Editing Star Wars (section)

== Premise ==
The ''Star Wars'' franchise depicts the adventures of characters "a long time ago in [[Star Wars galaxy|a galaxy]] far, far away"<ref name="star wars 4">{{Cite video|title=Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|date=2006|medium=DVD}}</ref> across [[Star Wars#Fictional timeline|multiple fictional eras]], in which humans and many species of [[List of Star Wars creatures|aliens]] (often [[humanoid]]) co-exist with [[Droid (Star Wars)|droids]], which may be programmed for personal assistance or battle.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/battle-droid |title=Battle droid |website=StarWars.com |accessdate=October 22, 2023 |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810084243/https://www.starwars.com/databank/battle-droid |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Spaceflight|Space travel]] between planets is common due to [[lightspeed]] [[Hyperspace#Star Wars|hyperspace]] technology.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Ann Margaret|date=April 3, 2001|title=Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Alien Species|publisher=LucasBooks|isbn=978-0-345-44220-8|url=https://archive.org/details/starwarsessentia00lewi}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Wallace|first=Daniel|date=February 16, 1999|title=Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Droids|publisher=LucasBooks|isbn=978-0-345-42067-1|url=https://archive.org/details/starwarsessentia00wall}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Bill|date=March 19, 1996|title=Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels|publisher=LucasBooks|isbn=978-0-345-39299-2|url=https://archive.org/details/starwarsessentia00smit}}</ref> The planets range from wealthy, [[Ecumenopolis|planet-wide cities]] to deserts scarcely populated by primitive tribes. Virtually any Earth [[biome]], along with many fictional ones, has its counterpart as a ''Star Wars'' planet which, in most cases, teem with sentient and non-sentient alien life.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Wenz |first=John |date=April 23, 2015 |title=Could the Planets in Star Wars Actually Support Life? |url=https://www.wired.com/2015/04/star-wars-planetary-science/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526125541/https://www.wired.com/2015/04/star-wars-planetary-science/ |archive-date=May 26, 2022 |access-date=May 27, 2022 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}</ref> The franchise also makes use of other astronomical objects such as [[Asteroid belt|asteroid fields]] and [[nebula]]e.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Asteroid Field |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/asteroid-field |access-date=May 27, 2022 |website=StarWars.com |language=en |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527202025/https://www.starwars.com/databank/asteroid-field |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Archeon Nebula |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/archeon-nebula |access-date=May 27, 2022 |website=StarWars.com |language=en |archive-date=June 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611043740/https://www.starwars.com/databank/archeon-nebula |url-status=live }}</ref> Spacecraft range from small [[List of Star Wars starfighters|starfighters]] to large [[Capital ship|capital ships]], such as the [[Star Destroyer]]s, as well as [[space station]]s such as the moon-sized [[Death Star]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/x-wing-starfighter/ |title=X-wing starfighter |website=StarWars.com |accessdate=October 22, 2023 |archive-date=November 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108030754/https://www.starwars.com/databank/x-wing-starfighter |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/super-star-destroyer/ |title=Super Star Destroyer |website=StarWars.com |accessdate=October 22, 2023 |archive-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110105237/https://www.starwars.com/databank/super-star-destroyer/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/death-star |title=Death Star |website=StarWars.com |accessdate=October 22, 2023 |archive-date=November 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108044610/https://www.starwars.com/databank/death-star |url-status=live }}</ref> Telecommunication includes two-way audio and [[audiovisual]] screens, [[Holography art|holographic]] projections, and hyperspace transmission.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/holonet-news |title=HoloNet News |website=StarWars.com |accessdate=October 22, 2023 |archive-date=November 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111075431/https://www.starwars.com/databank/holonet-news |url-status=live }}</ref>

The universe of ''Star Wars'' is generally similar to the real universe but its laws of physics are less strict allowing for more imaginative stories.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Allain |first=Rhett |date=December 17, 2015 |title=The Physics in Star Wars Isn't Always Right, and That's OK |url=https://www.wired.com/2015/12/the-physics-in-star-wars-isnt-always-right-and-thats-ok/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527203527/https://www.wired.com/2015/12/the-physics-in-star-wars-isnt-always-right-and-thats-ok/ |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |access-date=May 27, 2022 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}</ref> One result of that is a mystical power known as [[the Force]] which is described in the original film as "an energy field created by all living things ... [that] binds the galaxy together".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/6-great-quotes-about-the-force|title=6 Great Quotes About the Force|website=StarWars.com|date=July 25, 2016|access-date=November 11, 2018|archive-date=November 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111173607/https://www.starwars.com/news/6-great-quotes-about-the-force|url-status=live}}</ref> The field is depicted as a kind of pantheistic god.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 26, 2018 |title=How to Teach Kids About Worldviews Through 'Star Wars' {{!}} SCENES |url=https://scenesmedia.com/2018/04/how-to-teach-kids-about-worldviews-through-star-wars/ |access-date=May 27, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702181721/https://scenesmedia.com/2018/04/how-to-teach-kids-about-worldviews-through-star-wars/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Through training and meditation, those whom "the Force is strong with" exhibit various [[Superpower (ability)|superpowers]] (such as [[Psychokinesis|telekinesis]], [[precognition]], [[telepathy]], and manipulation of physical energy);<ref name="star wars 5">{{Cite video|title =[[The Empire Strikes Back]]|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|date=2004|medium=DVD}}</ref> it is believed nothing is impossible for the Force.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 31, 2017 |title="Nothing is impossible for the Force": A Joint Retrospective on the first Darth Vader Comic Series – Mynock Manor |url=https://mynockmanor.com/retrospective-darth-vader-comic-series-2015/ |access-date=May 27, 2022 |website=mynockmanor.com |language=en-US |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111161942/https://mynockmanor.com/retrospective-darth-vader-comic-series-2015/ |url-status=live }}</ref> These superpowers are wielded by two major [[Military order (religious society)|knightly orders]] at conflict with each other: the [[Jedi]], peacekeepers of the [[Galactic Republic]] who act on the light side of the Force through [[Detachment (philosophy)|non-attachment]] and [[arbitration]], and the [[Sith]], who use the dark side by manipulating [[anger]], [[fear]] and [[aggression]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/jedi-order |title=Jedi Order |website=StarWars.com |accessdate=October 22, 2023 |archive-date=November 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103112856/https://www.starwars.com/databank/jedi-order |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/sith |title=Sith |website=StarWars.com |accessdate=October 22, 2023 |archive-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016195506/https://www.starwars.com/databank/sith |url-status=live }}</ref> While Jedi Knights can be numerous, the Dark Lords of the Sith (or 'Darths') are intended to be limited to two: a master and their apprentice.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nicholas|first=Christopher|title=Star Wars: I Am a Jedi|series=[[Little Golden Books]]|year=2016|others=Illustrated by Ron Cohee|pages=18–19|isbn=978-0-7364-3487-4}}</ref>

The franchise is set against a backdrop of galactic conflict involving republics and empires, such as the evil [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/galactic-empire |title=Galactic Empire |website=StarWars.com |accessdate=October 22, 2023}}</ref> The Jedi and Sith prefer the use of a weapon called the [[lightsaber]], a retractable blade of plasma that can cut through virtually any surface and deflect energy bolts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/lightsaber/ |title=Lightsaber |website=StarWars.com |accessdate=October 22, 2023 |archive-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024032411/https://www.starwars.com/databank/lightsaber/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The rest of the population, as well as renegades and soldiers, use plasma-powered [[Blaster (Star Wars)|blaster]] [[firearm]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blaster pistol |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/blaster-pistol/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317001317/https://www.starwars.com/databank/blaster-pistol/ |archive-date=17 March 2023 |accessdate=October 22, 2023 |website=StarWars.com}}</ref> In the outer reaches of the galaxy, crime syndicates such as the [[Hutt (Star Wars)|Hutt]] cartel are dominant.<ref name="Hutt clan">{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/hutt-clan |title=Hutt clan |website=StarWars.com |accessdate=October 22, 2023 |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102193645/https://www.starwars.com/databank/hutt-clan |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bounty hunter]]s are often employed by both [[gangsters]] and governments, while illicit activities include [[smuggling]] and [[slavery]].<ref name="Hutt clan"/>

The [[Science fantasy|combination of science fiction and fantasy elements]] makes ''Star Wars'' a very universal franchise, capable of telling stories of various genres.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCoy |first=Joshua Kristian |date=February 5, 2022 |title=Other Genres Star Wars Should Try Out |url=https://gamerant.com/expanding-star-wars-genres/ |access-date=May 27, 2022 |website=[[Game Rant]] |language=en-US |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527202025/https://gamerant.com/expanding-star-wars-genres/ |url-status=live }}</ref>