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103 ABY, or 103[4] after the Battle of Yavin, was a year in the 'ABY-BBY' dating system.[5] Around this year,[4] the Exogorth Sy-O compared hurt to a photon.[6]

Behind the scenes

The approximate year 103 ABY first appeared in the short story "This Is No Cave"[6] published in the 2020[7] short story anthology From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back.[6]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious dates the assassination attempt on Padmé Amidala on Coruscant and the carbon-freezing of Han Solo—events that Star Wars: Timelines places in the years 22 BBY and 3 ABY of the 'ABY-BBY' dating system, respectively—to 7955.442.1 and 7980.421.2 in the Coruscant reckoning calendar, therefore establishing a difference of approximately 7,977 years between the two dating systems.
  2. Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide places the founding of the Galactic Empire in the year 3258 LY of the Lothal Calendar. Star Wars: Timelines dates the proclamation of the New Order to 19 BBY, placing the zero point—the Battle of Yavin—of the 'ABY-BBY' dating system around 3277 LY and therefore establishing a difference of approximately 3,277 years between the two dating systems.
  3. Per Star Wars: The Rebel Files, a calendar existed during the reign of the Galactic Empire the zero point of which was the Empire's founding. Star Wars: Timelines dates the proclamation of the New Order to the year 19 BBY of the 'ABY-BBY' dating system, therefore establishing a difference of approximately nineteen years between the two dating systems.
  4. 4.0 4.1 The first section of "This Is No Cave" takes place concurrently to Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, the events of which is take place in 3 ABY per Star Wars: Timelines. As the latter section of "This Is No Cave" takes place approximately one hundred years after the first section, it must take place around 103 ABY.
  5. Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "This Is No Cave" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
  7. StarWars.com Empire at 40 | Check Out the Cover of From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back on StarWars.com (backup link)