Summary
- The ancient history of the Star Wars galaxy is shrouded in mystery, with evidence of historical records only going back so far due to the cycle of light and dark.
- The Zeffo race may be the first great civilization in the Star Wars galaxy, with Force-sensitives who learned to travel across the galaxy by bonding with space whales, the purrgil.
- The collapse of the Zeffo-Nightsister intergalactic civilization was possibly caused by the rise of the light side of the Force, and the development of life on various worlds in the galaxy followed.
Star Wars is famously set a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away – but what has been revealed about this galaxy’s ancient history? When George Lucas introduced viewers to the Star Wars galaxy, he deliberately gave everything a time-worn and lived-in look. Ever since, audiences have been fascinated to learn the secrets of Star Wars’ past.
The history of the Star Wars galaxy is shrouded in mystery, and there’s evidence even in-universe historical records only go back so far. In part this is because of the cycle of light and dark seen in the galaxy, with proponents of the dark side striving to destroy all records of the light, and vice versa. But some of these secrets have finally been revealed in Ahsoka, with Ahsoka Tano traveling the pathway to Peridea and learning the truth. Here’s all that is known about the main Star Wars galaxy’s ancient history to date, in a rough order because the precise chronology is still uncertain..
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The ancient history of the Star Wars galaxy was first teased in Jedi: Fallen Order, when Cal Kestis followed in the footsteps of Jedi Master Eno Cordova in investigating the secrets of a race called the Zeffo. Force-sensitives who evolved on a planet in the Outer Rim, the Zeffo came to refer to the Force as the “Life Wind,” the Zeffo learned to travel across the galaxy, presumably by bonding with Star Wars’ space whales, the purrgil. There is as yet no evidence the Zeffo ever learned to access hyperspace through artificial means, although this cannot be ruled out.
