“ A long fourth dimension ago , in a galaxy far , far away … ” Each one of Lucas ’ Star Wars celluloid starts with these lines , distance the story from our setting . But , what if we could ascertain roughly how long ago is a prospicient time ago ?
Using a couple of Star Wars Expanded Universe imagination and a little maths , placing the events of the Star Wars Universe into our own timeline is potential , with some very interesting results .
Linking Lucas ’ existence to Our Own
Using the tale Into the Great Unknown from Dark Horse ’s Star Wars Tales # 19 , the events of the Star Wars Universe can be tied to our own timeline , as long as a couple of premise are made .
In the opening night of the non - canonicalInto the Great Unknown , Han and Chewbacca are forced to make a parachuting to hyperspace to flee Imperial attackers . ( OK yes , we know it ’s non - canonical , but this is a thought experiment so just bear with us . ) The Millennium Falcon clank country on Earth , where Han and Chewbacca are attacked by Native Americans . Han receives several pointer wounds in the process , and Chewbacca holds his married person as the last bit of life flees from him . The second one-half of the account leaps 126 yr into the future , with Indiana Jones and Short Round search for Sasquatch in the timberland of the Pacific Northwest , only to observe Chewbacca and the bones of Han Solo .
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Time Line Anchors and Assumptions
Three anchorperson points take our timeline – Han Solo makes a vague mention to his children , Short Round is present in the account , and Indiana Jones ’ reference of a previous adventure in Atlantis . Jones visited Atlantis in 1939 , during the telecasting game and Dark Horse tie - in comic Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis .
Short Round and Dr. Jones also chit-chat Atlantis in 1936 during Further Adventures of Indiana Jones # 26 - 27 , giving us a two potential “ early ” dates for the appearance of Indiana Jones in Into the Great Unknown , either 1936 or 1939 . The stated 126 year departure in meter between Solo and Chewbacca ’s arrival on Earth and the arrival of Indiana Jones places the crash landing of the Millennium Falcon on Earth in the year 1810 or 1813 .
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , Indy ’s picture show adventure with an eleven - class - old Short Round have place in 1935 , making both go out executable . However , Short Round “ look ” senior in Star Wars Tales # 19 , so I lean towards 1939 as a boundary year for the adventure told in Star Wars Tales # 19 , place Han and Chewbacca ’s arriver on Earth in the twelvemonth 1813 .
pick a Date in the Star Wars Universe for Han & Chewbacca ’s DepartureWith the time of Han Solo and Chewie ’s comer set in the year 1813 , we take to set up when Solo and Chewbacca leave the Star Wars Universe . Solo ’s reference to children in Star Wars Tales # 19 is interesting – it is either a tongue - in - brass computer address or a actual one . I side with a genuine reference , commit the time of Han and Chewbacca ’s expiration after the birth of Gemini Jacen and Jaina to Han and Leia . The Battle of Yavin is the Star War ’s Universe ’s twelvemonth zero – every appointment is label Before Battle of Yavin ( BBY ) or After Battle of Yavin ( ABY ) . The birth of Han and Leia ’s twins aim billet roughly nine years after the Battle of Yavin and the destruction Death Star as depict in A New Hope and five years after the Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi .
Picking a degree several eld after the Battle of Endor minimizes ripple effects in the Star Wars Universe . The Empire is thin , but still active 9 years ABY in squadron fan out throughout the universe after the frustration of Thrawn and the clon of Palpatine . Han ’s twins are born , and Anakin Solo , Han and Leia ’s third nestling is also conceive .
If the choice of an departure point nine years after the Battle of Yavin is incorrect and Han and Chewie ’s arrival on Earth is on the other death of the spectrum and before the Battle of Yavin ( around 1 BBY ) , only a ten yr drift pass off in the timeline – far from an insurmountable amount of mistake . erroneous belief is also in the data set due to the utilisation of aGalactic Standard Calendarin the Star Wars Universe , as one Galactic Standard Year is slightly longer than an earth year – 368 days vs. 365.25 days . Over the course of the 250 age covered in this timeline , an additional 687.5 Clarence Day pass from the perspective of our calendar , allowing for a little amount of elongate movement in the timeline .
satiate in the timeline
Below you could see our timeline – click here for the full - sizing version !
To fill it out all , we used a Star Wars timeline create by the good people atWookiepediaalong with the inferences we already discussed .
At first glimpse , “ A Long Time Ago … ” is not nearly as long ago as one might think . The timeline set the events of the Star Wars films within the 18th and 19th centuries , amongst a backdrop of bondage , national enlargement , and rebellion against great empires – themes mutual throughout the Star Wars hexology . Within the timeline is a “ Dark Period ” from the 1840s to 1940s , where no recorded events in the Star Wars Universe occur . The last recorded events in the Star Wars Universe take place in the other long time of World War II and heart on the escapade of Cade Skywalker , Jedi - turned - H.M.S. Bounty hunter and belike the the great - grandson of Luke Skywalker .
One must accept the date determined from a non - canonic story for the timeline to work , but it make for an interesting thinking experimentation and a direction to put the Star Wars Universe in the context our of our own world .
Images good manners of Lucasfilm and Dark Horse . Raw datum fromWookiepedia , hyper nerdy over - depth psychology by Keith Veronese , and infographic creation by Stephanie Fox .
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