Star Trek: Official Guide 3 - Official Database

Star Trek Official Guide 3 – Official Database was the third in the Official Guides-series. Numbers one and two were illustrated guides to TNG and DS9/VOY respectively while number 4 was a specialty volume about studio models. This third volume, unlike the previous two, did not contain edited excerpts from Pocket Books' companions series, but was an original Japanese-language piece of writing, by author Osamu Kishikawa, about the history of the Star Trek franchise. It covered the , , and the first seven and their production. , not yet in full production at the time of writing was only referenced to.
==Contents==
*Introduction
*Visual File
**Chapter 1: The Universe & History
**Chapter 2: Characters File
**Chapter 3: Mechanics File
**Chapter 4: Making of Star Trek
**Chapter 5: Staff Profiles
**Chapter 6: Filmography & Dictionary
*Afterwords
*Star Trek: Colomn
==Background information==
*Unlike its companions in the series, the sofcover in a dust jacket book, measuring 30×21×1 cm, was low on color content and most pictures in the book were reproduced in black and white.
*A not updated second edition was released in 2004 with new cover art, and with the reference to being a part of the Official Guide series dropped.
===Cover gallery===
File:Star Trek Official Guide 3 - Official Database, back.jpg|Backcover
File:Star Trek Official Guide 3 - Official Database with obi original release.jpg|Cover with obi (wrapper) original release
File:Star Trek Official Guide 3 - Official Database with obi reprint release.jpg|Cover with obi reprint release
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