Just curious, but what century is Star Wars supposed to be set in?
No date that we understand is given. Just that it was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
You can google that question but be ready for an all out nerd war.
From what I’ve read, in the extended universe, there is some reference to Han and Chewie landing on Earth in the 1800’s where Han is shot by indians, dies and whose bones are later found by Indiana Jones and Short Round who were searching for Big Foot, AKA Chewbacca. Seriously. I’m not making that up.
There was also a reference to the E.T race in the Star Wars universe who had supposedly sent an expedition outside their galaxy, presumably to Earth. In the E.T film he indicates that his home world is about 3 million light years from Earth which puts it in range of the Andromeda Galaxy. There was also a nod to Yoda in the the E. T. film, if you recall. The E. T. time is hard to calculate since nobody can agree on how fast their ship traveled or if it really was Earth that they were referring to.
At this point my head exploded.
There are members of the E.T. race seen in the Galactic Senate in Episode III when the change from Republic to Empire is announced by Palpatine.
Yeah, I thought long long ago in a galaxy far far away too. Aka Lucas implied if he didn’t come out and say it’s a fantasy with no relation whatsoever with the real world.
Exactly. Many other Sci Fi movie stories are set or implied to be in the near or distant future (Star Trek, Alien/Aliens, Buck Rogers, Dune, Avator, Matrix…) occasionally during our current era when the story is filmed (Predator, Terminator, War of the Worlds) and given distinct time. Or even set in the past (Battlestar Galactica). And there is often the Earth/humanity tie in.
cn spots, that was great! along with your avatar…just perfect. I needed a smile. thanks Bob
I’ve just always understood Star Wars was to be in a place and time totally separate, unrelated. without any connection to our Earth. No Earth exists or ever did or ever will exist in the Star Wars universe.
Oh yeah? well how come I was able to see it in the moving picture show? if there was no connection to Earth. 
HA! got you there.
Boy ! some people don’t know what’s real…
Well they apparently invented the English language…
UUGHHHHHHHHHH LMAO
May 1977… A Long Time Ago…
A long time ago… (from when)
A galaxy far, far away… (from where)?
Also-
In a galaxy where disco and leisure suits were ‘neat’… [:P]
I do recall reading about Chewbacca being bigfoot. I didn’t read the book itself, but I read about in a magazine. I only read the first two books, Star Wars and Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, back in the 1970s. I re-read Star Wars last year and found that Luke was actually Blue 5 and not Red 5 in the book.
Century? I don’t know.
In regards to what universe? My only information is from the, “Long long ago in a galaxy far far away”
So, I think it’s in our interstellar universe
I love this thread! [Y]
It could have been Billions of years ago, and yet obviously “far far” advanced beyond our technology.
To quote a noted astrophysicist: “We are but a sapling just breaking the surface in a redwood forest of life in the universe”.
So, yeah. Chewie and Solo coulda been making that Kessel run around the time we were getting bombarded with meteors and comets, with one celled organisms struggling to rule the earth.
Or, it coulda been last week…
So ya’ll are saying Star Wars isn’t real? Oh for the love of buckets say it isn’t so, man the universe SUCKS! next ya’ll will tell me that Santa isn’t real and old poeple don’t have relations. LOL cool thread LOL.
SPACEBALLS??? …[cnsod] there goes the Planet…[:D]
May 25, 1977