text: in what year aby in star wars is it now in the present? ex: 2006-2897aby?   you must understand that the star wars universe is set "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away". "a long time ago" has been estimated to be thousands of years ago, so it could not range between 2006-2897 aby. if i could make an estimate, i think it would be 10,000-15,000 years after the battle of yavin.