Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back is a supplement to Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game written by Michael Stern, published by West End Games in 1989.
The guide features character profiles with game stats for main and some secondary characters from the film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. This book created, for the first time, Expanded Universe backgrounds for many characters appearing in the film.
A revised and expanded Second Edition was released in 1996.
From the publisher[]
Here it is! A definitive collection of backgrounds, statistics, and information on the heroes and villains of the second Star Wars movie, The Empire Strikes Back. This comprehensive guide details the aliens, Imperials and Rebels that figured in those crucial weeks centered around the assault in the ice planet Hoth.
Explore the middle saga in the greatest space fantasy film of all time with this guide to the Star Wars galaxy! The Empire Strikes Back includes character histories and never-revealed-before information that makes this volume a must for movie fans and players of the Star Wars roleplaying game.
Contents[]
Introduction[]
- The Odyssey Continues
- Prologue: First Words
- An Icy Beginning
- Voren Na'al
Hoth Profiles[]
- From the Notes of Voren Na'al, Assistant Historian to the Alliance
- Imperial Probe Droid
- The Probing Eye of the Empire
- General Carlist Rieekan
- Major Bren Derlin
- Too-Onebee
- The Horror By Night
- Wampa Ice Creature
- The Assault on Hoth
- Echo Base Troops
- Snowspeeder Pilots
- Tenk Lenso (Stats only)
- Cold Assault Stormtroopers
- AT-AT Pilots
- Lieutenant Nyrox (Stats only)
- Running the Gauntlet
- General Veers
- Zev Senesca
- Wes Janson
- Derek "Hobbie" Klivian
- Mutiny on the Rand Ecliptic
- Dak Ralter
Imperial Fleet Profiles[]
- Admiral Piett
- Admiral Ozzel
- Captain Needa
- Darth Vader
- Star Destroyer Officers
- Lieutenant Venka (Stats only)
The Bounty Hunters[]
The Swamp Planet Dagobah[]
Bespin Profiles[]
- Lando Calrissian
- Meeting The Dark Lord
- Lobot
- Bespin Guards
- Jerrol Blendin (Stats only)
- Ugnaughts
- Ugloste (Stats only)
- Citizens of Cloud City
- Danta Belissa (Stats only)
- Little Girl Lost (1st edition only)
The Heroes of Yavin[]
It is a Dark Time...[]
Appearances[]
Characters | Organisms | Droid models | Events | Locations |
Organizations and titles | Sentient species | Vehicles and vessels | Weapons and technology | Miscellanea |
Characters
Organisms
Droid models
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Events
Locations
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Organizations and titles
Sentient species
Vehicles and vessels
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Weapons and technology
Miscellanea
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External links[]
- Mutiny on the Rand Ecliptic on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
- ↑ Galaxy Guide 3 is listed in the merchandise section of The Lucasfilm Fan Club Magazine 10, which was published at the start of 1990. The Lucasfilm Fan Club Magazine 9, which was published in fall 1989, only lists Galaxy Guide 1 & Galaxy Guide 2, meaning Galaxy Guide 3 was published afterwards.