Via Starwars.com:

”Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova.” — Han Solo

A Small Galaxy

Ever since the release of the Star Wars movies, and especially with the start of the former Expanded Universe, people were longing for a map of that galaxy far, far away. While early novels didn’t include a lot of new places, the rise of West End Games’ role-playing works brought about a lot of new worlds, trade routes, and even galactic regions. Unfortunately, a full galaxy map was to be a future dream for about two decades, and early cartography enthusiasts had to do with partial maps only in official publications. West End Games provided several such detailed maps of specific regions or sectors within the galaxy, for use in role-playing adventures and campaigns. Players were introduced to areas like the Elrood sector in Planets of the Galaxy, Volume 3, the Brak sector in Flashpoint! Brak Sector, the Kathol sector in The DarkStryder Campaign and the Tapani Sector and Rimma Trade Route in Lords of the Expanse.

Blazing New Routes

The first official full galaxy map was published in 1998, with the release of Behind the Magic. In this digital encyclopedia, that was spread over two compact discs and included information on almost every conceivable topic, a galactic map was included that placed the most important planets from the movies and Expanded Universe (01). The map provided a top-down view of the Star Wars galaxy, with concentric rings indicating the various regions from Deep Core to Outer Rim. It even included a placement for Naboo, which would feature in the then-upcoming new movie, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

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