The fifth edition of Star Wars Gamer magazine, titled Star Wars Gamer 5, was brought to readers by Wizards of the Coast on July 24, 2001.
- Rogues Gallery: Darksiders
- " Ebenn Baobab " penned Hagwa Cheeska Hutt: Words to Live By.
- Abel G. Peña and Juan Schwartz collaborated on The Emperor's Pawns.
- The Seeds of Villainy was written by Jeff Grubb.
- Michael Mikaelian authored The Sith Compendium.
- A Campaign Guide to the Centrality comes from Michael Kogge.
- Jeff Grubb is the author of The Hutt Hit.
- Talnar's Rescue was created by Sterling Hershey.
- Juan Schwartz presents The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Chiss.
- Special Ops: The Charlatan is by Jesse Decker.
- Patrick McLaughlin wrote Special Ops: The Slicer.
- Elaine Cunningham is the author of The Crystal.
- Darkness Shared was written by Bill Slavicsek.
- A preview of Issue 5 can be found on Wizards.com (however, the content is no longer current; backup link provided).
- Gamer #5. A Domain of Evil it is. on StarWars.com (this content is outdated; backup link supplied)
- Star Wars Gamer #5 is archived in the StarWars.com Cargo Bay (this content is now obsolete; backup link included)