Lucasfilm Updates Star Wars Galaxy Map, and Fans Are Nerding Out Over Its New Locations and Lore

Star Wars fans rejoice: Lucasfilm has relaunched its immense task to representation the sci-fi saga's galaxy, and published a hugely-detailed representation with much than 500 planets.

Ever wondered however acold it is from Tatooine to Hoth? How hidden Yoda truly was, poked distant successful his swamp connected Dagobah? Or however acold distant from the galactic halfway Jakku truly is? Now you tin find out.

More of the galaxy's mysterious Unknown Regions person been mapped — and look, there's Exegol, the Sith satellite from Rise of Skywalker that Rey had to clasp an aged dagger up to the skyline and infiltrate the aged Death Star successful bid to find. If lone she had this map, that movie mightiness person made much sense.

Exegol isn't the map's farthest planet, however, contempt however hard that movie suggested the travel would beryllium to get determination (and contempt fractional of the postulation seemingly past being capable to crook up anyway). Notably, the Unknown Regions besides incorporate Csilla, homeworld of the secretive blue-skinned Chiss race, whose astir celebrated subordinate is Grand Admiral Thrawn.

Not each Star Wars satellite you whitethorn person heard of is shown. Key omissions from the representation see "extragalactic" locations housed extracurricular the main Star Wars galaxy, specified arsenic clone mill satellite Kamino, and Peridea, the satellite visited successful Ahsoka aft the amusement moves to an wholly antithetic postulation altogether.

Lucasfilm has said it volition support the representation updated implicit clip with periodic revisions, and volition besides merchandise much elaborate determination maps for high-density areas, specified arsenic the Inner Rim, Colonies, Core and Deep Core.

Star Wars' revamped postulation map. Image credit: Lucasfilm.

You tin cheque retired the afloat representation here, and past there's a immense database of each satellite featured present that's the champion mode to way down precisely what you're looking for.

Next up from the Star Wars beingness volition beryllium a 2nd play of Ahsoka, and a large surface debut for The Mandalorian & Grogu. Ryan Gosling is besides heading to the postulation far, acold distant successful 2027 movie Star Wars: Starfighter.

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