Sourcebook was written by Bill Slavicsek and Curtis Smith, and was published by West End Games in 1987 as a 144-page hardcover book.[1]

Shannon Appelcline noted that in 1986, Bill Slavicsek began working on took over as developer and editor on Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game and "Early in 1987, Slavicsek was also working on another important release: The Star Wars Sourcebook (1987), which he coauthored with Curtis Smith. This exhaustive sourcebook was one of the first references to really detail the Star Wars universe; even giving the names of some alien races for the first time. In many ways, it marked the start of the Star Wars Expanded Universe. The Sourcebook was released simultaneously with the Star Wars RPG later in the year."[2]:253

Reception

In the August 1988 edition of Dragon (Issue #136), Jim Bambra noted the book was "crammed with interesting background on the Star Wars universe." Bambra thought that the material about Imperial Stormtroopers and their equipment was "invaluable, as are the descriptions of the rebel bases." He concluded with a strong recommendation, saying, "With this book, Star Wars: The RPG becomes even better."[3]

Awards

Star Wars Sourcebook was awarded the Origins Award for "Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1987".[4]

Reviews
gollark: We actually have sufficient compute to beware all extant, imaginable or unimaginable apioforms 492 times over.
gollark: I don't think you understand how this works.
gollark: Riiiiiiiight.
gollark: Oh, so just because it's a cognitohazard you can't watch and describe it?
gollark: What's #2?

References
  1. Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 325. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  2. Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '80s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-081-6.
  3. Bambra, Jim (October 1988). "Roleplaying Reviews". Dragon. TSR, Inc. (136): 92.
  4. "The 1987 Origins Awards". The Game Manufacturers Association. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16.
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