Timeline of media/Rise of the Empire
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This timeline is intended to list narrative-based Star Wars media by an in-universe chronology. The list includes films, television episodes, novels, comic books, short stories, video games, and other promotional material.
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Rise of the Empire era
Clone Wars
The Dark Times
- ↑ The date of this story is established internally in relation to the Battle of Endor, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 4 ABY.
- ↑ The events of Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil take place twenty years after the Seventh Battle of Ruusan, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 1000 BBY, twenty years before 980 BBY.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Star Wars Omnibus: Rise of the Sithestablishes the events of Star Wars: Republic: Vow of Justice to take place Approx. 56 to 35 years before those of Template:Film, which The Essential Reader's Companion dates to 32 BBY, 35 years after 67 BBY.
- ↑ The events of "Stones" take place Approx. 14 years after Mace Windu's birth, which Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force dates to 72 BBY, 14 years before 58 BBY.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 This story takes place after the construction of Mace Windu's lightsaber, established by "Stones" to have occurred over 14 years after his birth, which Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force dates to 72 BBY, 14 years before 58 BBY. Additionally, this story was included in Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Rise of the Sith Vol. 1, the events of which are established to take place prior to Template:Film, dated by The Essential Reader's Companion to 32 BBY, and must therefore take place between 58 and 32 BBY.
- ↑ "George R. Binks" takes place during the life of Jar Jar Binks, and was included in Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Rise of the Sith Vol. 2, the events of which are established to take place prior to or during Template:Film. According to Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide, Binks was born Approx. twenty years before The Phantom Menace, which The Essential Reader's Companion to 32 BBY, twenty years after 52 BBY. Therefore, "George R. Binks" must take place between 52 and 32 BBY.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 This story takes place during the life of Jar Jar Binks, and prior to Template:Film. According to Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide, Binks was born Approx. twenty years before The Phantom Menace, which The Essential Reader's Companion to 32 BBY, twenty years after 52 BBY. Therefore, this story must take place between 52 and 32 BBY.
- ↑ "Nameless" takes place during Darth Maul's apprenticeship to Darth Sidious, the beginning of which occurs in The Wrath of Darth Maul, and depicts the construction of Darth Maul's lightsaber, which is in use during the events of Darth Maul: Saboteur. The Essential Reader's Companion dates the relevant section of the former to 51 BBY, and the latter to 33 BBY. Therefore, "Nameless" must take place between the two years.
- ↑ "Mythology" takes place during Obi-Wan Kenobi's apprenticeship to Qui-Gon Jinn and was included in Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Rise of the Sith Vol. 1, the events of which are established to take place prior to Template:Film. The New Essential Chronology dates the beginning of the apprenticeship to 44 BBY and the events of The Phantom Menace to 32 BBY, and "Mythology" must therefore take place between the two years.
- ↑ According to Template:CSWECite, the events of "Life, Death, and the Living Force" take place Approx. 13 years after the birth of Obi-Wan Kenobi, which Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force dates to 57 BBY, 13 years before 44 BBY.
- ↑ "Yaddle's Tale: The One Below" takes place after Plo Koon's ascension to the Jedi High Council, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 44 BBY, and prior to Yaddle's ascension to the Council. Yaddle appears as a member of the Jedi High Council during Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell 1, established in its introduction to take place five years prior to Template:Film, which is dated by The Essential Reader's Companion to 32 BBY, five years after 37 BBY. Therefore, this story must take place between 44 and 37 BBY.
- ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 15.15 15.16 15.17 15.18 15.19 15.20 15.21 15.22 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedText - ↑ "Jedi Chef" takes place after Plo Koon's ascension to the Jedi High Council, and before the death of Micah Micah Giiett, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 44 BBY and 33 BBY, respectively. Therefore, this story must take place between those years.
- ↑ "The Secret of Tet-Ami" takes place after Plo Koon's ascension to the Jedi High Council, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 44 BBY, and was included in Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Rise of the Sith Vol. 1, the events of which are established to take place prior to Template:Film, dated by The Essential Reader's Companion to 32 BBY. Therefore, it must take place between 44 and 32 BBY.
- ↑ 18.00 18.01 18.02 18.03 18.04 18.05 18.06 18.07 18.08 18.09 18.10 18.11 18.12 18.13 18.14 18.15 18.16 18.17 18.18 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedTNEC - ↑ The events of "Restraint" take place Approx. 15 years after Darth Maul's birth, which Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force dates to 54 BBY, 15 years before 39 BBY.
- ↑ 20.00 20.01 20.02 20.03 20.04 20.05 20.06 20.07 20.08 20.09 20.10 20.11 20.12 20.13 20.14 20.15 20.16 20.17 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedTPMDate - ↑ According to * Template:SWArchive, Star Wars: Pit Droids takes place during Anakin Skywalker's enslavement on Tatooine, established by The Essential Reader's Companion to begin in 38 BBY and end in 32 BBY, and therefore must take place between those years.
- ↑ "Urchins" takes place during Anakin Skywalker's enslavement on Tatooine, established by The Essential Reader's Companion to begin in 38 BBY and end in 32 BBY, and therefore must take place between those years.
- ↑ "Aurra's Song" is established in Star Wars Omnibus: Rise of the Sith to take place Approx. 36 years before the Battle of Yavin, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 BBY, 36 years after 36 BBY.
- ↑ Page 272 of Maul: Lockdown states that Waleed Nagma first arrived at Cog Hive Seven three years prior to the events in Maul: Lockdown. Since page 62 of Star Wars Insider 146 sets the events of Maul: Lockdown in 33 BBY one can derive the events in The Syrox Redeption, during which Nagma arrives, take place in 36 BBY. This date is derived from simple math based upon other confirmed dates
- ↑ 25.00 25.01 25.02 25.03 25.04 25.05 25.06 25.07 25.08 25.09 25.10 25.11 25.12 25.13 25.14 25.15 25.16 25.17 25.18 25.19 25.20 25.21 25.22 25.23 25.24 25.25 25.26 25.27 25.28 25.29 25.30 25.31 25.32 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedANHDate - ↑ Star Wars: Obi-Wan begins weeks before the Invasion of Naboo and ends during the Battle of Naboo, both of which are dated by The New Essential Chronology to 32 BBY, and therefore takes place around that year.
- ↑ "Single Cell" takes place six weeks prior to the Battle of Naboo, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 32 BBY.
- ↑ Template:InsiderCite
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 This story takes place after Darth Maul's acquisition of the Scimitar and before the events of Template:Film, both of which are dated to 32 BBY by The New Essential Chronology. It must therefore take place in the same year.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 Episode I Adventures 1: Search for the Lost Jedi takes place Approx. 25 years after the birth of Obi-Wan Kenobi, which Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force dates to 57 BBY, 25 years before 32 BBY.
- ↑ 31.00 31.01 31.02 31.03 31.04 31.05 31.06 31.07 31.08 31.09 31.10 31.11 31.12 The Comics Companion
- ↑ The Essential Reader's Companion erroneously places the story in 33 BBY, although it is set after the events of The Phantom Menace in 32 BBY
- ↑ "Bad Business" takes place after Template:Film according to Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Menace Revealed Vol. 1, and during Shmi Skywalker's enslavement by Watto. Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide dates the former to 32 BBY and the end of the latter to six years later, or 26 BBY. Therefore, "Bad Business" must take place between the two years.
- ↑ According to Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Menace Revealed Vol. 2, "The Sith in the Shadow" takes place between the events of Template:Film and Template:Film, dated to 32 BBY and 22 BBY, respectively, by The Essential Reader's Companion.
- ↑ 35.00 35.01 35.02 35.03 35.04 35.05 35.06 35.07 35.08 35.09 35.10 35.11 35.12 35.13 35.14 35.15 35.16 35.17 35.18 35.19 35.20 35.21 35.22 35.23 35.24 35.25 35.26 35.27 35.28 35.29 35.30 35.31 35.32 35.33 35.34 35.35 35.36 35.37 35.38 35.39 35.40 35.41 35.42 35.43 35.44 35.45 35.46 35.47 35.48 35.49 35.50 35.51 35.52 35.53 35.54 35.55 35.56 35.57 The date of this story is established by Template:DarkHorse in relation to Template:Film, which The Essential Reader's Companion dates to 0 BBY.
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 According to Star Wars: The Comics Companion, Star Wars: Republic: Infinity's End takes place 31 years before Template:Film, which The Essential Reader's Companion dates to 0 BBY, 31 years after 31 BBY.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 The date of this story is established by Star Wars Omnibus: Menace Revealed in relation to the Battle of Yavin, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 BBY.
- ↑ Heart of Fire takes place between Star Wars (1998) 28 and Star Wars (1998) 32, both of which take place 30 years before Template:Film, which The Essential Reader's Companion dates to 0 BBY, 30 years after 30 BBY. Therefore, Heart of Fire takes place in the same year.
- ↑ Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader dates the events of "The Eyes of Revolution" to one decade prior to its own events, which The Essential Reader's Companion places in 19 BBY, one decade after 29 BBY.
- ↑ "A Jedi's Weapon" features Anakin Skywalker's first lightsaber. The Essential Reader's Companion dates its construction to 28 BBY, and Template:Film, in which it is destroyed, to 22 BBY. Therefore, "A Jedi's Weapon" must take place between the two years.
- ↑ 41.00 41.01 41.02 41.03 41.04 41.05 41.06 41.07 41.08 41.09 41.10 41.11 41.12 41.13 41.14 41.15 41.16 41.17 41.18 41.19 41.20 41.21 41.22 41.23 41.24 41.25 41.26 41.27 41.28 41.29 41.30 41.31 41.32 41.33 41.34 41.35 The date of this story is established internally in relation to the Battle of Geonosis, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 22 BBY.
- ↑ 42.00 42.01 42.02 42.03 42.04 42.05 42.06 42.07 42.08 42.09 42.10 42.11 This date of this story is established internally under the Great ReSynchronization dating system. Template:YearMathGRS
- ↑ Full of Surprises takes place before the death of Jango Fett, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 22 BBY, and after the introduction of the Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor, which Template:Hnn dates to 13:3:14 under the Great ReSynchronization dating system, equated to 22 BBY per the reasoning here. Therefore, Full of Surprises must also take place in this year.
- ↑ Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter begins after the introduction of the Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor, which Template:Hnn dates to 13:3:14 under the Great ReSynchronization dating system, equated to 22 BBY per the reasoning here, and ends concurrently with the events of Template:Film, which The Essential Reader's Companion dates to the same year.
- ↑ "Puzzle Peace" take place after the introduction of the Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor, which Template:Hnn dates to 13:3:14 under the Great ReSynchronization dating system, equated to 22 BBY per the reasoning here. Additionally, "Puzzle Peace" was included in Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Menace Revealed Vol. 2, the events of which are established to take place before those of Template:Film, which The Essential Reader's Companion dates to 22 BBY. Therefore, "Puzzle Peace" must also take place in this year.
- ↑ 46.00 46.01 46.02 46.03 46.04 46.05 46.06 46.07 46.08 46.09 46.10 46.11 46.12 46.13 46.14 Date established in the Clone Wars timeline printed in Del Rey novels.
- ↑ 47.00 47.01 47.02 47.03 47.04 47.05 47.06 47.07 47.08 47.09 47.10 47.11 47.12 47.13 47.14 47.15 47.16 47.17 47.18 47.19 47.20 47.21 47.22 47.23 47.24 47.25 47.26 47.27 47.28 47.29 47.30 47.31 47.32 47.33 47.34 47.35 47.36 47.37 47.38 47.39 47.40 The date of this story is established internally in relation to Template:Film, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 19 BBY.
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 This story takes place after Template:Film, which The Essential Reader's Companion dates to 19 BBY, and was included in Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume 9: Endgame, which takes place between 22 and 19 years before Template:Film according to Template:DarkHorse. The Essential Reader's Companion dates A New Hope to 0 BBY, 19 years after 19 BBY, and this story must therefore take place in that year.
- ↑ The Del Rey Star Wars Legends Novels Timeline places Kenobi between the Revenge of the Sith novelization and Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, both of which The Essential Reader's Companion dates to 19 BBY.
- ↑ "Falling Star" takes place between the birth of Luke Skywalker and the acquisition of his landspeeder, which "The Lost City of Tatooine" dates to Approx. 16 years afterwards. The New Essential Chronology dates his birth to 19 BBY, 16 years before 3 BBY, and "Falling Star" therefore takes place between the two years.
- ↑ "First Impressions" takes place between the birth of Leia Organa and her ascension to the Imperial Senate, which Children of the Jedi dates to Approx. 18 years afterwards. The New Essential Chronology dates her birth to 19 BBY, 18 years before 1 BBY, and "First Impressions" therefore takes place between the two years.
- ↑ The events of Scouting Report SS-176.01, Imperial Year One … take place Approx. one year after the establishment of the Galactic Empire, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 19 BBY, one year before 18 BBY.
- ↑ 53.00 53.01 53.02 53.03 53.04 53.05 53.06 53.07 53.08 53.09 53.10 53.11 53.12 53.13 53.14 53.15 53.16 53.17 53.18 According to Template:SW, this story takes place Approx. 15 years before Template:Film, which The Essential Reader's Companion dates to 0 BBY, 15 years after 15 BBY.
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2 54.3 The first issue places the story arc in 10 BBY however later issues placed it in 1 BBY. This has introduced a continuity error regarding Ailyn Vel's age. Her appearance and personality does not match that of a supposed 14-year-old leading to the assumption that this tale was indeed initially intended to take place in 10 BBY not 1 BBY.
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 The date of this story is established internally in relation to the birth of Luke Skywalker, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 19 BBY.
- ↑ "The Princess Leia Diaries" begins Approx. ten years after the birth of Leia Organa, and ends during her ascension to the Imperial Senate, which Children of the Jedi dates to Approx. 18 years after her birth. According to The New Essential Chronology, Organa's birth occurred in 19 BBY, ten years before 9 BBY and 18 years before 1 BBY. Therefore, "The Princess Leia Diaries" spans the period between these two years.
- ↑ The events of "Luke Skywalker's Walkabout" were depicted in a section of A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker dated to 6 BBY by The Essential Reader's Companion.
- ↑ "Routine" takes place after the beginning of Han Solo's career as a smuggler, and before the events of Template:Film, which The New Essential Chronology date to 5 and 0 BBY, respectively. "Routine" must therefore take place between the two years.
- ↑ "Young Lando Calrissian" takes place after Lando Calrissian's first meeting with Han Solo, which took place no earlier than 5 BBY according to The New Essential Chronology, and was included in Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire Vol. 4, the contents of which take place before the events of Template:Film, dated by the Chronology to 0 BBY. Therefore, "Young Lando Calrissian" must take place between the two years.
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 60.2 60.3 Cite error: Invalid
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