Wookieepedia

Wookieepedia: The Star Wars Wiki is an online encyclopedia for information on the Star Wars universe[1]—including information on all the films, as well as Clone Wars, The Clone Wars and its introductory film, Rebels, the Star Wars expanded universe, and any upcoming Star Wars material. It is a specialized wiki created to be an extensive encyclopedia of the Star Wars universe with some articles reaching up to 60,000 words,[2] and is written almost entirely from an in-universe perspective. The name Wookieepedia is a portmanteau of Wookiee and encyclopedia, a pun on the name of Wikipedia. The logo, too, is a visual pun showing the incomplete second Death Star as opposed to Wikipedia's incomplete "jigsaw logo".

Wookieepedia
Screenshot of Wookieepedia in 2015.
Type of site
Informative site / Wiki
OwnerFandom, Inc.
Created byChad Barbry
Steven Greenwood
RevenueAdvertising
URLstarwars.fandom.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedMarch 4, 2005
Current statusActive with over 157,000 articles (as of June 13, 2020)
Content license
CC-BY-SA

It is a fan-made version of the Holonet, a database maintained by Lucasfilm[3] to track everything in the Star Wars universe and ensure continuity within it.[4]

History

Wookieepedia was conceived by Steven Greenwood and created at the request of hosting site Wikia by Chad Barbry.[2] In January 2005, Greenwood and Barbry discussed details on a Wikipedia talk page which lead to the wiki's creation. Barbry also conceived the name "Wookiepedia", which was later respelled with an extra 'e'. On March 4, 2005, Wookieepedia was launched at Wikia.

Wookieepedia was the most-visited wiki hosted by Wikia by April 2005. In 2015, it drew 3.7 million monthly visitors.[5] On November 28, 2005, Wookieepedia was selected as the Sci-Fi Channel's "Sci-Fi Site of the Week."[6] In January 2006, the site was featured as the Wikia of the Month.

As of April 2019, the English-language version of the wiki contains over 157,000 articles,[7] making it the eighth-largest[8] Wikia in terms of article count, ahead of other wikis such as Memory Alpha and WoWWiki. Wikia hosts Star Wars wikis in many other languages, and Wookieepedia also coordinates its efforts with the German language wiki called Jedipedia.net and the Polish language Biblioteka Ossus.

After Star Wars expanded universe was declared non-canonical to the future works and rebranded as Star Wars Legends in April 2014, Wookieepedia implemented separate "Canon" and "Legends" tabs for subjects that appeared both before and after the continuity reboot. "Legends" tab only includes information from sources released prior to the 2014 reboot, while "Canon" tab contains information from works published from 2015 onwards, including the movies released under The Walt Disney Company. Both tabs include information from Episodes I-VI and The Clone Wars TV series.

Reception

Actors in the Star Wars franchise have used Wookieepedia to have a better understanding of the Star Wars universe and better portray their characters, including Felicity Jones who portrayed Jyn Erso in the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story[9] and Alden Ehrenreich who portrayed young Han Solo in the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story.[10]

References
  1. Bjortomt, Olav (August 18, 2007). "The arts online". The Times. London. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2008.
  2. Thomas J. McLean (May 5, 2007). "Wookieepedia tracks 'Star Wars'". Variety. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  3. Rose, Frank (2011). The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393080797.
  4. Baker, Chris (August 18, 2008). "Meet Leland Chee, the Star Wars Franchise Continuity Cop". Wired. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
  5. Greenburg, Zack O'Malley (April 17, 2015). "Inside The Star Wars-Stoked Business of Wikia's Wookieepedia". Forbes. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  6. "SciFi Site of the Week". Sci-Fi.com. November 28, 2005. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved December 3, 2005.
  7. "Statistics". Wookieepedia. Wikia. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  8. "Big wikis". Wikia Community Central. Wikia. February 20, 2019. Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  9. Delahunty-Light, Zoe (March 24, 2017). "6 things I learnt from the Star Wars: Rogue One home release (Felicity Jones used Wookieepedia A LOT)". gamesradar. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  10. "The Big Event – Alden Ehrenreich interview (podcast)". The Big Event. May 4, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
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