Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook

The Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook was a roleplaying guide published by West End Games for the second edition of the Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game. It was written by Peter M. Schweighofer and was first published in June of 1996.

The book summarizes and details the events of the novel Shadows of the Empire.

Publisher's summary
The Official Companion to the Novel Shadows of the Empire

''After his defeat on Cloud City, Luke Skywalker finds himself a pawn in a deadly game between Darth Vader and the mysterious and dangerous leader of the criminal organization Black Sun. Confronted by bounty hunters and his own worst fears, Luke must must [sic] lead a daring rescue mission to Emperor Palpatine's throne world of Coruscant, where he will confront the foes who lurk in the'' Shadows of the Empire&hellip;

Contents

 * Introduction
 * The Stage Is Set
 * Chapter One: The Rebel Alliance
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Princess Leia Organa
 * Permission Granted
 * Chewbacca
 * Lando Calrissian
 * See-Threepio and Artoo-Detoo
 * ''Droids Can't Fly
 * Rogue Squadron
 * Commander Wedge Antilles
 * Will Scotian, Rogue Two
 * Dix Rivan, Rogue Five
 * Wes Janson, Rogue Six
 * Chief
 * "Let's Go!"
 * Bothan Spynet
 * Safehouse Besh
 * Koth Melan
 * Hand-Off
 * Chapter Two: The Empire
 * Darth Vader
 * The Emperor
 * In the Emperor's Service
 * Coruscant Guards
 * Admiral Okins
 * Temporary Reassignment
 * Bentu Pall Tarlen
 * General Harrid Sendo
 * Up the Intelligence Ladder
 * Chapter Three: Black Sun
 * Prince Xizor
 * The Lesser Evil
 * Guri
 * Only One of Her Kind
 * Black Sun Operations
 * Black Sun's Vigos
 * Clezo
 * Durga the Hutt
 * Green
 * Kreet'ah
 * Lonay
 * The Regalia of Office
 * Perit
 * Sprax
 * Vekker
 * Wumdi
 * Underlings, Guards and Assassins
 * Avaro Sookcool
 * The Obvious Scapegoat
 * Howzmin
 * Pike Sisters
 * Chapter Four: The Fringe
 * Dash Rendar
 * The Business Merger
 * Leebo (LE-BO2D9)
 * Jabba the Hutt
 * Jabba's Swoop Gang
 * Big Gizz
 * Spiker
 * Big Gizz's Swoop troopers
 * ''Just Another Day's Work
 * Jix
 * The Backup Plan
 * Bounty hunters
 * Skahtul's Coalition
 * Skahtul
 * Calliose
 * Partners No More
 * Boushh
 * Bounty's Due
 * Snoova
 * Out of the Picture
 * Denizens of Coruscant's Shadows
 * Wendell Wright-Sims
 * An Old Flame in Need...
 * Mayli Weng
 * Benedict Vidkun
 * Spero
 * Spero's Flight
 * Chapter Five: Planets
 * Bothawui
 * The Weekly Luncheon
 * Coruscant
 * The Imperial Palace
 * Lord Vader's Castle
 * Xizor's Palace
 * The Manarai
 * A Very Special Meal
 * The Southern Underground
 * Kothlis
 * Kothlis Shadowport
 * Hasty Exit
 * Rodia
 * Hunting Holiday
 * Equator City
 * The Flip of the Credit Casino
 * Vergesso Asteroid Field
 * Zhar
 * The Imperial Enclave on Gall
 * Kile
 * Glory Support
 * Chapter Six: Aliens
 * Falleen
 * ''The King's Requiem
 * Human: Etti
 * Near-Human: Epicanthix
 * Making War Is Love
 * Ubese
 * We Are Made of Suffering
 * Chapter Seven: Droids
 * Asp Droid
 * Better Than Nothing
 * Asp Lightsaber Training Droids
 * Information Droid
 * ''Dead End Drop
 * Message Droid
 * Chapter Eight: Equipment
 * Bioscan
 * Camo-netting
 * Hyperbaric medical chamber
 * Myostim unit
 * Coruscant Guard Armor
 * Chapter Nine: Vehicles
 * Paragliders
 * Pubtrans flitter
 * Swoop
 * Chapter Ten: Starships
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Outrider
 * All the Extras
 * Stinger
 * Virago
 * Skyhooks