Into the Great Unknown

Into the Great Unknown was a story from Star Wars Tales 19.

Story
In the story, Han Solo and Chewbacca are aboard the Millennium Falcon, when they are attacked by Imperials. They are forced to leap to hyperspace blind and end up in our solar system, where they crash on Earth. Once there, Han is killed by Native Americans and the mourning Chewbacca is believed to be a sasquatch (perhaps the Sasquatch, AKA “Bigfoot”). Over a century later, the wreckage of the Falcon and Han’s remains are found by the intrepid American archaeologist Indiana Jones.

Analysis
We can infer a few dates from this. We can infer all of the following: First, Han makes mention of America’s forest (probably in Humboldt County, California, or somewhere close) as looking like Endor, which puts the story firmly after Han’s first encounter with the forest moon in Return of the Jedi. Since the Empire seems to still be going after them, we can also assume that the story is set before the events of Vision of the Future, when the treaty with the Imperial Remnant is signed. Since Han also mentions that he always figured Chewie would be killed saving Han or his kids, we have to conclude that the tale takes place sometime between 9 (more likely 11) ASW4 and 19 ASW4. Second, the Indiana Jones portion of the tale, when he finds the wreckage, must take place somewhere around 1935. This is due to the fact that Short Round, the little kid from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which takes place in 1935, is with him in this story. We can also assume that while it has to be shortly before 1935 or during 1935, it wouldn’t be likely to be in 1936 or later because Short Round does not appear in Raiders of the Lost Ark, which takes place in 1936. Third, the story tells us that the Indy segment is 126 years after the Han and Chewie segment. So, if we assume a date of 1935 for the Indiana Jones segment, then the Star Wars segment takes place in 1809. If we then split the difference of the date for the Star Wars segment to be 15 ASW4 (halfway between Dark Empire and Vision of the Future), then A New Hope must take place (using how similar Earth and Star Wars years are in length) around 1794.

These dates, of course, are only based on that story, which is admittedly apocryphal, N-Level Canon, but since it’s our first glimpse at any kind of date translation, I find it fascinating and have to wonder why 126 years was chosen, rather than a number in the thousands. At any rate, there it is, take it or leave it. Personally, I’d leave it. This is just in here for the fun ideas it generates.