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Yavin 4 (or Yavin IV) is a natural satellite in the Star Wars fictional universe.Located in the Outer Rim, this moon orbits the gas giant Yavin.. It appears mainly in the films Rogue One and A New Hope, for which the exterior scenes are mostly shot on the Guatemalan site of Tikal.
Several years before the Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems begins developing a weapon capable of destroying entire planets: the Death Star. [3] Following the war in 19 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin), [ Notes 2 ] the Galactic Republic is reformed into an Empire , and Grand Moff Tarkin oversees the construction of the battle ...
Around 1000 years prior to Star Wars, the Dark Age began, and the Old Republic was brought to the brink of collapse, but with the Liberation of Coruscant, the Sith Empire collapsed first. [ citation needed ] After the Sith Empire was defeated c. 1032 BBY, the Republic (now known as the Galactic Republic) reformed and became a democracy. [ 11 ]
Darth Krall – Dark Lord of the Sith born as Radaki, who lived at an unknown point in time before Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. He was first mentioned in the 2019 audiobook Dooku: Jedi Lost. Krall was seduced to the dark side after losing his faith in the Jedi Order, believing that the Jedi should retain their family ties and ...
BBY may stand for: BBY Limited, an Australian stockbroking and corporate advisory firm; Back Bay station (station code: BBY), Amtrak and MBTA train station in Boston, USA; Bambari Airport, Central African Republic (IATA code: BBY) "Before the Battle of Yavin", a system of measuring dates in Star Wars; Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), American ...
With over $10.3 billion in worldwide box office receipts, Star Wars is the second-highest-grossing film franchise of all time. [292] [293] Star Wars fundamentally changed the aesthetics and narratives of Hollywood films, switching the focus of Hollywood-made films from deep, meaningful stories based on dramatic conflict, themes and irony to ...
Set between 14 BBY and 11 BBY, [a] Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars tells the story of Jedi Knight Cal Kestis and the crew of the Stinger Mantis in the five years between the video games Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019) and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (2023). Cal, Nightsister Merrin, Cere Junda and Greez Dritus infiltrate a base belonging to the ...
The main Star Wars film series is a trilogy of subtrilogies; as it neared completion, Lucasfilm began to refer to it as the "Skywalker Saga". [1] [2] It was released beginning with the original trilogy (Episodes IV, V, and VI, 1977–1983), followed by the prequel trilogy (Episodes I, II, and III, 1999–2005) and the sequel trilogy (Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, 2015–2019).