March 4, starwars.fandom.com—Twenty years ago, Star Wars fans were eagerly awaiting the REVENGE OF THE SITH, exploring the depths of Nar Shaddaa in the KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC II, and beginning to build WOOKIEEPEDIA—the Star Wars wiki. As an ever-growing community of volunteers, the Wookieepedia project now celebrates its 20th year.
Our encyclopedia officially reached 200,000 articles in February, 2025. This was only possible with the work of hundreds upon hundreds of fans over the past twenty years. Most Wookieepedians started off editing with little to no writing or coding experience, but our efforts have brought us closer to the goal of creating the most accurate, comprehensive, and well-presented resource about all things Star Wars.
Since Wookieepedia's tenth anniversary in 2015, we have expanded the breadth, depth, and quality of our documentation of both the Star Wars Legends and the new canon continuities, as well as coverage of Star Wars media and production behind the scenes. Wookieepedia has also been building a more friendly and welcoming community. Informed by our contributors' experiences, we have launched ongoing efforts in revamping our policies to be clearer and more fair, improving accessibility, and developing new editing tutorials.
Since 2015, editor recruitment has advanced on Wookieepedia, with the great majority of the current administrators and review board members having joined those groups in recent years. The past ten years has also seen the progress of the Discussions forum and the launch of twenty-two new collaborative WookieeProjects. These include the Project Stardust initiative focusing on essential topics and Project Pride's efforts to improve the wiki's coverage of LGBTQIA+ topics. Most external links on Wookieepedia now have backup archival links to keep a better record of the ever-changing Internet, and bot systems have automated many monotonous site maintenance tasks such as page archivals for the status article peer review system.
Our work continues unabated. Thousands more pages need to be created, lack citations, await expansion, and could use more images. All the while, the franchise continues to grow and require updates. As we enter our third decade, we would love for more readers to join our ranks! May the Force be with us in the next twenty years… ✨
The Far Orbit was an EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate that served in the Galactic Empire's navy until, after a mutiny among its crew, it became one of the first privateering vessels for the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Produced by Kuat Drive Yards, the Far Orbit was initially helmed by Imperial Captain Vocis Kenit as it hunted down pirates in the Outer Rim Territories. However, due to Kenit's tyrannical leadership, his second-in-command Commander Dhas Fenoep Vedij—who had become disillusioned with the Empire—led a successful mutiny in 0 ABY against Kenit and the Imperial forces aboard the frigate. After discharging the Imperial-aligned crew members and those who refused to enlist with the Rebel Alliance, Vedij had the Far Orbit travel to the space station StarForge Station, where it picked up replacement crew members and joined up with the Alliance. The Far Orbit thus became a privateering vessel for the Alliance in the Ringali Shell of the Core Worlds.
Soon afterwards, the Far Orbit captured the Imperial escort frigate New Star and Shipment 1037, an entire convoy of freighters, after leading them into a trap with the help of an Alliance task force. The privateers then detained Imperial Advisor Coh Veshiv near the planet Esseles after convincing Veshiv to transfer over to the Far Orbit from the CR90 corvette Empire Forever by claiming that the Far Orbit would be used as Veshiv's next vessel. Following Veshiv's capture, Kenit—tasked by the Empire with tracking down his old ship—manipulated the Far Orbit into a confrontation with the Solar Terrors pirate group. However, Vedij and the privateers emerged victorious from that battle. Kenit later caught up to the Far Orbit using the transport SPF 14897 as bait; when the Far Orbit raided SPF 14897, Kenit's task force pounced on the frigate. In the resulting battle, the privateers escaped only after knocking out one of the gravity wells of the Imperial Interdictor Claw, allowing the Far Orbit to jump to hyperspace.
After the heavily damaged Far Orbit was repaired, the frigate once more returned to the Ringali Shell and went to the world Brentaal IV. There, a landing party from the Nebulon-B picked up a datadisc containing important information about the route of the Imperial Star Galleon-class frigate Emperor's Will, which was carrying a very valuable cargo of treasures. While attempting to capture the frigate, the Far Orbit was engaged by the Claw again after it dragged the ship from hyperspace near the Ringali Nebula, though the privateers managed to escape once more. Vedij and his crew then proceeded to attack the Emperor's Will and its escort, the Zaff Jendinpurg, after forcing them out of hyperspace. Dispatching the escort, the Far Orbit seized the frigate's cargo pod after the Emperor's Will's captain ejected it from the ship. (Read more…)
Characters
Below are some of the current community projects happening around Wookieepedia. If you are interested in joining in, check out our newcomers hub page to start your editing journey!
- Project Stardust is improving the canon article for Cloud City and the Legends article for Echo Base. Visit the canon and Legends project pages to join the effort!
- The Featured article, Good article, and Comprehensive article nomination processes help bring articles up to the highest possible standards. Join the effort by helping review nominations.
- WookieeProject Creators is adding the full credits to all media articles. You can assist the team by visiting any article on a piece of media and expanding the credits list.
- WookieeProject Pride is providing citations for pronouns and gender for in-universe topics. See the Sourcing policy for rules on how to cite pronouns and gender.
We are the Star Wars encyclopedia that anyone can edit — created by fans, for fans. Founded in 2005, our goal has been to build the most accurate, comprehensive, and well-presented resource about all things related to the galaxy far, far away.
We want readers like you to join our ranks! Sign up for an account to remove ads, chat with fellow fans, and join our editing community. Not sure where to start? Check out our dedicated welcome portal.
Social
- 1951 – David Bischoff is born.
- 1953 – J. M. DeMatteis is born.
- 1969 – Ralph Ineson is born.
- 1969 – Patrick O'Kane is born.
- 1972 – Lee Jung-jae is born.
- 1981 – Star Wars (1977) 57 published.
- 1984 – Return of the Jedi Weekly 78 published.
- 1999 – Vader's Quest trade paperback published.
- 2004 – Empire 27 published.
- 2009 – The Nightsister's Revenge, the 6th expansion of the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game, is released.
- 2010 – Legacy—War 1 published.
- 2011 – Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided servers shuts down.
- 2011 – Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures releases its Battle of Umbara expansion.
- 2011 – Star Wars: The Old Republic's first day of early access was originally scheduled. This date was later changed to December 13th.
- 2011 – Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic UK 6.28 published.
- 2014 – Star Wars Rebels: Beware the Inquisitor! published.
- 2014 – Ultimate Factivity Collection: Angry Birds Star Wars published.
- 2015 – Star Wars Rebels Magazine 2 published in the United States.
- 2017 – Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
- 2017 – The Star Wars: The Last Jedi soundtrack released.
- 2017 – The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi published.
- 2017 – Chewie and the Porgs published.
- 2017 – 5-Minute Star Wars Stories Strike Back published.
- 2017 – The Last Jedi: Rey's Journey published.
- 2017 – The Last Jedi: Rose and Finn's Secret Mission published.
- 2017 – The Star Wars Cookbook: BB-Ate published.
- 2017 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi Activity Book with Stickers published.
- 2017 – The Last Jedi: Bomber Command published.
- 2017 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi Book and Model published.
- 2017 – The Last Jedi: Cobalt Squadron published.
- 2017 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Heroes of the Galaxy published.
- 2017 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Incredible Cross-Sections published.
- 2017 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary published.
- 2017 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Ultimate Sticker Collection published.
- 2019 – "Station to Station" airs on Disney Channel.
- 2020 – "Lightsabers and Jedi Equipment" published in Spain.
- 2020 – Star Wars Insider 199 published.
- 2021 – The High Republic (2021) 12 published.
- 2021 – The High Republic Adventures Annual 2021 published.