Did George Lucas' Star Wars films mention anything about the Earth and the Milky Way Galaxy?

Catija ♦

The very first line in the legendary picture of the film: "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away ...", why is Earth mentioned?

Johnny Bones

Long ago in the galaxy far, far away ...

Moyli

The introductory titles obviously appeal to the audience (on Earth). It wouldn't make sense that this would be related to a third, unknown galaxy that is never mentioned in the films.

Great duck

What if the earth just doesn't exist yet? After all, it’s a long time ago. As far as we know, the Earth is ultimately created from the remains of the destroyed victims of the death stars. JK of course. The death star is not that strong.

Answers

iandotkelly

Known from the Star Wars opening credits, this is established ...

In fact, this is the equivalent of opening a fairy tale "once upon a time." This tells us that it doesn't really matter where or when the story unfolds.

However, there are exceptionally minor references to films with Earth in which you see creatures like ET in Council of the Republic meetings:

However, this is just “ Easter Egg"Than a true connection to Earth in the Star Wars universe. So I must conclude that the answer is no.

Walt

Ironically, this is the introduction is an implicit reference to Earth and our own reality. ;) ["A long time ago in the galaxy far, far ..." from US .]

Avner Shahar-Kashtan

@Walt Ok, introductory scan doesn't exist in the universe. This is part of our extra-dietary storytelling.

DVK

Yes, although, frankly, more like a gag than a serious canonical fact. Again, Jar Jar Binks is a serious canon fact, so who am I to judge the canon? :)

Now I'll shamefully borrow from this answer what JJ Abrams borrowed from Episode IV :)

TL; DR: Yes.

Mystagogue

It's probably worth noting that at first he was on the Millennium Falcon and then ended up on Earth.

slebetman

@Mystagogue: Yes, people forget that Star Wars is ancient history rather than futuristic

@ good catch! Fixed

Kevin

I don't think the Ark connection works as more than just an Easter egg / number match, as the Ark was not found in a numbered crate. This is just what is at the very end of the film.

Gorp

Here's a decent Star Wars comic called Into the Great Unknown, in which Han and Chewie go to Earth and meet Indy. While this comic is given as non-canonical so it doesn't count, it's basically another neat Easter egg that shows a lot of connection between the two series.

DasBeasto

Another example of an "Easter egg" type of things related with Earth included in the film, there is a man in a potential Gemini / Mercury spacesuit in one scene.

But of course, since this is a galaxy far and long ago, this is more a matter of costume budget than any mention of Earth in the universe.

Bruce Wilton

While the Star Wars Galaxy series did reference Earth, they didn't know if it existed or not, Star Wars doesn't mention Earth at all. This is different from saying that the opening text says, "A long time ago, in the Galaxy far, far away." We can say that in some other place land is mentioned, but no, it is never mentioned.

It is curious that by saying "a long time ago, in the Galaxy far, far away ...", it means the audience to which it is being addressed. So, the audience on Earth is talking about this, and the events took place a long time ago from our point of view and far from us in the Galaxy. However, the film does not in any way mention Earth at all.

Hansen

Well, yeah ... You never know where in the universe the narrator is and what audience he is telling, and what distant galaxy he is referring to.

STAR WARS ON EARTH

Several years earlier, fate began to periodically acquaint us with many local contactees and psychics, of whom there were unusually and disproportionately many in the nearby city. Many times more in percentage terms than in any other settlement known to us. The reliability of the messages received, as elsewhere, leaves much to be desired, but this is not yet about that. In general, many of the contactees (Elena BYLYCHEVA, Alexander LYASHENKO, Vladimir ERMICHEV and others) are relatively normal people and it is not necessary to criticize them, but to investigate them as a super-striking phenomenon and, of course, to study the information transmitted by them in the most intent manner. Even if this is real misinformation. After all, if at some stage it (information) is deliberately distorted, then "it means that someone needs it"? problem for people is complete nonsense, remains a mystery so far ...

So, they are in contact with a variety of civilizations from a variety of star systems, with the Eastern and Western gods, with the Universal Mind, with the Absolute, etc. Divide and unite with each other in temporary and permanent alliances (often - marriage). They are fighting for spheres of influence in the city, and at the same time - for individual planets or for the entire Universe at once. As pilots or even leaders (passengers, pilots, captains, admirals, navigators), they bravely fly on star cruisers (usually without getting up from the couch) and hammer their opponents with all types of weapons (especially, as we noticed, they like blasters and lasers , that is, those types of weapons about which you can already read something in the literature). Of course, they are fighting exclusively for the bright future of all aliens! Among the noble deeds done by the contactees during each reporting period, they named: the overthrow of the district leadership they disliked, the establishment of a protective energy cap over the city, the establishment of communication with American colleagues, the victory in the Battle of Pluto, the fearless entry into the war for the freedom of our Universe from the intrigues of the dark forces, re-engineering of neighboring Metagalaxies and other minor trifles ...

The psychic healer Andrey GORELY stood out from these rather motley contactee troops, who, among other incredible stories, told about his ability to predict the appearance of UFOs and even cause them. Gorely rejected the proposal to conduct an experiment at any convenient time, and when mentioning the "three stars" he generally stated that we would never see them again, since the aforementioned ships "the inhabitants of the planet Proserpine made only five of them, and the last of these five recently died in an unequal space battle with the forces of evil. " Looking ahead, let us say that rumors about the death of a triangular UFO "turned out to be greatly exaggerated" (he was seen literally a month later above South America). We talked to Gorely more than once or twice, as in conversations with other contactees, we repeatedly tried to verify the veracity of his messages using trick questions. There is no point in retelling these questions, especially since, being undisclosed, they will bring more than one contactee-with-who-it is clear to the surface. As a matter of fact, Gorely stood out for the fact that all the other contactees did not pass a single test, and he answered several questions correctly. Unlike most of the test-takers, although Andrey got caught in tricks, he managed to overcome some of the tricky questions with difficulty. Let it be less than a quarter - but this is also a great success. Something already!

However, the most objective evidence in favor of any prophet is the prediction of certain events. We had to wait for the Gorely predicted "the appearance of a UFO on July 28, 1993 ..." However, instead of the promised appearance of ourselves, we could only be content with the track found on the same day from an 8-sided object that had landed earlier (we personally, the UFO itself, never saw ) ... Alas.

However, hope remained. There was in our arsenal one more prediction about the appearance of a UFO in the sky "after 4 pm on October 6" of the same year (the source asked for nondisclosure so far). For this, as well as in order to comb the yet unexplored forest, you need to come again ...

Well, it was worth filming this business, finally, on a photo and videotape. We didn’t have our own camcorder at that time, so we had to turn to the TV people we knew. The Japanese agreed almost immediately, the departure was scheduled for October 3. Then it seemed that the sensation was almost in your pocket, that after watching the video, everyone would immediately believe in the wonderful secret of the Medveditskaya ridge, and it would cost us nothing to beg for all the necessary equipment.

This happened during the Clone Wars. One of the newest Pobeda-class cruisers, it was attacked by five ships of the Confederation of Independent Systems. The battle was hot, and the Republicans simply did not have an advantage. And when the graviakustik reported to the commander that more ships of the KNS were coming here, the cruiser captain realized that a "fur-bearing northern animal" was coming to them. And he ordered to jump - at least where, but away from here. "Victory", since it had already had some damage, with a sin in half was able to accelerate and go into hyperspace. After a day of flight, the ship left it. Since there was no time to carry out calculations before the jump, it was not surprising that the ship was in normal space not on the territory of the Republic. In fact, it was not at all clear where they ended up. Planetary system, eight planets, one large planetoid. Jumping somewhere else, of course, was possible - but it was better to carry out at least field repairs, deal with the damage - nevertheless, they fired at Pobeda for a long time, persistently and thoughtfully. So the captain of the ship, cap-once Jax, made a decision - to figure out where they were brought, to understand the state of the ship - and from this, accordingly, "dance". The injuries were of moderate severity - most of them could be repaired in the field, that is, literally on the spot. But there was also something more serious - for example, several hits fell on the place where the cruiser had water tanks. Of course, on a spaceship, water is purified and recirculated, but all the same - there is some definite supply of it, which must be stored somewhere. And it was there that the enemy anti-ship torpedo fell. As they say, "the law of meanness." Of course, "good old H2O" is not such a rarity in space. But some of the equipment for its purification was out of order, so the priority was just clean water - with a minimum of impurities and other "joys". So a reconnaissance of the system was undertaken for water. Actually, the fact that it is in a liquid state on the third planet was immediately clear - the very sight of the planet from a great distance (and Pobeda was in the region of the fifth planet from the local star) indicated that there was water there in large quantities. So, the cruiser captain decided to move towards the third planet. At low thrust (there were many different signals from the planet in the obsolete part of the electromagnetic spectrum), the spacecraft approached the planet and took up an orbit on its natural satellite. Several small shuttles were sent to the planet - in order to make reconnaissance and find out where you can get water. The landing groups landed at night on one of the continents. The natives did not notice anything, so the paratroopers managed to take samples of air, water - and local vegetation. Also, after using orbital observation it was possible to see what the aborigines look like (and they were very much like the people of whom the cruiser crew consisted), it was possible to find out at least which planet the paratroopers landed on. The planet was called Earth, and the continent was called Eurasia. As before, working in secrecy, the paratroopers managed to replenish the water supplies on board the ship. Captain Jax decided not to show himself to the inhabitants of the planet - their level of development did not even allow them to really explore their own planetary system, let alone join the Republic. And the usefulness in the war against the Confederation from them was very doubtful. So, after the reserves were replenished, field repairs were completed, and the navigator was able to determine the coordinates of this star system, Pobeda went to Coruscant. The year 1977 was going on on Earth at that time ... Soon the Clone Wars ended. It ended with the destruction of the leaders of the Confederation, the fall of the Republic, Palpatine's accession to the throne of the newly formed Empire, as well as the birth of the Skywalker twins and their separation. And on the Earth came the year 1979 ... Resistance to the Empire appeared almost immediately. Resistance ... Resistance to the authorities that occupied your territory was already on Earth - for example, the Resistance was actively working in France when France surrendered to Nazi Germany. As far as I know, the Resistance did very big things in sabotaging the actions of the Germans, in obtaining intelligence, in helping the pilots of downed bombers ... Sofa analysts will probably say - “Yes, compared to the Soviet Union, which suffered the most from the actions of Germany, they lived and worked simply in greenhouse conditions! " May be. Yes, there was no hunger, terrible winter and all that - but they were also hunted by the Germans, the members of the Resistance were also shot and tortured in the dungeons of the Gestapo. So - these people were the same heroes as those who fought against Germany on all fronts of this terrible war. The Resistance of the Empire began in the same way - the extraction of information, petty sabotage ... But then, when it turned out that very, very non-poor rational ones were involved in this very Resistance, the question arose - what, in fact, to do next? They needed soldiers, pilots, equipment, bases and material resources. Bases, of course, are best built where there are no imperial garrisons, yes. But, with the active expansion of the Empire, the garrison on each planet is only a matter of time. So the leaders of the Resistance decided to be more flexible. It was only in the movies that they loved to hide in places where, except for them, there was no one else. And it is in such places that they usually search in the very first place. But what if you build bases where it just doesn't occur to anyone to look for? What if you hide your bases right under the noses of the Imperials? It’s not in vain that they say “it’s darker under the lantern”. And the members of the Resistance got down to work. In the process of this work, someone got hold of a report on the mission of the cruiser "Fair", which now went under the name "Accuser". The mention of a planet that was not yet ready to join the Empire interested Mon Mothma and Bel Iblis. They understood that sooner or later the Empire would get there, but now, if you manage to arrive on this planet earlier, you can arrange so that the locals will work only for the Resistance. Yes, they may be loyal to the Empire - but only in appearance. In general, the leaders of the Resistance categorically did not want to lose such a resource as an entire planet. And Mon Mothma and Iblis, taking only a few fighters from their personal guard, went to this planetary system ... Unlike the "Fair", Mon Mothma arrived quite officially for herself. At first, however, they "whirled" around the planet, collecting data on the language and the like. The first news about the planet was shocking. For example, there were several languages ​​in use here - and all are different. For example, on a large continent called "Eurasia", on which paratroopers from "Fair" landed, there was a very large state, which spoke a language called "Russian", and on another, also very large continent, they spoke the language, which was literally oversaturated with consonants. It was called "English", although the country called "England" was in a completely different place. In general, there were enough oddities here, but since time was running out, we had to hurry. And Mon Mothma, loading the language samples into the translator, plunged into the shuttle with her guardsmen and went to "Earth", as this planet was called. It was 1980 there ... The Soviet Union was slowly moving away from the 1980 Olympics. The games were largely controversial. For example, they were boycotted by the United States. Moreover, it was not the athletes who wanted to participate, but the country's government that boycotted. Like, there is a "red threat", there is an "empire of Evil", and in general. But this, of course, did not prevent the Games from being held. The Soviet Union once again showed the whole world that it can, and now the country again entered its usual regime. Only on this very day, September 21, 1980, normal life for the entire USSR collapsed. And later it collapsed for the rest of the world ... The shuttle from "Chandrila-1" landed in Moscow, right on Red Square. Of course, the pilot steered the ship so that it was discovered, and when the "unidentified flying object" began to be called by communication, Mon Mothma herself answered them, and in very bad Russian asked for an opportunity to meet with the leaders of the state. Since there was no reason for the Moscow air defense specialists not to believe the alien origin of the ship (they could themselves observe how this shuttle descends from the earth's orbit), the shuttle, of course, with a serious escort, was allowed to go to Red Square. And then it began ... General Secretary Brezhnev (what was the name of this strange man with big eyebrows) seemed to Mon Mothma a very strange person. He had a strange way of speaking, and a strange way of behaving. According to the field diagnostician, who was surreptitiously handed over to Mon Mothma by one of the guards, this man was very old and developed senile insanity. In fact, completely different people ruled the country. Immediately after the conversation with Brezhnev, Mon Mothma had conversations with them. He was the chief of local security, also middle-aged, but very intelligent person. Somehow he quickly believed Mon Mothma, after which he asked one question: - And what do you want from us? Mon Mothma considered. Of course, she, like the entire Resistance, had to pull the Earth over to her side. But how do you get this idea across to people? And she made up her mind ... - Mr. Andropov, I personally don't need anything. I just want the Earth to support our fight against the Empire. The person who leads it brings only evil to the Galaxy. Violence, militarism, intolerance of other races ... - You mean "racism"? - Yes, racism. There are several million races in the galaxy - and the Palpatine government is already enforcing a policy - "not-human means nobody." After the story of racism, which began to bloom in double color under Palpatine, Andropov decided to support Mon Mothma's idea. Of course, he was not sure that the overseas president would support him, but, nevertheless, there was a certain hope for this. For three weeks Mon Mothma and Garm Bel Iblis traveled the Earth, meeting with Earth leaders. They explained what the old Republic was, what it had accomplished - and how the rise of Palpatine had ended it all. And the earthlings agreed with Mon Mothma's plan to join the ranks of the Resistance. Mon Mothma warned that the Empire will soon come to Earth - and it is necessary to pretend that the Empire is the first here, that no one knows about any Resistance. And the earthly leaders agreed with all this ... And then an event occurred that made the Earth an even more valuable ally in the fight against the Empire. It turned out that the Jedi were born on Earth. Moreover, by some coincidence, they were born quite often. And Mon Mothma decided to contact those Jedi who survived Order 66 and the purge. Those of them who decided to join the Resistance were sent to Earth in order to establish an underground Jedi Academy on it. There was no point in looking for newly born children - it took a lot of people to restore the number of the dead, so they decided to just give up on some rules. This is how not only children born in 1980, but also 1979 and even 1977 got to the Academy. This is how a certain Alexei Aryaev got into the Jedi Academy. A few months later, the Empire came to Earth. Unlike Mon Mothma, who first looked at Earth from orbit for a long time, these landed immediately. True, at first in uninhabited places, but, on the other hand, the Imperials immediately made it clear to everyone that they had come in earnest - and for a long time. The first thing they did was to build military bases. Full-fledged military bases, with fortified perimeters and all other joys. And only then, when the bases of the Empire appeared on the territory of all continents of the Earth, the ambassadors of the Empire went to bow to the earthly leaders. Imperial politicians and diplomats, guarded by a platoon of stormtroopers, told how good they were. They talked about coming in peace, about how they were inviting Earth to join the Empire. Only now, judging by those the armed forces which they brought with them (and three newly built "Imperial-1" "hung" in orbit), if the earthlings refused such a "generous" offer, they would be forced to enter the Empire by force. Of course, the earthly leadership agreed with the story about how good the Empire was. Of course, all trade, military and other agreements were signed. Of course, the Empire was allowed to place garrisons on the territory of earthly states. In general, everything was so in favor of the Empire that the cheekbones were already cramping from cloying. And the solution was simple - it was clear that the Imperials, having received an entire planet at their disposal, would certainly want to put the local population under arms. In this regard, it was expected that the Empire would build a branch of its military Academy on Earth, as well as on other planets, so as not to carry future cadets across the entire Galaxy. Well, let the Empire build this branch, let it spend a lot of money and other resources on it. The fact is that, since the Empire had a monstrously bloated bureaucratic apparatus, it was not so difficult to "shove" its own people into the teaching staff of the branch. And again, after training, those soldiers, pilots and engineers will go to serve not in the military bases of the Empire, but in the military bases of the Alliance for the Revival of the Republic. In general, it was a very cunning plan - and it, in the end, was crowned with success. But, alas, not everything was so smooth and rosy. For example, the Empire was deeply disliked by some of the Earth states that were enforcing what Palpatine was so actively trying to get rid of - the Republic's way of life. Democracy of the USA, socialism of the USSR, communism-capitalism of China and so on. And the Imperials, through agents of influence and all sorts of bad people, began to rock it all. There is a bribe, there is a different impact - and problems began in the countries. National strife, hostility to each other ... In general, all this began to gradually "boil". And one day, far from a beautiful day, all this unpleasant "brew" took - and jerked. The Soviet Union fell apart into many states. In the United States, its own problems began, which resulted in riots that broke out. In some cities, it was even necessary to bring in not only the National Guard, but also units of the regular army. Fortunately, the Jedi Academy instructors decided to intervene. Although they were in an underground position, teaching the cadets of the Academy, they simply could not see how the whole planet was about to be overwhelmed by a wave of violence and cruelty. And they began to fight to make it all over. Where using the Force, where just their diplomatic skills, they rushed all over the Earth, negotiating, negotiating - and again negotiating with those who were once friends and neighbors - and now suddenly became the worst enemy for this very neighbor. And they succeeded. Let it be impossible to restore what was destroyed, let Soviet Union was no longer, but, nevertheless, it was possible to reconcile most of the former republics. In the States, too, much bloodshed was avoided ... A few more years later, the Empire, seeing that the Earth was a completely loyal planet, reduced the number of its garrisons to a minimum. And the Resistance could not but take advantage of this. Since far from the most advanced units are used for garrison service, their ideological "pumping" is much weaker than that of the line troops. And sooner or later the garrison campaigners begin, let's say, "to relax." And it was a matter of honor for the agents of the Resistance to help them in this matter, to make these fighters loyal to the Earth. The Imperials were treated regularly - on leave, during service - in a word, 24/7. And it brought its results. No, of course, no one was going to rip off the official symbols of the Empire, but some events for the Alliance reached a more legal level. Of course, there was a rotation of personnel at the military bases of the Empire - this is a completely normal thing. But the newly arrived replenishment sooner or later, having tasted all the delights of service in such a garrison as the Earth, also became more or less loyal. They quickly realized that the earthlings were not doing anything against the Empire, they were always ready to help - and in general, everything is quiet and calm here. And only this is what people need to notice only what you want to notice. After some time, the new fighters of the imperial garrisons simply did not notice what they did not need to notice. This is approximately how the time came when the Empire literally "missed" the open entry of the Earth into the war on the side of the Alliance for the Revival of the Republic. Of course, this was not in vain for the Earth. There were bombings of peaceful cities, and murders of civilians - but all this only embittered the people of the Earth. And then, when the Empire came to punish - its Fleet was expelled from the Solar System in disgrace ...

Shooting the cult epic fantasy saga "Star Wars", George Lucas created not only the most interesting characters, but also a phenomenally detailed universe full of unusual planets. However, some planets from Star Wars, as scientists believe, have real counterparts in our universe.

1. Kepler-47c: home of Tatooine twin sunsets

Perhaps one of the most iconic scenes from Star Wars: A New Hope is the awe-inspiring double sunset on Tatooine, Luke Skywalker's homeworld. This scene gives all moviegoers goosebumps. It turns out that such a world can actually exist. In 2012, astronomers discovered Kepler-47c, an exoplanet nearly 5,000 light-years from Earth. This planet is within the "habitable zone" double star system Kepler-47, and given its orbit between two stars, it could have beautiful twin sunsets on Tatooine. Unfortunately, despite being located in a residential area, Kepler-47c is believed to be an uninhabitable gas giant.

2. Enceladus: Twin of Hoth

The Battle of Hoth is an iconic scene from The Empire Strikes Back. This snow-covered tauntown habitat may well exist and may be much closer than everyone thinks. Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is rife with cryovolcanic activity at its south pole. This means that on Enceladus, it is not lava that breaks through to the surface in eruptions, but water. Given the severe frost on the satellite's surface, the water freezes and falls back to the surface as snow at an incredibly slow speed of 0.0001 cm per year.

3. Europe: the younger brother of Maigito

The frozen planet of Maigito, a wealthy industrial colony, is the tomb of Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi, who was betrayed by his clones and shot by CC-1138. The similarities between Europe and this frozen world are truly striking. The fictional planet Mygeito has a cold, barren, icy surface due to years of lack of tectonic activity. Jupiter's fourth largest moon Europa may be the younger brother of Mygeito (although it is a satellite and not a planet), as it also has a smooth ice surface.

4. Kepler-86c: Future Location of Cloud City

Floating high above the toxic clouds of the gas giant Bespine (at an altitude of about 60 km), the crystal-clear Cloud City was located in an atmospheric layer of oxygen. There are many gas giants in the universe, but only a few are located in the habitable zone of their star. Kepler-86b is one of the few such planets. Obviously, a huge flying city will not appear on its own, people first need to colonize this planet, and this is worth doing with Kepler-86c for a number of reasons. First of all, this planet lies within the residential zone, and therefore people do not risk instantly freezing or burning there. Secondly, cyanobacteria can be introduced into the planet's atmosphere, which receive energy from photosynthesis and at the same time release a by-product - oxygen. By the time humans have the technology to reach Kepler-86C, which is more than 1,200 light years from Earth, it is possible that the technology for building a flying metropolis on a distant planet will exist.

5. Mars: Geonosis's twin

The battle on the desert planet Geonosis, the first conflict during the Clone Wars, was recounted in Episode II: Attack of the Clones. The planet was remarkable for its huge canyons and sandstorms. Doesn't it sound like Mars? Although it should be said that the diameter of Geonosis was 11,370 km, which is almost twice the diameter of Mars and much closer in size to Earth. However, in terms of surface features, Geonosis is almost a twin of Earth's neighbor. Both planets have a minimal amount of water (Mars has 2 percent and Geonosis has 5 percent), and their surface is a huge desert.

6. Earth: Alderaan

Home of the beautiful princess Leia, the peaceful planet of Alderaan was only shown on screen for a few seconds before being shattered by the infamous Death Star. Alderaan, with its atmospheric clouds, vast oceans and continents, is practically a copy of the Earth.

7. Mimas: Death Star

This is not a space station, this is the moon. And she is hiding in our own solar system. Discovered in 1789 by William Herschel, Mimas is the seventh largest moon of Saturn and bears an uncanny resemblance to the Death Star due to its massive crater. The first Death Star was 160 kilometers in diameter, and its successor, which was being built, the Death Star II, was already 900 kilometers across. The diameter of Mimas is 397 kilometers. The first photographs of Mimas appeared when Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 circled the tiny satellite in 1980, three years after Star Wars was released, making the similarities between the satellite and the Death Star even more incredible.

8. Endor can exist

The wooded moon of Endor is home to the Ewoks, small furry creatures that helped defeat the Galactic Empire by destroying the Death Star's shield generator. Such forested satellites may well exist. Outside our Solar system very few gas giants have been discovered that lie in the habitable zone of their star. While modern equipment cannot detect satellites, it is likely that all of these distant exoplanets have at least one moon. The most likely candidates for such a planet were found in systems 47-Ursa Major (planet b), HD-28185b, Upsilon Andromeda (planet d) and 55 Cancer (planet e).

9.UCF-1.01: Another Mustafar

Mustafar was the site of the final battle between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker (future Darth Vader). The lava flows that flow across the entire surface of Mustafar may be reminiscent of Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon. Io is 3,600 kilometers across, while Mustafar is 4,200 kilometers across. There are also numerous examples of lava planets discovered, notably Kepler-78b, COROT-7b and Alpha Centauri-BB. All of these candidates, however, are much larger than Mustafar, so the newly discovered UCF-1.01 would be an ideal counterpart. The diameter of UCF-1.01 is only 2 times larger than Mustafar (8400 kilometers), and it is located 2.7 million kilometers from its parent star (for reference, the Earth is 150 million kilometers from the Sun), which is why the temperature on the surface of this the planet's lava is an insane 540 degrees Celsius.

10. Kepler-22b: Camino's counterpart

The entire surface of Kamino, also known as the Planet of Storms, is covered by an ocean that has flooded the continents due to global climate change. Despite the vast ocean that covers the entire planet, it is home to a technologically advanced and sophisticated race of Kaminoans, living in pod dwellings above the raging waves. The Kaminoans are known for their advanced cloning techniques, which were later used in Episode II: Attack of the Clones. There are numerous recently discovered planets that are believed to be aquatic planets, such as Kepler-62E, GJ-1214b, and 55-Cancri Ae, but Kepler-22b is an ideal candidate for being Kamino's doppelganger. Although they vary in size (Kepler-22b is a third larger than Kamino), both planets are completely covered by the ocean, and both lie in the habitable zone of their parent star.