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It has been stated in several sources that the Galactic Empire at its height controlled approximately a million worlds. It is interesting to note that if this is then scaled in accordance with data on the Chommell sector, one can obtain some startling data. | It has been stated in several sources that the Galactic Empire at its height controlled approximately a million worlds. It is interesting to note that if this is then scaled in accordance with data on the Chommell sector, one can obtain some startling data. | ||
'[Naboo is the capital of] 36 full-member worlds and more than 40,000 settled dependencies, and 300,000,000 barren stars.' This single | '[Naboo is the capital of] 36 full-member worlds and more than 40,000 settled dependencies, and 300,000,000 barren stars.' This single sentence provides a basis for this analysis. It is assumed that this is a typical sector (admittedly a large assumption) and that these figures are a constant ratio across the galaxy (unlikely again, but perhaps more valid from our limited perspective). | ||
These figures give us slightly more than a trillion (1,081,081,081) colonies and 8.1E12 stars in the Galactic Empire. This figure for stars is significantly larger than that for the Milky Way, and may suggest the larger size of the Galaxy Far Far Away as well as the complete | These figures give us slightly more than a trillion (1,081,081,081) colonies and 8.1E12 stars in the Galactic Empire. This figure for stars is significantly larger than that for the Milky Way, and may suggest the larger size of the Galaxy Far Far Away as well as the complete cataloging of 'brown dwarf' type objects and other stellar bodies. | ||
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An Empire of a Million Worlds
It has been stated in several sources that the Galactic Empire at its height controlled approximately a million worlds. It is interesting to note that if this is then scaled in accordance with data on the Chommell sector, one can obtain some startling data.
'[Naboo is the capital of] 36 full-member worlds and more than 40,000 settled dependencies, and 300,000,000 barren stars.' This single sentence provides a basis for this analysis. It is assumed that this is a typical sector (admittedly a large assumption) and that these figures are a constant ratio across the galaxy (unlikely again, but perhaps more valid from our limited perspective).
These figures give us slightly more than a trillion (1,081,081,081) colonies and 8.1E12 stars in the Galactic Empire. This figure for stars is significantly larger than that for the Milky Way, and may suggest the larger size of the Galaxy Far Far Away as well as the complete cataloging of 'brown dwarf' type objects and other stellar bodies.