Screenshot of the Holocron
- "You don't know how much you don't know until you get here."
- ―Leland Chee
The Holocron continuity database is the database used internally by Lucas Licensing to keep track of all of the fictional elements created for the Star Wars universe. It is maintained by Leland Chee.[2] The first article, titled "Welcome to the Holocron!", was created on February 9, 2000,[3] and 22 years later, the Holocron reached the major milestone of 100,000 entries, on February 16, 2022.[4] One of the entries is about the band Jefferson Starship, who were featured within the The Star Wars Holiday Special.[5]
At present, there are no plans to release any portion of the Holocron to the public. One reason cited by Chee is:
- "In addition to being an archive for information that has already been published, the Holocron is a tool to track everything that is currently in development. Information is entered at the earliest stages, so there is information about products that won't be released until years later. It is also used to store unpublished reference information."
- ―Leland Chee
A rare glimpse at the Holocron was seen at the Celebration IV "30 Years of Star Wars Publishing and Continuity" panel.[7] At Celebration Anaheim in 2015, Chee reiterated that Lucas Licensing will never make the Holocron public, because it includes forthcoming content.[8]
Known Holocron numerical statistics by year[]
| Year | Total | Sources | Images | Characters | Planets | Aliens | Creatures | Vehicles | Weapons | Groups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 23,000+ | 1,018 | 8,360 | 7,633 | 3,311 | 713 | 1,190 | 2,202 | 1,031 | 1,433[9] |
| 2006 | 27,032 | 1,180 | 9,503 | 8,742 | 3,419 | 756 | 1,255 | 2,716 | 1,130 | 1,641[10] |
| 2011 | 45,915 | 1,683 | 13,432 | 15,795 | 4,277 | 958 | 1,747 | 1,919 (Types) | 1,689 | 3,129[11] |
| 2012 | 55,000+ | N/A | N/A | 19,000+ | 5,300+ | 2,900+ (Species) | 2,100+ (Types) | N/A | N/A[12] | |
| 2013 | 61,128 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A[13] |
| 2020 | 87,742 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A[3] |
| 2021 | ~98,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A[14] |
| 2022 | 100,000 | 3,051 | 28,282 | 34,302 | 6,625 | 1,593 | 3,018 | 3,540 (Types) | 3,983 | 7,327[15] |
Sources[]
In the Blink of an Eye - 36 Frames in the Life of a Jedi - The Lucasfilm Licensing Archives Revealed on Hyperspace (content obsolete and backup link not available)- What is the Holocron? on Keeper of the Holocron — Leland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (original site is defunct)
- What is the Holocron? on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑
Meet Leland Chee, the Star Wars Franchise Continuity Cop by Baker, Chris on Wired (August 18, 2008) (backup link archived on January 21, 2022)
- ↑
What is the Holocron? on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
Leland Y Chee (@holocronkeeper) on Instagram (post) (screenshot)
- ↑ Leland Chee (@HolocronKeeper) on Twitter (post): "Just entered my 100,000th Holocron entry." (backup link)
- ↑ Leland Chee (@holocronkeeper.bsky.social) on Bluesky (post on November 17, 2024): "Of course it does! (In respone to: "Do Jefferson Starship have an entry on the Holocron?"?)" (backup link)
- ↑ What is the Holocron? on Keeper of the Holocron — Leland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Celebration IV Continuity Panel on Keeper of the Holocron — Leland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Pablo Hidalgo and Leland Chee Interview – Star Wars Celebration Anaheim on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ As of May 5, 2005, per What is the Holocron? on Keeper of the Holocron — Leland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (content not present on current version)
- ↑ As of August 24, 2006, per What is the Holocron? on Keeper of the Holocron — Leland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (content not present on current version)
- ↑ As of March 18, 2011, per What is the Holocron? on Keeper of the Holocron — Leland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (original site is defunct)
- ↑ As of July 20, 2012, per What is the Holocron? on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ As of May 16, 2013, per Leland Chee (@HolocronKeeper) on Twitter (post): "@ThatChrisA @WookieeNewsNet @ericmoro Number of entries: Wookieepedia: 103,472 Holocron: 61,128" (backup link)
- ↑ Leland Chee (@HolocronKeeper) on Twitter (post): "The Holocron and I are still here as multiple onscreen Keeper of the Holocron credits in the past 8 years can attest. We're nearly at 98,000 entries. I didn't purge any entries, just changed some layouts so certain information displayed more prominently." (backup link)
- ↑ Leland Y Chee (@holocronkeeper) on Instagram (post) (screenshot)
External links[]
- Holocron continuity database questions on the StarWars.com Message Boards (January 9, 2004) (original site is defunct)
- Meet Leland Chee, the Star Wars Franchise Continuity Cop on Wired (backup link archived on January 21, 2022)
