Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-108.26.127.223-20150219135620/@comment-3146930-20150219222439

I thought Star Wars was "A long time ago in a galaxy far far away...," so it is both in another galaxy and a long time ago.

As far as the original question, there is no good way to judge time as we don't have any concrete scale. For example, Jaune's sword is said to be from his Great-great-grandfather, so from the time of swords and shields to high caliber Scythe-riffles could be something like 120-200 years. The inclusion of things like Dust and Semblance also causes problems, as these items/powers could cause technology to develop rapidly. The world of RWBY from our standpoint would take place somewhat far into the future technology wise, but that is all we know.