Essential Guide

The Essential Guide ili Esencijalni Vodici su referentne knjige koje izdaje Del Rey jos od 1995 godine. Ima tri generacije knjiga:

Prva generacija

• The Essential Guide to Characters

• The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels

• The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology

• The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons

• The Essential Guide to Droids

• The Essential Chronology

• The Essential Guide to Alien Species

Druga generacija

• The New Essential Guide to Characters

• The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels

• The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology

• The New Essential Chronology

• The New Essential Guide to Driods

• The New Essential Guide to Alien Species

Treca generacija

• Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force

• The Essential Atlas

• The Essential Guide to Warfare

• The Essential Reader's Companion