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DeAgostini Publishing, or Planeta DeAgostini, is an international publisher founded in 1901.^[1] From 2002 to 2005, De Agostini published The Official Star Wars Fact File in Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, France (as Star Wars "Les Dossiers Officiels"), Malta, México, and later in Argentina, where only the first issue reached the stores. De Agostini began releasing weekly issues of another series of The Official Star Wars Fact File with new content in April 2013, and yet another revamped version in 2014.

Ediciones Altaya, more commonly known as Altaya, was a publishing company founded in 1993. It was absorbed by Planeta DeAgostini in 2009, and is focused on publishing products for Spanish and Portuguese-speaking nations as well as maintaining a presence in markets within other European countries.^[2] Starting in 2020, Altaya published a reference book series, titled Star Wars Encyclopedia, planning to have about 82 books. On May 1, 2021 the company released its first product in the Star Wars Starships & Vehicles line. Shortly before June 2021, the company launched the Fanhome brand, under CEO Nicola Drago. Fanhome will make DeAgostini products available in the United States.^[3]