Wookieepedia:Welcome, newcomers

Star Wars Wiki, colliquially known as Wookieepedia, is a Star Wars encyclopedia written collaboratively by its readers known as Wookieepedians. The site is a Wiki, meaning that anyone, including you, can edit almost any article right now by clicking on the edit this page link that appears at the top of the page.

Much of Wookieepedia follows a similar setup to its parent wiki, Wikipedia.

Browsing Wookieepedia
Wookieepedia contains a huge amount of information on all sorts of subjects within the Star Wars Universe ranging from characters, locations, technology, weapons, organizations, vehicles, real world culture, and the creators who help build the saga to everything and anything in between. Try browsing the various categories now.

You can also search for text in articles. Just go to the "search" field to the left, enter your search term and click "search". Note that the built-in search function may be disabled in times of server overload; in these cases you will be redirected to a Google-based search of the Wookieepedia database.

If you read something that you really like, then why not drop a note on the article's talk page? First select the discussion link (look for it in the tabs above the page), to get to the talk page. Then select edit this page on the talk page, or click the + to the right of edit this page to simply add a new comment. We always love to get a little positive feedback.