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The following events took place in 0 BBY, in the part of the year that preceded the Battle of Yavin in the Galactic Standard Calendar. 0 BBY and 0 ABY collectively comprised a single year.

This year was known as Year 1,000 after the Ruusan Reformation and Year 3,653 after the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant.

Events

Freighter pilot Kinnin Vo-Shay came out of a black hole in the Tyus Cluster, after falling into the other side fifty years earlier.
The Alpha-class Xg-1 Star Wing formally entered Imperial service.^[7]
Completion of the first Death Star, along with the subsequent destruction of Despayre
Princess Leia Organa was kidnapped by Imperials and brought aboard the Death Star, but the plans were kept by the escaped R2-D2 and C-3PO (35:3:3).^[8]
Dissolution of the Imperial Senate (35:3:5)^[9]
Luke Skywalker joined the Rebel Alliance by leaving Tatooine aboard the Millennium Falcon with Han Solo, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, R2-D2 and C-3PO. (35:3:7)
Destruction of Alderaan (35:3:7)
Princess Organa was rescued from the Death Star. (35:3:7)
The Death Star was destroyed by Skywalker over Yavin Prime and Yavin 4.
The Wookiees celebrate Yavin and Chewbacca's triumph.

Battles

Battle of Ylesia^[10]^[11]
Attack on the first Death Star^[12]
Destruction of Despayre
Skirmish in the Horuz system
Mission to Danuta
Battle of Toprawa^[10]
Duel on Kalakar Six
35:3:3—First Battle of Tatooine^[13]
Battle of Ruul
Destruction of Alderaan^[13]
Sabotage at Rhen Var
Rescue on Death Star I^[13]
Mission to Commenor^[14]
Raid on Yavin 4
Battle of Aargonar
Second Battle of Ord Biniir
Battle of Yavin^[13]

Births

Luther De'Ono

Deaths

Armand Isard on Coruscant
Horst on Danuta

In the Battle of Ylesia

Zarien Kheev on Danuta
Nond Kendo^[15]

Jaim Helaw aboard the Undauntable^[15]
Breth Gart

In the Battle of Toprawa
- Bria Tharen^[10]
- Vermilion
- Joaa'n^[10]
- Jace Paol^[10]
- Sk'kot Burrid^[10]
- Mecht^[10]
- Seaan^[10]

Darth Maul's resurrected self on Kalakar Six^[17]

In the First Battle of Tatooine

On Tatooine
- D'Wopp^[19]
- Turland Hack
- Lhojugg^[20]
- Owen Lars^[13]
- Beru Whitesun Lars^[13]
- Eyvind^[21]
- Greedo^[13]
- Het Nkik^[22]
- Jek Nkik^[20]
- Mod Terrik^[22]
- Alima^[23]
- Tereb Ab'Lon^[24]
- Feltipern Trevagg^[25]
- Bidlo Kwerve^[26]

Cesi Eirriss on Commenor^[27]

At the Destruction of Alderaan

Detien Kaileel aboard the Kuari Princess^[33]

In the Rescue on Death Star I
- Prescott^[13]
- Pol Treidum^[13]
- Shann Childsen^[13]
- Devin Cant^[13]
- Enfield^[13]
- Grenwick^[13]
- TK-119^[13]
- Obi-Wan Kenobi^[13]

Akobi aboard the first Death Star^[34]

In the Battle of Yavin
- Aboard the first Death Star
  - Moradmin Bast^[13]
  - Cass
  - Tajis Durmin
  - Tenn Graneet^[15]
  - KE-829
  - Khurgee
  - Conan Antonio Motti^[13]
  - Krono Relt^[34]
  - Atour Riten^[15]
  - Rodo^[15]
  - Nova Stihl^[15]
  - Cassio Tagge
  - Tanbris
  - Wilhuff Tarkin^[13]
  - Torent
  - TK-421
  - TK-422
  - TK-622^[34]
  - Wullf Yularen
  - A third stormtrooper
- In space
  - DS-61-4^[13]
  - Wenton Chan
  - John D. Branon^[13]
  - Biggs Darklighter^[13]
  - Garven Dreis^[13]
  - Lepira
  - Davish Krail^[13]
  - Nozzo Naytaan^[13]
  - Theron Nett^[13]
  - Hol Okand
  - Jek Tono Porkins^[13]
  - Bren Quersey
  - Elyhek Rue
  - Tiree^[13]
  - Jon Vander^[13]
- Dr'uun Unnh on Yavin 4^[30]

Appearances

Non-canon appearances

"Skippy the Jedi Droid" — Star Wars Tales 1
Trooper
"Smuggler's Blues" — Star Wars Tales 14
"Best Birthday Ever" — Star Wars Tales 16
"The Rebel Club" — Star Wars Tales 19
"The Long, Bad Day" — Star Wars Tales 16

Sources

Secrets of the Sisar Run (Indirect mention only)
The Essential Chronology
The Essential Guide to Alien Species
The New Essential Guide to Characters
The New Essential Chronology
The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
Corla Metonae in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link) (Indirect mention only)
The Essential Atlas
Star Wars: Beware the Sith
The Essential Guide to Warfare
The Essential Reader's Companion
Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook

Notes and references

↑ Secrets of the Sisar Run, p. 22
↑ The Essential Guide to Warfare and The New Essential Chronology establish the endpoints of this era as 19 BBY and 4 ABY.
↑ Galactic History on The Old Republic's official website (article) (backup link) dates the Tho Yor Arrival, as described in Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi 0, to the year BTC 32,800 of the calendar based on the date of the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant. Since the difference between that calendar and the Galactic Standard Calendar—based on the date of the Battle of Yavin—was 3,653 years per the reasoning here, the Tho Yor Arrival must have taken place in the year 36,453 BBY of the latter dating system. Therefore, the difference between the Galactic Standard Calendar and the dating system based on the Tho Yor Arrival that is featured in Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void must be 36,453 years.
↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia places the Treaty of Coruscant, which served as the zero point of a calendar adopted by the Galactic Senate following the conclusion of the Great Galactic War per Galactic History on The Old Republic's official website (article) (backup link), in the year 3653 BBY of the Galactic Standard Calendar, which was based around the date of the Battle of Yavin. Thus, the difference between the two dating systems is 3,653 years.
↑ The New Essential Chronology establishes that the zero point of the calendar introduced by Tarsus Valorum was the Ruusan Reformation. The book places that event in the year of 1000 BBY of the Galactic Standard Calendar—which was based around the date of the Battle of Yavin—therefore establishing a difference of one thousand years between the two dating systems.
↑ Per the reasoning here, the Battle of Yavin, the zero point in the Galactic Standard Calendar per The New Essential Chronology, can be placed in 35:3:8 under the Great ReSynchronization dating system, thereby confirming the placement of the division between each Galactic Standard Calendar year as the third month in the Great ReSynchronization year. Thus, there is a two-month, seven day gap between the two dating systems, with the first two months of a GrS year being the last two of the preceding Galactic Standard Calendar year, and there is a total difference of 35 years and 2 months between the two systems.
↑ Star Wars: X-Wing
↑ The Essential Atlas
↑ "Galaxywide NewsNets" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 3
↑ ^10.00 ^10.01 ^10.02 ^10.03 ^10.04 ^10.05 ^10.06 ^10.07 ^10.08 ^10.09 ^10.10 Rebel Dawn
↑ The New Essential Chronology
↑ The Essential Guide to Warfare places the attack on the first Death Star in 0 BBY, so everything between that battle and the Battle of Yavin must fall in 0 BBY.
↑ ^13.00 ^13.01 ^13.02 ^13.03 ^13.04 ^13.05 ^13.06 ^13.07 ^13.08 ^13.09 ^13.10 ^13.11 ^13.12 ^13.13 ^13.14 ^13.15 ^13.16 ^13.17 ^13.18 ^13.19 ^13.20 ^13.21 ^13.22 ^13.23 ^13.24 ^13.25 ^13.26 ^13.27 ^13.28 ^13.29 ^13.30 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
↑ Star Wars: Empire 12: Darklighter, Part 3
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 ^15.3 ^15.4 ^15.5 Death Star
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Hammertong: The Tale of the "Tonnika Sisters"
↑ "Resurrection" — Star Wars Tales 9
↑ Corla Metonae in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
↑ We Don't Do Weddings: The Band's Tale
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 "Spare Parts" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 11
↑ Drawing the Maps of Peace: The Moisture Farmer's Tale
↑ ^22.0 ^22.1 When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale
↑ The Sand Tender: The Hammerhead's Tale
↑ "Droid Trouble" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 3
↑ Nightlily: The Lovers' Tale
↑ A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale
↑ Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron ½
↑ ^28.0 ^28.1 Death in the Slave Pits of Lorrd on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
↑ The Official Star Wars Fact File
↑ ^30.0 ^30.1 The Illustrated Star Wars Universe
↑ Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Rebel Opposition
↑ "Changing the Odds: The Adventures of Dannen Lifehold" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 3
↑ "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 8
↑ ^34.0 ^34.1 ^34.2 Star Wars: Empire 13: What Sin Loyalty?

Imperial Period (19 BBY–4 ABY)
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Years of the Imperial Period
19 BBY · 18 BBY · 17 BBY · 16 BBY · 15 BBY · 14 BBY · 13 BBY · 12 BBY 11 BBY · 10 BBY · 9 BBY · 8 BBY · 7 BBY · 6 BBY · 5 BBY · 4 BBY · 3 BBY 2 BBY · 1 BBY · 0 BBY · 0 ABY · 1 ABY · 2 ABY · 3 ABY · 4 ABY

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In other languages

[Secrets_of_Sisar_Run22-1] Secrets of the Sisar Run, p. 22

[Era-2] The Essential Guide to Warfare and The New Essential Chronology establish the endpoints of this era as 19 BBY and 4 ABY.

[YearTYA-3] Galactic History on The Old Republic's official website (article) (backup link) dates the Tho Yor Arrival, as described in Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi 0, to the year BTC 32,800 of the calendar based on the date of the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant. Since the difference between that calendar and the Galactic Standard Calendar—based on the date of the Battle of Yavin—was 3,653 years per the reasoning here, the Tho Yor Arrival must have taken place in the year 36,453 BBY of the latter dating system. Therefore, the difference between the Galactic Standard Calendar and the dating system based on the Tho Yor Arrival that is featured in Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void must be 36,453 years.

[YearTC-4] Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia places the Treaty of Coruscant, which served as the zero point of a calendar adopted by the Galactic Senate following the conclusion of the Great Galactic War per Galactic History on The Old Republic's official website (article) (backup link), in the year 3653 BBY of the Galactic Standard Calendar, which was based around the date of the Battle of Yavin. Thus, the difference between the two dating systems is 3,653 years.

[YearRuu-5] The New Essential Chronology establishes that the zero point of the calendar introduced by Tarsus Valorum was the Ruusan Reformation. The book places that event in the year of 1000 BBY of the Galactic Standard Calendar—which was based around the date of the Battle of Yavin—therefore establishing a difference of one thousand years between the two dating systems.

[YearGrS-6] Per the reasoning here, the Battle of Yavin, the zero point in the Galactic Standard Calendar per The New Essential Chronology, can be placed in 35:3:8 under the Great ReSynchronization dating system, thereby confirming the placement of the division between each Galactic Standard Calendar year as the third month in the Great ReSynchronization year. Thus, there is a two-month, seven day gap between the two dating systems, with the first two months of a GrS year being the last two of the preceding Galactic Standard Calendar year, and there is a total difference of 35 years and 2 months between the two systems.

[XW-7] Star Wars: X-Wing

[TEA-8] The Essential Atlas

[GNN-9] "Galaxywide NewsNets" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 3

[RD-10] 10.00 ^10.01 ^10.02 ^10.03 ^10.04 ^10.05 ^10.06 ^10.07 ^10.08 ^10.09 ^10.10 Rebel Dawn

[TNEC-11] The New Essential Chronology

[Date-12] The Essential Guide to Warfare places the attack on the first Death Star in 0 BBY, so everything between that battle and the Battle of Yavin must fall in 0 BBY.

[ANH-13] 13.00 ^13.01 ^13.02 ^13.03 ^13.04 ^13.05 ^13.06 ^13.07 ^13.08 ^13.09 ^13.10 ^13.11 ^13.12 ^13.13 ^13.14 ^13.15 ^13.16 ^13.17 ^13.18 ^13.19 ^13.20 ^13.21 ^13.22 ^13.23 ^13.24 ^13.25 ^13.26 ^13.27 ^13.28 ^13.29 ^13.30 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

[D-14] Star Wars: Empire 12: Darklighter, Part 3

[DS-15] 15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 ^15.3 ^15.4 ^15.5 Death Star

[ht-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Hammertong: The Tale of the "Tonnika Sisters"

[R-17] "Resurrection" — Star Wars Tales 9

[18] Corla Metonae in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)

[19] We Don't Do Weddings: The Band's Tale

[sp-20] 20.0 ^20.1 "Spare Parts" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 11

[dtmop:tmft-21] Drawing the Maps of Peace: The Moisture Farmer's Tale

[wtdwt:tst-22] 22.0 ^22.1 When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale

[23] The Sand Tender: The Hammerhead's Tale

[24] "Droid Trouble" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 3

[25] Nightlily: The Lovers' Tale

[26] A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale

[XRS1/2-27] Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron ½

[ditspol-28] 28.0 ^28.1 Death in the Slave Pits of Lorrd on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)

[FF-29] The Official Star Wars Fact File

[Illustrated-30] 30.0 ^30.1 The Illustrated Star Wars Universe

[31] Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Rebel Opposition

[32] "Changing the Odds: The Adventures of Dannen Lifehold" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 3

[33] "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 8

[WSL-34] 34.0 ^34.1 ^34.2 Star Wars: Empire 13: What Sin Loyalty?

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