Has the in-universe name of the Star Wars galaxy ever mentioned in the canon?
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6Presumably not Ford. – dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten May 15 '13 at 15:28
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I was just about to post the same question.. – FuxieDK Jun 26 '13 at 06:55
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6Bob. Its name is Bob. – Wad Cheber Jan 21 '16 at 03:50
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7They misspelled it in the opening blurb. The galaxy is actually called Agalaxyfarfaraway. – Janus Bahs Jacquet Jan 21 '16 at 06:48
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2Can we be 100% certain that it's not our galaxy? After all, we don't know where or when the narrator is. Someone in the distant future and in another galaxy could be reviewing what happened at a time that in relation to us would be considered our future. – Chahk Feb 04 '16 at 20:32
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3The Doctor once named a galaxy Alison. It could be that. – maguirenumber6 Jun 17 '16 at 07:27
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@Chahk We know about several galaxies near the Star Wars galaxy, and they do not resemble the galaxies near us. The Star Wars galaxy also appears to be un-barred spiral while the Milky Way is a barred spiral. So no, it's not the Milky Way. – smithkm Dec 10 '19 at 01:52
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Canon: No. This has never been addressed.
Legends: Only Star Wars: The Essential Atlas has any mention of the name of the galaxy, and even then only notes that the Nagai refer to the galaxy by the name Skyriver.
In addition to the lack of name, there is also no indication in any level of canon to just how far away Skyriver might be.
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5Yeah, I considered mentioning that, but there is really NO evidence that those are the same species as ET. The fact that a child is dressed as Yoda in ET makes any argument for that idea even weaker, IMO. – phantom42 May 16 '13 at 01:37
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2"..no indication in any level of canon to just how far away Skyriver might be." Further than far away, but closer than far, far, far away. ;) – Andrew Thompson Feb 04 '16 at 15:32
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Skyriver? I just prefer it remain unnamed in that case. Lucas finally made a good choice and kept his mouth shut. – iMerchant Jun 17 '16 at 08:30
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It’s probably just Alpha-Centauri to us. ;) Basically our next door neighbor galaxy. – MissouriSpartan Aug 10 '21 at 03:50