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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:03 am    Post subject: Thrawn Trilogy sourcebook question Reply with quote

Ok, I am trying to figure out what is what in regards to the Thrawn trilogy sourcebooks. These were coming out when the switch happened between 1st and (the much better IMHO) 2nd Edition.
This is my understanding on the editions of these books please correct me if I am wrong.

Heir to the Empire Sourcebook- 1st Edition
Dark Force Rising- 1st Edition
The Last Command- 2nd Edition
The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook- 2nd Edition, including revisions from the prior books.

Is there anything that you feel is important from the 1st edition books that didn't get converted to the 2nd edition books?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Only Heir to the Empire is 1st Edition, all the others are 2nd Edition.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There was also the collected "Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook" where all the material was presented in the 2nd Ed format.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Thrawn Trilogy sourcebook question Reply with quote

Gry Sarth wrote:
Only Heir to the Empire is 1st Edition, all the others are 2nd Edition.


GMgreatness wrote:
The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook- 2nd Edition, including revisions from the prior books.

Is there anything that you feel is important from the 1st edition books that didn't get converted to the 2nd edition books?


When I got the Trilogy Sourcebook, I already had the 3 individual novel sourcebooks. I actually sat down and compared them all page by page to see if I would lose anything important by getting rid of the individual novel sourcebooks. There are virtually no stats lost (or remained unconverted from the first novel's 1E sourcebook). There is virtually no fluff text lost. The only thing worth mentioning that was lost in the compilation was several art images. Some of them were crap anyway, but a few of them were excellent images created by the premier WEG Star Wars artist Mike Vilardi. All of these images are available on Wookieepedia.

So in my opinion there is really no reason to own any of the individual novel sourcebooks if you have the trilogy sourcebook.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the info update! i will be sure to make some changes in my database. While I am at it is Han Solo and Corporate Sector first or second edition, it teeters on the 92 changeover.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh yeah, what about the Politics of Contraband? that is right on the cusp as well.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

GMgreatness wrote:
Thanks for the info update! i will be sure to make some changes in my database. While I am at it is Han Solo and Corporate Sector first or second edition, it teeters on the 92 changeover.


2nd if I remember correctly. HS&TCS came out after the 2nd ed rulebook.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

HS&CS is 2nd edition and Politics of Contraband is still 1st edition.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great!! those were the only ones I wasn't a 100% sure about. thanks!
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just out of interest, for those of us who are not so certain about which revision of the rules the various sourcebooks are, does anyone have a comprehensive list?

Obviously from the above posts we have:

The Politics of Contraband 1st Edition
Heir to the Empire 1st Edition
Dark Force Rising 2nd Edition
The Last Command 2nd Edition
The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook 2nd Edition
Han Solo and Corporate Sector 2nd Edition

Can anyone fill in the remaining books? Very Happy I admit I'm not so sure how to tell with some, though some are obvious to discern...


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The only ones in question are ones with a publication year of 1992 (when 2nd edition first came out). 1987-1991 was 1E, and 1993-1998 was 2E.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The easiest, quickest way to tell if a book is 1st or 2nd edition is to go to the Vehicles or Starships section and look at the speed rating. 1st edition will have something like "Speed Code: 4D", while 2nd edition will have "Move: 210; 850 kmh"
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sweet, thank you both for the heads up! Very Happy



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