I am thinking that my "On the Rim'' campaign will take place a few years after Return of the Jedi. I have not seen the sequel trilogy (and don't care to) and I'm not letting Ahsoka influence me. Some material from the first season of The Mandalorian is appropriate. I AM going by the books published before Disney bought Lucasfilms, the X-Wing series and the Thrawn trilogy.
Where and When are we?
I am looking at being at least five years after Return of the Jedi. The Rebellion has taken control of the capital at Coruscant, formed the New Republic and reinstated the Senate. Most of the inner portions of the former Empire are now under the New Republic's control. However, the war is not entirely over. Imperial governors and fleet commanders on the edges of the former Empire have seized control of territories. Some are still loyal to the idea of the Empire and seek to restore it (although many plan to put themselves on the throne), others are out and out warlords, trying to form their own nations, only pretending to still be loyal to the Empire. Individual warships have become pirates, some claiming to be fighting as rebels against the New Republic (when a Star Destroyer appears in orbit over your farming world and demands 1000 tons of food and 50 young "volunteers" to join the Imperial Navy, you give them what they want. Or you get blasted from orbit until you surrender). The characters are in the Ventooine Sector, a frontier sector on the edge of the civilized galaxy, an unclaimed area. It is beyond some of the areas held by remains of the Empire (referred to as "The Imperial Remnants"), close to the area held by one of the most powerful factions, Warlord Zsinj.
Travel times
Interstellar travel in Star Wars is FAST. It's like flying on an airliner today. The Millenium Falcon's flight from Tatooine to Alderaan in Episode IV may have taken less than four hours. The chart for the campaign gives interstellar travel times in fractions of an hour for a fast ship. The player characters' ship will be half as fast. Phroda to Ventooine would take 1.04 hours normally for their slower ship instead of 0.52 hours for a fast ship.
