Star Wars: How Does Hyperspace Work?
If there’s one thing that’s iconic in the Star Wars series, other than the lightsabers and force powers, it’s the HyperSpace travel. Whether it’s Han's “Punch it Chewy!” or hearing that high-tech engine powering up as spacecraft suddenly zip into or out of the inky darkness, Hyperspace in Star Wars is incredibly cool, but how does it work?
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According to the Star Wars lore - although Senior LucasBooks Editor Jennifer Heddle has said that the entire expanded universe is to be considered non-canon - there is a generally accepted view for how this jump into faster than light travel is achieved. So with that in mind, here’s how Hyperspace works in Star Wars.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you'll likely know that Hyperspace travel is the process by which a subject or object travels faster than the speed of light through space to a distant point. It’s the bread and butter transport method for the majority of science fiction and a great workaround for the fact that it takes a really long time to get anywhere in space with current technology.
There have been different takes on it for every genre. From special hyperdrive engines using a space fungus nexus in Star Trek Discovery to flying through literal hell in Warhammer 40K, but in Star Wars it’s far more simple. The jumping ship is thrust into a dimension of space-time that can only be accessed by molecular displacement caused by going faster than the speed of light. Basically, you point your ship in the direction you want to go, and you hit the big button to go really fast.
Though the previous description was oversimplified hyperbole, Hyperspace in Star Wars is pretty straightforward, albeit with a
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