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The BBY/ABY calendar existing in-universe.
Why do you hate it? I do not mind it.
Why would the New Republic establish a new year 0? Isn’t that something totalitarian regimes do? Why not use whatever year 0 the Valorum-era Republic used?
My problem is that the Battle of Endor makes a more logical start for a Year 0 than the Battle of Yavin.
Yeah, that actually makes a lot more sense. The battle saw the Emperor and Vader die, the destruction of a substantial part of the Imperial Navy, and the Empire was left without a centralized power. It makes more sense to declare that the start of the “new era.” IIRC, there’s been some new canon books that talk about an in-universe debate over BBY/ABY dates.
It still makes more sense than Stardates.