Homestead Act

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"The Galactic Republic had, at various times in its history, incentivized civilians to move from the Core Worlds to the galactic frontier and Outer Rim, where they were often equipped with ongoing supplies and assistance."
―Beaumont Kin, The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire[2]

The Homestead Act was a decree issued by the Republic Ministry of Economic Development that incentivized travel to the Outer Rim Territories, where the Galactic Republic would supply the settlers with supplies, in the hopes that these new worlds would join the Republic. The settlers would also give the Republic a percentage of resources collected from these planets.[2]

Behind the scenes

In the real world, the Homestead Acts were a series of laws issued by the United States government allowing citizens to acquire public land by residing on it.[3] Lucasfilm Story Group member Pablo Hidalgo pointed out that the Erso homestead and Lars homestead had similar kitchen layouts, suggesting that a galactic homestead act was responsible for the standardized supplies.[4]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide establishes the act was decreed in the last decades of the Galactic Republic, placing it at least twenty years before the fall of the Republic, dated to 19 BBY by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
  3. ↑ Wikipedia-Logo Homestead Acts on Wikipedia
  4. ↑ TwitterLogo Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter (post on August 28, 2023): "One idea in the margins is that the galaxy had a 'homestead act' in which Republic citizens were incentivized to settle on outland worlds, and that included standardized supplies, so maybe Beru's kitchen look is all over the place." (screenshot) (content now obsolete)

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