Via Starwars.com:

MANY GALAXY-CHANGING MOMENTS CAME AS A RESULT OF DIFFERENT CULTURES AND WORLDS JOINING FORCES.

For centuries, humankind has looked to the stars in wonderment and mulled over the same question: is there life in space? Queries like these are what helped launch the genres that eventually led to the production of A New Hope (then, simply, Star Wars), but the possibility of alien life is even more grounded in reality today. The simple assumption is this: with however many infinite galaxies and existences there are, ours simply cannot be the only one that houses life. Unfortunately, in our case, years and mileage spell the same sort of disappointing answer: if there is life out there, the chances of us crossing paths with them or even existing at the same time are impossibly slim.

Of course, Star Wars in an incredible place to look to for alien interaction, because “aliens” are so often a universally-accepted part of the intergalactic culture already. Despite that, warring factions and unexplored outer reaches produce new and exciting life forms that our heroes often find themselves befriending (preferably, at least). With that in mind, perhaps looking to our favorite stories for inspiration is the way to go in this particularly hypothetical situation.

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