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Lightspeed

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Lightspeed, also known as hyperspeed, was slang referring to the threshold at which a starship first entered hyperspace, although in actuality, the potential velocities achieved whilst entering or traveling within hyperspace surpassed the speed of light.

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Appearances

221 works, in story order
  1. The High Republic Adventures (2022) 2
  2. The High Republic: Cataclysm
  3. The High Republic: Light of the Jedi
  4. The High Republic Adventures (2021) 2
  5. The High Republic: A Test of Courage (mentioned only)
  6. The High Republic Adventures — The Monster of Temple Peak 4
  7. Starlight: Past Mistakes (mentioned only)
  8. The High Republic (2021) 9
  9. The High Republic: Midnight Horizon (mentioned only)
  10. The High Republic: The Fallen Star
  11. The High Republic (2021) 12
  12. The High Republic (2021) 14
  13. The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 2
  14. The High Republic: Eye of the Storm 1 (in a flashback)
  15. The High Republic: Escape from Valo
  16. The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness
  17. The High Republic Adventures: Crash and Burn
  18. The High Republic: Temptation of the Force
  19. The High Republic (2023) 1
  20. The High Republic (2023) 4
  21. The High Republic (2023) 8
  22. The High Republic Adventures – Echoes of Fear 2 (in a flashback)
  23. The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 3
  24. The High Republic: Tempest Breaker (in a flashback)
  25. The High Republic: Tempest Breaker script (in a flashback)
  26. The High Republic Adventures (2023) 11
  27. The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi (mentioned only)
  28. The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi 3
  29. The High Republic – Fear of the Jedi 5
  30. The High Republic: A Valiant Vow (mentioned only)
  31. The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown
  32. Jedi Knights 4
  33. Jedi Knights 5 (mentioned only)
  34. Jedi Knights 7 (mentioned only)
  35. Jedi Knights 8 (in a flashback)
  36. Jango Fett 4
  37. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  38. Star Wars Battlefront II
  39. Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss (first identified)
  40. Queen's Shadow
  41. Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
  42. Queen's Hope (mentioned only)
  43. Brotherhood
  44. Galactic Tales: Saber Truth
  45. Voyage of Temptation
  46. Bane's Story (mentioned only)
  47. Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising
  48. Hyperspace Stories 9
  49. Star Wars Outlaws: Low Red Moon (mentioned only)
  50. Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  51. Shattered
  52. Victory and Death
  53. Master of Evil
  54. Battle Scars
  55. Bounty Lost
  56. Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel
  57. Darth Vader (2017) 17 (mentioned only)
  58. Adventures in Wild Space: The Snare
  59. Adventures in Wild Space: The Dark
  60. Adventures in Wild Space: The Rescue
  61. Thrawn (mentioned only)
  62. Thrawn 2 (mentioned only)
  63. Trouble Again (mentioned only)
  64. Most Wanted
  65. Inquisitors 2
  66. Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 5
  67. Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 7
  68. The End of History (mentioned only)
  69. Powered Down, Part 1 (mentioned only)
  70. Star Wars (2015) 7
  71. Choose Your Destiny: A Han & Chewie Adventure (mentioned only)
  72. Han Solo & Chewbacca 1
  73. Han Solo & Chewbacca 7 (mentioned only, in a flashback)
  74. Aldhani
  75. Daughter of Ferrix
  76. The Rebellion Begins
  77. Leia, Princess of Alderaan (mentioned only)
  78. Rogue One - Cassian & K-2SO Special 1
  79. Divide and Conquer
  80. Iron Squadron (mentioned only)
  81. Thrawn: Alliances
  82. The Mighty Chewbacca in the Forest of Fear!
  83. Target Vader 2
  84. Target Vader 4 (mentioned only, in a flashback)
  85. Vader Immortal – Episode I
  86. Crossing the Line
  87. Thrawn: Treason
  88. The Way Out
  89. Chewbacca - The Trusty Co-Pilot
  90. Vader - Dark Visions 2
  91. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization
  92. Raymus
  93. Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (first appearance)
  94. A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy (mentioned only)
  95. Star Wars: A New Hope junior novelization
  96. Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure (mentioned only)
  97. Han and the Rebel Rescue
  98. Star Wars Adventures: Smuggler's Run 2
  99. Lando 3
  100. Star Wars Adventures: The Weapon of a Jedi 1
  101. Star Wars (2015) 3
  102. Diplomatic Impunity
  103. The Screaming Citadel 1
  104. Star Wars (2015) 34
  105. Star Wars (2015) 35 (mentioned only)
  106. Star Wars (2015) 48
  107. Star Wars (2015) 49
  108. Star Wars (2015) 54
  109. Star Wars (2015) 55
  110. Star Wars (2015) 75
  111. Doctor Aphra (2016) 39
  112. Epilogue
  113. Two Sides to Every Sortie
  114. Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
  115. The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?
  116. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
  117. The Truest Duty (mentioned only)
  118. Kendal (mentioned only)
  119. Faith in an Old Friend
  120. Tooth and Claw (mentioned only)
  121. Wait for It (mentioned only)
  122. Captured on Cloud City (mentioned only)
  123. Star Wars (2020) 1
  124. Star Wars (2020) 8 (mentioned only)
  125. Doctor Aphra (2020) 6 (mentioned only)
  126. Doctor Aphra (2020) 7
  127. Doctor Aphra (2020) 8 (mentioned only)
  128. Doctor Aphra (2020) 9 (mentioned only)
  129. Doctor Aphra (2020) 10
  130. Bounty Hunters 8
  131. Bounty Hunters 12
  132. Star Wars (2020) 14
  133. Darth Vader (2020) 12 (in a flashback)
  134. Star Wars (2020) 15
  135. Star Wars (2020) 18 (mentioned only)
  136. Crimson Reign 1 (mentioned only)
  137. Bounty Hunters 19
  138. Star Wars (2020) 21 (mentioned only)
  139. Star Wars (2020) 23 (mentioned only)
  140. Star Wars Outlaws
  141. Star Wars (2020) 27
  142. Bounty Hunters 31
  143. Star Wars (2020) 29
  144. Darth Vader (2020) 33
  145. Doctor Aphra (2020) 32
  146. Bounty Hunters 37 (in a flashback)
  147. Doctor Aphra (2020) 36
  148. Dark Droids: D-Squad 1
  149. Doctor Aphra (2020) 39
  150. Doctor Aphra (2020) 40
  151. Star Wars (2020) 49 (mentioned only)
  152. Return of the Jedi – The Empire 1
  153. Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  154. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
  155. The Princess and the Scoundrel
  156. Shattered Empire 2
  157. Star Wars: Uprising
  158. Alphabet Squadron
  159. Hunted (mentioned only)
  160. Star Wars: Squadrons
  161. Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel
  162. Aftermath: Life Debt
  163. Battle of Jakku — Last Stand 2 (mentioned only)
  164. Victory's Price: An Alphabet Squadron Novel
  165. Aftermath: Empire's End
  166. Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent 1
  167. Doctor Aphra – Chaos Agent 3
  168. Star Wars (2025) 2
  169. The Mandalorian 6 (mentioned only)
  170. The Mandalorian 7
  171. We're Gonna Be In So Much Trouble
  172. Poe Dameron: Free Fall (mentioned only)
  173. Shadow of the Sith
  174. The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku (mentioned only)
  175. Han Solo - Hunt for the Falcon 1
  176. Han Solo - Hunt for the Falcon 2
  177. Han Solo - Hunt for the Falcon 3
  178. Han Solo - Hunt for the Falcon 4
  179. Age of Resistance - Poe Dameron 1
  180. Kidnapped!
  181. Before the Awakening
  182. Poe and the Missing Ship
  183. Poe Dameron 6 (mentioned only)
  184. Force Collector
  185. Eyes Like Stars
  186. Join the Resistance (mentioned only)
  187. Poe Dameron 19 (mentioned only)
  188. Poe Dameron 24 (mentioned only)
  189. Hyperspace Stories—Codebreaker 1
  190. Hyperspace Stories—Codebreaker 4
  191. The Last Jedi: Cobalt Squadron (mentioned only)
  192. Forces of Destiny: The Rey Chronicles (mentioned only)
  193. Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
  194. Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization
  195. Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel
  196. Star Wars: The Force Awakens Graphic Novel Adaptation (mentioned only)
  197. The Force Awakens Adaptation 3
  198. The Force Awakens Adaptation 5 (mentioned only)
  199. Join the Resistance: Attack on Starkiller Base
  200. Age of Resistance - Rey 1
  201. Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
  202. Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition
  203. Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel
  204. The Last Jedi: Rose and Finn's Secret Mission (mentioned only)
  205. The Last Jedi Adaptation 2 (mentioned only)
  206. The Last Jedi Adaptation 4 (mentioned only)
  207. The Last Jedi Adaptation 5
  208. Poe Dameron 27 (mentioned only)
  209. Poe Dameron 28 (mentioned only)
  210. Resistance Reborn
  211. No Place Safe
  212. Allegiance 1
  213. Legacy
  214. A Crash of Fate
  215. Millennium Falcon - Smugglers Run
  216. Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge
  217. Halcyon Legacy 1 (in a flashback)
  218. Halcyon Legacy 5
  219. Path of the Lightsaber, Vol. 1
  220. Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
  221. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel
Non-canon appearances: 9
  1. The Tower of Alistan Nor
  2. The Storms of Taul
  3. Return to the Wheel
  4. The Lost Crystals of Qalydon
  5. The Pit and the Pinnacle
  6. Flight of the Arrowhead
  7. A Perilous Rescue
  8. Escape from Coruscant
  9. Free Fall

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