How long is a long time ago, and how far is far, far away?
Mustrum_Ridcully
Hero
It's probably just a fairy tale opening... "Once upon a time, there was a lovely princess..."
But here isn't a galaxy a long way away.
Ryujin
Legend
Yeah, we all know what inbreeding does to the look of the average princess.
Mustrum_Ridcully
Hero
Well... since Galaxies are moving through space, a long time ago also means it was far away. (Of course, that's stretching the interpretation of a long way away)
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
aw don't be mean to Beatrice
Ryujin
Legend
I'll name no names.
Eltab
Lord of the Hidden Layer
There are too many stars in the background; they are still in their own galaxy.
I thought they were looking at a star with a dust ring around it.
MarkB
Legend
Given that even the nearest galaxy to us is millions of light years away, just saying "another galaxy" would be sufficient - you wouldn't have to phrase it as "far, far away". Since it is phrased that way, the added emphasis on the distance could be intended to imply that it's a long way even as intergalactic distances are measured. So at least several times as far away as the nearest galaxy, maybe even as far away as a different galaxy cluster.
"Long ago" has no particular emphasis placed upon it, but the saga takes place over the course of decades, so it should be sufficiently long ago that the time passing within the storyline doesn't particularly impact that - otherwise Episode I would be "long ago" and Episode VII would be "a short time ago". So, could be anywhere up to billions of years, but most likely no less than multiple centuries.
"Long ago" has no particular emphasis placed upon it, but the saga takes place over the course of decades, so it should be sufficiently long ago that the time passing within the storyline doesn't particularly impact that - otherwise Episode I would be "long ago" and Episode VII would be "a short time ago". So, could be anywhere up to billions of years, but most likely no less than multiple centuries.
Olgar Shiverstone
Legend
From Wookiepedia:
"The Episode II DVD-ROM Exclusive Content states that "the cluster known as the Rishi Maze may be the bright object that Luke and Leia stare at at the end of The Empire Strikes Back." However, Leland Chee confirmed on the StarWars.com Message Boards that the object seen in Episode V is the Star Wars galaxy,[3] despite this requiring the Rebel fleet to have traveled a very long distance from the galaxy. However, such a travel is possible according to the Outbound Flight Project led by Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth. The Rebel fleet could also be in the Rishi Maze during this scene, and thus able to view the main galaxy from outside."
The Rishi Maze, formally known as Companion Aurek, was one of the seven satellite dwarf galaxies that orbited the galaxy proper.
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