Light-year

"Wait until we're in the Falcon, a few light years away from here."

The light-year^[2] (also spelled "light year")^[1] was a unit of distance used in astronomy.^[2] It corresponded to the distance that light traveled in a standard year, which was approximately 9.5 trillion kilometers.^[3]

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Appearances

The High Republic: Path of Vengeance (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
The High Republic: Midnight Horizon (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
The High Republic Adventures (2023) 1 (Mentioned only)
The High Republic: Temptation of the Force (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
The High Republic (2023) 7 (Mentioned only)
The High Republic: Tempest Breaker (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
The High Republic: Tempest Breaker script (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
The High Republic: A Valiant Vow (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
The Acolyte: Wayseeker (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown (Mentioned only)
Brotherhood (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (and audiobook)
Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel (Mentioned only)
Adventures in Wild Space: The Steal (and audiobook)
Adventures in Wild Space: The Dark (and audiobook)
Adventures in Wild Space: The Rescue (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Tarkin (and audiobook)
Choose Your Destiny: A Han & Chewie Adventure (and audiobook)
Target Vader 2 (Mentioned only)
Thrawn: Treason (and audiobook)
Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Heir to the Jedi (and audiobook)
Star Wars (2015) 1 (Mentioned only) (as light year)
Star Wars (2015) 5 (Mentioned only)
Star Wars (2015) 22 (Mentioned only)
Doctor Aphra (2016) 20 (Mentioned only)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
Bounty Hunters 10 (Mentioned only)
Tales From the Nightlands 2 (Mentioned only)
Battle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising 1 (Mentioned only)
Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (and audiobook)
Victory's Price: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Aftermath: Empire's End (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Last Shot (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Shadow of the Sith (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Before the Awakening (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
The Last Jedi: Cobalt Squadron (and audiobook)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Star Wars Resistance — "No Escape: Part 2"
"Rules of the Game" — Canto Bight (and audiobook)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (and audiobook)
The Last Order (Mentioned only)

Sources

Star Wars Helmet Collection: 501st Legion Stormtrooper Databank A-Z: E-11 Blaster–Cornelius Evazan
Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections
Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 61 Guide to the Galaxy: Galactic Time and Dates
Star Wars: Alien Archive
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
The Star Wars Book
"Naboo" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
Star Wars: Complete Locations, New Edition
Homing Beacon in the Databank (backup link)
The Force in the Databank (backup link)

Notes and references

External links

Light year on Wikipedia

In other languages

[Skywalker_Strikes-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Star Wars (2015) 1

[Trkn-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tarkin

[Falcon_61-3] Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 61 Guide to the Galaxy: Galactic Time and Dates

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