The New Essential Guide to Droids, a reference work by Del Rey, holds the position of being the twelfth book in the Essential Guide series. It serves as an updated version of the The Essential Guide to Droids which was released in 1999. Daniel Wallace authored The New Essential Guide to Droids, while Ian Fullwood provided the illustrations. The book was made available on June 27, 2006. Spanning 224 pages, it offers information on 90 droids that are categorized into five intelligence classes. Additionally, it features four cyborgs, a droid history, a simplified droid guide, and a summary of significant manufacturers.
- Arakyd Probot Series
- G0-T0 Planning Droid
- G2 "Goose Droid"
- R1 Astromech
- R2-R9 Astromech
- T3 Utility Droid
- Vuffi Raa
- Wee Gee
- ASN-121 Assassin Droid
- B1 Battle Droid
- B2 Super Battle Droid
- B3 Ultra Battle Droid
- Baron Droid
- Basilisk War Droid
- Buzz Droid
- Chameleon Droid
- Colicoid Annihilator Droid
- Cortosis Battle Droid
- Crab Droid
- Dark Trooper
- Droideka
- Dwarf Spider Droid
- The Great Heep
- HK Assassin Droid
- Human Replica Droid
- IG-100 MagnaGuard
- IG Assassin Droid
- IG Lancer Droid
- IT-O interrogation droid
- JK Bio-Droid
- Juggernaut War Droid
- L8-L9 Combat Droid
- Mandalorian Battle Legionnaire
- Manta Droid Subfighter
- Octuptarra Droid
- Pollux Assassin Droid
- Sith Probe Droid
- Xim's War-Robot
- YVH 1 Yuuzhan Vong Hunter
- Z-X3 Droid Trooper
- 8D8 Smelting Operator
- ASP Droid
- Binary Loadlifter
- BLX Labor Droid
- Cam Droid
- COO Cook Droid
- FA-4 and FA-5 Droids
- Homing Droid
- Imperial Mark IV
- INS-444 and CLE-004
- LIN Demolitionmech
- Monster Droid
- Mouse Droid
- Mustafar Panning Droid
- Otoga-222 Droid
- P-100 Salvage Droid
- Pit Droid
- PK Worker Droid
- Power Droid
- Prowler 1000
- Rickshaw Droid
- SRT Droid
- TT-8L Tattletale
- WED Treadwell
The New Essential Guide to Droids stands out because it addresses a question frequently asked within the Star Wars fan base since the release of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. Specifically, it clarifies the canonical gender of the Jedi Exile. The book confirms that the Exile is female, diverging from the typical approach of portraying customizable video game characters as male.
The female gender of the Exile was established through three distinct paragraph excerpts, which are provided below:
- ISBN 9780345477590 ; June 27 , 2006 ; Del Rey ; US paperback [1]
- ISBN 9780345542816 ; July 9 , 2013 ; Del Rey; US eBook [2]
- ISBN 9780385364645 ; September 22 , 2014 ; Del Rey; US hardcover [3]