Star Wars Opening Crawls
Since its debut in 1977, Star Wars has become a cultural phenomenon not just in its depiction of good over evil but also the many references it has to the world in both mythology and fact. The beauty about these films regarding a 'Galaxy far, far away' is that they open with a description known at the 'opening crawl' as to what is going on within the world of Star Wars. Personally while I am a fan of Star Wars the only films I love from it are the original films (Episodes IV, V and VI) and Episode I. However it was through the expanded universe series of novels and the game 'Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds' that I came to know that there were elements not depicted in the films. This inspired me to create opening crawls before, during and after the battle of Yavin in Episode IV where the death star was destroyed in defence of the planet moon of Yavin; BBY means before the battle of Yavin, BY evidently means the battle of Yavin and ABY means after the battl...