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"I don't think there's ever been a time in our recorded history when there wasn't a war going on somewhere."
"All the more reason for changing the future, then."
―Jacen Solo and Lumiya[src]

This is a timeline of galactic history recording the galaxy's more important events. All dates are given according to the Galactic Standard Calendar.

Contents

TimelineEdit

Before the Battle of Yavin (BBY)Edit

The Pre-Republic EraEdit

PrehistoryEdit
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  • c. 3,000,000 BBY
    • An asteroid collides with the planet Vinsoth, killing most life on its surface. The remaining survivors evolve into the Chevin.[4]
  • c. 2,004,200 BBY
    • The Columi take to trees and begin to develop for arboreal life.
  • c. 2,002,000 BBY
    • The Columi, with their newly acquired skill of mining for minerals, begin building tree spanning cities.
  • c. 100,000 BBY
    • The planet Coruscant is now covered entirely by its principal city, later known as Galactic City.[10] At some point, apparently before this coverage by the city, the battle between the Taung and Zhell occurs on Coruscant, after which darkness covers the planet for two years due to an erupting volcano. [11]
    • The Sith race begins to develop their culture and civilization on the planet Korriban.
    • The Columi, after (re)learning the art of interstellar travel, survey Coruscant and Duro, dismissing them as "primitive" disappointments.[12]
    • The Kwa construct the Infinity Gate[12] and the Star Temples on Dathomir.
    • Civilization on Goroth Prime begins with an agricultural society.
After the discovery of the ForceEdit
  • c. 33,598 BBY
    • The central control system of the Infinite Empire's terraformation project on Kashyyyk receives what ultimately proves to be the final communication from its builders. 241 galactic standard years later, the system would eventually malfunction and causes a hyper-acceleration in the growth of the Kashyyyk forests, ultimately resulting in the development of the current planetary climate.
  • c. 27,700 BBY
    • The Rakata arrive on Korriban. Adas leads the Sith to victory over the alien invaders but is killed in the process.
Birth of the Jedi, death of the RakataEdit
  • c. 25,200 BBY
    • A Major plague sweeps through the galaxy that kills only Rakata. As a result of this, twinned with subject species rebellions, the Infinite Empire collapses.[15]
    • The Kitel Phard dynasty is founded on Atrisia.
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The Old Republic eraEdit

  • c. 23,900 BBY
    • The former worlds of the Union, (with the exception of Desevro), join the Galactic Republic as a member sector with Tion as the capital.
Great Manifest PeriodEdit
  • c. 20,000 BBY[1]
    • The Galactic Republic's Great Manifest Period begins[1]
    • The Metellos Trade Route is created by the Metellos, resulting in minor trade with Coruscant, but significantly greater trade with Orooturoo[37]
  • After 20,000 BBY[39]
    • Vianism dies out in the Core Worlds but spreads throughout worlds in the Kanz sector[39]
  • c. 19,997 BBY[40]
    • Neona undergoes a dramatic climate change that causes the surface to become submerged[40]
    • The sentient Neonan species is driven to extinction as a result of the climate change[40]
  • Before 19,000 BBY[37]
    • An insane Jedi named Humat leaves the Jedi Order, fleeing with his treasures to Coruscant and burying them deep underground in a vault that becomes known as the Cell of Imu[37]
  • By 18,000 BBY[1]
    • Bureau of Ships and Services is created,[1] although alternative dates shortly after 18,000 BBY had been noted.[43]
Indecta EraEdit
Kymoodon EraEdit
Pius Dea EraEdit
Ductavis EraEdit
Rianitus PeriodEdit
Subterra PeriodEdit
Manderon PeriodEdit
  • 6,740 BBY
    • The planet Mygeeto is discovered. Its crust, composed almost entirely of valuable crystals, soon attracts smugglers.[50]
  • 5,002 BBY
    • Nazzri's hereditary monarchy is replaced with a theocratic oligarchy.
Post-Manderon PeriodEdit
  • 4,904 BBY
    • After fleeing into Deep Space the remnants of the Sith Empire begin rebuilding their civilization and plotting revenge against the Jedi.[22]
  • 4,519 BBY
    • Uueg Tching, the fifty-fourth Emperor of Kitel Phard, states three ways on how to defeat an enemy, which ultimately becomes a famous, oft-referenced quote.
  • c. 4,200 BBY
    • Seeking protection against the Ereesi, the Humans of Argazda seek admission to the Republic. Although located far from reliable trade routes and beyond the galactic frontier at the time, the Argazdans' desperation and their apparent descent from a lost Core colony persuade the Senate to admit the area as the Kanz sector. (Approximate date)[58]
    • Pilgrims from the Core World Ator colonize Arkanis. (Approximate date)[59]
    • Anchorhead is founded on Tatooine.
Old Sith WarsEdit
  • 3,965 BBY
    • The Mandalorians begin to infringe on Republic territory.
    • The Republic engages the Mandalorians in small proxy skirmishes along the Outer Rim, but the Jedi Council forbids involvement by the Jedi until the problem has been assessed.[61][63]
  • 3,960 BBY
    • Mandalore the Ultimate is killed by Revan at the Battle of Malachor V.[15]
    • The Mandalorian Wars end.[15]
    • Meetra Surik, who was serving as a general, loses all connection to the Force, returns to the Jedi Council, and is exiled from the Order for her crimes.[63]
    • Revan and Malak disappear into unknown space with a third of the Republic fleet.[15]
  • 3,957 BBY
    • Revan is captured onboard his flagship, after Malak turns against him. Bastila Shan brings Revan back to the Jedi, who use the Force to strip his memories and create a new identity for him.[15]
Inter-Sith Wars PeriodEdit
  • 3,661 BBY
    • A Mandalorian army materializes in alliance with the Sith and blockades the Republic's most critical trade route.[22]
  • 3,660 BBY
    • Succeeding where the Jedi have failed, a smuggler convoy breaks the Mandalorian blockade and restores the Republic's trade route.[22]
  • 2,989 BBY
    • The Sayings, (an Atrisian reference), is stored in the Atrisian Imperial Historical Library.

Draggulch PeriodEdit

  • 1,466 BBY
    • The Sith win a decisive victory at the Battle of Mizra, where more than 500,000 Republic troops die and hundreds of Jedi are captured.[84] The Republic loses control of much of the Outer Rim after the battle.[85]
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Fall of the Republic/Rise of the Empire eraEdit

  • c. 300 BBY
    • The Techno Union claims Mustafar, recognizing an opportunity to collect rare ores in liquid form.[92]
    • The Bothan Spynet is established.
    • Myrkr is discovered and settled.
    • The Ho'Din begin to industrialize and move down from the trees.
  • 294 BBY
    • The star Carosi reaches the point where most of its hydrogen is consumed and begins an unusually rapid expansion into a red giant. Over the next three centuries, the star's expansion would destroy the five innermost planets of its system, including Carosi IV, the Carosite homeworld.[93][94]
  • 192 BBY
    • Recycling bacteria in a manner that revolutionizes waste management develops on Coruscant.
  • 191 BBY
    • The natives of Fere are wiped out by a plague.
  • 142 BBY
    • The planet of Belasco begins a war with a neighboring planet.
  • 124 BBY
    • The Senate approves two significant and related pieces of legislation. One declares the Outer Rim Territories a free-trade zone exempt from taxation, and the other extends the definition of functional constituencies entitled to representation in the Senate to guilds and corporations.[96]
    • The Treaty of Trammis is orchestrated by Jedi Master Omo Bouri.
  • 92 BBY
    • Qui-Gon Jinn is born on an unknown planet. He is discovered by the Jedi, and begins his training in infancy.
  • 74 BBY
    • Last civil war in Masterhome ends, being replaced by a harmless tradition.[100] (Approximate date)
  • 65 BBY
    • The Hutts take control of Tatooine, seeing it as a useful point for transferring smuggled goods between the Corellian Run and the Triellus Trade Route. (Approximate date)[89]
    • The Dark Jedi Maw is born. (Approximate date)
    • Palpatine becomes Plagueis's apprentice and becomes Darth Sidious.
  • 61 BBY
    • Followers of the H'kig religion, fleeing from persecution on their homeworld, settle the planet Rishi.
  • 39 BBY
    • Shmi and Anakin Skywalker come to live on Tatooine when they are purchased by Gardulla the Hutt. However, the Hutt ultimately loses her prize to a junk dealer named Watto.
    • The Galactic Republic makes its first known survey of the swamp world, Dagobah.

Imperial PeriodEdit

  • 1 BBY
    • See battles & missions in the Galactic Civil War for this year
    • A group of Moffs led by Trachta, plot to overthrow Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader. The plot fails and almost all of the conspirators are met with unspeakable deaths.
    • Darth Vader attempts to create a stable clone of Galen Marek on Kamino. One clone of Marek escapes and becomes a key figure in the early Alliance. Darth Vader is captured by the Alliance during a skirmish on Kamino, but escapes soon after.
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The Rebellion eraEdit

After the Battle of Yavin (ABY)Edit

Rebellion era (continued)Edit

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The New Republic eraEdit

  • 22 ABY
    • Jacen and Jaina Solo join the Luke Skywalker's Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4.
    • Their younger brother Anakin Solo joins the Junior Jedi Class of the Academy months later and befriends a young Human girl named Tahiri Veila. The two young trainees have several adventures including discovering the Golden Globe and the ancient Jedi Master Ikrit, accompanying their Melodie friend Lyric to her homeworld of Yavin 8 to undergo an important ceremony, visits to Dagobah to discover Anakin's future and the discovery of Kenobi's lightsaber and an ancient Jedi holocron at Bast Castle on Vjun. Anakin later returns to Coruscant where he attended school, developed his piloting skills, and studied under the careful tutelage of C-3PO.
    • Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker travel to the Unknown Regions where they join a Chiss/Empire of the Hand mission to locate the remains of the ill-fated Old Republic/Jedi expedition Outbound Flight. They discover it in an inaccessible region known as the Redoubt and also learn that the survivors of the Outbound Flight have founded a colony within the wreckage. This combined team also defeats a Vagaari attack.[129]
  • 23 ABY
    • Jacen and Jaina Solo fight against the Second Imperium which attempts to disrupt the peace between the New Republic and Imperial Remnant, as it has become known, and restart the Galactic Civil War.
    • Following the defeat of the Shadow Academy, the Jedi Academy is rebuilt. Anakin Solo also came to aid in the reconstruction efforts.
    • Leia Organa Solo resigns her post as Chief of State and the Bothan Borsk Fey'lya replaces her.
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The New Jedi Order eraEdit

  • 35 ABY
    • Efforts to rebuild galactic civilization after the Yuuzhan Vong war continue, with many war-torn worlds still under reconstruction.
    • The Jedi, struggling to come to terms with a new role in the galaxy and a new philosophy on the Force are called upon to act as police and diplomats by the Galactic Alliance, despite the wishes of Luke Skywalker.
    • Luke Skywalker sees an image of his mother for the first time through R2-D2.
    • A mysterious alien race called the Killiks with a leader very strong in the Force, who are ancient enemies of the Chiss return, with some of the younger members of the Jedi interfering, and becoming part of their alien "Hive," physically and mentally joined to each other.
    • Voren Na'al publishes the New Essential Chronology.
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The Legacy eraEdit

  • 44 ABY
    • Widespread slave uprisings spread throughout the galaxy, inspired by the Freedom Flight organization.
    • Galactic Alliance Chief of State Natasi Daala responds to these revolts with overwhelming and brutal force, leading to Imperial withdrawal from the Unification process.
    • The Jedi Order leads a coup to overthrow Daala, ending her reign and leading to her imprisonment. Luke Skywalker's exile is ended.
    • The dark side entity known as Abeloth manipulates the Galactic Senate to elect Rokari Kem, whom it possesses, as Chief of State. Chief of State Kem is used as a figurehead for Abeloth and the Lost Tribe of Sith to attempt to rule the galaxy.
    • At the Liberation of Coruscant the Jedi Order defeats the Lost Tribe of Sith and Abeloth. Wynn Dorvan is elected as Chief of State in the aftermath.
    • The Jedi Order is commanded by the Galactic Senate to leave Coruscant. The Jedi Temple is abandoned and the Order relocates to the academy on Shedu Maad.
    • Boba Fett helps Daala escape from prison, as she begins a campaign of revenge and conquest, intending to conquer the Galaxy. The Imperial Remnant, led by Jagged Fel, declares war on Daala's forces.
  • 127 ABY – The Sith–Imperial War
    • The Galactic Alliance, Jedi Order and Yuuzhan Vong complete a successful terraforming of the war devastated planet Ossus. As a result, Yuuzhan Vong terraforming technology is implemented on a hundred other planets. The One Sith sabotages the program, causing renewed hostility to the Yuuzhan Vong and distrust of the Jedi.
    • The resurgent Galactic Empire (formerly the Imperial Remnant) starts a secession movement against the Alliance, in part due to the failure of the Ossus Project.
    • The Empire declares war on the Alliance, claiming violations of the Treaty of Anaxes.
    • The Sith form an alliance with the Galactic Empire through the Director of Imperial Intelligence Nyna Calixte.
  • 130 ABY
    • The Galactic Alliance is defeated at Coruscant and its remaining territories are absorbed by the Empire which becomes the new galactic government. The Jedi Order is nearly destroyed during a massacre at Ossus, with Kol Skywalker as one of the casualties.
    • The One Sith turns against Emperor Roan Fel and his Imperial Knights. Darth Krayt usurps the Imperial throne, though some parts of the Empire remain loyal to Fel.
  • 137 ABY
    • Cade Skywalker, bounty hunter and descendant of Luke Skywalker, lives in self-imposed exile from the Jedi. He begins to rediscover his destiny as a Jedi Knight and as a member of the Skywalker family, and rises to fight the new Sith. He embarks on a series of adventures aboard his starship Mynock.
    • Darth Krayt is killed by Darth Wyyrlok (III) after the Battle on Had Abbadon, then resurrected on Korriban.

Notes and referencesEdit

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 The Essential Atlas
  2. Goroth: Slave of the Empire
  3. Star Wars Adventure Journal 7, p.221.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
  5. Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races
  6. New Essential Chronology
  7. Creatures of the Galaxy
  8. From the Files of Corellia Antilles
  9. Star Wars Adventure Journal 8
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
  11. Note: Various amateur sites have given the date of that battle as 200,000 BBY. However, that date was said by http://www.theforce.net/timetales/tt1-1/sect1-1.asp to be "conjecture based upon the 'Shadows of the Empire' soundtrack", suggesting that the 200,000 BBY date is of ambiguous canonicity at best.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 The New Essential Chronology
  13. Star Wars Annual 2008
  14. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named KotOR
  15. 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 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  16. Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
  17. The Essential Atlas
  18. The Illustrated Star Wars Universe
  19. The Essential Atlas, p. 116
  20. The Essential Atlas, p. 118
  21. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named FC-dating
  22. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named timeline1
  23. HyperspaceIconXim Week: The History of Xim and the Tion Cluster on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
  24. The Essential Atlas, p. 117.
  25. Star Wars: The Essential Atlas, p. 117.
  26. Tyrant's Test
  27. Episode II: Incredible Cross-Sections
  28. A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
  29. Episode I: The Visual Dictionary
  30. 30.0 30.1 Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Episode I
  31. The Essential Atlas, p. 57
  32. 32.0 32.1 The Essential Atlas
  33. The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook
  34. Power of the Jedi Sourcebook
  35. Relic
  36. The New Essential Guide to Characters
  37. 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 Coruscant and the Core Worlds
  38. ChallengeLogo "Disturbance in the Force" - Challenge 66
  39. 39.0 39.1 Death in the Slave Pits of Lorrd
  40. 40.0 40.1 40.2 Lords of the Expanse
  41. The Essential Atlas, p. 71
  42. 42.0 42.1 The Essential Atlas, p. 23
  43. Platt's Starport Guide
  44. 44.0 44.1 44.2 The Essential Guide to Warfare
  45. The Essential Atlas, p. 23
  46. 46.0 46.1 The Essential Atlas, p. 121
  47. The Essential Atlas, p. 94
  48. Millennium Falcon (novel)
  49. 49.0 49.1 Galaxy of Intrigue
  50. The Essential Atlas, p. 81
  51. The Essential Atlas, p. 80
  52. Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith
  53. Dark Empire Sourcebook
  54. 54.0 54.1 54.2 54.3 54.4 Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide
  55. The Unknown Regions, p. 124
  56. Secrets of Tatooine
  57. 57.0 57.1 Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia
  58. The Essential Atlas, p. 135
  59. The Essential Atlas, p. 144
  60. The Essential Atlas, p. 208
  61. 61.00 61.01 61.02 61.03 61.04 61.05 61.06 61.07 61.08 61.09 61.10 61.11 61.12 61.13 Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
  62. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named tsl-ages
  63. 63.00 63.01 63.02 63.03 63.04 63.05 63.06 63.07 63.08 63.09 63.10 63.11 63.12 63.13 63.14 63.15 63.16 63.17 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
  64. 64.0 64.1 64.2 64.3 64.4 64.5 The Taris Holofeed: Prime Edition
  65. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 1: Commencement, Part 1
  66. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 8: Flashpoint, Part 2
  67. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 22: Knights of Suffering, Part 1
  68. The Taris Holofeed: Invasion Edition
  69. 69.0 69.1 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 15: Days of Fear, Part 3
  70. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 21: Daze of Hate, Part 3
  71. Galactic Republic Defense Ministry Daily Brief KD0092
  72. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 26: Vector, Part 2
  73. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 27: Vector, Part 3
  74. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 28: Vector, Part 4
  75. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 35: Vindication, Part 4
  76. 76.0 76.1 The New Essential Guide to Droids
  77. Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
  78. Secrets of Naboo
  79. The Essential Atlas, p. 162
  80. 80.0 80.1 80.2 80.3 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
  81. The Essential Atlas, p. 104
  82. The Essential Atlas, p. 98
  83. Dark Force Rising Sourcebook
  84. 84.0 84.1 The Essential Atlas, p. 134
  85. The Essential Atlas, p. 31
  86. Jedi Apprentice: The Defenders of the Dead
  87. The Essential Atlas, p. 3
  88. TCW mini logo Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Crisis on Naboo"
  89. 89.0 89.1 The Essential Atlas, p. 105
  90. The Essential Atlas, p. 101
  91. The Essential Atlas, p. 86
  92. The Essential Atlas, p. 80
  93. Planets of the Galaxy, Volume Two, p. 22
  94. Planets of the Galaxy, Volume Two states on page 22 that this occurred "three hundred years ago". The book states on page 3 that "the information gathered here represents the state of the planets two years after the Battle of Endor." The Battle of Endor occurred in 4 ABY. Therefore, simple math places this event in 296 BBY.
  95. The Unknown Regions, p. 159
  96. The Essential Atlas, p. 139
  97. The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook, p. 85
  98. 98.0 98.1 The Essential Atlas, p. 113
  99. The Jedi Academy Sourcebook, p. 111
  100. "The Long Shot Campaign," appearing in Star Wars Campaign Pack and later re-published in Classic Campaigns
  101. The Cestus Deception
  102. The Essential Atlas, p. 96
  103. 103.0 103.1 103.2 103.3 103.4 Jango Fett: Open Seasons
  104. 104.0 104.1 Star Wars: Republic 64: Bloodlines
  105. The Essential Atlas, p. 188
  106. The Essential Atlas, p. 110
  107. Jedi Council: Acts of War
  108. 108.0 108.1 108.2 108.3 108.4 108.5 108.6 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
  109. 109.0 109.1 109.2 109.3 109.4 109.5 109.6 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
  110. Outbound Flight
  111. 111.0 111.1 111.2 111.3 111.4 111.5 111.6 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  112. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novelization
  113. The Essential Atlas, p. 97
  114. Planets of the Galaxy, Volume Two, pp. 70-71
  115. Planets of the Galaxy, Volume Two states on page 70 that this occurred "10 years ago". The book states on page 3 that "the information gathered here represents the state of the planets two years after the Battle of Endor." The Battle of Endor occurred in 4 ABY. Therefore, simple math places this event in 4 BBY.
  116. 116.0 116.1 116.2 116.3 116.4 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
  117. 117.0 117.1 117.2 117.3 117.4 117.5 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
  118. 118.0 118.1 118.2 118.3 118.4 118.5 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
  119. 119.0 119.1 Heir to the Empire
  120. Dark Force Rising
  121. 121.0 121.1 The Last Command
  122. 122.0 122.1 122.2 Dark Empire
  123. 123.0 123.1 Empire's End
  124. Dark Empire II
  125. Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood
  126. The Golden Globe
  127. Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
  128. Vision of the Future
  129. Survivor's Quest
  130. The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith

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