Why is half the Star Wars Galaxy UNEXPLORED? | Star Wars Legends

[@rodneykelly8768]

If you mark an area as "Unknown," "Forbidden," or "Restricted," regardless of the genre, everyone is going to want to go there.

[@FlymanMS]

Should’ve named it “Meh regions”

[@elninosuarez9087]

FlymanMS or " 'don't worry about it' "regions 🤣

[@beserkdonkey]

el niño suaréz say another planet needs your help here, to make sure people stay away

[@tristankeech4070]

should have just left it blank. if you don't call it anything no one will care that much

[@grahamflorida5942]

@@tristankeech4070 people would 100% be questioning a mostly blank half to a heavily populated spiral galaxy.

[@thesupermayoreo]

It boggles my mind that they didn’t do this for the sequel trilogy. But we were insisted that we must get a Tattooine 2.0, Hoth 2.0, Death Star 3.0, and Rebels vs Empire 2.0.

[@odiadordeisrael]

Remembering the sequels wasted potential ruins my day.

[@johnc6158]

Idk dudes I stop wanting things from Star Wars media and instead just judge what I get with an open mind

[@nou8257]

That's hard and requires understanding of the lore and The meaning of what you are writing the movie about... but why do that when you can just do a worse copy of a previous movie from 40 years ago.

[@scytheseven9173]

A lot of the blame goes to JJ Abrams, and to Disney for picking him. He only really knows how to make worse retreads of popular stuff, mostly from the 80s (E.T. with Super 8, Star Trek II with Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Wars), and has never stuck a landing or had a satisfying answer for the many "mystery boxes" he's put out there.

[@ironwolfF1]

Why? Because *somebody* wanted 'The Force is Female'...Lucas and the Expanded Universe be damned. When 'agenda' becomes the story, the is NO story...only a "message".

[@MrTevens]

It's crazy to me that people are creative enough to come up with all this stuff so that we can talk about it like it's actually real.

[@GalaxyDogenut]

Yup.

[@seabreez2421]

Because maybe somewhere in a galaxy far far away, this stuff is actually real.

[@mchagnon7]

And yet, the movies contain almost none of this lore...

[@curseoftheegglady]

@@seabreez2421 Well, in an approximately infinite universe...

[@tandvard9088]

@Adolf Hitler 'Cause you would try to take control of it, right, Führer?

[@Urielization]

"I left for the Unknown Regions, determined to lose myself. I learned that unknown was not the same as empty." - Darth Krayt

[@obiwankenobi2749]

My goal in life it to just yeet myself into space

[@wilberdebeer4696]

@Troll uNeed Sure because facing arguably the most powerful Sith in existence ( I know officially its Sidious but Sidious is the naturally strongest, Valkorion has the strength of thousands of Sith in one) is being a chump.

[@jadenlustre4612]

Laughwondugh Steel you and I both

[@sim.frischh9781]

"If we keep mapping the Unknown Regions they soon will need a new name." - Wedge Antilles

[@sorrowandsufferin924]

@@sim.frischh9781 And yet, according to the maps, they didn't. Thyferra lies on the edge of the Unknown Regions, as does the system in which Endor is located. One of the few planets located within the Unknown Regions is the origin planet of the Yuuzhan Vong, another Rakata Prime. There is no proof of actual efforts to map the Unknown Regions. Then again, Hyperspace exploration is a difficult and long process, which always takes thousands of lives; there is a reason people travel along established hyperspace routes instead of just jumping.

[@Finn_7117]

I love that the galaxy is like this so you can make up your own stories and not have them affect the wider universe

[@bradhedgehog12]

I agree

[@desperadowest2004]

Yeah I guess. Just don't like fan fic :P

[@1Iceshatter1]

I like just imagining what's out there (besides the obvious like Chiss and Vong) It could make a cool post sequels story, just exploring what else is out there.

[@lukeskillings8713]

I have a story for a sequel to the Rise of Skywalker.

[@WhyteLis21]

@@lukeskillings8713 Forget the current sequels. Just reboot or retcon the sequels and give us a better star wars. 😁

[@larseirikfodnes4361]

Interesting thought: The reason we haven't made contact with aliens is that Earth is too far away from any hyperspace route.

[@ashwinnaidoo796]

Well we’re not even in the same galaxy for one

[@flawless_Cowboy]

Scary thought: the reason we haven't made contact with aliens is because we are in a dead zone and the only reason our planet has not been found by something is because we haven't ventured out far enough.

[@bruhman4293]

@@flawless_Cowboy collosal intergalactic ghost leviathan detected within the star system, are you sure what are you doing was worth it?

[@Isometrix116]

@@flawless_Cowboy Well, we sorta know there aren’t advanced civilizations anywhere near us. In Star Wars, a lot of planets are habitable and farmable and all that. Realistically, you’ll struggle to find them and reach them. This means that, even with hyperspace lanes, you really want to produce space habitats (effectively, a scaled up ISS which utilizes spin to create “gravity”). This goes to a point where the entire star is englobed in a swarm of habitats called a Dyson Swarm definitely within 10,000 years, potentially as few as 50 years depending on resources, automation, technologies, artificial materials, energy, and so on. At this point, you can still see the star, but it will be far dimmer than it should be, and upon closer observation, you will certainly see the swarm. This is called the Fermi Paradox, which is an apparent paradox between the vast size and age of the universe and the lack of intelligent life. I… May like sci-fi too much. Sorry

[@rikertricochet4457]

There is a interesting theory about density of matter in space and its connection with theory of manageable chaos.The idea is on low density of colonized space there is more enthropy and more civilized races are closer to the center of galaxy.

[@Kaliphate]

"Why is half the Star Wars Galaxy UNEXPLORED?" Old Republic players: *_"Allow us to introduce ourselves"_*

[@IceLizardsUnited]

Rakatan Infinite Empire intensifies!

[@obijuanquenobi1911]

Nah, the Eternal Empire

[@jadenlustre4612]

Obi Wan Kenobi The Knights of Zakuul want to know your location

[@mrvwbug4423]

Even little miss psychopath (who may have been the most powerful force user to ever exist) and a certain droid couldn't manage to erect a barrier to wild space, so something must have happened later.

[@NoU-pf8fc]

Mind explaining?

[@lewistreadwell7006]

The other side is where Warhammer: 40K is happening and nobody wants to get involved

[@goodname6807]

No one knows because they all die

[@andrewsy3365]

that side is eye of terror

[@wowwee6508]

so theres another emperor there huh

[@anthonyellis2998]

For the Emperor!

[@lewistreadwell7006]

@@anthonyellis2998 For the Emperors!

[@aquilahd2319]

I would actually like a Disney plus series about a group of explorers exploring the unknown region.

[@patrickhanlon932]

Boldly going where no one has gone before?

[@heis9873]

Star Trek?

[@Salamandra40k]

Don't ask something too great of them, they didn't even plan the newest trilogy. I doubt they would have the sense to get an even half-decent writer on board to think up something in the unknown regions.

[@pixgamer396]

@@Salamandra40k the disney plus stuff is pretty decent maybe they r going to do that sometime

[@SalmonFeet]

@@patrickhanlon932 to boldly go..

[@nate6360]

Real reason: Gives authors more freedom

[@Crberus]

Yeah but thats one boring anwser.

[@Anonymus_M8]

I speculate Abeloth's work is behind it

[@okalright3941]

@Jimmy Strudel the unexplored ocean parts are the deep parts and we are exploring those now.

[@Dragonspirit223]

Literally the out I'm using for my SWRPG game. Basically Rebel squad who are recruiters/sabatours/scouts that explore things. Eventually, they'd pick up a S.O.S signal from the unknown regions, leading to the bringing back of old Republic worlds from the days of the Old Republic wars. Some neat technological advances that are different, cultures, even previous battles and ships. Hopefully the party'd bring recruits back to the War on the side of the Rebellion, and some other fun stuff later on (remember Siliri from Forces of Corruption? What if she found something different from Sith Warriors... in the Unknown region of course).

[@lardlover3730]

@Jimmy Strudel just send rei out there and she’ll find an abandoned map of the entire universe by the end of the week.

[@friscofiacso2375]

A dreadnought like the Supremacy mapping star systems and discovering random anomalies in the unknown region could make a pretty cool story.

[@eds1942]

Sort of Star Trek-ish.

[@kylepessell1350]

It would really have its work cut out for it. The west half of the galaxy is cut off for a reason. Aka: filled with unimaginable threats and unspeakable horrors.

[@urmumscookin]

The Emperors flagship, the Eclipse was out in the unknown regions before Sloane found it. Prior to the battle of Jakku the emperors observatory was mapping the unknown regions for stable hyperoutes. And thats where the first order came from. And as we all know, ilum was turned into starkiller base.

[@friscofiacso2375]

@@eds1942 pretty much but with a massive dreadnought.

[@friscofiacso2375]

@@urmumscookin The Eclipse isn't cannon tho so I don't think that counts.

[@Robotrik1]

Considering the existing droid tech , it's bewildering that unmanned exploration was not done for thousands of years by the Republic or the Sith .

[@JamesZeroSix]

Only 5% of the oceans have been explored and charted, and we have drone subs.

[@rmilleriv1]

@@JamesZeroSix ignorant statement

[@QrazyQuarian]

@@JamesZeroSix Do we have drone subs as independent as droids?

[@QrazyQuarian]

Yeah, that's never happening. Sending droids into the void for years sounds like a great way for them to become self-aware and reject their mission statements. This is why droids get mind-wiped every so often, so as to not allow them to gain sentience and threaten to destroy the galaxy as they have several times in the galaxy's 50,000 year history.

[@dagothodros641]

​@@JamesZeroSix that's literal trump tier bullshit. go back to Fox and Infowars bud.

[@Apparently_I_am_everywhere]

Everybody gangsta till you enter the unknown regions, and your ship says "Warning: Entering ecological dead zone"

[@alkorkrus5152]

Fan of Subnautica are we?

[@jonathanbanks2374]

Reapers are red, That planet is blue, You've entered the dead zone, The ghosts are coming for you.

[@omera7893]

Imagine ghost purrgils attacking your ship

[@thefriendlymetroid6655]

*clyclops destruction theme ptsd*

[@thesciencelair9556]

“Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms. Are you sure whatever you’re doing is worth it?

[@cf714_]

Traveling to another planet in Star Wars is like walking to the store.

[@Ilikeavocados123]

I feel line is going from city to city nah?

[@justice_crash2521]

Warhammer 40k is like literally going through hell

[@Forbidden-Pre-Workout]

Nah it feels like a subway ride to the next station

[@ryancroy]

It is more like travelling to different cities. Ships are not easy to come by and some people are stuck on a planet their whole life just waiting for a chance of leaving.

[@dr._breens_beard]

@@justice_crash2521 liberate tutame ex infernis (:

[@spongerobroundshoes2736]

"If an item is not in our library, then it does not exist"

[@concept5631]

Where'd that quote come from?

[@spongerobroundshoes2736]

@@concept5631 Ep 2. when Obi Wan is looking through the archives for Camino*, the cloning planet. The librarian implied that the entire galaxy is archived.

[@concept5631]

@@spongerobroundshoes2736 Ah alright. Thanks.

[@ReVocals]

@Hobarth McShane bro thats jar jar

[@ReVocals]

@Hobarth McShane oh no not the b1

[@GFSTaylor]

"If you continue exploring the Unknown Regions, you'll have to call them something else. " Wedge Antilles.

[@g.e.barringer7563]

I was looking for this quote. I love the X-Wing series.

[@traskulgo]

The outer rim outer to the Outer Rim

[@thomasjones4570]

And yet they were explored. This video is filled with false information.

[@piercepayumo4212]

"Pull back! Pull back now!" "We've got to warn the Republic!" "The unknown regions are unsafe! I repeat! The unknown regions are UNSAFE!"

[@Jared_Garske]

Source?

[@notsae66]

**Laughs In Mnggal-Mnggal**

[@grandace2]

where is this from? the old republic?

[@bradmorales4002]

Yeah where or which short story or novel does this come from?

[@justjoking5841]

Chiss and other species banding together to fight legions of various incomprehensible entities and Yuuzhan Vong to prevent them from spreading throughout the galaxy...

[@sansfi]

I wonder WHY in canon they are making so many Force-Related planets close to the Unknown Regions. Jedha, Exegol, Ahch-To and Illum. Could it mean that in canon the Unknown Regions will be related to the origin of the Force Users?

[@ezachleewright2309]

Maybe Force users just tend to be hermit-ish and try to hide their secrets in more secret, unexplored places

[@ItsButterBean1020]

Adding to this Palpatine believed the heart of the Dark Side was in the Regions (which could be Exegol) That said I’m pretty sure Kamino is near the Unknown Regions too

[@1Iceshatter1]

@@ItsButterBean1020 Kamino is past the rishi maze and outside the galaxy according to Attack of the Clones.So yeah, I guess it'd be an unknown regions planet

[@FXIIBeaver]

Illum has always been close to the unknown region.

[@mohammedfachrydwihandoko7557]

@@ItsButterBean1020 Kamino is located outside, in an orbiting mini-galaxy.

[@gmt1]

"You haven't unlocked this region yet"

[@jojotheswede8444]

Wow, it's really gone down hill since disney sold the galaxy to ea

[@paulbag101]

Yeah, they haven’t sprung the subscription fee for EA DLC of the western areas yet

[@TehBakerye]

You Require the "EVEN MORE SPACE" movie DLC

[@capitalgames318]

"Battle Fog region"

[@Sharkonus]

@@TehBakerye but unknown region is somehow explained by ehm.. celesials? When Anakin, Obi wan and Ahsoka found mysterious Crystal building in space and they found Anakins true destiny. its in Season 3 clone wars.. and they said that galaxy must be in balance so there is answer why is unknown reagion :D It cant be explored because it would destroy universe. for one example are last 3 episodes VII-IX.. its just tiny uncover how dangerous that unknown region can be

[@robertomurteira5913]

A Lovecraftian story taking place in the Star Wars universe could actually work.

[@mr.battle20]

Look up Abeloth. Star Wars already has a Lovecraftian horror lurking out there.

[@metalbohne92]

well, there is already N´Zoth... they schould have enough fun there^^

[@jamesanderson5727]

E

[@allglorytothefather4186]

@@mr.battle20 would not want to come across her. Near-full black eyes, tentacles, can drive someone insane from across the galaxy, can walk super fast, and had a cluster of BLACK HOLES guarding her from escaping. She could probably be a match for Darth Nihilius

[@SAHtoshiDude]

HP and Star Wars? Idk he’s a little overhyped if you ask me, Star Wars could do just fine without “love craft” influences

[@lukethefluke7]

Makes you realise just how aggorant Jocasta Nu was when she said "If it isn't on our system, it does not exist!"

[@mchagnon7]

It was more of a political statement. "Don't go looking for people who don't want to be found."

[@adventuresincrt1376]

Didnt see it as arrogant. Just real talk.

[@TandJgaming]

Because at the time in star wars canon there was some wild shit in deep space that shouldn’t have been sought out. I see it more as protecting him from finding something dangerous.

[@williammerkel1410]

I think she knew, especially if you view the deleted library scene as canon.

[@LovusEternius]

I googled the word 'aggorant' just to see if I was wrong about it being arrogant and google showed me 'arrogant'.

[@Zen-sx5io]

Last time I was this early, Anakin didn't hate sand yet.

[@verzangel2106]

Straight from the 90's

[@fin3st]

Impossible

[@Zen-sx5io]

@@verzangel2106 1990's was lite.

[@Zen-sx5io]

@@fin3st I believe It's possible.

[@Zen-sx5io]

@Big Smoke Yes.

[@Tomha]

"You're off of the edge of the map, mate. Here there be monsters!" -Captain Barbosa

[@ayannmercadobellve8372]

Noice one mate

[@lunaticzeroone]

"HA! Afraid to get wet?" ~Davy Jones

[@tomitiustritus6672]

That is, i found, a uniquely american trope about old-timey maps. One that somehow got very popular in pop culture over the past 10 years.

[@bundleization]

I need a star wars game about exploring unknown space.

[@Lemon_Force]

you go there pretty frequently in the swtor game there are some important planets. check out the galaxy map from that game

[@CalebCheek]

No mans sky

[@Scout800DR]

@@CalebCheek he said star wars game.

[@daleyfun2247]

That's the star trek side. They don't play well together.

[@dusty54bhs]

Stellaris using the SW fallen republic mod is about as close as youll get

[@OverlordZephyros]

In the 40k lore... The empire of man have the most biggest territory but only like 1% of the Galaxy, meaning many unexplored planets in between them. Heck in reality planet Earth could be inside an alien territory but never know it... The Galaxy is that big.

[@samlevy9897]

Imagine how confused those explorers would be when they got to Earth, only to find that its inhabitants already know about the rest of the galaxy despite being completely isolated

[@01What10]

Add the fact that scientists have recently d discovered that the laws of physics can change based on stellar phenomena, there could literally be entire star systems straight out in front of us, light years away that we can even see due to gravitational or other anomalies that completely obscure our view unless we go around them or at least get to the other side. So the galaxy and the wider universe could be even bigger than we can even see due to these "invisible" obstructions and altered pockets of space-time. It's really facinating just how damn vast it all really is. We absolutely could be in the borders of an alien empire, we might never know it, and they might even never know it. The universe is just endlessly interesting.

[@cameronsmith8092]

I like the human zoo theory. That aliens know we are here but are kind just leaving us alone in the same way we leave some undiscovered tribes alone. Just letting us do our thing.

[@fluG4M3]

@@samlevy9897 I'm pretty sure the dinosaurs were extinct for like 1000 years when the empire was ruling the galaxy. Earth wasn't what it is today.

[@tjb_6203]

Cameron Smith I like that one. It makes me far less anxious of alien invasions lol

[@stay_hydrated]

Why is half of the Star Wars galaxy unexplored? Me, an intellectual: "Because they haven't explored it yet"

[@hilariusrio818]

modern problems requires basic solution

[@user-yj6gp1zt3x]

@@hilariusrio818 "He knows too much"

[@blackburn1111]

You know why a V formation of flying geese is longer on one side? Because there are more geese on that side.

[@stay_hydrated]

@@blackburn1111 write that down write that down

[@StarroStar]

Genius, astonishing.

[@AlistairAi]

_“Space is _*_big._*_ You just won't believe how _*_vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big_*_ it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to _*_space.”_* - Douglas Adams, _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_

[@HeftyManlovesthesnow]

I hate that book

[@Capitanosimp2174]

@@HeftyManlovesthesnow how DARE you

[@JacobRy]

@@HeftyManlovesthesnow some opinions are wrong

[@sinaloa1210]

I have this book and I never read it. Although this makes me want to pick it up tonight

[@db5094]

@@HeftyManlovesthesnow no

[@protogenhorde8515]

Because I live on that half , stay off my space lawn

[@starlit2135]

😂😂😂

[@samlevy9897]

Bruh, you don’t need half a goddamn galaxy. Learn to share.

[@youknowihadtodoittoem3579]

@@samlevy9897 you're just saying that because you're jealous

[@Dan-qx5mi]

@@youknowihadtodoittoem3579 Exactly. Typical space commie

[@protogenhorde8515]

i love this community

[@CRUSTYDUSTY1776]

Space wraiths, starweirds, Darth Nihilus, Abeloth, the black wing project and worst of all, the mnggal-mnggal. Those are just a few examples of why most people decide not to explore the unknown, the potential of unknown, terrifying creatures who have such a reputation in their stories that it can scare just about anyone and make anyone else not even think about exploring past the known galaxy, the horror of star wars is way scarier than any other horror icon such as Alien or The Thing.

[@Azmodari]

Darth nihilus was the sith lord who could drain life from people to basically be the Sith vampire yes? As for the rest my star wars lore is lacking

[@CRUSTYDUSTY1776]

@@Azmodari I haven't read about Darth Nihilus in a long time, but to my knowledge, yes, he could drain the life from anyone and anything, even planets if my memory serves me well.

[@Azmodari]

@@CRUSTYDUSTY1776 i personally haven't read about him but i remember watching some video talking about he drained the life from planets (while possibly meant literally i took it as he killed all life on it) did that a few times then they somehow trapped him on a planet by keeping ships from entering or leaving

[@Blessed_V0id]

Well Alien, particularly Alien vs predator, has some seriously fucked up shit ya know. Id say Star wars is just below but considering its not even technically a horror that's damn good

[@Baconator5642]

You know they accidently made project blackwing cannon through mentioning it in one of their guides?

[@victorbruant389]

Why aren't there deadly radiation levels at the Galactic Core, like in the Milky Way?

[@KomodoMagic]

The force works in mysterious ways

[@specimentality]

Milky way has a supermassive black hole in the center and, if I remember correctly, those emit a whole lot of radiation. There’s probably a lot of other radioactive stuff around there too. So maybe the core in the starwars galaxy is different than that of the milky way and it is something that’s not super radioactive?

[@psyrus728]

aksmithart yeah prob

[@commissarklink6060]

Celestials

[@jamesleduke873]

@@specimentality There's a supermassive black hole at the center of the GFFA. Lore says probes have been there and taken pictures.

[@cocacola4blood365]

Because seeing how screwed up the explored half is, nobody wants to add to it.

[@WastelandSeven]

And nobody on the western side wants anything to do with the rest of it either. LOL

[@SkullLeader]

Because Space Trump built a Space Wall.

[@stuartmolinski580]

Such a shame that none of this was explored in the new star wars movies. There's so much here which in my opinion is more than screen worthy. SMH Disney.

[@llively8272]

Such a shame that Disney made those movies. Like at all. Yeah.

[@CausticSpace]

Yuuzhan Vong type beat

[@heyheyitsjae2475]

Yeah. Like the only time we saw the Unknown Regions in the sequels was Ahch To which was one of the cooler plot points of Force Awakens. Would be cool if that was a "leap into the sea" sort of thing and the next two films could see our heroes exploring more unknown worlds

[@zoenayru]

If it doesn’t make money - Disney won’t take the risk - our social structure is so fragile that if it hurts certain people ‘feelings’ then controversy will start - and Disney avoids this at all cost - so they explore this only through comics and other mediums but not major films or tele series

[@tiredlocke]

"Here be dragons." Who wants to tangle with the force-sensitive hyperspace dragons prowling the unknown regions of the Western galaxy?

[@arch_2076]

Ooo ooo me! Me!

[@albertocast.2426]

That was a neat the expanse episode

[@Mr.pisserer]

it would be cool for a movie that takes place in the unknown regions in my opinion possibly about a jedi who escaped order 66 by going into the unknown regions

[@kyle18934]

Or he us so far out so he never knew the jedi order fell. Heck maybe there is another order of jedi or grey jedi who never connected with the order for hundreds or even thousands of years. Could you imagine fighting force sensitives that were properly trained to be implemented into the military as special units, and not just glorified generals.

[@thespiritphoenix3798]

I once tried to write a story about Three Jedi who escaped Order 66 and found refuge in the Silent Empire which is actually called the Mirrocracian Empire and is embroiled in a Political crises and several wars with other empires,slavers and rebels they try to survive and help stabilise it before the Empire make contact with them and see their weak state and declare war

[@corinaposada8119]

Maybr that can be where ashoka is during the sequeles

[@samlevy9897]

The spirit Phoenix 792 I would read that

[@mrvwbug4423]

Knights of Zakuul have entered the chat

[@WraYth-1776]

There is one extremely important meta-fact that everyone needs to consider. Nearly the entire lore of the Star Wars Galaxy, outside of the material in the movies, was created for the WEG Star Wars RPG by various writers, mostly without any input from Lucasfilm. That game & the material within it served as the seed for the lion’s share of the EU.

[@cheeseyoger]

And even within the EU, the lore isn't always consistent. While there's certainly a spirit of consistency a lot of writers shared--when you find cool stuff, you often want your stuff to happen in the same universe--it's not like it was all one google doc that they worked on together. There's not just one "Star Wars Galaxy" out there, some parts of lore will always be conflicting, "canon" depends a lot on which parts you like to combine the most

[@lonelychameleon3595]

The unexplored western region of the galaxy is really just where Earth is located and the barrier is the fictional characters unable to cross dimensions into the real world.

[@dbzispimpin]

Except they did, at least once Lol There's a comic where Han and Chewie crash land The Falcon on an uncharted grassy/ocean planet and Han is mortally injured by the natives and dies, leaving Chewie stranded and alone on the planet. Hundreds of years go by and a humanoid explorer comes across The Falcons crash site and discovers Hans remains sitting in the cockpit of The Falcon. The explorer was in the area investigating sightings of a giant man-ape. The planet is Earth, and the explorer is Indiana Jones. He accidentally unearthed The Falcon while he was investigating sightings of Chewie in the area. Locals mistook Chewie for a Bigfoot/Sasquatch. But nope, it's just Chewie. He's still alive, still stranded, surviving alone in the wild... As centuries passed, his loyalty to Han was still strong, as he kept close to his friends final resting place and the closest thing to home, The Millennium Falcon. *sadface emoji*

[@bloodydove5718]

na, "In a Galaxy Far Far Away..." Earth does exist in SW, but its not in the main star wars galaxy. It has made some appearances in SW, both canon and legends.. but never In the main universe. In canon, there is an "Earth" in the main galaxy though, and it is where humans "originated", but its called "Urthha" aka "New Earth" (time traveling tomfoolery took place). In Legends Urthha is Earth as we know it, but its not in the main galaxy.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

it we take lightspeed than all we see of Star Wars might as well be recordings that took a long time to travel between two galaxies far away.

[@racoonlittle1679]

@@dbzispimpin this is... so cool

[@rodrigobogado8756]

@@bloodydove5718 humans weren't originated from Curuscant in legends?

[@HighTierWitches]

When the rebel find Death Star wasn't actually created to kill rebel forces but something much more darker than the force

[@Lettucem3n]

That would be a much better theme for the sequels, but we had to have nostalgia Cntrl C+Cntrl V.

[@ARandomSpace]

@@Lettucem3n HISHE gave us the concept of a Death Star for the Resistance. This could be a cool show.

[@campeãodomundo2137]

Mugg Fallow

[@dairatorres5774]

I wanna see a Star Wars “documentary” that explains all the planets, aliens, legends, and other interesting stuff in the EU and it will be narrated by Neil Dgrass Tyson

[@GalaxyDogenut]

Yes lol.

[@chasetoyama8184]

Y e s.

[@joegarner4994]

And then a “planet earth” type documentary for random planets with sir David Attenborough narrating the flora/fauna

[@Kolek-sun-eater]

Yes please

[@teresaleite2892]

Yes

[@Jerry2die4]

"Why is half the Star Wars Galaxy UNEXPLORED?" *Mnggal-Mnggal and Celestials have entered the chat* "Allow us to introduce ourselves."

[@johnnygyro2295]

May the Force be with us all...

[@Urielization]

*The Ssi-ruu Empire and The Soros entered chat*

[@ratbat1072]

*The Vagaari and The Yuuzhan vong have entered the chat*

[@julianmasciocchi6348]

Tilotny has left the chat

[@julianmasciocchi6348]

Glad someone said it though. Supernatural Encounters: The Trial and Transformation of Arhul Hextrophon confirms that the Celestials created the barrier to protect the galaxy from the spread of Mnggal-Mnggal.

[@nick27072]

Palpatine: The Jedi are pathetic Also Palpatine: Kills an elderly man in his sleep

[@CaptainCoolzCT-]

I won’t like your comment because you have 42.0 likes

[@SMiki55]

@@CaptainCoolzCT- now I gave the 66th one

[@speco4375]

SMiki55 l Aqdfll

[@floatytrouty]

Ahhh yes the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise

[@Wanderingwalker-ke6mg]

They could make a real jaw dropper, of a horror series with this franchise. I’m picturing event horizon, with Thai fighters.

[@Local_Lich]

Darth Vader goes to Bangkok, a Star Wars story

[@tunadog1945]

Perhaps they could have a chess tournament there?

[@RicoX-17]

Thai Fighters 😂

[@boomboone47]

Darth Vader invades Thailand.

[@Flesh_Wizard]

Darth Vader becomes a ladyboy

[@M613M]

The sequel trilogy could have had their own Thanos with Abeloth. Oh well...

[@libertatempugnator9643]

I hear that, would have been cool to see some yusan vong on screen too

[@xELITExKILLAx]

Most people don’t like Abeloth.

[@kylepessell1350]

@@xELITExKILLAx It's understandable to not like Abeloth. Her existence is so monstrous that it almost caused Luke Skywalker to have a nervous breakdown at the peak of his power just from perceiving her. She's been sealed up as tight as a race of god-like beings knew how and still manages to influence a large part of the galaxy with her malice. Nothing and no one can stand against her so you just have to pray she never escapes.

[@Enchie]

Maybe a new empire from the unknown. A true war that isn't either a set up or a rebel verses empire.

[@alexojeda9048]

@@kylepessell1350 Oooh, the possibilities!!!

[@huntersteele1712]

I find it interesting that it’s the eastern side that is explored, and everything west was unknown. It feels heavily influenced by western exploration in our own history

[@taSpaceCowboy]

Yea and Hutta space is like the middle east where the core planets are like Europe

[@dsdy1205]

I mean if you flip the map upside down it's now the unexplored eastern region

[@in4mal_baker270]

@@dsdy1205 I mean, is there really even an east or west in a galaxy?

[@maxvarjagen9810]

@@dsdy1205 That wouldn't work because you'd be flipping north and south too.

[@maxvarjagen9810]

​@@in4mal_baker270 A galaxy is a disc with a center, 360 degrees and a reference point. What people call East depends on what reference point they choose, and what cardinal direction they associate it with. People would naturally use the home system of the dominant species as a reference point. Assuming that's Coruscant, and they agree to place it at true North, then the first 180 degrees clockwise are objectively East.

[@tatemcilwain1775]

It’s so refreshing to be able to talk about star wars without having to argue about weather or not Disney ruined everything. I like learning about these stories even if they’re not canon.

[@Double-R-Nothing]

Same. I personally think most of those types of people are just looking for stuff to complain about.

[@ratzmoonmopes2695]

There is no such thing as "canon" or "legends". You sheeple need to stop talking about it and stop supporting that toxic mentality. That word is meaningless and pointless. There is no reason to ever use that word in any context. It is ALL Star Wars content. Period. Nothing more to it. Anybody who debates over canon is automatically proving they are bad, illogical, unintelligent and has a malfunctional brain.

[@Augie13]

Theory: The Force is blocking the paths because it doesn't want any crazy Skywalker family tiffs from entering and ruining the rest of the galaxy. ;)

[@marrqi7wini54]

Or taking it elsewhere.

[@ThatGuyKazz]

Jokes on them there are a whole bunch more "Skywalkers" in the unknown region than there is in explored space. If you didn't know "Skywalkers" are what the Chiss call force sensitive children (usually females) that have the ability to use force navigation otherwise known as instinctive astrogation which is one of the few ways that hyperspace travel actually works in the unknown region.

[@mrmacguff1n]

I find Abeloth to be scarier than most SCPs

[@tanith117]

Thats Cosmic horror for you.

[@tmdtommy]

Yep.

[@Hawkens4k]

Even more than the foundation?

[@mrmacguff1n]

@@Hawkens4k it's a close one, to be fair she is in a galaxy far far away. But that was a long time ago, and chances are the galaxy has been devoured. And she kept moving....

[@nathanielpearman9169]

Laughs in scarlet king

[@Aanteatur]

Every gamer knows that "unexplored" and "restricted zones" means loot drops available😗

[@TKnightcrawler]

The Atlas explains that hyperlanes are at least in part man-made. The more people navigate a path, the more data can be uploaded to cartography networks, the that hyperlane can be optimized; rinse and repeat. Kinda like speedrunning.

[@blackshogun272]

TKnightcrawler Jori and Gav Daragon fucked up the galaxy, the last time someone went "exploring" 😂

[@jordancheema591]

Yall better get ready for Star Wars: The "West" side of the galaxy. Its going to be almost exactly the same, exept in this one "West" Mace Windu kills "West" count Duku and Jango Fette on "West" genosis. "West" skywalker still releases his anger though but only attacking sand planets.

[@pdbouie]

Westside is the best side of course till Disney comes along.......js

[@arianas0714]

West side is a very wild side of the Galaxy.

[@balashibuyeeter2704]

ITS THE WILD WEST

[@samlevy9897]

balashibu yeeter Does that mean we’re gonna have Jedi cowboys?

[@4753cjb]

I would imagine with the way they like to release new versions of the same movies they will just flip the orientation of the movie left to right and call it "Stare Wars: Galaxy West".

[@edwardkenway148]

The Covenant sweating hard while looking at all these planets that could be glassed

[@theinked3733]

LMAO

[@flawless_Cowboy]

The Covenant when they see a planet with another species minding their own business: is for me? 🤭

[@theinked3733]

Flawless Cowboy The covenant: Taste unholy

[@Matthew-li7we]

You could hide entire empires in some of these "blank" areas of the map. Especially on that map at 6:30.

[@patrickdoss25]

You should read the books about Luke Skywalker and his new Jedi Order and the New Republic teaming up in the Yuuzhan Vong War and their anti-Force biotechnology weapons!

[@John-Stark]

*Laughs in Zakuulian*

[@qtflip965]

there are some stories about the unknown region and how OP some of these empires are. i’m talking about WAY WAY WAY more advanced then the republic / empire

[@acaratorchadeath]

@@qtflip965 would u mind sharing some names that I can look up about those stories? I'm really intrigued

[@figjam9530]

true. maybe you could call it something cool like "the Eternal Empire" and give the emperor a badass name like Valkorian. or maybe have a cool alien from the unknown regions that rises up the ranks of Palpatine's empire and is so badass that he almost reunifies the empire after Palpatine's death. he could be blue, or something, and be called Mitth'raw'nurudo. no, that's too complicated, better call him Thrawn instead.

[@helmuthelmlos5067]

would be funny if westwards would be this huge as empire thats like "yeah we know you east guys exist but you do all this crazy shit so we decided to block you out"

[@Metatronio]

Basically the Chiss

[@marrqi7wini54]

@@Metatronio I think you got the spirit but not exactly there. I'm thinking what Helmut described is more of a highly powerful and massive civilization that can control what happens in that part space. (An ancient power or civilization that is very powerful in the force and/or extremely advanced with technology. Think of like "the ones" or forerunners.) The Chiss are strong but are nowhere near that powerful. (If they were the far outsiders (Or Vong depending on which canon you use.) wouldn't be a threat to them or are so strong the galaxy wouldn't hope to beat it if they fall. And they would not need the inner galaxy's help for anything.

[@arnoldkearimal]

"Council of Elders, the crazy inhabitants of the eastern part of the Galaxy have done it again. They've let an evil man kill off the monks protecting them, and were totally OK with a moon sized military station...which then blew up a peaceful planet." "All in favor of continuing our policy of 'no thanks, we're good, you stay over there'?"

[@samlevy9897]

Now I’m just imagining some New Republic ships coming out of hyperspace at the border of the unknown region, only to find a system-spanning neon sign that simply says “NO”

[@esns625]

like the eternal empire?

[@brianmuir8783]

Because Earth is in the Unknown Regions and we have ENOUGH to deal with lol

[@marcseegers918]

Earth is in a different galaxy

[@cl4655]

@@marcseegers918 technically rightl

[@JonasWiefield]

Wouldn't that be the greatest plot twist of all time!

[@Finn_7117]

Didn’t you see the whole “in a galaxy far far away”?

[@ReVocals]

@@Finn_7117 yeha I would facepalm but im trying to be quiet heheheh

[@michaelrodriguez5722]

8:00 is where you start to get the answer. A long one

[@ZoeMalDoran]

In one of the NJO books, Danni Quee brings up the in-universe theory that the Star Wars galaxy is colliding with a "Dark Matter Galaxy" that only interacts gravitationally with normal space - as the two galaxies slowly pass through each other, the gravity wells from the normal stars and the "Dark Matter stars" interact from different angles, opening and closing hyperspace routes into the Unknown Regions and also locking and unlocking different areas within that vast area.

[@JohnCephas]

what is NJO?

[@billybob-zk9nm]

New Jedi Order. Its the (i think) 19 book series around the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. Read the whole thing and quite honestly, its one of the best series ove read, though it did cost me around $210 for the whole thing. Id say money well spent

[@billybob-zk9nm]

John Cephas ^

[@DillonX-xg7cy]

Luke basically becomes God

[@llively8272]

@@DillonX-xg7cy Yeah. I think that's kinda bruh.

[@thecypher7607]

"Warning! Scanners detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms within the sector. Are you certain that whatever your doing is worth it?"

[@TheHanzilla]

When I was younger, I use to imagine that Earth was in the Unknown Regions lol

[@zachduperron8543]

It seems likely, same thing as I was thinking. Earth would definitely be in that area.

[@epiczombiedoctor5961]

@@zachduperron8543 It would defintly be out there since its in a galaxy far far away. And probably full of dinosaurs

[@MaharoMaharo]

Truly wonderful, the mind of a king is - Yoda, basically

[@Cybernaut551]

Imagine exploring the Earth's solar system except it's in the Star Wars Galaxy.

[@bobthebuilder1360]

@@Cybernaut551 earth be on fire n shit

[@BillyLPrice]

Last time I was this early, Palpatine wasn’t the senate yet

[@corbinn3067]

Nice one.

[@Zen-sx5io]

Last time I was this early, Anakin didn't hate sand.

[@thiccchungo1041]

@Zen Zeno 2011 impossible, he’s always hated sand

[@davidordaz5251]

Last time I was this early obi wan still had the high ground

[@pdbouie]

That's why it's called Legends!!!

[@Grz349]

I like the idea that if space travel can be as risky as is sometime claimed by Star Wars, keeping track of which routes are safe should be a very complicated job.

[@blueshadow7386]

Unknown Regions:exists Palpatine: It's free real estate

[@johnnygyro2295]

Also Palpatine: "Literally, it's free real estate. Go make make me some colonies damn it!"

[@onieni9779]

U N L I M I T E D free real estate.

[@alexrunarpalsson410]

I find it weird that in the Clone wars most planets are treated like one nation. Like there is only one leader and if there looking for someone it's so fast but there searching an ENTIRE planet.

[@KHANSTER1029]

Yeah, it's one of my gripes about Star Wars. Couldn't some planets have different types of people or at least different biomes? How cool would it be if Kashyyyk had different types of wookiees like desert Wookiees or polar Wookiees rather than the standard jungle ones.

[@mr.battle20]

Gee, it's almost as if they're unified civilizations part of a larger Galactic Republic or something ...

[@DJTimeLock]

wasnt that the case on naboo tho?

[@Rayvenns]

@@KHANSTER1029 we have naboo and an exploded alderaan but it'll be nice to have more

[@tetraxis3011]

@@KHANSTER1029 Nabor is like that. There is the Human part of Naboo, and the Nation of the Gungans.

[@phoenix05892]

In Kotor 2, Kreia says that the "True Sith" lie beyond the known reaches of the our galaxy. These Sith are so powerful that absorbing all the life on a planet is child's play to them. I'm so surprised this was never brought in any kind of star wars media especially since Kreia also says that Revan left the republic and their galaxy to go fight these Sith.

[@jessemisner3351]

sadly KotOR is not cannon

[@blastech4095]

QUOTE: "Unknown Regions: The westward arm of the galaxy is mapped but largely unexplored. Who knows what lurks in the dark spaces beyond the frontiers of galactic civilization?" - The Official Galaxy Map QUOTE: "If an item does not appear in our records, it does not exist." ―Jocasta Nu to Obi-Wan Kenobi, responding to the notion that an unknown planet could exist somewhere in the galaxy (Ep2 AotC). So an "UNKNOWN" planet in Star Wars means nobody has visited and studied that planet and recorded it in any kind of detail, however, every star system in the whole galaxy is known of in the sense that is recorded in master maps and the Jedi archives, even those in the "unknown regions" & satellite galaxies. This is similar to remote forests and islands on Earth; we can see them all with satellites and can map out the whole world, but not every remote island or forest has been visited and studied, and some places are harder to get to. Link for the quote from galaxy map: photos.app.goo.gl/hGTwuCMPScZqx4EL7

[@dakotamartin7745]

I think what I find so interesting about the history of exploration and travel in the Star Wars universe is that it could mirror or parallel our own future. Being that our galaxy is just so massive, I can totally see future human space exploration favor a certain sector of the galaxy, do to an abundance of resources or something like that, and leave out the another side by accident. Then, after that one well explored sector has been well colonized and explored, we look to the other side and wonder "what's over there? why haven't we explored there before?", thus creating our own "unknown region" of the galaxy. Awesome vid, Eck, keep up the great work!

[@normalityrelief]

You incredible people who spend so much time and talent piecing all of this together are literally laying the groundwork for when we develop the capabilities to do this in our own galaxy. Cheers!

[@demonshade4120]

Eckharts Ladder is the smartest Star Wars doge. And that is a Fact.

[@jh-ij4by]

Is it possible to learn this power

[@SMiki55]

@@jh-ij4by not from the cats

[@jh-ij4by]

@@SMiki55 😹but cats have the High Ground they climb trees

[@youknowihadtodoittoem3579]

@@jh-ij4by so do apes.

[@silverrain530]

Much smart, very Star Wars, wow

[@hikaruyasha7849]

Gee I don’t know. The woman with the creepy smile and blood dripping from her mouth might have something to do with it. Lol. Great video

[@anthonyg2219]

her name is Abeloth

[@yeehawhomie5749]

The first time I saw her she was my sleep paralysis demon for 2 months, it was nothing serious though. 😏

[@anthonyg2219]

@@yeehawhomie5749 2 years After reading FOTJ she still haunts me

[@yeehawhomie5749]

@@anthonyg2219 She's the only Star Wars character that scares the shit out of me.

[@sesshomarutomioka9220]

@@yeehawhomie5749 link plzzz

[@carycomic1954]

Interesting parallel; one reason why there are still a surprising number of uncharted islands in the Pacific Ocean is due to the fact that all the shipping lanes followed today date back to the time when sailing ships were basically restricted to the areas known to have consistent wind currents.

[@metalfatigue708]

That’s something I’ve always wondered about, given that the Milky Way is approximately 100 000 light years to across, and assuming that your travelling at around 0.2C (achievable if you have a operating fusion drive - other methods can get you up to 0.8C) that just 500 000 years to cross it just in generation ships, sure you’d need to stop, refuel and reprovision but 99% of this would be spent coasting between stars. With Clark tech like hyperdrive propulsion you could drop that to tens of thousands of years or less

[@FXIIBeaver]

500,000 years on earth.

[@metalfatigue708]

FXIIBeaver - only reference I have, sadly

[@crispybaguette8670]

Warp drives from Star Trek are faster

[@metalfatigue708]

Crispy Baguette faster than anything we’re fairly certain can be built with our current understanding of physics, but nowhere near as fast as hyperdrives, it was going to take voyager 70 years in one of Star fleets fastest ships to get back from the delta quadrant before they messed with Borg trans-warp conduits. While in Star Wars crossing the galaxy takes a few months. Only thing I can think of that’s faster is Warhammer 40ks warp drive, where you can (maybe) arrive before you leave

[@grimaldusgonzalez6122]

@@metalfatigue708 in the dune universe you can travel anywhere in an instant with fold space tech

[@chippsdubbo990]

Long story short there are a lot of nopes

[@johnbragg2652]

Ok guys, let’s go, into the unknown regions! Nope, let’s not fight the giant space worm, how about this way, nope, hostile civilization is bad, how about this last way? Seems good, guess it’s fi- NOPE NOPE NOPE GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE DEATH LASERS LETS GO BACK HOME

[@TheDeltaSight]

N'zoth being an actual, real planet in star wars will never *not* get me

[@Rigiroony]

My daddy said he was going to the unknown regions to get milk...

[@aloevera3317]

that blue milk is something else

[@doges_6864]

But the Milky-way isn't a thing lol

[@centurymemes1208]

what started this joke of daddy went missing? is it because of westerners not taking responsibility and most dads left? joke or not i want to know the details

[@traumatizedgermansoldier3856]

@@centurymemes1208 yes

[@humandisaster3902]

I love that the maps were sort of "spot the planets you recognise" and there's so many I didn't know. To be honest there were a lot I didn't care about but it was interesting seeing the distance between say Dantooine and Coruscant or Tython being in the dead set core, Balmorra sometimes being referred to as a Core World but not being dead set Core like Alderaan and Coruscant.

[@tetraxis3011]

Apart from the core, I could only find Ryloth.

[@LOLjerel]

I couldn't imagine disney giving us this much density in lore. They'd probably explain it in one sentence like: "Space big & Scary" or "It's a story for another time"

[@Darkrunn]

"Somehow we can't explore there..."

[@casbot71]

How easy would it be to hide in the Galaxy? Bounty Hunting would seen impossible if someone moved offworld and just changed their name … even just changing their first name to Ben from Obi-Wan while keeping the same surname was enough to throw off the entire Empire and the Inquisitors.

[@joshshirley9488]

I’m sure they have methods , programs that scorer footage and calls and stuff we use today but more advanced .

[@shawnhutchinson479]

i dont think many people knew about Ben Kenobi besides Owen Beru and Luke himself..most other people that he encountered on Tatooine were most likely outlaws or dealers or scavengers smugglers jawas ect... and to top it off Jabba the Hutt ruled Tatooine and he was the law that mattered there not the Empire, so either most the people he encountered which wasnt many cuz its a desolate desert planet very scarce population, but they were either people trying to avoid imperial encounters or people who worked for the Hutts or ust didnt give a shit, not to mention he probably didnt go around telling everyone his name was Ben Kenobi probably most people knew him as just Ben..

[@mrvwbug4423]

There were a few factors for sure. One, Kenobi could probably mind trick most people he came across into thinking he was just some harmless hermit. Tatooine as was mentioned was under Hutt control and many of the people there were the type that didn't want to be found. Bounty Hunters would probably mostly take easier bounties when they could, catch some low hanging fruit like spacers that owe money to the Hutts, etc. Most bounty hunters were probably not good enough to take down a Jedi and you can't claim a reward if you're dead. And lastly, Kenobi probably spent a lot of time trying to mask his presence in the force so that Palpatine, Vader and the inquisitors would be less likely to sense his presence unless they were very close to him.

[@soniaromero5531]

Grand Admiral Thrawn : I require no glory on results for my emperor

[@noangles1564]

Because there a giant face smiling at them?

[@ftjp2328]

I think it’s meant to be abeloth (basically the most powerful creature in Star Wars legends).

[@johnverick-smith9794]

@@ftjp2328 That's actually the reason for the Maw. Its her prison basically.

[@odiadordeisrael]

@@walterdayrit675 I'm sorry what?

[@tjhigs]

Walter Dayrit Youre being ridiculous. The sequels could’ve been more yes, but certain writers and groups don’t subject to that criticism, such as Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau

[@felixdumbravescu2725]

Well thats a good a reason as any....

[@theghost6412]

I get the feeling somewhere it was mentioned, the Unknown Regions were vaguely mapped out, but the information was deleted. Mind you they are mapped out by someone out there. The Chiss more than likely know exactly what is out there and where. reason for them being so powerful, to defend themselves from what they know is out there. And the Rakata most definately know what is there and where everything is since they ruled the entire area as well as everywhere else. I suppose if they wanted to get technical, they could say somewhere in that area is our Earth. The reason why we dont see much alien traffic is for that reason, no one really knows we are here. Remember E.T.'s race is now canon for starwars, we got to see his race in a senate scene, and they visited earth.

[@musclegeek1991]

"A long time ago IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY." Earth is not in the star wars galaxy.

[@ancientwarrior3482]

@@musclegeek1991 Nor do we know how long time ago was it exactly

[@musclegeek1991]

But the point is the whole “galaxy far far away” part

[@theghost6412]

@@musclegeek1991when they say far far away, even if Earth is right out on the outter rim of the unknown regions, it is still far far away. However I think you are right and we are not part of that one but are perhaps in a direct neighbouring galaxy. Since we know there are other races in the Starwars mythos that came from other neighbouring galaxies. And the E.T. race is fully capable of traveling to other galaxies to explore.

[@zemaddonzo3504]

What irritates me is that there was so much untapped potential with the sequels. I think somewhere in the movies, Snoke was said to have been from the unknown regions. Maybe they could have visited these regions, and more worldbuilding could have been done, looking at more interesting worlds and all

[@g3heathen209]

if this map was of the milky way, where would the earth lie?

[@carlosbalazs2492]

Probably in the unknown regions, based on what I've seen from milky way maps

[@larrydavison8298]

www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/milkyway.html You realize, that is like asking, if this map of Venus was of Earth, where is Perdue?

[@nicolasinvernizzi6140]

earth is between 25 to 30.000 light years from the galactic core in the Orion arm, wich is a minor arm conected to one of the main galactic arms. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Artist%27s_impression_of_the_Milky_Way_%28updated_-_annotated%29.jpg

[@jamesshaw3500]

I thought it was a good question. And thanks of sending the links.

[@remenencenda768]

in the far rim somewhere

[@warlordgrandadmiralthrawn1096]

A few things that you didn’t mention are that species in the Unknown Regions did explore near their homeworlds, just not far enough to make contact with the Republic/Empire/New Republic. These include Chiss, Killiks, Ssi-Ruuvk, etc. Some species such as the Chiss and Nuso Esva’s species had very large territories there. Then the Empire of the Hand came around. They explored 250 sectors worth of the Unknown Regions and Wild Space. That is the vast majority of the Unknown Regions.

[@Angelfyre.]

Csilla is in the Unknown Regions. I didn’t realize just how far away the Chiss homeworld was from Coruscant. They must have star maps of the Regions around their home system

[@DardS8Br]

I just realized that the bendu is probably a celestial

[@dinoseatpeople8655]

Bruh

[@aSmelly1]

I'd be inclined to hit doubt on that. In legends, weird force sensitive creatures aren't all that uncommon. Lookin at you, Master Thon. It's possible that Bendu is just one of those weirdos and all his bros have died out.

[@DardS8Br]

Matthew true

[@_djob1303]

I would love to see a series about a Squad of Stormtroopers or sth exploring the unknown regions and encountering a secret cult or anything like that.

[@ItsButterBean1020]

Ø_djob just them being driven mad by Abeloth

[@ryanwalters8026]

Or maybe a split imperial faction?

[@tanith117]

Out bound flight. Luke and Mara jade travel on an exploration vessel to determine what happened to a republic colonization effort led by Jedi into the unknown region. The 501st are there too.

[@blackshogun272]

Ø_djob there are terrible cults just like The Five that exist across the galaxy and we all known damn well that some be lurking around in the Unknown Regions. Feel bad for those spacers going on a nice ole trip to their cousins but end up get kid napped and tortured (psychologically/physically) for half a century and then offed in the most brutal of ways. And all this, for the sick pleasure and approval of their obscene and blasphemous gods that died off eons ago...

[@fbswampfox]

I need to explore the Unknown Regions. NPC: “Here, let me mark it on your map.” *Proceeds to mark the middle of a blank space on the map*

[@LateNightHalo]

Did this boi pronounce Mario “mare-ee-o”

[@dbkwk9]

Oh hey

[@lisatrappedmeinygsbasement848]

aint that how ur supposed to pronounce it?? Wtf

[@Remiel-Sayo]

@@lisatrappedmeinygsbasement848 yeah not sure what thid guy is trying to proved

[@notafanofmarch5th515]

Such an obscure comment

[@SirElyk]

@@lisatrappedmeinygsbasement848 lol

[@maxis2k]

"We're going to look at legends..." (because the canon is a joke now).

[@DanteKG.]

If I remember correctly that section of the galaxy was sealed off to contain an otherwise unstopable entity. Its name is Mnggal-Mnggal

[@Azmodari]

I am not remotely familiar with this story

[@davidabest7195]

Yep the Celestials built it to quarantine Mnggal Mnggal from spreading any further.

[@luissantiago5163]

Oh yeah this story! Really interesting stuff. Cool *edit* Subbed to the second channel. Hyped to binge.

[@anne.andromeda]

One thing. Yuzhang Vong came to the galaxy from outside of it. Plus we know about other visitors from near by galaxies. So intergalactic travel is not only posible but in used in practice. So, couldn't they just get to galaxy's edge, circulate galaxy and then just get into Unknown regions from the other side?

[@Raptor4884]

The Yuzhann Vong had to enter it the slow way. As in without using their FTLs to cross into the Galactic rim. Think of it as driving through a construction zone where the Speed limit drops from 70mph to 25mph. But once your past it you can speed up.

[@iratepirate3896]

The book mentions that Vector Prime is pretty unique; a spot in space where it is easier to breach the hyperspace anomaly near Belkadan and Helska

[@erikbergqvist83]

That would be logical, the reasonable thing to do... This is Star Wars good sir, and we have our own way to handle this! ;-)

[@blackshogun272]

Mate I'd honestly be more afraid of what hides beyond the dimensional borders. If the ancient portals to Otherspace ever open again, the galaxy is royally fucked...

[@RedLithic]

From what I remember they returned from outside the galaxy, unless their original planet also came from outside the galaxy.

[@zaberfang]

Disney needs to have a horror branch of the star wars universe.

[@zaberfang]

@@alexmuzquiz5333 Pretty much, but it should explore the diversity of dangerous planets, the wild space and their biome.

[@TalkingAboutYooh]

Isn't the sequel trilogy horrifying enough?

[@zaberfang]

@@TalkingAboutYooh No, it's more on the stupid side. Not horror.

[@Lomein_49]

@@zaberfang missed the joke

[@zaberfang]

@@Lomein_49 There's a difference between a joke and a bad joke.

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

Master: Everything the Force Touches, is our Galaxy. Padawan: What's that over there? Master: That's West, dear Padawan, we do not go there...

[@patrick.1138]

Great video, new subscriber on both channels, really liking your content and presentation. One major correction: Hyperspace lanes are NOT naturally-occurring phenomena and they do NOT make travel faster due to any inherent characteristic* other than efficient course-plotting. If you read through The Essential Atlas (or similarly reputable sources), it explicitly states, more than once, that they are merely safe pathways that have been manually mapped. That's it. They're free of gravitic mass shadows, anomalies, and other major hazards, and they're maintained by the Bureau of Ships and Services (unless it's a secret lane maintained by militaries or private parties likes Hutts and smugglers). Due to supply and demand, the MAJOR lanes are the most useful and therefore kept the most up-to-date and safe to travel upon. Most navicomputers by circa 1,000 BBY update BoSS's database periodically (storing data on each jump until uploading at a registered port) and it's a criminal offense to tamper with a ship's ability to help maintain safe hyperspace lane mappings -- literally imagine being forced to "opt-in" to sending anonymous usage data to "help improve stability/performance" on real-world software, since it's for public safety and commerce in this case. Major lanes have wider births and are endlessly maintained thanks to their heavy traffic; minor or seldom-traveled lanes may fall into "disrepair" or become outdated in the sense of no longer being safe due to stellar drift or other variables. * Technically there is one phenomenon that improves the actual efficacy of a hyperspace lane, and that is the Empire's cutting-edge practice of S-thread boosting -- an exorbitantly costly and laborious process of lacing a lane with S-thread "boosters." Not much on it, but it did pop back up in Disney's canon. It's very "recent" in Star Wars history (Original Trilogy era) and had nothing to do with the colonization or mapping of any part of the galaxy. In all other contexts, hyperlanes are said to be plain old vacuum spacetime (EDIT: and their 1:1 hyperspace-volume equivalents). They're just safe routes. If you ever want an extra fact-checker, I have a pretty hefty library of pre-Disney material and I used to do a lot of work on Wookieepedia. Just reply here if it strikes your fancy. MTFBWY

[@existential_sad_boi]

Good lord i wish the EU was still getting expanded as frequently as it was. There is so much potential in westward exploration, we just need an ex machina to allow it lmao

[@iamthesenate6246]

Yeah and now Brexit happened it's just getting smaller lol

[@grandadmiralmanatee]

3:13 that one planet one the right called “Shinbone”

[@NCRVeteranRanger]

There might also be a planet named “Balchinia”, home to a near-human species known as the Ballchinians.

[@slothking1791]

The unknown regions of space is our reality and the ones separate us from them and they send visions to the people who write star wars 😂😂

[@lisatrappedmeinygsbasement848]

WHAT IS THAT PFP😭😭😭😭

[@surviverta842]

The writes must be force sensitive

[@llively8272]

They'll let you pass if you amuse them. That's why the Star Wars Holiday Special was all about.

[@Littlemilkjug533]

I say it’s a third!!! A third sir

[@Zen-sx5io]

Agreed sir.

[@noahlogsgswv9743]

Yes Sir

[@KimekaKuroyukiCH2nd]

Planets in star wars: yo bro use hyperspace and come over lol Planets irl: an amazing feet of engineering

[@reshiramwings5000]

I think it had to do with the Kwa, the ancient civilization from the Dawn of the Jedi series. They did have Infinity Gates that were more efficient and reliable than Hyper Drives. There once was a Prime Gate on Tython, which is a planet that had the original Jedi. And, if I remember correctly, Darth Vader visited that planet in a cannon comic. The Prime Gates are Infinity Gates that can take users anywhere they want without the use of another Infinity Gate on the other side. Maybe the unexplored half of the galaxy has multiple of them, and the Kwa did something to prevent them from being discovered, like the one on Tython.

[@sorianovossfamily2630]

Our Universe: OH MY GOD WE GOT A PERSON ON THE MOON!!! Star Wars: Pathetic