Unknown Regions (SWA)

The Unknown Regions, also called Unknown Space, was a collective term referring to a vast swath of 's territory that was not formally charted&mdash;usually by. The region differed from Wild Space in that Wild Space was usually minimally charted, but not fully explored, and was a vastly smaller region of space bordering the.

The Unknown Regions was separated from the widely-connected regions of space&mdash;&mdash;by a peculiar disturbance constructed by the ancient Celestial, which limited travel to and from the region of the galaxy to the "west" of the Core. The disturbance did not completely disconnect the two regions, as several smaller s were able to pass through at junctures such as the Utegetu Nebula, Bakura, and the Red Nebula.