Recomendations for reference/suplement books
Hello all!
I'm a big fan of Star Wars, either Legends, Canon or whatever. I have read the majority of books, comics, played a lot of the games, etc... and what I haven't yet is in my to-do list. That part is covered.
But there is something that I haven't paid that much attention in all my years of fandom and that is supplementary materials. Like reference books, visual guides, artbooks, sourcebooks, etc...
So I'm slowly making a list and getting what interests me (or what I can find/afford) and I thought that I wouldn't lose anything by asking for some recs.
I don't care if the info in them is outdated. On the contrary, it kind of feels like a time capsule when you read something like that
This is what I already have or is in my whislist:
- The three "Making of" books of the original trilogy by J.W. Rinzler: Favorites of mine.
- "The Art of Star Wars" book series. I'm halfway to getting them all. Love them.
- The High Republic Character Encyclopedia. I have almost all things released of The High Republic.
- Taschen "The Star Wars Archives". On my whislist. Waiting for a sale
- Timelines. On my whistlist.
I know there is a lot of books like Visual Guides, Visual Archives, Encyclopedias, Vehicles, Blueprints, etc... are there any standouts? I feel like a lot of this books overlap each other but I could be wrong.
Any cool artbooks?
I also would like more academic or documentary-style books of the saga if there are any.
An last but not least. I know the roleplaying books had a great influence in the Expanded Universe, especially at the beginning. Are there any cool sourcebooks, compendiums or things like that? I would only want it to read for myself, not to play them.
Thank you all.