Visual Guides

Visual Guides is a free ongoing feature of StarWars.com, providing an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look into the films of the Star Wars Saga. It was introduced on April 30, 2007 as part of the year-long 30th anniversary of the Star Wars saga. Currently, several "chapters" from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope are available. The feature is roughly analogous to the Visual Dictionaries, Star Wars: Behind the Magic, and Pablo Hidalgo's defunct former website, The Indexed Trilogy.

Each "chapter" contains a portion of the original screenplay concerning the scene or scenes covered, a behind-the-scenes trivia section, rare stills and photographs, and a gallery of annotated screenshots.

As of October 4, 2007, the Visual Guide feature has been stagnant since May 2007.

New character names

 * Mulchive Wermis
 * Cariso Smadis
 * Ukchet
 * Enjikket
 * Yeelhoy
 * Ezjenk

New locations

 * Audessian Expanse
 * Xulropic Badlands
 * Hubba Heights

New items

 * Borstel "Shocklock" ranging laser
 * VXI-2c electrotelescope
 * Riddle Eight spike
 * Myriad Visual System Mk. 2
 * Tungsten
 * TD1.4 electrobinoculars

New concepts

 * Bothan Thermal Unit (BTU)
 * Kuba
 * Standard in degrees

Other new canon

 * Use of catastrophic release braces for reactor core ejection from Imperial I-class Star Destroyer.
 * U-3PO emitted a S-thread signal to allow the Empire to locate the Tantive IV.
 * Point man and point cover man "buddy team" fighting system used by the Rebels when defending the Tantive IV.
 * Raymus Antilles weighs 79 kilograms.
 * Healthy humanoids can recover from stun in ten minutes.

Other information

 * Suzy Rice designed the "stacked" Star Wars logo.