The Star Wars Sourcebook

The Star Wars Sourcebook is a sourcebook written by Bill Slavicsek and Curtis Smith. It was first published on October 1, 1987 by West End Games, and was the first Star Wars roleplaying-game sourcebook ever published. It was revised for the Second Edition by Bill Smith and Peter M. Schweighofer, and republished in June 1994.

The book covers information of various sorts regarding the Star Wars universe, including chapters on general spacecraft systems, starfighters, capital ships, space transports, droids, repulsorlift vehicles, Imperial ground assault vehicles, aliens, creatures, general equipment, lightsabers, stormtroopers, Rebel bases, Imperial garrisons, and the heroes and villains of the original trilogy of movies.

As the first Star Wars roleplaying-game reference, this book contains some information that has been contradicted by later materials.

The book was later rereleased by Fantasy Flight Games alongside the Role Playing Game as part of the Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game 30th Anniversary, due to be released Q4 2017, being recreated to be an exact replica of the initial sourcebook.

Introduction

 * The Star Wars Galaxy
 * The Star Wars Sourcebook

Chapter One: General Spacecraft Systems

 * Hyperdrives
 * Sublight Drives
 * Armament and Shields
 * Laser and Blaster Cannon
 * Turbolasers
 * Ion Cannons
 * Proton and Concussion Weapons
 * Tractor Beams
 * Shields
 * Sensors
 * Common Military Sensor Types
 * Gieger counter
 * Sensor Countermeasures
 * Life Support
 * Escape Equipment
 * Ejection Seats
 * Loan-chat
 * Escape Pod

Chapter Two: Starfighters

 * Z-95 Headhunter
 * A-wing Starfighter
 * B-wing Assault Starfighter
 * Y-wing Starfighter
 * X-wing Space Superiority Fighter
 * TIE Starfighter
 * TIE Interceptor
 * TIE Bomber

Chapter Three: Combat Starships

 * Corellian Corvettes
 * Escort Frigates
 * Victory-Class Destroyers
 * Imperial Star Destroyers
 * Mon Calamari Star Cruisers

Chapter Four: Space Transports

 * Space Barges (X-23 StarWorker)
 * Stock Light Freighters (YT-1300 light freighter)
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Bulk Freighters (Action IV transport)
 * Container Ships (Super Transport XI)
 * Passenger Liners (Lady of Mindor)
 * Booking Passage
 * Small Passenger Ships
 * Luxury Liners
 * Rebel Transports
 * Imperial Commission on the Conduct of the War

Chapter Five: Droids

 * Astromech Droids (R2-series astromech droid)
 * Protocol Droids (3PO-series protocol droid)
 * Medical Droids (2-1B)
 * Probe Droids (Viper probe droid)
 * Assassin Droids (Eliminator 434)

Chapter Six: Repulsorlift Vehicles

 * Landspeeders (XP-38 landspeeder)
 * Airspeeders (T-47 airspeeder)
 * Cloud Cars (Storm IV Twin-Pod cloud car)
 * Sail Barges (Luxury sail barge)
 * Skiffs (Bantha-II cargo skiff)
 * Speeder Bikes (74-Z speeder bike)
 * Swoops (Nebulon-Q)

Chapter Seven: Imperial Ground Assault Vehicles

 * Imperial AT-AT (All Terrain Armored Transport)
 * Imperial AT-ST (All TerrainScout Transport)

Chapter Eight: Aliens

 * Ewoks
 * Gamorreans
 * Ithorians
 * Jawas
 * Mon Calamari
 * Quarren
 * Sand People (Tusken Raiders)
 * Sullustans
 * Twi'leks
 * Wookiees

Chapter Nine: Creatures

 * Banthas
 * Dewbacks
 * Mynocks
 * The Rancor
 * Space Slugs
 * Tauntauns

Chapter Ten: General Equipment

 * Personal Weapons and Armor
 * Melee Weapons
 * Gaderffii
 * Knives
 * Bayonets
 * Vibroblades
 * Force Pikes
 * Ranged Weapons
 * Rifles, Pistols, Machineguns
 * Blasters
 * Stun Guns
 * Bowcaster
 * Heavy Weapons
 * Laser and Ion Cannons
 * Torpedoes and Missiles
 * Explosives
 * Personal Armor
 * Clothing
 * Shelters
 * Survival tents
 * Housing
 * Tools
 * Medical Equipment
 * Medpacs
 * Bacta Tanks
 * Cyborging
 * Miscellaneous
 * Ammo Bandolier
 * Macrobinoculars

Chapter Twelve: Stormtroopers

 * Standard Stormtroopers
 * Cold Assault Troops
 * Zero-G Stormtroopers
 * Scouts

Chapter Thirteen: Rebel Bases

 * Standard Ground Facilities
 * Supply Cache
 * Surveillance Post
 * Recon Base
 * Outpost
 * Operational Base
 * Port
 * Headquarters Base
 * Colony
 * Base Construction
 * Tierfon Rebel Outpost & Starfighter Squadron (X-wing)

Chapter Fourteen: Imperial Garrisons

 * Standard Battalion Garrison
 * Typical Personnel
 * Sub-Level Installations
 * Surface Vehicle Bay
 * Detention Block
 * TIE Fighter Hangar Deck
 * Flight Deck

Chapter Fifteen: Heroes and Villains

 * Luke Skywalker
 * Princess Leia Organa
 * Han Solo
 * Chewbacca
 * Mon Mothma
 * Lando Calrissian
 * C-3PO (See-Threepio) and R2-D2 (Artoo-Detoo)
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Yoda
 * Boba Fett
 * Darth Vader

Short narratives

 * Against the Pirate Armada, page 33
 * There's No Such T'ing as a "Stock" Light Freighter, Boy!, page 42
 * Ambush in Laramus, page 48
 * The Promotion of Lieutenant Veers, page 67
 * Report to Imperial Command, page 71
 * Ortugg's Letter Home, page 72
 * Iggjel and the Mother Jungle, page 74
 * Life in a Jawa Sandcrawler, page 75
 * Ackbar's Rescue, page 76
 * The Shame of Seggor Tels, page 78
 * Song for a Fallen Nomad, page 80
 * SoroSuub Corporation Proclamation Number 137d, page 81
 * A Rancor Comes to Tatooine, page 89
 * The Slug Named Grendel, page 91
 * The Briefing of Spacetrooper Platoon 243-XT, page 105
 * Imperial Communique 87341.36a, page 122
 * Imperial Communique 44582.15k, page 124
 * Balancing the Books, page 128
 * Their Fire Has Gone Out of the Galaxy, page 136