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The '''Holocron continuity database''' is the database used internally by [[Lucas Licensing]] to keep track of all of the fictional elements created for the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe, and contains elements from nearly every officially sanctioned ''Star Wars'' source. It is maintained by [[Leland Chee]] on [[Wikipedia:FileMaker|FileMaker Pro 7]] software, and was created in early [[2000]], starting from a core of material imported into the database from the [[Star Wars: Behind the Magic|''Behind the Magic'']] and ''[[Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide]]'' CD-ROMs, but it has since grown substantially as new information has been added.{{Fact}} The first article, titled "Welcome to the Holocron!", was created on [[February 9]], [[2000]],<ref name="Instagram 20 Years">{{InstagramCite|profilelink=holocronkeeper|url=p/B8WeUK-A6nJ|author=[[Leland Chee|Leland Y Chee]]|description=Leland Chee celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Holocron continuity database|archivefile=File:Holocron-database-anniversary.png}}</ref> and 22 years later, the Holocron reached the major milestone of 100,000 entries, on [[February 16]], [[2022]].<ref name="Twitter3">{{Twitter|HolocronKeeper|status/1493769741328134144|[[Leland Chee]]|quote=Just entered my 100,000th Holocron entry.|archivedate=20220216072318}}</ref>

At present, there are no plans to release any portion of the Holocron to the public. One reason cited by Chee is:
{{Quote|In addition to being an archive for information that has already been published, the Holocron is a tool to track everything that is currently in development. Information is entered at the earliest stages, so there is information about products that won't be released until years later. It is also used to store unpublished reference information.|Leland Chee|url=http://blogs.starwars.com/holocron/4}}
A rare glimpse at the Holocron was seen at the [[Celebration IV]] "30 Years of Star Wars Publishing and Continuity" panel.<ref>{{Blog|holocron|39|Celebration IV Continuity Panel|Keeper of the Holocron's Blog|Leland Chee|archivedate=20070911000640}}</ref> At [[Celebration Anaheim (2015)|Celebration Anaheim]] in [[2015]], Chee reiterated that Lucas Licensing will never make the Holocron public, because it includes forthcoming content.<ref name="Second Chee Reason, from Anaheim">{{SW|url=video/pablo-hidalgo-and-leland-chee-interview-star-wars-celebration-anaheim|text=Pablo Hidalgo and Leland Chee Interview &ndash; ''Star Wars'' Celebration Anaheim}}</ref>

==Holocron statistics==
{|class="sortable" {{Prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Year !! Total !! [[:Category:Star Wars media|Sources]] !! [[:Category:Images|Images]] !! [[:Category:Individuals|Characters]] !! [[:Category:Planets|Planets]] !! [[:Category:Sentient species|Aliens]] !! [[:Category:Creatures|Creatures]] !! [[:Category:Vehicles|Vehicles]] !! [[:Category:Weapons|Weapons]] !! [[:Category:Organizations|Groups]]
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|[[2005]]<ref name="Blog2005">As of [[May 5]], [[2005]], per {{Blog|holocron|4|What is the Holocron?|Keeper of the Holocron's Blog|Leland Chee|archivedate=20051122155636}}</ref>||23,000+||1,018||8,360||7,633||3,311||713||1,190||2,202||1,031||1,433
|-
|[[2006]]<ref name="Blog2006">As of [[August 24]], [[2006]], per {{Blog|holocron|4|What is the Holocron?|Keeper of the Holocron's Blog|Leland Chee|archivedate=20060825074851}}</ref>||27,032||1,180||9,503||8,742||3,419||756||1,255||2,716||1,130||1,641
|-
|[[2011]]<ref name="Blog2011">As of [[March 18]], [[2011]], per {{Blog|holocron|4|What is the Holocron?|Keeper of the Holocron's Blog|Leland Chee|archivedate=20110520035911}}</ref>||45,915||1,683||13,432||15,795||4,277||958||1,747||1,919{{C|Types}}||1,689||3,129
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|[[2012]]<ref name="News">As of [[July 20]], [[2012]], per {{SW|url=news/what-is-the-holocron|text=What is the Holocron?}}</ref>||55,000+||?||?||19,000+|| 5,300+||colspan="2"|2,900+ {{C|Species}}||2,100+{{C|Types}}||?||?
|-
|[[2013]]<ref name="Twitter1">As of [[May 16]], [[2013]], per {{Twitter|HolocronKeeper|status/335071742726918144|[[Leland Chee]]|quote=@ThatChrisA @WookieeNewsNet @ericmoro Number of entries: Wookieepedia: 103,472 Holocron: 61,128|archivedate=20190722104207}}</ref>||61,128||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|[[2020]]<ref name="Instagram 20 Years" />||87,742||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|[[2021]]<ref name="Twitter2">{{Twitter|HolocronKeeper|status/1453767136359292958|[[Leland Chee]]|quote=The Holocron and I are still here as multiple onscreen Keeper of the Holocron credits in the past 8 years can attest. We're nearly at 98,000 entries. I didn't purge any entries, just changed some layouts so certain information displayed more prominently.|archivedate=20211028170223}}</ref>||~98,000||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?||?
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|[[2022]]<ref name="Instagram2022">{{InstagramCite|profilelink=holocronkeeper|url=p/CaBowHALeYB|author=[[Leland Chee|Leland Y Chee]]|description=2022 statistics for the Holocron continuity database.|archivefile=File:Holocron-database-2022-Stats.png}}</ref>||100,000||3,051||28,282||34,302||6,625||1,593||3,018||3,540{{C|Types}}||3,983||7,327
|}

==Sources==
{{Mediacat|imagecat=Images from the Holocron continuity database}}
*{{Hyperspace|url=hyperspace/member/kessel/f20050629/indexp4.html|text=In the Blink of an Eye - 36 Frames in the Life of a Jedi - The Lucasfilm Licensing Archives Revealed}}
*{{Blog|holocron|4|What is the Holocron?|Keeper of the Holocron's Blog|Leland Chee|archivedate=20110520035911}}
*{{SW|url=news/what-is-the-holocron|text=What is the Holocron?}}

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*{{SWBoards|url=thread.jspa?threadID=152583|thread=Holocron continuity database questions|user=[[Leland Chee|Leland Y Chee]]|date=2004-01-09|time=01:38 PM|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123212139/http://forums.starwars.com/thread.jspa?threadID=152583}}
*{{Cite_web|url=https://www.wired.com/2008/08/ff-starwarscanon|title=Meet Leland Chee, the Star Wars Franchise Continuity Cop|author=Baker, Chris|date=2008-08-18|work=[[Wikipedia:Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|archivedate=20220121165117}}

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