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.

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Official Guide 3 - Official Database