Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide The Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide was a book written by the Human scholar and polymath Ebenn Q3 Baobab . That book was designed for use by other Humans and provided them with simple phrases in several languages other than Galactic Basic Standard . Published by Baobab Publishing , the " Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide " was first released in 22 BBY , and a new edition was issued in 6 ABY , twenty - eight years later . History . The " Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide " was the " magnum opus " of Ebenn Q3 Baobab , a famous Manda - born Human polymath . A first version of that book was released by Baobab Publishing prior to the fourth month of the year 22 BBY . Shortly before the subsequent outbreak of the Clone Wars , Baobab wrote a supplement to his seminal phrase book , which pertained to the language of the Snivvians , an art - inclined species from Cadomai Prime . The supplement was then made available in the fifty - first issue of the 531st HoloNet News volume , under the title of " Today ' s Traveler - The Art of Dealing with Snivvians . " In 0 ABY , about eight months after the Battle of Yavin , the young Tash Arranda consulted Baobab ' s book while redacting " " , an essay recounting a visit she made to the planet Lorrd with her adopted uncle , the Senior Anthropologist Mammon Hoole . Six years later , a new version of the " Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide " was published , while Baobab himself had been retired and suffering from severe dementia for a few years . Content . The first edition notably included a chapter pertaining to the Lorrdians , a group of culturally unique Humans from the planet Lorrd in the Kanz sector . The bibliographic reference for that edition was properly written as : " Baobab , Ebenn Q3 . " Galactic Phrasebook and Travel Guide " . Manda : Baobab Publishing , ( 13 GrS ) . " The 6 ABY edition included a rather brief travel guide , offering general advice and a glimpse at cantinas , hotels , sauna s , and other such facilities in Mos Eisley , a large spaceport on Tatooine . The conversation guide itself contained sections on Bocce , Huttese , Ewokese , Binary , Shyriiwook , Jawaese , Tusken , Old Gungan , Neimoidian and Sullustese . In addition to its purely linguistic content , the guide also advised on how to deal with the native speakers of those languages . The most common — and potentially problematic — situations were covered , such as how to face off with a Tusken Raider , how to shoo bothersome droids , or how to avoid tasting less - than - engaging Gungan food . The whole book was illustrated throughout with lighthearted drawings , often representing a spacer in humorous situations . Behind the scenes . The " Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide " first appeared in 2001 , in the form of its real - world equivalent , written by " Star Wars " sound designer Ben Burtt . The defunct " Star Wars Galaxies " stated that Baobab had already published his " Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide " before the Galactic Civil War , during which the game was set . This stood as a continuity error , since the real - world book stated that it was published 6 ABY . However , the Volume 531 , Issue 51 of the HoloNet News website showed that a version of that tome was in existence around one month before the Clone Wars . " Death in the Slave Pits of Lorrd " , an in - universe story written by Adrick Tolliver for the defunct subscriber feature of StarWars . com , confirmed that the book was originally published in 13 GrS — that is , 22 BBY .