A very exciting update from Star Wars is a great reminder of just how much potential George Lucas’ sandbox still has. 48 years ago, the galaxy far, far away was created and has not stopped growing since. Featuring countless worlds and exciting locations in a truly vast galaxy, it’s exciting to see that there’s still so much more to be explored.

Since 1977, the Star Wars franchise has grown at an exponential rate. Featuring nine core movies, a handful of spin-off films, multiple series, canonical books, comics, and games, each new piece of media has helped flesh out the galaxy in some very exciting ways, especially with hundreds of different worlds and planets to be explored. Now, a new update from Star Wars proves the galaxy is far from being fully explored.

Star Wars’ Brand-New Galaxy Map Has Been Released

Featuring Some Of The Most Recent Planets and Locations

Lucasfilm just recently restored its cartography page on StarWars.com, featuring an updated and brand-new map that’s fascinating to look through. All the classic planets from the movies and shows are there, as well as some of the most obscure worlds (like ones that were only ever referenced in a single book published years ago). It’s all there, and it’s super fun to see where certain planets are located.

The various sections of the galaxy are shown from the Deep Core, Core, Colonies, Inner Rim, Expansion Region, Mid Rim, Outer Rim, and the ever-mysterious Unknown Regions. Additionally, major hyperspace lanes and trade routes are shown, including the Hydian Way and Correllian Run, and even regions like “Hutt Space” and the Corporate Sector. However, my favorite part of this new Star Wars map is actually what’s missing.

The Best Part Of Star Wars’ New Map Is What We Don’t See

The Unknown Regions

One of the best things this brand-new Star Wars map does is remind fans of the actual layout of the galaxy on a grand scale. For example, the furthest sections, like the Outer Rim, do not wrap around the entire perimeter of the galaxy. Instead, the known reaches of the Star Wars galaxy only take up just over the right half of the full galaxy.

Conversely, that left half belongs to the largely unmapped Unknown Regions. Sure, there are some key planets we know about, like Ahch-To, Rakata Prime, Grand Admiral Thrawn’s homeworld Csilla, and Palpatine’s ancient Sith world of Exegol. However, there’s so much of the galaxy that remains unexplored thanks to all the hyperspace dangers and anomalies that make it so hard to navigate, like the Red Honeycomb Zone, aka Blood Net. That’s super exciting.

48 Years Later, The Star Wars Galaxy Still Has Plenty To Explore

I’m Excited For More Of The Map To Be Uncovered

What’s so crazy is that even after 48 years, there’s still nearly half a galaxy that can still be explored for years to come. Likewise, it’s also worth mentioning that Star Wars has even begun to explore other galaxies, like in Ahsoka and the ancient world of Peridea. Perhaps upcoming movies like James Mangold’s Dawn of the Jedi movie could start exploring hidden worlds 25,000 years before the events of the Skywalker saga.

It’d be very exciting to start making the Unknown Regions a little more known in the near future. It would also be fascinating to learn why and how such a wide section of the galaxy became so treacherous. After all, key origin planets for both the Jedi and Sith are located in the mysterious Unknown Regions, suggesting something might have happened to have made almost half of the galaxy so perilous.