Known Universe

"This station is now the ultimate power in the universe! I suggest we use it."

- Conan Antonio Motti

The universe was the space in which all the galaxies existed, including the Yuuzhan Vong galaxy, and the galaxy and its companion galaxies. It was created with the Big Bang some time before the year 13,000,000,000 BBY, in which the galaxy was formed from the cosmic debris of that event.

At some point, a nihilistic scientist from the planet of Shawken created the Shawken Device, a superweapon designed to re-trigger the Big Bang and create a new universe. He believed this was the only way to give existence purpose, though he never reached a level of despair that would have prompted him to use it and he never told anyone how it worked. It was buried in the planet and remained there for a very long time.

During the Boonta Eve Classic of 32 BBY, color-commentator Fode of Fodesinbeed Annodue joked about the existence of multiple universes, asserting that being aboard a crashing Podracer would hurt for a denizen of any of them.

In 4 ABY, the Shawken Device was unearthed by Rik Duel and his gang. Luke Skywalker and Kiro found the gang and defeated them, deactivating the device. It was never clear to anyone if it would have actually worked.

Appearances
As it is virtually necessary for the universe to appear in every work, this list includes explicit mentions of it.
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan
 * Red Harvest
 * Star Wars: Darth Plagueis
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Outbound Flight
 * Republic Commando: Hard Contact
 * Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
 * The Clone Wars: No Prisoners
 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero
 * Republic Commando: True Colors
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novel
 * Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars 87: Still Active After All These Years
 * Boba Fett: A Practical Man