Nichtcrawler-X posted...
No such thing as year 0.
There is in Star Wars.
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/0_ABY
Blightzkrieg posted...
In universe, because it was seen as the "beginning" of the Rebellion.
Except it wasn't, because the Rebellion had been in operation for several years before the Battle of Yavin (and if you're talking "rebellion" rather than "The Rebellion", that started pretty much as soon as the Empire did).
Blightzkrieg posted...
To parallel real life, we don't date based on Jesus's death, we use his birth.
Sure, but you'd think Star Wars would want to zero their years on the founding of the New Republic, rather than the Rebellion (and you'd run into the political issue of whether the distinction should go to the official Alliance to Restore the Republic or the various composite movements that eventually coalesced into it).
Again, to use a parallel, Americans don't celebrate the founding of the US as the day when the Sons of Liberty first formed, nor the day of their victories at Lexington and Concord; they celebrate it as when the country declared independence from the British crown.