Glossary

This is a glossary of common acronyms, terms and ship names used in the fandom and on the wiki. Feel free to add anything that isn't here. Some definitions use an emoji code to indicate what they refer to:

* 📕 — Book
* 📽 — Film
* 📺 — TV show

Notes and references

## 0-9

* **1138** — a common easter egg in *Star Wars* and other George Lucas projects, referring to his first film, *THX 1138*.

A

* **ABY** — After the Battle of Yavin, used as a calendar to indicate how many years in-universe have passed since the Battle of Yavin.
* **ANH** — 📽 *Star Wars*: Episode IV *A New Hope*
* **AO3** — Archive of Our Own, fanfiction archive that includes *Star Wars* fanfics
* **AOTC** — 📽 *Star Wars*: Episode II *Attack of the Clones*
* **ARC** — Advanced Recon Commando (a type of clone trooper), Advance Reader Copy, or a starfighter

B

* **BBY** — Before the Battle of Yavin, used as a calendar to indicate how many years in-universe there are until the Battle of Yavin.
* **BD** — Battle droid, or the droid BD-1, or other droids in the BD series
* **BF2** or **BFII** — 🎮 *Battlefront II*
* **BKK** — Bo-Katan Kryze
* **BOBF** — 📺*Book of Boba Fett*

C

* **CD** — Cuy'val Dar, a particular Mandalorian group in Legends
* **CEU** — Canon Expanded Universe, as opposed to the original Expanded Universe now known as Legends
* **CIS'** — Confederacy of Independent Systems
* **CSWE** — 📕 *Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia*, a Legends-era encyclopedia that is frequently incorrect.
* **CT** — Clone trooper
* **CW** — 📽 The 2D animated 2003 TV series *Star Wars: Clone Wars*, or the in-universe Clone Wars
* **CWMP** — The *Clone Wars Multimedia Project*, a storytelling initiative from 2002–2005

D

* **DC** or **D-Canon** — Disney Canon, not DC Comics
* **DJO** — Daniel José Older, an author of *Star Wars* novels and comics
* **DOTF** — Duel of the Fates, either the musical theme from the prequel trilogy or the movie draft of Episode IX written by Colin Trevorrow
* **DS1** and **DS2** — The Death Stars in *A New Hope* and *Return of the Jedi*, respectively; hyphenated DS-1 and DS-2 when used canonically
* **DW** — Death Watch, a particular Mandalorian group in both continuities

E

* **EKJ** — E. K. Johnston, an author of *Star Wars* novels
* **ESB** or **TESB** — 📽 *Star Wars*: Episode V *The Empire Strikes Back*
* **EU** — Expanded Universe, originally referring to pre-2014 *Star Wars* stories in various media not overseen by George Lucas, such as novels, comic books, and video games. More on Fanlore

F

* **FACPOV** — "From a certain point of view," as Obi-Wan said to Luke; alternatively, the anthology series *From a Certain Point of View*, such as FACPOV:ROTJ
* **FFNET** — fanfiction.net, a fanfiction archive that includes *Star Wars* fanfics
* **Filoniverse** — Animated and live action series helmed by Dave Filoni, used as if they take place in their own separate continuity (derogatory)

G

* **GAR** — Grand Army of the Republic, the army of clones that fights for the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars.
* **GCW** — Galactic Civil War, the Rebel Alliance vs. the Galactic Empire in the Original Trilogy
* **GDLV** — "Good day Lieutenant Vanto", a line of dialogue that Thrawn says to Eli Vanto in the book *Thrawn: Treason*.
* **GE** — Galaxy's Edge, the theme park land in Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios; also seen as SWGE
* **GFFA** — Galaxy Far, Far Away, used to refer to the setting of the *Star Wars* franchise.
* **Gingerpilot** — ship name for Armitage Hux/Poe Dameron
* **Gingerrose** — ship name for Armitage Hux/Rose Tico
* **GL** — George Lucas
* **GOH** — *Galaxy of Heroes*, a Star Wars mobile game

H

* **HTTE** — 📕 *Heir to the Empire*, the Legends novel by Timothy Zahn, or the trilogy of which it is the first book

I

* **IU** — In-universe
* **ILM** — Industrial Light and Magic, the special effects company that works on Star Wars films and TV shows

J

* **Jedi Apprentice** — 📕 A Legends novel series
* **JAT** — 📕 *Jedi Academy Trilogy*, a book trilogy, or James Arnold Taylor, the voice actor of Obi-Wan Kenobi in *The Clone Wars*
* **Jedistormpilot** — Shipname for Rey/Finn/Poe Dameron
* **JFO** — 🎮 *Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order*

K

* **KK** — Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm and producer
* **KOTOR** — 🎮 *Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic*, the 2003 video game that had one sequel video game and a prequel comic book series

L

* **LF** or **LFL**, Lucasfilm Limited, the production company that created Star Wars
* **LOTF** — 📕 *Legacy of the Jorce*, a Legends book series
* **LOTJ** — 📕 *Light of the Jedi*, the first adult novel in the High Republic multimedia series, written by Charles Soule
* **LPOA** — 📕 *Leia: Princess of Alderaan*, a young-adult novel written by Claudia Gray

M

* **MCA** — Military Creation Act, the law used to create the Grand Army of the Republic in *Star Wars*: Episode II *Attack of the Clones*.
* **MEW** — Mary Elizabeth Winstead, the actor of Hera Syndulla, and married to Ewan McGregor
* **MMORPG** — Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. *Star Wars* MMORPGs include *Star Wars Galaxies* and *Star Wars: The Old Republic*
* **MSW** — 📕 *Making Star Wars*, a behind-the-scenes book, or MakingStarWars, a website
* **MTFBWY** — "May the Force be with you"

N

* **NEC** — 📕 *New Essential Chronology*, a Legends reference book
* **NJO** — New Jedi Order. In Legends, may also refer to the order of Force-sensitives formed after the fall of the Empire that in Legends was led by Luke Skywalker. In Canon, it may be the reformation of the Jedi led by Luke between *Return of the Jedi* and *The Force Awakens*, the group created by Rey Skywalker after *The Rise of Skywalker*, or the eras where the groups existed. Alternatively, it may refer to the Legends book series of the same title, or the as yet untitled Star Wars film set after *The Rise of Skywalker*.
* **NM** — New Mandalorians
* **NR** — The New Republic

O

* **O66** — Order 66, the order given to kill all the Jedi
* **OOU** — Out of universe
* **OT** — 📽 Original Trilogy

P

* **PT** — 📽 Prequels Trilogy

Q

* **QGJ** — Qui-Gon Jinn
* **QH** — 📕 *Queen's Hope*, third of three Padmé Amidala-centered novels by E. K. Johnston
* **QP** — 📕 *Queen's Peril*, second of three Padmé Amidala-centered novels by E. K. Johnston
* **QS** — 📕 *Queen's Shadow*, first of three Padmé Amidala-centered novels by E. K. Johnston

R

* **Rebelcaptain** — shipname for Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso
* **ROTJ** — 📽 *Star Wars*: Episode VI *Return of the Jedi*
* **ROTS** — 📽 *Star Wars*: Episode III *Revenge of the Sith*

S

* **SOTE** — *Shadows of the Empire*, the 1996 multimedia project set between *The Empire Strikes Back* and *Return of the Jedi* and released before the Special Editions. It introduced Dash Rendar and Prince Xizor and included a novel, comic books, video game, soundtrack, toys, and trading cards.
* **ST** — 📽 Sequel Trilogy, but sometimes *Star Trek*, depending on context
* **Stormpilot** — ship name for Finn/Poe Dameron
* **SW** — *Star Wars*
* **SWC** — Star Wars Celebration, a large Star Wars convention, or Star Wars Combine, a MMORPG
* **SWG** — *Star Wars Galaxies*, the MMORPG launched in 2003 and shut down in 2011
* **SWR'** — 📺 *Star Wars Rebels* or *Star Wars Resistance*, both animated TV series
* **SWTOR** — *Star Wars: The Old Republic*, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG)

T

* **TCW** — 📺 *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*, specifically the 3-D animated series from 2008
* **TCW era** — The time period after *Star Wars*: Episode II *Attack of the Clones*, from *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* through *Star Wars*: Episode III *Revenge of the Sith*, or the in-universe Clone Wars from 22–19 BBY
* **TEA** — 📕 *The Essential Atlas*, a Legends reference book
* **TFA** — 📽 *Star Wars*: Episode VII *The Force Awakens*
* **TFS** — 📕 *The Fallen Star*, the third adult novel in the High Republic series, by Claudia Gray
* **TFU** — *The Force Unleashed*, a video game series
* **THR** — 📕 The High Republic. Can refer to the multimedia initiative, or the time period of in which it takes place, or the comics of that title
* **THRA** — *The High Republic Adventures*, a comics series set during the High Republic era.
* **TLJ** — 📽 *Star Wars*: Episode VIII *The Last Jedi*
* **TM** — True Mandalorians
* **TOR** — The Old Republic, either the time period or the MMORPG *Star Wars: The Old Republic* set in TOR
* **TOTJ** — 📺 *Tales of the Jedi*, a Legends comic book series released before the prequels; unrelated to the 2022 New Canon animated anthology series of the same name
* **TPM** — 📽 *Star Wars*: Episode I *The Phantom Menace*
* **TROS** — 📽 *Star Wars*: Episode IX *The Rise of Skywalker*
* **TRS** — 📕 *The Rising Storm*, the second adult novel in the High Republic, written by Cavan Scott
* **TSL** — *Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords*, greatly abbreviated
* **TTT** — *The Thrawn Trilogy*, a Legends book series written by Timothy Zahn, although there are two other Canon trilogies about Thrawn written by Zahn

Y

* **YJA** — 📺 *Young Jedi Adventures*, a TV series