The Essential Collection

Star Wars: The Essential Collection is a box set from DK Publishing that collects two reference titles, Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know and the Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded. It was released in September 2016. The box set's slipcase features five push-button sound effects on the front cover. In addition to the two reference titles, the set also includes a giant fold-out poster featuring characters and scenes from the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.