How great is the known universe of Star Wars? It should be noted that this is not a rhetorical question, nor do I refer to that immense amount of stories that have been created around the movies and beyond, but a very simple issue: how close planets are well known like Tatooine, Coruscant and Naboo with respect to the rest. The quick answer I tell you: the size of the galaxy imagined by George Lucas is 100,000 light years in diameter. More or less twice our Milky Way.
I am sure that you have heard and read a million times that of “in a galaxy very, very distant”, but only through some video games, encyclopedias or visual guides it is possible to be located in it. Or more or less try. In fact, the fate of the entire saga was written after the ghost threat by the simple fact that the planet Tatooine was surprisingly near a Naboo that was being invaded and, at the same time, just after the limit of the middle edge. What is that of the middle edge? The thing is complicated
The entire Star Wars galaxy in a single image
How far we know, and according to official records, The Star Wars galaxy (Curious fact, it is literally known inside the Lore as “the galaxy”) houses 3.2 million habitable planetary systems And it consists of 400,000 million stars, but it was not until the invention and development of the hyperviaje that was possible to establish a more or less complete and defined cartography. And, despite this, there are systems and planets that are only possible to access knowing very, very specific routes. Especially in The outer edge.
In this way, and of course, the borders between systems and the mapped of the galaxy are much more complete and precise in the part of the nucleus and, as we move away from it, it is blurred to the same degree as the reach of the influence of the influence of the galactic Senate, the Jedis or the empire, all located on a planet called Coruscant Almost, almost in the center.
So, and for you to get a general idea where each planet is in the galaxy very, far from Star Warsyou have this official reference with the most emblematic locations and planets of the films and, in addition, many of the productions for the small screen such as the Mandalore planet, the world of origin of the Mandalorians.
How is the known Star Wars universe organized
There is a kind of hierarchy that manifests itself in the map itself: the more attached a planet to the nucleus, the central area, the more power and influence in front of the rest. However, the further a planet in the nucleus can also be said that it responds less to what is decreed in the nucleus. Generating areas outside the problems of the rest of the galaxy, but also worlds governed by mafias such as The Hutt clan or practically without more law than that of the strongest. From here a detail: the galaxy is divided into four layers, so that:
- The nucleus It is the central zone, the best documented and where the government of the rest of the inhabited areas is usually established. There are planets like Coruscant or Corellia.
- The colonies are in the posterior layer and comprises all planetary systems to the second layer, known as The inner edge.
- Between the expansion region and The middle edge We find planets well known to fans like Naboo, Kashyyyk (the planet of Chewbacca) and Jakku.
- Interestingly, perhaps due to the influence of the galactic empire after the fall of the Jedi Order, most activities and events of the classical trilogy take place in The outer edge Where is Tatooine, the cold planet Hoth or Dagobah, which went where Yoda was exiled.
What is beyond the outer edge? Although there are countless unknown areas between it and the nucleus, everything beyond the last layer is considered Wild space. However, it is worth remembering that in series like Ahsoka the door was opened to the trip between galaxies. And that, for the moment, is a huge blank canvas with some that other motites.
Naturally, this is just a section and, although you can see in detail where the most important locations are, the image should be expanded to see where each of the systems that we have seen over almost half a century from the premiere of the Galaxies War should be expanded and, in addition, keep in mind that it is a 2D representation about a galaxy to which you have to add at least one extra dimension. Therefore, I recommend both the detailed online map swgalaxymap.com as the much more interactive starwarsgalaxy That, without being so complete at the cartography level, offers information related to the galactic saga.
There is plenty of saying that Lucasfilm will add planets as it expands the events of the saga the cinema, television, comics or novels, but one thing is clear: no matter how much things are twisted, on earth we are safe: everything that has happened and will happen happened A long time ago in a galaxy very, far away.
Cover image of Noriyoshi Ohrai for the classic Star Wars trilogy
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