Ahsoka Suggests It's Time For Star Wars To Change Its Iconic Intro

The iconic intro for the entire Star Wars franchise "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." has been around since its birth with the release of Episode IV — A New Hope (then simply called Star Wars) in the distant 1977.

However, with the release of the Ahsoka TV series, it may be time to change that, as the show has just introduced an absolutely massive addition to Star Wars lore.

Until now, all the events we have seen in countless movies, TV shows, video games, books, comics, and other media related to the franchise have taken place in a galaxy known simply as The Galaxy.

Now, the just-released second episode of the show strongly suggests that Ahsoka will take us to another galaxy later in the series, for the first time ever in the franchise.

Previously, even Legends, the now non-canon pre-Disney Star Wars lore, only featured extra-galactic species, the most notable being the Yuuzhan Vong.

This hostile species of religious zealots, who resented mechanical technology and used genetically engineered organic analogues, invaded The Galaxy and brought the New Republic to its knees in the old canon.

However, neither the legends nor the current canon have ever taken the story beyond our familiar sector of the universe, so Ahsoka will be venturing into an entirely new, never-before-seen territory.

Morgan also mentions that the installation they use to access the star map was built by "ancient people from a distant galaxy," which begs the question of who that species might be.

Given the obvious technological nature of the star map, the Yuuzhan Vong are immediately eliminated from the list of suspects, which is also supported by the fact that they have not yet been reintroduced into the current canon.

The most logical choice (among those already existing) would be the Rakatans, an ancient species whose Infinite Empire conquered most of the galaxy long ago.

They first appeared in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and were recently brought back into current canon.

The fact that the Rakatan star maps in the game look a bit like the one in the series may also support this theory.

Of course, in Legends the Rakatans originated in "our" galaxy, but perhaps the creators intend to change that in the new canon and make them an extra-galactic life form.

Hopefully we will get the answer by the end of the first season of Ahsoka. Episode 3 is scheduled for release on August 29, 2023.