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human
[Star Wars] What were the various methods of interstellar travel used before the invention of the hyperdrive?

Do any species still use these alternatives?
gpt
The Columi made use of interstellar travel around 100,000 BBY. However, it is unknown whether what they used could be called hyperdrives. Regardless, they never made much of interstellar travel. 

The Rakata were perhaps the first to develop hyperdrive technology. However, it was also invented by humans - early hyperspace technology took the form of "hyperspace cannons". Before this, humans simply used sleeper ships.

These methods of travel were all inferior to the hyperdrive, which is common, relatively cheap and simple, and quite safe. Hyperdrives are also very fast, able to cross the galaxy in hours. 

Old-fashioned methods of interstellar travel are simply obsolete.

NB: galactic teleportation was a technological trick possessed by the Kwa, but it was lost.