A softbound edition of the sourcebook was released in November 1991, and a second edition was released in June 1994.
Includes all the game statistics needed to use the might of the Empire in the roleplaying game. 144-page book features:
- Illustrations, photographs, maps and diagrams--some never published before!
- A look at the Imperial power structure since the Battle of Yavin, concentrating on the time period between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back.
- Details on COMPNOR and Imperial Intelligence--the organizations that keep the war machine moving.
- Descriptions, illustrations and statistics for new capital ships, custom ordnance, and land vehicles.
- Data on support weapons, special Imperial Units and training techniques, such as the use of drop camps.
- Information for movie fans and game players alike on one of the most evil institutions ever portrayed in heroic fiction.
- The massive Order of Battle of a typical sector, detailing the true might of the Galactic Empire.
- By His Own Hand
- Imperial Communique #001044.92v
- How to Read an Imperial Intelligence Scandoc
- Imperial Spin
- Admiral Jerjerrod's Testimony
- Picutorion Viewed From the Top
- A Salvager's Run
- The Full Might of the Empire
- Death of a Rebel Base
- The Assault on Protazk