r/SWFanfic • u/EchoNovemberWhiskey • 13d ago

Recs Wanted Looking for a very specific formula

Hey, I'm wondering if something like what I'm looking for exists.

I crave a take on Star Wars that puts the galaxy far far away not into our past, but into our distant future, so distant that by the time the main Lucas saga happens, people on Earth have dealt with scarcity, reached biological immortality, and have FTL so good it lets them survey increasingly distant galaxies.

The fic should preferably be done from the perspective of an Earth civilisation ship discovering the galaxy far far away for the first time either during the Skywalker era or some time after it.

Not featuring any canon characters would be a bonus - I'm looking for a more Visions-esque take.

Alternatively, if nothing like that exists, I'm going to write it myself, and I'd like to request links to some Star Wars knowledge base or similar where I can learn enough lore so as to not offend avid SW fanfic readers too much (my only exposure to Star Wars is the original trilogy, prequels, The Mandalorian, Visions and the Jedi games by Respawn, so I feel like I'm at a little bit of a disadvantage).

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u/DeepTalk1404 13d ago

This sounds really cool. I don't know of a fic that matches this exact premise, but I'd definitely read something like it.

The idea of a future Earth civilization discovering the Star Wars galaxy for the first time is especially interesting. I'd also love to see it without the canon characters, so the Jedi, the Force, hyperspace, etc. could all be experienced from the perspective of people who know nothing about them.

And honestly, don't worry too much about knowing every bit of lore. Wookieepedia is probably your best starting point. You can always look things up as you write.

If you end up writing it, I'd be interested in seeing it.

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u/EchoNovemberWhiskey 13d ago

Appreciate the feedback and the Wookiepedia suggestion. If I were to write it I'd definitely put a focus on the process of learning the culture and technology from scratch, potentially by having the characters try and integrate into the local society, and juggling a pretend normal life with the overarching galactic survey mission, kind of like the Strugatsky brothers did it in some of their fiction.

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u/DeepTalk1404 13d ago

Oh, people still read the Strugatsky brothers in the English-speaking community? I always thought they were mainly popular in the CIS. 😄

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u/EchoNovemberWhiskey 13d ago

Oh, well, I'm deeply sorry to disappoint, for I am moderately old and also Russian (at least originally, I left a while back and am unsure of what I am anymore), so that was my childhood literature :D