This is a list of measurement units used throughout galactic history in science, mathematics, and other studies.

Contents 1 Distance 2 Area 3 Temperature 4 Time 5 Mass 6 Speed 7 Acceleration 8 Pressure 9 Rotation 10 Percentage 11 UV Index 12 Volume 13 Gravity 14 Military rating 15 Artillery rankings 16 Shield strength 17 Hull rating 18 Energy 19 Frequency 20 Propulsion 21 Musical units 22 Quantities 23 Behind the scenes 24 Appearances 25 Sources 26 Notes and references 26.1 In other languages

DistanceEdit

• 1 nanometer^[1]
• 1 millimeter (mm)
• 1 centimeter^[2][1]
• 1 glekk (Twi'lek unit of measure)^[3]
• 1 inch
• 1 foot (plural "feet")
• 1 yard
• 1 meter (m) or Imperial standard meter^[1]
• 1 Trogan meter = 25% larger than Imperial standard meter^[1]
• 1 phon
• 1 kuba = the distance of a Jawa clan in single file, about 2 m
• 1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 meters (referred to by pilots as a "klick")
• 1 khelter = 1 km
• 1 salt pan = 1.2 km
• 1 mile = 1.6 km
• 1 visvia = 1.6 km
• 1 megalight
• 1 light year = 9.5×10¹⁵ meters
• 1 parsec = 31×10¹⁵ meters=3.26 light years
• 1 Siriometer
• 1 kiloparsec
• 1 Megaparsec
• 1 Gigaparsec
• 1 Teraparsec

AreaEdit

• 1 hectare^[4]

TemperatureEdit

• 1 degree standard^[5], equivalent to centigrade or °C, where 0 is the freezing point of water and 100 is its boiling point.
• Celsius^[6][7]

TimeEdit

• 1 nanosecond^[8]
• 1 microsecond^[1]
• 1 second
• 1 Imperial minute
• 1 minute=60 seconds
• 1 hour=60 minutes
• 1 day=24 hours^[9]
• 1 standard week=5 days
• 1 standard month (10-month calendar)=7 weeks
• 1 standard year = 368 days^[9]
• 1 decade^[10]
• 1 standard century=100 standard years
• 1 millennium^[11]
• 1 ket
• 1 klekket=2 standard months
• 1 grimnal
• 1 progression=1 year

MassEdit

• 1 milligram^[12]
• 1 Coruscant Standard Carat
• 1 carat^[13]
• 1 gram
• 1 kilogram
• 1 metric ton=1,000 kilograms
• 1 pound^[14]

SpeedEdit

• 1 kilometer per hour (km/h)

AccelerationEdit

• 1 g-force (G or Gee)
• 1 Sublight Unit per Standard Time Part^[15]

PressureEdit

• 1 sangen^[16]
• 1 millibar^[17][18]

RotationEdit

• 1 degree=1/360th of a full circle^[19]

PercentageEdit

• 100 percent^[20]

UV IndexEdit

• Reaches to a peak of 44.9^[21]

VolumeEdit

• 1 pint^[22]
• 1 gallon^[23]
• 1 litre^[24]
• 1 cubic meter (m³)^[25]
• 1 cubic kilometer (km³)^[26]

GravityEdit

• 1 g-force^[27]
• Also g force^[28], 1G^[29], or 1 g^[20]

Military ratingEdit

• Class Two^[30]

Artillery rankingsEdit

• 1 megatome^[31]
• Df
• FD number
• v-

Shield strengthEdit

• 1 SBD
• 1 watt (shield dissipation)

Hull ratingEdit

• 1 RU

EnergyEdit

• 1 joule^[25]
• 1 megajoule=1,000,000 joules^[25][1]
• 1 gigaton=1,000,000,000 tons of TNT^[25]
• 1 watt^[25]
• 1 gigawatt^[1]
• 1 Energy Unit, approximately the energy required to power a single shot from a standard blaster^[32]
• 1 Power Unit, possibly equal or close to an Energy Unit^[32]

FrequencyEdit

• 1 microhertz^[1]
• 1 terahertz^[33]

PropulsionEdit

• 1 KTU^[34]

Musical unitsEdit

• Key, as in "Key of Cresh"^[35]
• Octave^[30]

QuantitiesEdit

• Imperial crans, used to measure amounts of food, e.g 12 Imperial crans of Ubuuga caviar.^[36]

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Behind the scenesEdit

The metric system is the primary form of measurement. However temperature units would not be named Kelvin, or Fahrenheit, since they were named for men from Earth, but rather by centigrade or the more benign "standard" developed in the online Visual Guides. Despite this, certain units are used that are named after scientists from Earth, including celsius, watt, joule, and hertz.

The metric system also applies to quantities as well, beyond the standard SI prefix. See Large Numbers for more details.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• HoloNet News (weather)
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

SourcesEdit

• A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (Second Edition)
• Pirates & Privateers
•  Visual Guide Chapter 6: Lost in the Desert, Image 2 on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)

Notes and referencesEdit

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Death Star ↑ Dark Journey, p. 191 ↑ A Time to Mourn, a Time to Dance: Oola's Tale. Implied to be the Twi'lek "small unit" along the lines of a centimeter or an inch: "...while two stormtroopers examined every square glekk of the shuttle." ↑ The Truce at Bakura, p. 77 ↑ Visual Guides make this the accepted scale ↑ Used, presumably accidentally, in The Cestus Deception ↑ Crosscurrent, p. 229 ↑ Dark Journey, p. 144, 179 ↑ 9.0 9.1 These units represent the rotational and orbital period, respectively, of Coruscant; they are also known as the "standard day" and "standard year". Local days and years on different planets may vary greatly. The Galactic Standard Calendar is used to calibrate these units together. ↑ Vector Prime p. 4 ↑ Vector Prime p. 26 ↑ Endor and the Moddell Sector ↑ Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novelization, p. 138. It is unclear whether this is the same as a Coruscant Standard Carat or a different unit. ↑ Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, First Edition, p. 8 ↑ A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (Second Edition) ↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: 4 million sangens of fuel were needed to destroy machinery near the Hrakert Rift. ↑ The Mandalorian Armor: See Imperial-class M-12 sweep bomb. ↑ Shield of Lies: 640 millibars was the pressure in the Teljkon Vagabond ↑ Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim, p. 11 mentions degrees in the description of offset brath bearings from true on a speeder. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Vector Prime p. 7 ↑ HoloNet News Weather ↑ Mentioned in Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express ↑ Mentioned in Children of the Jedi ↑ "A Mon Alone" ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 Attack of the Clones: Incredible Cross-Sections ↑ Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor p.179 ↑ Mentioned in The Black Fleet Crisis trilogy ↑ Vector Prime p. 8 ↑ Revenge of the Sith: Incredible Cross-Sections, p.11 ↑ 30.0 30.1 Before the Storm ↑ Imperial troop transporter (story booklet) ↑ 32.0 32.1 Star Wars: Dark Forces ↑ Bloodlines ↑ Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections, for TIE/sa bombers and TIE/LN starfighters ↑ Union 1 ↑ Boba Fett: When the Fat Lady Swings