
Galaxies are also almost always at extreme distances from each other. All the Star Wars stories AND fan fiction could probably fit in one millionth of one galaxy, or less. From your question, it doesn't seem like you appreciate the enormity of a single galaxy, let alone the universe. So yes, "just" one galaxy.īeing able to see other galaxies is very different from being able to travel to them.Ĭheck out the math of how many stars are in one galaxy (hundreds of billions), and how many galaxies we think are in our known universe. The story takes place "In a galaxy far, far away" - that is, in one galaxy, that doesn't include ours, so not the entire universe. Is there any canon material that suggest that traveling between galaxies is done? If not, is there a canon explanation why they don't? If the entire universe has been documented, why wouldn't they go to those other galaxies? The technology seems to be advanced enough to hop to another galaxy. When Obi-wan is looking for Kamino (the rain planet with the cloners) the librarian says something like "If it's not in our records, it doesn't exist", so she must be convinced that the entire universe has been explored.


This strongly leads me to believe there should actually be more galaxies in the Star Wars universe (hehe).Īnother thing, I think it's safe to assume that even if the entire saga takes place in one single galaxy, their researchers can observe other galaxies (I think we started doing that in the 1600s, and they are a lot more technologically advanced than we were back then). Star Wars has many different sentient races, and the way they are presented suggests that most planets are host to only one of them (some exceptions like naboo). To my understanding a galaxy isn't very big compared to the universe itself.

"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away."ĭoes this mean that the entire Star Wars saga takes place in a single galaxy?
