Twenty years ago today, Star Wars fans were eagerly awaiting the REVENGE OF THE SITH, exploring the depths of Nar Shaddaa in the KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC II, and beginning to build WOOKIEEPEDIA—the Star Wars wiki. As an ever-growing community of volunteers that anyone can edit, the Wookieepedia project now celebrates its 20th year.
Our encyclopedia officially reached 200,000 articles last month. This was only possible with the work of hundreds upon hundreds of fans over the past twenty years. Most Wookieepedians started off editing with little to no writing or coding experience, but our efforts have brought us closer to the goal of creating the most accurate, comprehensive, and well-presented resource about all things Star Wars.
Since Wookieepedia's tenth anniversary in 2015, we have expanded the breadth, depth, and quality of our documentation of both the Star Wars Legends and the new canon continuities, as well as coverage of Star Wars media and production behind the scenes. Wookieepedia has also been building a more friendly and welcoming community. Informed by our contributors' experiences, we have launched ongoing efforts in revamping our policies to be clearer and more fair, improving accessibility, and developing new editing tutorials.
Since 2015, editor recruitment has advanced on Wookieepedia, with the great majority of the current administrators and review board members having joined those groups in recent years. The past ten years has also seen the progress of the Discussions forum and the launch of twenty-two new collaborative WookieeProjects. These include the Project Stardust initiative focusing on essential topics and Project Pride's efforts to improve the wiki's coverage of LGBTQIA+ topics. Most external links on Wookieepedia now have backup archival links to keep a better record of the ever-changing Internet, and bot systems have automated many monotonous site maintenance tasks such as page archivals for the status article peer review system.
Our work continues unabated. Thousands more pages need to be created, lack citations, await expansion, and could use more images. All the while, the franchise continues to grow and require updates. As we enter our second decade, we would love for more readers to join our ranks! May the Force be with us in the next twenty years… ✨
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Below are some of the current community projects happening around Wookieepedia. If you are interested in joining in, check out our newcomers hub page to start your editing journey!
- Project Stardust is improving the Mustafar and Mustafar/Legends articles. See their respective canon and Legends project pages to help out.
- The Featured article, Good article, and Comprehensive article nomination processes help bring articles up to the highest possible standards. Join the effort by helping review nominations.
- WookieeProject Creators is adding the full credits to all media articles. You can assist the team by visiting any article on a piece of media and expanding the credits list.
- WookieeProject Pride is providing citations for pronouns and gender for in-universe topics. See the Sourcing policy for rules on how to cite pronouns and gender.
- Ogg files are being converted to alternate formats to improve the site's usability on Safari. See the Files policy for guidance on eligibility.
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- 1956 – Rob Paulsen is born.
- 1966 – Terese Nielsen is born.
- 1979 – The Constancia Affair serial begins at the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, launching the Star Wars newspaper strips.
- 1982 – Robbie Daymond is born.
- 1984 – The final Star Wars newspaper comic strip is published by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
- 1993 – Jodie Comer is born.
- 1998 – Dark Forces: Rebel Agent published.
- 1998 – Shadows of the Empire: Evolution 2 published.
- 1998 – Masters of Teräs Käsi: Prima's Official Hints and Tips published.
- 2001 – Star Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo released on PC.
- 2005 – Star Wars Insider 81 released for subscribers.
- 2008 – Star Wars Insider 100 published.
- 2011 – "Citadel Rescue" airs on Cartoon Network.
- 2013 – End of The Clone Wars announced.
- 2014 – Star Wars Insider 148 published.
- 2015 – Star Wars (2015) 3 published.
- 2017 – "Double Agent Droid" airs on Disney XD.
- 2020 – Bounty Hunters 1 published.
- 2020 – Darth Vader (2020) 2 published.
- 2020 – The Rise of Kylo Ren 4 published.
- 2025 – The High Republic: Temptation of the Force reprinted in paperback.
- 2025 – Star Wars: Complete Locations, New Edition published.