Talk:The galaxy/Legends

Radical change
I propose deleting all the planets. Here only the most basic aspects of the galaxy will be described, like 'geographical' description of each portion (eg. Hutt Space, Colonies, Rims etc), and brief history. The planets, systems and sectors will be moved to the respective portion.Moff Rebus 21:43, 19 Jul 2005 (UTC) Galaxy --> Regions --> Sectors --> Systems --> Planets, Moons, Asteroids, etc -- Riffsyphon1024 23:25, 19 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree. As I stated earlier, this should not be a dumping ground for planets and other locations, but should be covered in those respective region articles. The general breakdown in Wookieepedia should be as follows:
 * I also agree; with both comments. --Beeurd 00:08, 20 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Concurring the agreement --Imp 00:12, 20 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Category
Should this be in the Star Wars Category, the Star Wars locations category, or both?-LtNOWIS 16:13, 14 Mar 2005 (GMT)
 * It's a generalization article with links to all facets of the galaxy, both location and being wise. I dont think it needs to be a location itself though. -- Riffsyphon1024 17:33, 14 Mar 2005 (GMT)

Title
Should this be simply titled "The Galaxy"? --SparqMan 01:58, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me. -- Falmarin 02:02, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * More pages link to the redirect page galaxy anyway. We should move it to either Galaxy or The Galaxy, I don't care which. -- Silly Dan  02:32, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll accept The Galaxy with "galaxy" redirecting to it. -- Riffsyphon1024 02:54, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * "The Galaxy" has my vote. --Imp 22:53, 10 Jul 2005 (UTC)

A Question
Just how many planets, sectors, whatnot, do we have to put here? I would hope it doesnt become a dumping ground when there's other pages for that. There are the main articles for these lists. -- Riffsyphon1024 17:30, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

"Type 3 civilization"
Is there an in-universe source for this? I've heard this terminology used by futurists and other earthly speculators on the potential for interstellar civilization in this galaxy, but if it's not a classification system used by people in the GFFA, I don't think it belongs in the meat of the article. jSarek 10:17, 18 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * I believe this is a term from the Wikipedia article. Type 3 refers to the Kardashev scale. -- Riffsyphon1024 23:19, 18 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * It's good trivia for the BtS section. Perhaps something on how the technology SW Galaxy seems to focus on space travel and weapons, instead of information technology and weapons (such as our Earth), should be put there as well. --Imp 23:33, 18 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * That's the scale I was remembering. In that case, the Star Wars Galaxy isn't a Type III civilization, or even a Type II civilization; they don't use all of the energy available to them from even a single star, let alone the whole galaxy. jSarek 00:40, 19 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * I looked at that Wikipedia article, and it actually lists Star Wars as Type II. --Beeurd 01:06, 19 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * I believe when I copied the tables from that article (since I'm fascinated with it), it had Star Wars-type civilization at the beginning of a Type III, but pointed more to being between 2 and 3. Either way, its still much more advanced than us; Earth stands at 0.7 on the scale. -- Riffsyphon1024 01:43, 19 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Deep Core
Hmm, I like how we have a load of planets listed for the least populous region in the galaxy, and then only one or two for the rest... But that wasn't my query. Where is the source for Empress Teta being in the Deep Core? The Star Wars Insider map shows it in the Core Worlds,m just above Coruscant. --Beeurd 00:57, 19 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * I think that map location was an error; I've always heard of it being in the Deep Core. At any rate, here's a source that discusses the planet in detail, and whose title says it all: Byss and the Deep Core - Part 2: Empress Teta jSarek
 * Aha, thanks for that. Learn something new every day. =D --Beeurd 20:53, 19 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Behind the scenes: the Galaxy seen in ESB
Not to mention the spelling errors, this section is very poorly written. Has George Lucas or anyone of any importance ever explained this object? It really looks too much like a galaxy to be retconned as anything else... I'm surprised it wasn't fixed in a Special Edition ;) Azizlight 14:20, 20 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * I always figured that, to avoid detection, the Rebel fleet was stationed far out in the Outer Rim and at a high enough degree above the ecliptic (which I think is the right word), so they could, in essence, 'look down' at the galaxy. Kuralyov 15:10, 20 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * I wrote it in haste. I don't know much about astronomy, but whatever the explanation, many think that to be in such a position, would be technically implausible: The Rebel fleet had to travel a great amount of light years out of the Galaxy (not just 'far out in the Outer Rim'). I have indeed read some explanations made by 'anyone of any importance' but the problem remains. I was hoping someone of you might have read something more about this subject Moff Rebus 20:10, 20 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * There are no physical barriers around a galaxy. Considering the hyperdrive speeds demonstrated in the films, there's really nothing too implausible about it. It would probably only take a few hours, or at most a few days to travel such a distance. --Vermilion 09:50, 23 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed, not impossible or implausible at all with their technology. -- Riffsyphon1024 10:03, 23 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * Curtis Saxton's Star Wars Technical Commentaries has a whole section on this. -- Riffsyphon1024 21:02, 20 Jul 2005 (UTC)

I have rewritten the 'Behind the scenes' section. Please edit as needed. --Vermilion 09:43, 23 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * It's so odd though, because the 'galaxy' in that scene looks just like the map of the galaxy at the top of the article. -- Riffsyphon1024 09:45, 23 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Yup, I believe they used the same image. And I actually found it on the 'net somewhere but can't remember where exactly. I have th file saved on my HD if anyone eants it. --beeurd 22:38, 24 Jul 2005 (UTC)