The Entire Star Wars Galaxy Explained

the Star Wars Galaxies was absolutely massive it contained about four hundred billion stars which is quite a lot more than we have in our own galaxy and spread out over a considerably smaller area - not all of these stars had habitable worlds or even worlds at all of course and far from all of them had been charted by the civilized galaxy even at the latest known point in the timeline the Republic it was estimated contained about 3 million inhabited systems far from all the habitable systems in the galaxy but even then that's quite a lot of worlds incomplete as it was the known galaxy was still massive an incredible backdrop against which the stories of star wars are set we think it's about time to take a look at that backdrop so in this video we'll be exploring the entire Star Wars galaxy attention sergeant on deck behold the galaxy now we could spend this video of listing numbers like we did at the start figures about celestial bodies their distribution how many inhabited planets there were and whatnot but we weren't what this video is instead going to be about is how the galaxy worked how its various planets winds are connected not just what those planets were which brings us to the map you're seeing on screen now this is a map of the explored galaxy as it was in nineteen BBY at the end of the Clone Wars each dot represents a star system or in some cases a cluster of star systems and the lines connecting them represent hyperspace routes this obviously is in all of them but it is most of the important ones there are likely a fair few of you trying to make sense of the region classifications you're seeing on screen too so let's get into that the highlighted areas are divisions within civilized space though likely not the ones you're used to Astra graphically speaking the civilized galaxy was divided between the deep core the core the colonies the inner rim the expansion region the mid room and the outer rim representing the rings in which the Republic more or less spread out from the core we won't be using those categories today they have their uses but ultimately they don't properly convey how the galaxy worked which is ultimately what we're looking at here so instead we've drawn these regions based on the miscellaneous regions and clients States map from the essential Atlas which categorizes worlds more effectively for our purposes obviously these regions don't cover all of the map so let's discuss what lies beyond the borders of the civilized galaxy that big empty patch in the Western quadrant of the map was the Unknown Regions a patch of almost completely unexplored space that was separated from the rest of galaxy by a chain of hyperspace disturbances the unknown regions which were home to a myriad of odd Rhett's and hidden secrets are worth the video of their own but for our purposes today just keep in mind that they were well unknown the Republic knew of a few species out there like the ricotta and the chips but not much everything else that's not shaded is what we call wild space wild space was somewhat known to galactic civilization but it was very much still frontier and poorly explored this map displays three major patches of wild space one west of the western reaches which included Endor Bakura Syria and rad attack and one south of the trailing sectors which included Socorro pantora and all manner of underworld bastions wild space was an unofficial classification the effective borders of which were constantly changing but all regions of it had one thing in common galactic law rarely existed there the galaxy also had seven satellite dwarf galaxies that were also considered wild space only two of which were really accessible companion auric also known as the Rishi maze and companion Besh also known as fire fist fire fist was home to the negai and the tops two species that made contact with the New Republic after the Battle of Endor while the planet Kamino lay between the Rishi maze and the rest of the galaxy now let's get into the civilized galaxy starting with the deep core the most central region of the galaxy was actually one of the least explored due to the nature of the place the deep core was a churning mess of gravitational anomalies and hyperspace disturbances which resulted from the sheer number of stars packed into the area circling around the supermassive black hole at the galactic center those few hyperspace lanes that were forged here were constantly being erased by the stellar movement of the thirty billion stars which had a tendency to collide or rip out each other's cause as a result of this chaos there isn't much left in this region to talk about most of what was explored there was discovered and managed exclusively by the Republic in its final centuries and later by the Empire in fact this region was one of the last Imperial holdouts enduring long after croissant ville that said there were important worlds and civilizations here the most well known part of the deep core was a more stable strip of the region along the Kouros trunk line a route that ran from croissant to the Empress Etta system the seven worlds of that system formerly known as the Koro system before being renamed after their ruler United it were a crucial part of early intergalactic human civilization as the seven worlds were crucial sources of colony but aside from Teta and tithe on the berth world of the Jedi Order most of the deep core remained unexplored for most of the Republic's history most of the few worlds that were discovered there before the end of the Republic including Ojon Volcom and Constantia were essentially extensions of course civilizations and were seen as frontiers only in the last years of the Republic was major progress made in exploration here with another major route being forged from Teta to practice the ancient stronghold of Darth and Odin the route would continue from practice in a loop around galactic center to Biss Emperor Palpatine secret throne world though Biss has been left off this map as it was known only to a few during the Clone Wars from the deep core let's branch out into more familiar territory the Arrowhead the heart of the galaxy's core world this region was truly the core of galactic civilization and if any of the galaxy's regions were fully explored it's this one the arrowhead together with the Kouros trunkline worlds with the civilizations that once comprised the human core from which the Republic was formed 25,000 years under the Republic had essentially melted the civilizations of the Arrowhead to and while most worlds retained their own proud customs the arrowhead was effectively one big block the worlds of the arrowhead ranged generally speaking from croissants Alderaan on one side you had heavily urbanized industrial worlds and on the other you had peaceful idyllic political bastions most core worlds of course fell somewhere in between the arrowhead was built along two major trade routes the core word leg of the poly Mian trade route and the spin which is to say the upper portion of the Karelian run the Polly Mian worlds which included the crucial crossroad world prints will fall and the defender of the core an axis were once aligned with our second croissants ancient rival in the Republic's bid to colonize the galaxy the spin worlds which included expla were largely loyal to kuru son while Corellia had its own sphere of influence that generally stayed neutral in the conflict between the two civilizations there were plenty of other notes for Arrowhead worlds as well of course Randy Lee and kuat dominated the warship building business between them and had done so for millennia by the time of the Clone Wars Sir Percy camasta marine and Alderaan were esteemed political centers with long histories with Commerce and commerce being the foremost of the few non-human dominated Arrowhead civilizations scatter and the doll were crucial industrial systems while syrup in produced massive amounts of energy that was exported to systems across the core and our GAO was run by one of the intergalactic banking clans most notable branches our next region as you can see is pretty empty and that about sums the area up the negs were the parts of the core colonies and inner rim that were west of Khorasan bordering on the Unknown Regions named for their negative hyperspace coordinates the worlds in this region were generally seen as second-class by core welders as the region was still poorly explored by the time of the clone war and didn't have many major civilizations to discuss the only truly notable world in the negs was in zoth the homeworld of the rapidly xenophobic yellow fur which were known more for their extreme resistance to joining khalaqtu civilization than anything else our next region is the southern core a region of the core and colonies that while not quite as second class as the negs still wasn't quite as glamorous as the Arrowhead you'll notice that there are several enclaves of space marked in black on this one those represent client states which were independent civilizations that never fully merge with the Republic and instead entered into a sort of alliance with them the southern core has a lot of them each with their own extensive histories the door firm planet states and the boat or Enclave were two small civilizations that ruled about a dozen worlds each both highly militarized and locked in a constant war with each other on the fringes of the region was the out ricean Commonwealth a small pocket of about 200 worlds with a long history of wise Emperor's and cunning politicians ruled from Austria which was also known as the cart or THAAD lastly we have heard Greek space a pocket on the Rimmer trade route ruled by the her Gleeks of Jeju who once ruled a mighty trade empire before it ultimately merged with the Republic much of the rest of the southern core was composed of industrial Titans including Douro which needs no introduction fond or another of the galaxy's former shipyards Bala saw the galaxy's primary source of death sticks and colada which produced repulsor craft the southern core also had its share of political bastions including dental Gorman and and Dara one of the southern cause most well known worlds was a brigade array the start point for the Rimmer trade route and a notorious shadow port moving on we have the northern dependencies another fairly old region that stretched out from the core to the inner rim this region was largely dominated by a second during the Republic's expansionist period and as with many of the Republic's earliest colonies these worlds were generally among the better off worlds in the galaxy by the time of the Clone Wars and after the initial period of expansion they began pushing the frontier back themselves despite early expansions here the rim would edge of the northern dependencies was the Republic's northern border for well over ten thousand years as the region to the north proved challenging to penetrate for a variety of reasons as with the southern core the northern dependencies featured a client state within its borders the allied region of nuan nuan was a mini Empire of two hundred and twelve worlds ruled from a planet of the same name renowned for its philosophers artisans and politicians it was known to the Republic from early on as a beacon of civilization in the midst of uncharted space but quickly became an meshed in the Republic though it didn't officially join as an allied region until the Mandalorians attacked during the Mandalorian Wars among the most notable inhabitants of this region were the four stages of dworkin traversal philosophers whom Palpatine had statues of in his office along the Polli Mian run on the region's southern border were a bull Appa known for its university Castille a commerce coat stronghold and tieran a trade world known for its bazaars on the nearby Hylian way there were the heavily urbanized of UX in the resort world of Kampala and the infamous shadow port Bogdan a world of many moons the wealthy systems Palani and Panteleimon dominated the western half of the region being located along another major route that ran through those systems on the way to Doran the legendary homeworld of the Baron drew sages other key systems in the northern dependencies were the potpourri system which contained vital shipyards and military bases and Arcania a rich but frigid world that had influence on a galactic scale our next region is by far the largest and if this map looks intimidating well imagine what labeling it was like the slice is the name given to the region between the Polly Mian trade route and the Karelian run to hyperspace routes that effectively defined expansion in the early republic the first 15,000 years of Republic exploration efforts focused on this region as results right up and saw they first made contact with the Hutt's whose empire in those days ruled much of the rim would end of the region the core word part of the slice was perhaps the best of all the sub-regions here especially the worlds are located in the colonies many systems they're like memoria were former colonies of core worlds that as time went on became rich and made Kony's in their own right as memoria did with Karen Emilia hence the name of the region a number of other worlds in this part of this slice for military or industrial bastions including the Academy world on carried are the weapons making Titan Balmorra the trade giant den on and tell T which made many of the galaxy's droids other notable worlds in the inner slice were ants are the home of the goat Halsman on home to centrist fish who sold the healing agent Cole toe under on once ruled by a vicious Sith King to knob Apple Eemian run agricultural world and zell trois otherwise known as space vegas there were also two client states in the inner slice the kid slack regions and the hips consortium the kid slacker regions was a cluster of 192 worlds distributed evenly between three species who saw themselves as complementary and perfect and the rest of the galaxy is unholy resulting in a culture of isolationism the similarly isolationist hate consortium was a regional 93 system so shrouded the transitory mists a cluster of nebulas that shielded the systems from the outside galaxy and made ninth in the consortium nearly as bright as the day the hyphens were a race of matriarchal near humans who sheer wealth ensure the consortium was able to remain recused from galactic affairs for most of its history further rim wood was the exploitation region the nickname given to a swathe of expansion region that was really excited by core based companies early in the Republic's history leaving thousands of worlds dead sir Ilya Belasco and mim bon were among the most notable of the survivors of this exploitation while Umbara was also located in this part of the galaxy past this point the slice effectively split up into two sub regions north and south of Hutt space respectively with the space that lay between mostly containing Hut dominated worlds like a breaker and dead world's slack ruse on the southern slice was a bit of a mixed bag many of the galaxy's most notable civilizations were located near this area's leg of the Karelian run including the telepathic spacefarers of ik touch the master manipulators of Faline various violent mini Empires spawned from and oh the hunters of Rodia and the Twi'leks of Ryloth the outer Karelian run also featured a number of economically crucial worlds like the famous shadow Portman Gaza and the rich crystalline world of Chris ptosis not far off the run in this part of the slice was both in space a client state run from both away by the boffins a species known for its spies and informants Grimwood of both in space however the southern slice got a bit more treacherous that area was largely dominated by the Hutts whose influence lay heavy on worlds like a more Tatooine death and co-ack much of the rest of the region was industrial with worlds like Genesis hype Orissa skynox kaga and Ratana all boasting massive foundries mines or both what remained of the region was a mix of back waters like Rishi and shadow ports like now lows during the Clone Wars the whole southern slice was a colossal mess with the borders between the Republic's CIS and Hutt's constantly shifting and a whole bunch of smaller civilizations taking the chance to settle their own conflicts the northern slice was much less of a mess if not much more pleasant in the mid rim there was Kashyyyk and the matheran or sector which the republic championed in its final centuries as a respectable bastion of rim civilization beyond that the region was mostly industrial especially along the Polly Mian trade route lands Hills Roche Terrace metal and Saleucami Makana and Bruns are all fell into this category notes borne on the industrial world sprinkled in between these were Anza and Chobham along the eastern borders of Hutt space was perhaps the sketchiest part of the slice dominated by back waters like Honegger forgotten worlds like wind and Kessel which needs no introduction the northernmost part of the slice also contained the tea on cluster an ancient human civilization with a long history of conflict with its neighbors from war with the Hutt's before the days of the Republic to the ten years wars early in its history after which it pretty much took every chance to succeed that it could the Tierney's were fiercely proud of this civilization which had once been a mighty empire ruled by sim the despot notable systems in this region included Roxas del alt deceiver and Germany while notable neighbors included ie go and Mon Calamari next up let's take a quick look at hot space hot space was the region officially ruled over by the Hutt Council though their actual sphere of influence was about three times the size of Hutt space itself now this map we're showing you is a very basic look at hot space a civilization older than the Republic itself and as or would be better suited to have its own video our overview we'll be brief Hut space was ruled by Nell Hutta which was orbited by Nar Shaddaa the infamous smugglers moon now hatha was the adopted home world of the huts which they took over after their original homeworld Vall was destroyed by the Cataclysm that marked the end of the Hutt Empire pretty much all of hud space was owned whole sale by the Hutts planets moons and sentient species all the only real exception was real imp an island in hot space that had somehow managed to resist heart expansion for millennia the rest of the region was all hot run however the sentient species of worlds like to a Daria and clan queen had long ago been bound to the huts as permanent slave species while other worlds like circum soul and Slayer on were completely depopulated by the ancient huts and had been turned into either clan retreats or centres for the huts shadowy underworld dealings next up we have the trans Hylian region otherwise known as the borderlands this region lay between the Polli mian trade route in the Hadean way and even by the Clone Wars large patches of its rim would half with lawless due to the depredations of the Mandalorians exploration stalled in this region for a long time and even in more modern times most of the Borderlands most notable worlds were located close to the plebeian and hidden notable worlds on the Polli mian side of things were the ancient tomb world Ren var the Commerce guilds stronghold Felucia and gala drawn the site of a battle between the Truman DeLoreans and the Jedi on the hidden the region featured the former frontier hub Terrace the political firebrand Salonen and the ancient battlegrounds of tellus the southernmost sectors of the borderlands had been part of the republic for a good while by the time of the Clone Wars and they featured a number of notable including opera sky cartel and Weyland north of that cluster was Mandalorian space the region conquered in antiquity by the Mandalorians a warrior race we're sure you definitely haven't heard of there are a few more sectors on the far side of man Lord that were mostly civilized up to the Saleen corridor a route the rent from both Jeff to Belle deroun and passed by fender and vision beyond the sullen corridor things get a bit more sketchy the patch of space directly north of the corridor was known as the Quarian reach and was the definition of backwater space with Yavin and odd up being its most notable systems beyond that was the Radames oil a patch of empty space supported to the west by odd read AMA which served as a military stronghold for several factions over the course of galactic history on the other side of the void of was see the space which by the time of the Clone Wars was thoroughly dead once home to several mighty Sith empires most of the worlds in Sith space were dead and forgotten with those that remained being graveyards like Korriban and Zaius which were widely feared and rarely visited the region on the other side of sith space was mostly lawless raided frequently by pirates and slavers from zygerria and other worlds the only reason this area wasn't considered wild space was because it was well explored and a unit Republic didn't really exist there the Trade Federation definitely did and it actually owned whole systems there on the northern end of the Borderlands at the end of the teen way they lay the corporate sector another client state that was exactly what it sounds like the corporate sector was a sizeable patch of space ruled from Bernadin by a collection of wealthy corporations who were rumored 12 wiped out entire species in the region to make way for their colonies moving on we have the New Territories a region that covered a wide swath of the northern galaxy this region opened up fairly late in the Republic's history hence as there weren't any major hyperspace routes that ran through the area that said large swaths of the region were nonetheless well explored by the time of the Clone Wars though there was still one large gap in particular of the region north of the Trapani void which included cern pedal a world on the edge of known space the southern half of the new territories were explored earlier than the northern half by a factor of a few thousand years this part of the region was home to a number of important alien civilizations as with the southern slice some of these included the Northlands of glee anselm the xab racks of iridonia the ether ends of a Thor and the ooby's of uber four other notable worlds in this area included an see on the hub of a massive alliance net that dominated that part of space Fornax home to the firings of Fornax and ordnance held an infamous spaceport the northern half is more interesting its eastern side near the hidden way was most notable primarily for its political and historical importance Serina & Co trick were infamous political vibrance that dominated the region both Fanning the flames of separatism several times in their public's long history near seer trick was Agatha a world that once ruled the archives and read out a sector that separated from the Republic to become a vicious Empire Rowling worlds like Lord through a three century long series of atrocities known as the cans disorders death Aamir was also located in this region the region known as the trailing sectors were south of the Karelian run trailing the slice so to speak similarly to the New Territories the region was mostly neglected in terms of exploration for a long time though it opens up a few centuries before the new territories eventually did but though the new territories were explored more recently they were actually better explored than the trailing sectors the influence of galactic civilization in the region didn't go all that far into the outer rim and thus a large part of what would otherwise be considered part of the region was wild space the more core word portions of the training sectors were explored largely by the karelians and Duras during the early days of the Republic many worlds here were colonized by the Karelian hegemony including Chardon a shipyard world at SRI a merchant world where government was virtually non-existent and mecca's 3 one of the galaxy's foremost droid makers the rest of the region was explored much later and was a scattered mix of cultures with loose ties to each other just off the Karelian run was Pacwa poori a small cluster of space ruled from packwood poor major renowned for its exotic goods there was also Malastare a major source of fuel and the infamous patron world of podracing and her own cal a jungle hothouse of which mace windu was and native Enoch and Zagar bar were strongholds of the Trade Federation and techno Union respectively while the boo was a well known world of artisans and philosophers most of the action in this region in all honesty happen out in wild space beyond its borders where the spice trade thrived and all manner of strange species could be found our last region is the western reaches which is easily the least well explored of any of these regions except perhaps the deep core in all honesty the line of where the western reaches ends and wild space begins is a blurry one and considering how much of the region operated it might as well not have existed if the western reaches were the sector's west of the rim a trade route which were still barely explored by the time of the Clone Wars it took the Galactic Civil War to really open the region up as it ended up becoming the rebel alliances favourite staging area the Rimmer trade route and its adjacent world were pretty much the only part of the region that was fully integrated into galactic civilization the core would stretch of the region especially fell into this category with the dual system of KFX and Khufu the back to source world path era and the crossroads world being notable names from that part of the reaches further rim would on the Rimmer was an equally important pocket of civilization dominated by area which was known by its inhabitants as the croissant of the outer rim and including the crucial shipyard worlds of selasa and slowest van Triton and clacked or seven were also important stops in this region west of that however there wasn't much civilization to speak of most of the more well-known worlds out there like terminus and Bespin were sketchy at best the western reaches were mostly full of more unknown worlds like Mustafar police Massa and Hoth as well as stray pockets of Forgotten industrial colonies or other oddities these oddities included the Cenex and juvik sectors which remained fully independent from the Republic until just before the Clone Wars and were fiercely defensive of their reliance on slavery so that's our overview of the entire Star Wars galaxy but let us know what you think would you like to see us keep using these maps or variants of it our then e region's worlds or civilizations we mentioned here that you'd like to see a full video on and do you enjoy these really long kind of more documentary-style videos that we make let us know all of that in the comment section below and obviously guys just before you go if you don't wanna join the Watergate series community we do have discord links in the description below where you can join our main Gates's to escort and chat to fans and myself we have our Keats's gaming network where you can actually play games with other Star Wars fans and the patreon if you enjoy what we're making on this channel anyways guys as always thank you so much for watching and I hope to see you in the next video [Music] [Music]

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Published: Sun Jun 21 2020