The Essential Guide to Warfare

The Essential Guide to Warfare is the title of an upcoming third-generation Essential Guide written by Jason Fry and published by Del Rey.

Development
The book was first announced as The Essential Guide to the Star Wars Military by Karen Traviss on her website on August 5, 2008. Karen Traviss later decided to end her Star Wars writing days with Imperial Commando: 501st. Sue Rostoni confirmed in August 2009 that The Essential Guide to the Star Wars Military was to be written by a different author. In May 2010, Rostoni released a publishing calendar that showed the newly retitled Essential Guide to Warfare with a June 2011 release date.

As the book is currently being written by Jason Fry, the author has mentioned details in the on-going drafts on TheForce.Net's Literature discussion boards. "All plans are subject to change, and I routinely append "as drafted" to anything I say about works in progress, but some of the recurring features envisioned for WARFARE include soldier's stories (which won't be all first-person -- the one for the Zhell/Taungs conflict has a Gilgamesh feel); portraits of great war leaders; discussions of key technologies, ships, weapons and military units; and lessons/overviews of key battles."

Specific references in current drafts: 13 new Ordnance/Regional Depots, working out warship classification systems. Additional references to the Militarists, the Iotran Guard, Corellian Engineering, the bounty hunter D'harhan, the Hutts, the Mandalorians, the Waymancy Storm, the Judicial Forces, the Planetary Security Forces, the Republic Navy, the Grand Army of the Republic, Coruscant, Anaxes, Irmenu and Rendili StarDrive. An encounter between Panaka and Leia at Hosk Station in 5 ABY. Info on war propagandists Ryloth Resa and the Byblos geneticist Ull Haber. There's also material being worked out for the Sector Rangers. Marvel-related material will be included, like Cinda Tarheel and Barlon Hightower being added to a key battle roster, and Admiral Giel's flagship (with name and class). There is also scheduled material related to the Dark Empire comic books, the Pius Dea Crusades, Celestials vs. the Rakata and the war between the Taung and the Zhell on Coruscant.

At Celebration V, the book was also announced to contain a duty roster of Red Squadron at the time of the Battle of Yavin, a similar roster for Rogue Squadron at the Battle of Hoth, profiles of key conflicts and military leaders, more information on the Rishi Maze and the Unknown Regions hyperspace barrier, and 1st-person "Soldier's Stories" accounts by frontline troops.

Notes and references
The Essential Guide to Warfare