Not necessarily, this is often either ignored, or often not discussed when talking about intergalactic travel in the SW universe. In the book Outbound Flight, there was an attempt (I won't include spoilers) but let's just say it was not a failure of the project. Also, not discussed as well is the fact the Yuuzon Vong ARE from another galaxy and were only forced to use sublight (at the cost of thousands of years of travel) to reach the SW galaxy. It is explained that they did not have a hyperspace navigation point to actually use hyperspace. Also many books allude to the possibility that some smugglers and others have indeed left the galaxy and survived to tell about it. Look up Vuffi Raa, a "friend" of Lando Calrissian who in addition to being a type of droid is also a member of an intergalactic species known as the Silentium. They and the Abominor are believed to be the races responsible for the xenophobia and destruction of the original Yuuzon Vong homeworld.
You aren’t wrong. That is a valid theory floating around the physics world to explain part of the Fermi paradox. We are placed on the outer arms of the Milky Way with vast spaces between stars.
Sounds like the Unknown regions would be a good way to make some credits if your a large corporation. Untapped resources, technology and labor away from the prying eyes of the government and the tax system.
SKS Studios Toronto Until you realize that you could lose a lot of resources in the process given the hazardness of traversing the uncharted hyperspace lanes (which could destroy ships if they are not careful enough), and plus there are governments in the Unkown Regions such as the Chiss Ascendancy.
Use contractors and then find a clause in the contract to not pay them. Big corporations do it all the time. Foreign governments are bought off for cheep. Never underestimate the power of the greed side.
@@user-ky9ou5dz9q From the information we have, we do know how large the universe is roughly, and rapidly expanding. From that, we can estimate the number of stars. Let's just stick to what's more likely rather than start assuming there are an infinite number of universes with not even a shred of evidence leading that way. I didn't expect you to actually stick to your guns there because it's a bit ridiculous judging by what I said. I'd rather leave the conjecture for another discussion. A side note, it's probable that space itself is infinite.
I'll always remember in one of the Darth Bane books he travels through what I think is part of the unknown region and has to basically beast his way through some ancient hyperspace lanes or something similar by using the force. I remember thinking how badass that was lol
Immagine a game.. in the next 20-30 years.. similar to no man's sky..using Battlefront like graphics.. but in the star wars universe.. with it's storyline
thats like someone saying in the year 1998 or 1988 saying, imagine a game in the next 20-30 years with nes graphics or playstation one graphics in the star wars universe with its storyline.. THAT SOUNDS FUCKING RETARDED what a stupid ass comment. in 20 to 30 years our present day graphics and style that we play video games will be scene as extremely archaic and old school just the way we see playstation 1, and NES...
"You know, if you keep exploring the unknown regions, eventually you're going to have to call them something else."- Wedge Antilles, Starfighters of Adumar.
Well, Thrawn was IN the empire, and if he lives through Rebels and the GCW, then he would be part of the falling empire/First Order Creation. The First Order is born from a drying empire, and the empire knew of the Chiss, so I don't see why the First Order wouldn't know of them.
Will Brown I think they could be an Ally of The First Order maybe they helped improve The Imperial Remnants Tech and Help them Reorganize from The Remains of The Empire to The First Order
From the global Legends pile of stories, it seems that an ancient, extremely advanced race ruled once the central part of the Galaxy. They were suspected to have left Centerpoint station after engineering the Corellian system. With such abilities, it is not impossible that this race saw the rise of the dark Rakatas on Lehon, and tried to stop them by engineering the Tangle and other celestial walls between their realm and the Rakatas. But the Rakatan empire did go around or through it, possibly after it began to weaken or simply because it was like the Maginot line : quite easy to go around after all. Since the Tangle was supposedly engineered to stop any regular crossing, it isn't quite a surprise that the « core » civilisations didn't cross it. But that's right : it's funny to see how they didn't really care to go around themselves, if it wasn't for sherpa Thrawn's initiative ; and he was a local. Was the galactic population culturally afraid of the Unknown Regions, it's dark past and the myths and legends that surely persisted long after the Rakatan demise ?
My understanding is that the Celestials were the architects of Centerpoint Station (and at least some of them became the Ones, the Father, Son, and Daughter, and who adopted Abeloth as the Mother before her betrayal and exile) also created the Tangle, due to fear of the Mnggal-Mnggal.
Most of this seems pretty reasonable, but there's one big flaw in this, and that's the location of Rakata Prime.The Rakatan Infinite Empire spanned the entire galaxy during their time. It's not possible for a race to rule the whole galaxy from the unknown regions without having mapped out at least one reliable hyperspace lane from their part of the Unknown Regions to the core worlds.
TIE Fighter because for it to be unknown, it needs to be uncharted. Without charts, no one knows what goes on in there since they don't know what it looks like And to chart the place, you need really good cartographers and explorers to actually explore it. And since barely anybody wants anything to do with that side of the galaxy (besides the Emperor and his post-mortem Contingency.) so it's still unknown.
After playing No Man's Sky for about 80 hours, I can absolutely confirm that any kind of "solo mapping of the galaxy" is practically impossible. Even with tens of thousands of people having played the game, I haven't even arrived at a star system that another player has discovered before. So without the vast effort of a huge empire, I can totally understand it going largely unexplored for millenia.
But you can find what you're looking for if you have coordinates, which I used to visit various populated areas in the galaxy, and even to locate a single specific star. The game was much more fun without teleportation. At first they didn't allow players to leave a star system if they used portal to get there. Now you can just just portal to the center of the galaxy in one go. Took me about a hundred of blackhole jumps to reach the center.
Episode 9 spoilers below: I think that the hyperspace barrier / the tangle is canon now; that's the red field that Rey and the Rebellion go through to the Sith Planet.
Same as we see in the Rebels TV show season 2 when the ghost crew and 2 lasat searching for Lira San and there are some kind of gravitational anomaly that can rip a ship apart but Zeb use his Bo Rifle to use it for some kinda protection for the Ghost but also guide them to Lira San. I think that also a hyperspace barrier and the Force guide them to the secret hyperspace Lane in that area to pass through
@@wardy6224 Theory: the amount of ships that showed up is surprisingly few considering they came from millions upon millions of planets. I think that some got lost
@@acsulag8002 sixteen thousand ships in a galaxy with one thousand sectors, at a minimum of fifty inhabited worlds each. That's one ship from every third world or so.
What if we as Humans live in the Milky Way unknown region and thats why no aliens has visited us cuz they also only live and care about the most important trade routs and what if they will never come looking for us because they are fighting some huge war on a massive galactic scale !
But that doesn't explain the lack of force sensitives on our planet, there are at least a few per planetary species so eventually we would find out about it, knowing our government we could already but it's hidden from the public but the force is older than time so its impossible to conceal it forever especially when the people who are force sensitive are seemingly random.
the jade Dude oh there are definitely Force sensitives on our planet. Ive heard of several people who have done seemingly impossible thing. More commonly, some people have high intuition, sometimes called a 6th sense, which is basically like listening to or being guided by the Force. Theres even philosophies and religions about it, thohght its known by different names of course. Taoism is a great example.
if there was a massive war going on, we'd be able to pick up radiowaves emitting from it. there would be some sort of evidence our sensors would find.....we are lone in our solar system. If we're going to make contact with any alien race, they're going to need to be located inside our solar system. The universe is just too vast, otherwise.
A story of exploring the unknown regions and encountering the Chiss Ascendancy or other unknown species might be a good story for a Star Wars movie or TV show. I appreciated your video it was very well done.
So Galactic Civilization has ended due to a war with a Super Weapon but many planets form new Civilizations. The Republic, The Empire, and the First Order are gone but new Factions of one planet, regions on a planet, or multiple regional planets remain. Some technology is lost but there is technology level differences from planet to planet. You have to form a new galactic empire while fixing the environmental and Geological damage from the war.
Or do you mean a RPG that gives you free will to choose different quests and interact with different programmed characters with its own personality. All in unique different areas of the game world (OR in this case universe). The possibilities would be endless. There would have to be multiple planets with its own unique fictional culture and characters with different backstories, personalities, and physical features. Along with pre-programmed quests unique to each area depending on which galactic faction you are apart of.
You know what would be a safer way to explore the Unknown Regions? System hopping... We know here on Earth what the closest solar system to us is and how long it would take us to get there with our current tech. If Jakku was the starting point for The Empire to venture out into the Unknown Regions, you'd travel to the solar system closest to it first, and then go from there... Like stepping stones, only you're using solar systems instead... I'm sure eventually you'll develop a hyperspace lane from that maybe...
Thing is: To achieve that you'd need to settle on a planet, then start scanning that planet's sky to map out the local systems. Then start sending out probe droids to see if there's any debris between you and the target system. If there is, then you have to skip to the next system.
Its so cool seeing the map of the Star Wars galaxy. Especially when you find the Maw and Kessel considering you can find where Han went for the Kessel run adding in all the stuff with the Sun Crusher and the Empire ambush. Also seeing a familiar place, you’d be like “Thats where Mandalore is? I would have never guessed”
Another reason why it is unexplored is because it is full of the most desturbing, creepy and weird ass shit you will ever find. Like seriously folks! When has something good ever come out of the unknown regions? I sure as hell can't think of a single time! It is an unexplored place full of the creepiest and strangest abominations that the galaxy has ever seen!
yeah unknown regions had some weirdest things inside it, advanced civilizations, technological planet(s?), crazy monsters etc. also you cant forget how it contained one of the most powerful empires in legends... Eternal empire.
You know what it would be an awesome movie? A movie about a giant crew maping the unknow regions. It could be very awesome! New enemys,new systems,new species,new storys! It could be awesome!
I love all of your content regarding the unknown regions, wild space, hyperdrive craziness and starships. It is awesome creative fodder. Please keep it up.
Really nice content! From a scientific viewpoint the whole Star Wars Galaxy has a big mistake, though. In Galaxies the core region of the galaxy is the region with the dangerous radiation, the black holes, the gravity anomalies and so on. That's why life is possible on earth. It is out there in a remote side arm, where life like we know it is possible because there is lot of space between stars and thus not in a constant danger of being wiped out by the next gamma ray burst or supernova or similar things. So basically... the whole Star Wars Galaxy is kind of backwards. The core is the life friendly zone and the rim is the dangerous zone. It should be the other way round
Is wouldn't even be a battle. The Spirit of fire is a refitted CIVILIAN colony ship designed mainly for planetary assault. The pegesus us the exact opposite it idls a beast that is completely focused on killing space craft.
I'm not buying the probe idea. Both the Old Republic and Empire had the resources to do it. And like you said, it sounds like the Emperor was doing it. Probably in an attempt to locate the aliens invading from outside the Galaxy. But when it comes to the EU, its just a writing tool. They were probably saving the unknown lands in case they wanted to expand the lore. Much like Star Trek did with the Gamma/Delta Quadrants. That also brings up the issue that, for a history that's suppose to span hundreds of thousands of years, you'd think they would invent a new type of faster than light travel system. Again, they can make cloaking devices, planet sized super lasers, giant walking cities....but Star Trek style warp drives or dark matter elude them? Yeah, not buying that either.
Thanks for doing this one. I've been needing more TL;DR stuff on this topic because I'm actually trying to come up with a TTRPG story about this exact thing.
Ruairi Watson cortana actually merged the coordinates acquired from the artifact at sigma octanus and the coordinates from the forerunner ship at reach(which i theorise is a keyship)and then made the slipspace jump.
I've got some good star ship versus ideas! *1.* 100 CR-90 Blockade Runners VS 1 Alligiance Star Destroyer *2.* Aclemator Class Assult Ship VS Nebulon B Frigate *3.* Droid Control Ship VS Scarif Shield Gate *4.* Tie Phantom VS Tie Defender *5.* T-800 Terminator VS IG-88 *6.* Victory 1 or 2 Star Destroyer VS MC-75 *7.* Abeloth VS Early DBZ Goku *8.* 1,000 Tie Defenders VS The Sun Crusher *9.* World Devistator VS Late Clone Wars Lucker Hulk Droid Control Ship *10.* The Impirial forces over Scarif VS 1 Resergence Class Star Destroyer
I love the Unknown Regions version in Canon. What I like about this uncharted section of the galaxy is how much we don't know about it. This to me adds a lot of mystery like a creepypasta. It's essentially like the Bermuda Triangle in space.
I'm glad that I know another Star Wars fan who is very fascinated by the Unknown Regions. Star Trek already explored part of it's galaxy's own "Unknown Regions" (aka. the Delta Quadrant) in Voyager, but Star Wars has yet to really explore their uncharted parts of space. The new trilogy seems to be wanting to explore a bit of it though, since we know Starkiller Base (which may or may not be Ilum) was based in the Unknown Regions, and that the First Order has a presence there.
Actually, if we go by Attack of the Clones there is no such thing as the Unknown Regions in Star Wars unless we're talking deep extragalactic space. The conversation between Obi-Wan and the librarian in the movie made it quite clear that there are no unexplored parts in the local galactic cluster.
This channel has quickly become my favorite. No bullshit just good content and eckhart actually listens to the viewers. (I still wanna see if the covenant force that invaded reach could invade coruscant) ;)
USS Vengeance (Star Trek) vs BC-304 Daedalus (Stargate) both with full capabilities. Anubis's Mothership (Stargate) vs Eclipse Super Star Destroyer (Star Wars) Asuran Fleet at Asuras (Stargate) with ZPMs vs Coruscant's Defense Fleet (Star Wars) Goa'uld Fleet at Dakara (Stargate) vs Rebel Fleet at Endor (Star Wars) Sodan Warrior (Stargate) vs Elite Honor Guard (Halo) Wraith Hiveship (Stargate) vs Victory ll Star Destroyer (Star Wars)
TheRevyFilms I think Eck once said that it's really hard to pick a vs. when you put so many in one comment, because then he doesn't know which one people like.
U are forgetting one ship that would make mince meat our of all of them and that is ori mothership the only ship to match it is deadlus class battel cruiser
This is cool and well done but if there are empires in the unknown regions which have had contact with the empire like the chiss then why is it unknown? Why haven't the chiss maps been used? After all some chiss are in the upper levels of the imperial government.
They probably were used to optimized Imperial probe missions. Space is a big place, and new discoveries can be made even in otherwise mapped areas, especially if different parties are looking for different things.
I always figured that they were the "unknown regions" because they were A: The later regions to be explored (after galactic wars took place, therefore losing precedence) and B: There's fewer safe hyperspace lanes available.
I don't really understand how hyperspace lanes work in Star Wars, I don't know how they develop, Are they created? Discovered? Or some other way? Are there any videos on this?
Its a lane of space where its safe for hyperspeed. Its mainly clear of debris, and is pretty much a highway across galexys. Hope I cleared this up a tad mate
@Presidente Enrique Peña Nieto You can't know it. But i think spaceships calculators are able to jump out of hyperspace if they detect some trashes on the way, like after a battle or a meteor. They can do it with a nebula, so why not ? And even if they can't, the odds that you jump right trough a passing asteroid are the same that you smash your car in a lost item on a highway.
Woody Jones Objects in real space create a “Mass Shadow” object within hyperspace which a collision with would have the same effect of colliding with the real space object, but at many multiples the speed of light. This is why hyperspace jumps need to be calculated, you need a 100% clear route from point A to B else your dead.
Historically towns are created when there is a massive sufficient and reliable food source is available or being maintained, that people can stay stationary in one place for a long time. Rivers(any large source of water), oasis, fertile plains for farms, and trade routes where food is exchange can create a town. It's food that influence their creation usually.
Quite simply, the Unknown Regions (as of the Galactic Civil War) are considered too dangerous to be explored. Be it hostile species or dangerous phenomena like the star cluster from the Rebels episode "Legends of the Lasat", the risk is just too great.
So, when Obi Wan was looking for Kimino, the librarian told him, "If an item does not appear in our records, it does not exist." How can that be if there are vast sectors of the galaxy unexplored?
@@concept5631 there was no air of arrogance from her. She was trying to be helpful, not condescending. There were also no gaps in the star charts. I'm inclined to say Disney was taking liberties with the lore.
shaynethegmann I think it would depend entirely on Oryx's connection with the deep in the star wars universe. If he teamed up with his two sisters though, everyones fucksville. The only reason the entire galaxy of the destiny universe wasnt completely obliterated by the hive in the first place was because the 3 hive gods decided to declare war on each other instead for thousands upon thousands of years. The last time they teamed up they nearly destroyed the traveller and actually did kill all of the gods of the deep to prove a point.
Thanks for the great video! Would you mind doing a video on recommended reads sometime? Would be interested to see which legends and Canon books you think are best
I've just finished playing Halo 2 and want to download Halo 3 but that matters little now, i noticed that Guilt Spark said:"The Halos are the last resort strategy against the Flood...", which means the Forerunner Could HOLD the Flood but couldn't defeat it, but they're giant brains and ego was hurt too badly for them to live, I mean the ALL MIGHTY FORERUNNER couldn't beat a bioweapon, doesn't matter how advanced but they were still unable to DEFEAT IT so they just commited mass suicide and said:"THE WHOLE DAMN GALAXY IS GOING WITH US!". So I think the Forerunner could contain the Flood from "flooding" the entire galaxy.
emarko cizma No actually. The forerunners were losing badly. Their most advanced A.I had turned on them and there were originally 14 Halos. By time they fired them they only had 7 left. Besides, they reseeded the galaxy without bringing themselves back as they felt they had screwed up to much and left everything for humanity.
emarko cizma you need to realise that the flood were created by a race which were basically to the forerunners as the forerunners are to humans with the purpose of avenging themselves after the forerunners betrayed them. The forerunners were completely fucked once mendicant bias was infected by the flood and took control of the entire forerunner fleet, hundreds of thousands of warships instantly turned against the forerunners and world after world being consumed by the flood with graveminds turning to key minds (think even more massive and intelligent versions of the gravemind that captures Arby and the Chief) on the ships they now controlled. The halos were a last line of defence because they knew it was only a matter of time before they lost. The point of the halos is to wipe out all organic matter yes, but in installation 00 there were supposed to be copies of all other races that would be repopulated after the halos fired so its not exactly a "if im going youre all coming with me" solution more than a "instead of the galaxy ending, lets just reset it" strategy. Theres all this stuff with the mantle of responsibility that explains their logic behind it.
hand to hand? or ship combat. hand to hand the arbiter - sangeihli are way over 2m tall, blindingly fast, incredibly powerful, and trained and disciplined in the way of war from childhood. Ship to ship, likely thrawn, as sangheili were both soldiers and tacticians, and although good at both, not quit masters of ship to ship combat, the way thrawn has specialised. However covenant technology does surpass that of the empire, so who knows.
Thel Vadum in both. In space, he can just tell the Covenant fleet to snipe Thrawn's fleet with energy projectors from tens of thousands of kilometres away
In the tales of the Jedi comic, they had independent explorers looking for new hyperspace routes. The story I refer to involved dav and jori daragon (I think). They end up finding korriban and captured by the sith. In the Jedi path book, the Jedi had a corps of explorers looking for new places. You are right, it is dangerous work.
Eck, I think a lot of people like the Unknown Regions because they're unknown, there are many mysteries in there. It both kind of represents our fears, our fear of not knowing what could be lying in wait out there, while also representing our want to explore, to make the unknown known, it's kinda clever if you think about it that way. (That, or I'm overthinking everything once again)
The lower levels of Corusant are also unknown regions.
I wanna thank everything under lvl 500ish is uninhabitable and lvl 1000 to 500 is filled with more or less what can be described as zombies
onyx guard that’s not true. Lv 5 is inhabited. Lv 1-4 doesn’t contain oxygen
@@frido_lino I thought it was just mostly garbage in the lower levels
JUICE it is
Apparently there's levels of Corusant that never even knew about the Empire and the Galactic Civil War
The unknown regions are locked behind a paywall.
Can I grind 200 hours for a peek?
@@frank144p4 no
@@frank144p4 1400 hours
Yes, Lord Vader
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So the Unknown Regions' are a cross between the Bermuda Triangle and Detroit. Hell, I'd stay away too. lol
Not necessarily, this is often either ignored, or often not discussed when talking about intergalactic travel in the SW universe. In the book Outbound Flight, there was an attempt (I won't include spoilers) but let's just say it was not a failure of the project. Also, not discussed as well is the fact the Yuuzon Vong ARE from another galaxy and were only forced to use sublight (at the cost of thousands of years of travel) to reach the SW galaxy. It is explained that they did not have a hyperspace navigation point to actually use hyperspace. Also many books allude to the possibility that some smugglers and others have indeed left the galaxy and survived to tell about it. Look up Vuffi Raa, a "friend" of Lando Calrissian who in addition to being a type of droid is also a member of an intergalactic species known as the Silentium. They and the Abominor are believed to be the races responsible for the xenophobia and destruction of the original Yuuzon Vong homeworld.
Detroit 😂
The detroit part really discouraged me from going now. Thanks
NYC*
@Bonnie That could actually be so. If not in the Galaxy far far away, it sure is in our own galaxy lol..
What if we are in the unknown regions
We're in a galaxy far far away dummy
Wojack Feel and that was a long time ago :v
Generation Tech made a 5 episode fanfiction where the first order attacks earth, located in the unknown regions.
Bruh
You aren’t wrong. That is a valid theory floating around the physics world to explain part of the Fermi paradox. We are placed on the outer arms of the Milky Way with vast spaces between stars.
Sounds like the Unknown regions would be a good way to make some credits if your a large corporation. Untapped resources, technology and labor away from the prying eyes of the government and the tax system.
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Until you realize that you could lose a lot of resources in the process given the hazardness of traversing the uncharted hyperspace lanes (which could destroy ships if they are not careful enough), and plus there are governments in the Unkown Regions such as the Chiss Ascendancy.
Use contractors and then find a clause in the contract to not pay them. Big corporations do it all the time. Foreign governments are bought off for cheep. Never underestimate the power of the greed side.
CIS in unknown regions confirmed
Because literally the most deadly shit are found in the Unknown Regions, like the Mgnaal Mgnaal, a force nexus, or the Yuuzan-Vong.
Nothing compared to the deadly smell my coworker does in the office bathroom on Monday morning.
So we are like 90% sure the unknown regions is where yoda’s home planet is.
I wanna see mandalorian take baby yoda there
@@liltrippmarpiru8340 here before you predict da future
That makes sense
@@liltrippmarpiru8340 shut up
@@Capytalistbara_edits Did they?
Its even more crazy considering this is only one of trillions of galaxies
well more like a tenth of that but yeah pretty much still uncomprehending to human minds
@@404killer either way lool
@@user-ky9ou5dz9q You say 'not true' as if your opinion seems more likely
@@user-ky9ou5dz9q From the information we have, we do know how large the universe is roughly, and rapidly expanding. From that, we can estimate the number of stars. Let's just stick to what's more likely rather than start assuming there are an infinite number of universes with not even a shred of evidence leading that way. I didn't expect you to actually stick to your guns there because it's a bit ridiculous judging by what I said. I'd rather leave the conjecture for another discussion.
A side note, it's probable that space itself is infinite.
@@user-ky9ou5dz9q yup.
I'll always remember in one of the Darth Bane books he travels through what I think is part of the unknown region and has to basically beast his way through some ancient hyperspace lanes or something similar by using the force. I remember thinking how badass that was lol
that was the deep core. not the unknown regions
There both unmapped, so it has the same effect
He was on his way to Tython
@@lazer2541 Actually the part he was talking about was his trip to tomb of Darth Adendu
Immagine a game.. in the next 20-30 years.. similar to no man's sky..using Battlefront like graphics.. but in the star wars universe.. with it's storyline
Vladimir Putin baia
Check out star Citizen very similar to your idea game in development now
Europa true, but he says in the next 20-30 years, not 200-300 years :)
thats like someone saying in the year 1998 or 1988 saying, imagine a game in the next 20-30 years with nes graphics or playstation one graphics in the star wars universe with its storyline.. THAT SOUNDS FUCKING RETARDED what a stupid ass comment. in 20 to 30 years our present day graphics and style that we play video games will be scene as extremely archaic and old school just the way we see playstation 1, and NES...
There's a game called Star Citizen you might want to check out. Hell if we're lucky it'll come out of early access in 30 years.
"You know, if you keep exploring the unknown regions, eventually you're going to have to call them something else."- Wedge Antilles, Starfighters of Adumar.
The unknown region = Plot Shield.
Brian J Malmsteen Or civilization shield. To prevent sentient life from expanding too far.
Yeah just like Mongolia was to the Chinese or Scotland to the Romans.
Or its a reserve fuel tank for story
C'mon, things would be pretty boring if there was no "Wild Frontier" setting at all to use
Brian J Malmsteen haha you where ahed of your time. The new trailer showed palpetines fleet in the unknown regions 😂
This is like Earth... We nevered fully explored our oceans. I thinkwe mapped out atleast 10% of it.
True Dude i honestly thought it was like 6-8% lol
True Dude less than that even, we know more about space than we do our own oceans.
well i dont flippin know
5%*
We don't know dick about the oceans when compared to how much we've learned about outer space
There are known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns! This is a epic known unknown! *best Samuel L. Jackson impression*
gotta love the unknown regions, I hope thrawn/Chiss ascendancy has contacted the first order in some way
Honestly, Thrawn and the Chiss could destroy the First Order easily.
Welcome if they did the REPUBLIC is completely screwed.
Well, Thrawn was IN the empire, and if he lives through Rebels and the GCW, then he would be part of the falling empire/First Order Creation. The First Order is born from a drying empire, and the empire knew of the Chiss, so I don't see why the First Order wouldn't know of them.
Will Brown I think they could be an Ally of The First Order maybe they helped improve The Imperial Remnants Tech and Help them Reorganize from The Remains of The Empire to The First Order
Sebastian Samuel thrawn is was working with the empire during the events of rogue one, canon
As celestial bodies move, how do the hyperspace lanes not change?
TIKI500 Star Wars logic lmao
TIKI500 its a movie stop looking for logic
They probably do change. But due to the constant flow of traffic the maps are always up to date.
Easy answer. The forceeeee
TIKI500 MATH
From the global Legends pile of stories, it seems that an ancient, extremely advanced race ruled once the central part of the Galaxy. They were suspected to have left Centerpoint station after engineering the Corellian system.
With such abilities, it is not impossible that this race saw the rise of the dark Rakatas on Lehon, and tried to stop them by engineering the Tangle and other celestial walls between their realm and the Rakatas.
But the Rakatan empire did go around or through it, possibly after it began to weaken or simply because it was like the Maginot line : quite easy to go around after all.
Since the Tangle was supposedly engineered to stop any regular crossing, it isn't quite a surprise that the « core » civilisations didn't cross it. But that's right : it's funny to see how they didn't really care to go around themselves, if it wasn't for sherpa Thrawn's initiative ; and he was a local.
Was the galactic population culturally afraid of the Unknown Regions, it's dark past and the myths and legends that surely persisted long after the Rakatan demise ?
My understanding is that the Celestials were the architects of Centerpoint Station (and at least some of them became the Ones, the Father, Son, and Daughter, and who adopted Abeloth as the Mother before her betrayal and exile) also created the Tangle, due to fear of the Mnggal-Mnggal.
The galaxy looks like someone took a huge bite out of it lol
Most of this seems pretty reasonable, but there's one big flaw in this, and that's the location of Rakata Prime.The Rakatan Infinite Empire spanned the entire galaxy during their time. It's not possible for a race to rule the whole galaxy from the unknown regions without having mapped out at least one reliable hyperspace lane from their part of the Unknown Regions to the core worlds.
Sum Ting Wong Actually Rakata Prime is in the know galaxy in canon.
Elijah Watson interesting. Did they say where? Also, what source was this stated in? I'd like to do further research on it.
Sum Ting Wong One of the galaxy reference books during TFA release.
I think the Rakatan Empire ruled some 30 thousand years ago, long enough for that information to be lost to time...
@@wiseguy01 or the information to be destroyed preventing anyone from discovering it and using that stuff
3:16 I certainly wasn't expecting to see my home show up in a video about the Unknown Regions of the Star Wars Galaxy, but there it is.
What city?
@@tropicalblizzards God's City, Halifax.
Me too I was like wtf hahaha I had to rewind and see that again
Eck is a Nova Scotian
Ah, the Big Harbour.
Why aren't the parts of space unexplored unknown?
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TIE Fighter because for it to be unknown, it needs to be uncharted.
Without charts, no one knows what goes on in there since they don't know what it looks like
And to chart the place, you need really good cartographers and explorers to actually explore it.
And since barely anybody wants anything to do with that side of the galaxy (besides the Emperor and his post-mortem Contingency.) so it's still unknown.
I just noticed my error, I mean are instead of aren't
TIE Fighter ah darn it
well your namesake isn't gonna make a difference. it can't go far or fast!
Captain Fordo radio telescopes
After playing No Man's Sky for about 80 hours, I can absolutely confirm that any kind of "solo mapping of the galaxy" is practically impossible. Even with tens of thousands of people having played the game, I haven't even arrived at a star system that another player has discovered before. So without the vast effort of a huge empire, I can totally understand it going largely unexplored for millenia.
But you can find what you're looking for if you have coordinates, which I used to visit various populated areas in the galaxy, and even to locate a single specific star.
The game was much more fun without teleportation. At first they didn't allow players to leave a star system if they used portal to get there. Now you can just just portal to the center of the galaxy in one go. Took me about a hundred of blackhole jumps to reach the center.
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I think while you portaled somewhere you have to go back to be able to use any other thing like blackholes or the center
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@@blueferal8626 have you talked to your parents in the last year?
@@blueferal8626 ?
Episode 9 spoilers below:
I think that the hyperspace barrier / the tangle is canon now; that's the red field that Rey and the Rebellion go through to the Sith Planet.
Nick Guy oh so trur
Same as we see in the Rebels TV show season 2 when the ghost crew and 2 lasat searching for Lira San and there are some kind of gravitational anomaly that can rip a ship apart but Zeb use his Bo Rifle to use it for some kinda protection for the Ghost but also guide them to Lira San. I think that also a hyperspace barrier and the Force guide them to the secret hyperspace Lane in that area to pass through
But how did ALL those ships at the end arrive to fight the ‘final order’
@@wardy6224 Theory: the amount of ships that showed up is surprisingly few considering they came from millions upon millions of planets. I think that some got lost
@@acsulag8002 sixteen thousand ships in a galaxy with one thousand sectors, at a minimum of fifty inhabited worlds each. That's one ship from every third world or so.
What if we as Humans live in the Milky Way unknown region and thats why no aliens has visited us cuz they also only live and care about the most important trade routs and what if they will never come looking for us because they are fighting some huge war on a massive galactic scale !
But that doesn't explain the lack of force sensitives on our planet, there are at least a few per planetary species so eventually we would find out about it, knowing our government we could already but it's hidden from the public but the force is older than time so its impossible to conceal it forever especially when the people who are force sensitive are seemingly random.
the jade Dude oh there are definitely Force sensitives on our planet. Ive heard of several people who have done seemingly impossible thing. More commonly, some people have high intuition, sometimes called a 6th sense, which is basically like listening to or being guided by the Force. Theres even philosophies and religions about it, thohght its known by different names of course. Taoism is a great example.
What if George Lucas actually doesn't came from Earth?
if there was a massive war going on, we'd be able to pick up radiowaves emitting from it. there would be some sort of evidence our sensors would find.....we are lone in our solar system. If we're going to make contact with any alien race, they're going to need to be located inside our solar system. The universe is just too vast, otherwise.
MinutemanSam he said that “it is sometimes called a 6th sense” he didn’t ever say it is the sixth type of sense we have
Dark Helmet vs Darth Vader
Dark Helmet. Full stop.
Youghurt vs Sand
His helmet is just so...big
I wonder if she gives good helmet.
“I see your Schwartz is as big as mine!”
A story of exploring the unknown regions and encountering the Chiss Ascendancy or other unknown species might be a good story for a Star Wars movie or TV show. I appreciated your video it was very well done.
The Geth (Mass Effect) Vs. The Separatist Droid Army (Star Wars)
Geth by a landslide
Well which geth? The reaper corrupted geth or AI geth (Legion).
AI Geth
Then Geth.
I think the geth wouldwin but the droids have tanks ships and overwhelming numbers
I FINALLY FOUND OUT WHAT THAT ONE SONG WAS!!!!! I've been looking for Home: Resonance for months ever since Eckhart started playing it!
Imagine a Fallout 4 type game but set in the Star Wars universe and where you can travel the galaxy.
So Galactic Civilization has ended due to a war with a Super Weapon but many planets form new Civilizations. The Republic, The Empire, and the First Order are gone but new Factions of one planet, regions on a planet, or multiple regional planets remain. Some technology is lost but there is technology level differences from planet to planet. You have to form a new galactic empire while fixing the environmental and Geological damage from the war.
Or do you mean a RPG that gives you free will to choose different quests and interact with different programmed characters with its own personality. All in unique different areas of the game world (OR in this case universe). The possibilities would be endless. There would have to be multiple planets with its own unique fictional culture and characters with different backstories, personalities, and physical features. Along with pre-programmed quests unique to each area depending on which galactic faction you are apart of.
You mean Outer Worlds and No Mans Sky combined
So... a butt ugly, buggy and shallow Star Wars game? I'm pretty sure they can accommodate you there.
You can always try out table top rpg games like edge of the empire or if you want to explore some other universe I recomend the Traveller.
You know what would be a safer way to explore the Unknown Regions?
System hopping...
We know here on Earth what the closest solar system to us is and how long it would take us to get there with our current tech.
If Jakku was the starting point for The Empire to venture out into the Unknown Regions, you'd travel to the solar system closest to it first, and then go from there...
Like stepping stones, only you're using solar systems instead...
I'm sure eventually you'll develop a hyperspace lane from that maybe...
Thing is: To achieve that you'd need to settle on a planet, then start scanning that planet's sky to map out the local systems. Then start sending out probe droids to see if there's any debris between you and the target system. If there is, then you have to skip to the next system.
@@ZeroNumerous and then imagine how big space is, how many hundreds of thousands of stars there are in just one tiny pixel of that map...
Silent Witness sounds like a good plan!
Lore, Imperial bioweapons
Blackwing, Vector, Zombies.
Project Starscream?
YES
Its so cool seeing the map of the Star Wars galaxy. Especially when you find the Maw and Kessel considering you can find where Han went for the Kessel run adding in all the stuff with the Sun Crusher and the Empire ambush. Also seeing a familiar place, you’d be like “Thats where Mandalore is? I would have never guessed”
Another reason why it is unexplored is because it is full of the most desturbing, creepy and weird ass shit you will ever find. Like seriously folks! When has something good ever come out of the unknown regions? I sure as hell can't think of a single time! It is an unexplored place full of the creepiest and strangest abominations that the galaxy has ever seen!
Bruce Jedi Lee isnt there more star weirds sround that area too?
yeah unknown regions had some weirdest things inside it, advanced civilizations, technological planet(s?), crazy monsters etc. also you cant forget how it contained one of the most powerful empires in legends... Eternal empire.
Like Abeloth and the mgnnal-mgnnal
You know what it would be an awesome movie?
A movie about a giant crew maping the unknow regions.
It could be very awesome!
New enemys,new systems,new species,new storys!
It could be awesome!
actually, that sounds like the perfect material for a tv series
Yeah, it was an awesome series when Star Trek did it in the 1960s. Lol ;)
You have just described star trek
Micah and jade dude beat me to it
Micah Blakeslee but Star Trek is complete shit
Halo librarian vs mother talzin
(Not........ Giving..... Up)
darth vader keep trying, never give up on unrealistic dreams!
Eck come on just do it, please.
*NEVER GIVE UP!*
always give up
Speaking of demons in the unknown regions.
darth vader Why? It's a match up that just doesn't work
Ewoks vs younglings
archpigeon Ewoks Vs High Ground*
High ground vs younglings
Sidious vs younglings
Lenin Soriano The Senate vs Sidious... Oh wait
Younglings
Is it me or does it suck that we need to separate canon from legends and Eu?
As a general rule: if you have to ask if something is just you, it's probably not.
In my opinion I include legends and canon just minus Han dying in episode 7 to where he’s still around for the youzong vong war
3:17, that is Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
HorseMan my home love it !
I love all of your content regarding the unknown regions, wild space, hyperdrive craziness and starships. It is awesome creative fodder. Please keep it up.
You should do an “all planets destroyed” through all of Star Wars history
Could the UNSC stop a Zerg invasion of Earth or Reach.
I love the smell of stim pack in the morning
Unlikely.
Grand Admiral Thrawn vs Supreme commander Thel Vadam
We will succeed one day.
Thel Vadum wins, he can get his fleet to snipe Thrawn's fleet with energy projectors from 100,000 km away
I say tie they would see each others tactical genius team up and be the most unstoppable force ever created
Listening from 2020, baby eckhart is so quiet
Really nice content!
From a scientific viewpoint the whole Star Wars Galaxy has a big mistake, though. In Galaxies the core region of the galaxy is the region with the dangerous radiation, the black holes, the gravity anomalies and so on. That's why life is possible on earth. It is out there in a remote side arm, where life like we know it is possible because there is lot of space between stars and thus not in a constant danger of being wiped out by the next gamma ray burst or supernova or similar things.
So basically... the whole Star Wars Galaxy is kind of backwards. The core is the life friendly zone and the rim is the dangerous zone. It should be the other way round
Thank you for being so conscientious about sharing the music you use. You're a good content creator.
Why are the Unknown Regions "Unknown"?
The answer is still unknown
I know a lot of the music you put in the background from before I found this channel, really dragged me in keep it up!
UNSC Spirit of Fire vs Battlestar Pegasus
*Not giving up!
Never give up. Never surrender. You will rise victorious one day.
CaptainFusou never give up my apprentice!
*NEVER GIVE UP!*
Eh that could be summed up kinda fast tho pegasus gets murdered by sof mac
Is wouldn't even be a battle. The Spirit of fire is a refitted CIVILIAN colony ship designed mainly for planetary assault. The pegesus us the exact opposite it idls a beast that is completely focused on killing space craft.
George put the kibosh on the "hyperspace disturbance"by showing that Kamino is actually in a satellite galaxy up over the main galactic disk.
Sergeant Johnson vs Captain Rex
Johnson I don’t care what you have to say Johnson would win 1 trillion out of 10 times just with his coolness
As always, wonderful video EckhartsLadder!
I'm not buying the probe idea. Both the Old Republic and Empire had the resources to do it. And like you said, it sounds like the Emperor was doing it. Probably in an attempt to locate the aliens invading from outside the Galaxy.
But when it comes to the EU, its just a writing tool. They were probably saving the unknown lands in case they wanted to expand the lore. Much like Star Trek did with the Gamma/Delta Quadrants. That also brings up the issue that, for a history that's suppose to span hundreds of thousands of years, you'd think they would invent a new type of faster than light travel system. Again, they can make cloaking devices, planet sized super lasers, giant walking cities....but Star Trek style warp drives or dark matter elude them? Yeah, not buying that either.
Thanks for doing this one. I've been needing more TL;DR stuff on this topic because I'm actually trying to come up with a TTRPG story about this exact thing.
Can you do a video on how cortana found slipspace coordinates for installation 04(although i know the answer lot of the community does'nt)
darth vader what is the answer
Ruairi Watson cortana actually merged the coordinates acquired from the artifact at sigma octanus and the coordinates from the forerunner ship at reach(which i theorise is a keyship)and then made the slipspace jump.
darth vader damn, my computer would have just melted.
Ruairi Watson 500 years future AI can handle the job,not to mention librarian made so that cortana would not melt xd.
darth vader OK 'takes out phone, googles nearest libary'
It'd be GREAT to see a a Star Trek-like series of Star Wars where a cruiser or an ISD go on an exploration mission in unknow region.
Shout out for using Halifax, Canada for the picture
+Thomas Naughton one of the best cities on the world! That and Dartmouth, of course
i was pumped when I seen this comment nova scofia native
Another Haligonian here. I definitely did a double-take when I saw that. Nicely done!
Thomas Naughton looks a lot different here in England...
Saw that! Super cool!!
Love the video and the outro music “resonance by home”
2-M Hover Tank (Star Wars) vs Scorpion Tank (Halo)
YES
The Grizzly Tank would be better.
If a scorpion can dystroy a scarab im sure it will at least stand a chance against a M-2
Scorpion tank ready to sting!
*command and conquer generals*
It's been nice watching this channel progressively get better and better. Specifically there are songs besides resonance that play now xD
Last time I was this early... [insert something Star Wars related here]
Leia wasn't CGI.
Mainframe MC the death star did'nt fire when ready!
ree ree useless Obi wan didnt say hello there
Obi-wan didn’t have the high ground
the force was with me?
Dude, im so happy you included the Yuuzhan Vong. You know your stuff.
Subscribed!
You basically said black holes and gravitational anomalies twenty times.
Thank you for addressing this!!! I've been long puzzled by this question.
So how did The Resistance get to Star Killer Base so quickly?
bad writing
Who knows the force sure lets go with that also it’s ilium so I’m sure that the empire had files from the Jedi order on how to get there
I've got some good star ship versus ideas!
*1.* 100 CR-90 Blockade Runners VS 1 Alligiance Star Destroyer
*2.* Aclemator Class Assult Ship VS Nebulon B Frigate
*3.* Droid Control Ship VS Scarif Shield Gate
*4.* Tie Phantom VS Tie Defender
*5.* T-800 Terminator VS IG-88
*6.* Victory 1 or 2 Star Destroyer VS MC-75
*7.* Abeloth VS Early DBZ Goku
*8.* 1,000 Tie Defenders VS The Sun Crusher
*9.* World Devistator VS Late Clone Wars Lucker Hulk Droid Control Ship
*10.* The Impirial forces over Scarif VS 1 Resergence Class Star Destroyer
1. 100 blockade runners are too much for a single allegiance class destroyer. They should win
2. Nebulon frigate would get wrecked
The rest idk
I love the Unknown Regions version in Canon.
What I like about this uncharted section of the galaxy is how much we don't know about it.
This to me adds a lot of mystery like a creepypasta.
It's essentially like the Bermuda Triangle in space.
I'm glad that I know another Star Wars fan who is very fascinated by the Unknown Regions. Star Trek already explored part of it's galaxy's own "Unknown Regions" (aka. the Delta Quadrant) in Voyager, but Star Wars has yet to really explore their uncharted parts of space. The new trilogy seems to be wanting to explore a bit of it though, since we know Starkiller Base (which may or may not be Ilum) was based in the Unknown Regions, and that the First Order has a presence there.
Actually, if we go by Attack of the Clones there is no such thing as the Unknown Regions in Star Wars unless we're talking deep extragalactic space. The conversation between Obi-Wan and the librarian in the movie made it quite clear that there are no unexplored parts in the local galactic cluster.
I switched off before the new "canon" section
The main trilogy and beyond: I can't go to the unknown regions
The old republic and before: I go to the unknown regions for vacation
We live in an unknown region. In a few years our radio signals will reach the Gungans and JarJah can bring us into the Republic
This channel has quickly become my favorite. No bullshit just good content and eckhart actually listens to the viewers. (I still wanna see if the covenant force that invaded reach could invade coruscant) ;)
+Nuclear Legacyy
Thunderbolt starfury from Babylon 5 vs the sabre from Halo reach.
Love your chanel ! One of the best SW out there ! Just discovered it so I have plenty of videos left to watch and it’s a good feeling !
“Stellar geography” wouldn’t that be “stellography!” 🤔
Awesome video! Love how you inclulde *both EU and canon* stuff! Definitely subscribing :D
It's because the Star Wars universe don't have a Experience Points System...
Because venturing unto the Unknow is the better way to get better XP :)
Wasn’t expecting to see a pic of Halifax on this one. That earned you a sub, buddy.
USS Vengeance (Star Trek) vs BC-304 Daedalus (Stargate) both with full capabilities. Anubis's Mothership (Stargate) vs Eclipse Super Star Destroyer (Star Wars) Asuran Fleet at Asuras (Stargate) with ZPMs vs Coruscant's Defense Fleet (Star Wars) Goa'uld Fleet at Dakara (Stargate) vs Rebel Fleet at Endor (Star Wars) Sodan Warrior (Stargate) vs Elite Honor Guard (Halo) Wraith Hiveship (Stargate) vs Victory ll Star Destroyer (Star Wars)
TheRevyFilms I think Eck once said that it's really hard to pick a vs. when you put so many in one comment, because then he doesn't know which one people like.
Hmm I kinda thought this would be a problem, I'll suggest them one at a time on his next vid
U are forgetting one ship that would make mince meat our of all of them and that is ori mothership the only ship to match it is deadlus class battel cruiser
Just any Stargate vs Starwars and it looks like +TheRevyFilms will be happy.
+Beerus What the hell you going on about?
Interesting video. Makes you take scale of how large the story and characters can be...
This is cool and well done but if there are empires in the unknown regions which have had contact with the empire like the chiss then why is it unknown? Why haven't the chiss maps been used? After all some chiss are in the upper levels of the imperial government.
They probably were used to optimized Imperial probe missions. Space is a big place, and new discoveries can be made even in otherwise mapped areas, especially if different parties are looking for different things.
I always figured that they were the "unknown regions" because they were A: The later regions to be explored (after galactic wars took place, therefore losing precedence) and B: There's fewer safe hyperspace lanes available.
Replicators vs a Unified Star Wars universe (47th try, *_I._** WILL NEEEEEVER EEEEVER GIVE UP!!!)*
This is very cool. I knew space lanes were a thing but I never knew how physical they are in terms of paths to travel along.
The Gamma Quadrant 🌌
Nice. I always wondered about this. Thanks, Eckhard.
I would wonder what is out there in the unknown regions of the star wars universe.
Man you could make a whole story about unknown regions exploreers
You sound like a young George Lucas.
eh
nah
I don't really understand how hyperspace lanes work in Star Wars, I don't know how they develop, Are they created? Discovered? Or some other way? Are there any videos on this?
Its a lane of space where its safe for hyperspeed. Its mainly clear of debris, and is pretty much a highway across galexys. Hope I cleared this up a tad mate
Darth Trumpt Watch isaac Arthur's video on insterstellar travel. It goes into detail about this very type of thing.
@Presidente Enrique Peña Nieto You can't know it. But i think spaceships calculators are able to jump out of hyperspace if they detect some trashes on the way, like after a battle or a meteor. They can do it with a nebula, so why not ?
And even if they can't, the odds that you jump right trough a passing asteroid are the same that you smash your car in a lost item on a highway.
This isn't correct. Hyperspace is another dimension.
Woody Jones Objects in real space create a “Mass Shadow” object within hyperspace which a collision with would have the same effect of colliding with the real space object, but at many multiples the speed of light. This is why hyperspace jumps need to be calculated, you need a 100% clear route from point A to B else your dead.
Historically towns are created when there is a massive sufficient and reliable food source is available or being maintained, that people can stay stationary in one place for a long time. Rivers(any large source of water), oasis, fertile plains for farms, and trade routes where food is exchange can create a town. It's food that influence their creation usually.
Quite simply, the Unknown Regions (as of the Galactic Civil War) are considered too dangerous to be explored. Be it hostile species or dangerous phenomena like the star cluster from the Rebels episode "Legends of the Lasat", the risk is just too great.
Good job eckheart your content is the best
Do the German Army from Wolfenstein the New Order VS the Imperial remnant
So, when Obi Wan was looking for Kimino, the librarian told him, "If an item does not appear in our records, it does not exist." How can that be if there are vast sectors of the galaxy unexplored?
She was arrogant?
@@concept5631 there was no air of arrogance from her. She was trying to be helpful, not condescending. There were also no gaps in the star charts. I'm inclined to say Disney was taking liberties with the lore.
@@pfcparis Maybe ignorant?
The hive (destiny with oryx) vs Star Wars univers
shaynethegmann that would be interesting and hard to research lore wise with destiny.
That would be interesting but I think a much better destiny enemy would be the vex.
i think with the vex it would be 1 sided as the vex can simulate everything in the star wars universe
shaynethegmann I think it would depend entirely on Oryx's connection with the deep in the star wars universe. If he teamed up with his two sisters though, everyones fucksville. The only reason the entire galaxy of the destiny universe wasnt completely obliterated by the hive in the first place was because the 3 hive gods decided to declare war on each other instead for thousands upon thousands of years. The last time they teamed up they nearly destroyed the traveller and actually did kill all of the gods of the deep to prove a point.
Ethan Quirk exactly, if he brought the whole family we would be doomed.
Thanks for the great video! Would you mind doing a video on recommended reads sometime? Would be interested to see which legends and Canon books you think are best
I've just finished playing Halo 2 and want to download Halo 3 but that matters little now, i noticed that Guilt Spark said:"The Halos are the last resort strategy against the Flood...", which means the Forerunner Could HOLD the Flood but couldn't defeat it, but they're giant brains and ego was hurt too badly for them to live, I mean the ALL MIGHTY FORERUNNER couldn't beat a bioweapon, doesn't matter how advanced but they were still unable to DEFEAT IT so they just commited mass suicide and said:"THE WHOLE DAMN GALAXY IS GOING WITH US!". So I think the Forerunner could contain the Flood from "flooding" the entire galaxy.
emarko cizma No actually. The forerunners were losing badly. Their most advanced A.I had turned on them and there were originally 14 Halos. By time they fired them they only had 7 left. Besides, they reseeded the galaxy without bringing themselves back as they felt they had screwed up to much and left everything for humanity.
nicholis ling Incorrect there was ten original halo rings, but only 1 survive and refitted with 7 array we know as zeta halo.
emarko cizma you need to realise that the flood were created by a race which were basically to the forerunners as the forerunners are to humans with the purpose of avenging themselves after the forerunners betrayed them. The forerunners were completely fucked once mendicant bias was infected by the flood and took control of the entire forerunner fleet, hundreds of thousands of warships instantly turned against the forerunners and world after world being consumed by the flood with graveminds turning to key minds (think even more massive and intelligent versions of the gravemind that captures Arby and the Chief) on the ships they now controlled. The halos were a last line of defence because they knew it was only a matter of time before they lost. The point of the halos is to wipe out all organic matter yes, but in installation 00 there were supposed to be copies of all other races that would be repopulated after the halos fired so its not exactly a "if im going youre all coming with me" solution more than a "instead of the galaxy ending, lets just reset it" strategy. Theres all this stuff with the mantle of responsibility that explains their logic behind it.
Actually, even ancient humanity did beat the Flood.
1:51 In the central orange ring, at the top there is a planet called Aargau. In Switzerland thats an actual place.
Grand Admiral Thrawn vs Thel 'Vadam
hand to hand? or ship combat. hand to hand the arbiter - sangeihli are way over 2m tall, blindingly fast, incredibly powerful, and trained and disciplined in the way of war from childhood. Ship to ship, likely thrawn, as sangheili were both soldiers and tacticians, and although good at both, not quit masters of ship to ship combat, the way thrawn has specialised. However covenant technology does surpass that of the empire, so who knows.
Thel Vadum in both. In space, he can just tell the Covenant fleet to snipe Thrawn's fleet with energy projectors from tens of thousands of kilometres away
In the tales of the Jedi comic, they had independent explorers looking for new hyperspace routes. The story I refer to involved dav and jori daragon (I think). They end up finding korriban and captured by the sith. In the Jedi path book, the Jedi had a corps of explorers looking for new places. You are right, it is dangerous work.
Eck, I think a lot of people like the Unknown Regions because they're unknown, there are many mysteries in there. It both kind of represents our fears, our fear of not knowing what could be lying in wait out there, while also representing our want to explore, to make the unknown known, it's kinda clever if you think about it that way. (That, or I'm overthinking everything once again)