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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. 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.[2]
  • c. 2,004,200 BBY
    • The Columi take to trees and begin to develop for arboreal life.
  • c. 100,000 BBY
    • The planet Coruscant is now covered entirely by its principal city, later known as Galactic City.[7] 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. [8]
    • 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.[9]
    • The Kwa construct the Infinity Gate[9] and the Star Temples on Dathomir.
    • Civilization on Goroth 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. After 241 galactic standard years time, the system eventually malfunctions 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.[12]
    • 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[19]
    • The Galactic Republic's Great Manifest Period begins[19]
    • The Metellos Trade Route is created by the Metellos, resulting in minor trade with Coruscant, but significantly greater trade with Orooturoo[20]
  • After 20,000 BBY[22]
    • Vianism dies out in the Core Worlds but spreads throughout worlds in the Kanz sector[22]
  • c. 19,997 BBY[23]
    • Neona undergoes a dramatic climate change that causes the surface to become submerged[23]
    • The sentient Neonan species is driven to extinction as a result of the climate change[23]
  • Before 19,000 BBY[20]
    • 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[20]
  • 18,780 BBY[19]
    • The Shawken Spire, a super-tall structure on Shawken that reached low-orbit altitude, is destroyed[19]
  • By 18,000 BBY[19]
    • Bureau of Ships and Services is created,[19] although alternative dates shortly after 18,000 BBY had been noted.[24]
Indecta EraEdit
Kymoodon EraEdit
Pius Dea EraEdit
Ductavis EraEdit
Rianitus PeriodEdit
Subterra PeriodEdit
Manderon PeriodEdit
  • 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.[10]
  • 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.
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.[33][34]
  • 3,960 BBY
    • Mandalore the Ultimate is killed by Revan at the Battle of Malachor V.[12]
    • The Mandalorian Wars end.[12]
    • 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.[34]
    • Revan and Malak disappear into unknown space with a third of the Republic fleet.[12]
  • 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.[12]
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.[10]
  • 3,660 BBY
    • Succeeding where the Jedi have failed, a smuggler convoy breaks the Mandalorian blockade and restores the Republic's trade route.[10]


  • 2,989 BBY
    • The Sayings, (an Atrisian reference), is stored in the Atrisian Imperial Historical Library.
New Sith WarsEdit


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Fall of the Republic/Rise of the Empire eraEdit

  • 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.
  • 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

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    • 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.

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.[76]
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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 new Sith Order 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 new Sith Order 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.

Notes and referencesEdit

  1. Star Wars Adventure Journal 7, p.221.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
  3. Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races
  4. New Essential Chronology
  5. From the Files of Corellia Antilles
  6. Star Wars Adventure Journal 8
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
  8. 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.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 The New Essential Chronology
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 Timeline on SWTOR.com
  11. Star Wars Annual 2008
  12. 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16 12.17 12.18 12.19 12.20 12.21 12.22 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  13. The Illustrated Star Wars Universe
  14. Tyrant's Test
  15. Episode II: Incredible Cross-Sections
  16. A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
  17. Episode I: The Visual Dictionary
  18. 18.0 18.1 Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Episode I
  19. 19.00 19.01 19.02 19.03 19.04 19.05 19.06 19.07 19.08 19.09 19.10 19.11 19.12 19.13 The Essential Atlas
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Coruscant and the Core Worlds
  21. ChallengeLogo.png "Disturbance in the Force" - Challenge 66
  22. 22.0 22.1 Death in the Slave Pits of Lorrd
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 Lords of the Expanse
  24. Platt's Starport Guide
  25. 25.0 25.1 25.2 The Essential Guide to Warfare
  26. Millennium Falcon (novel)
  27. 27.0 27.1 Galaxy of Intrigue
  28. Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith
  29. Dark Empire Sourcebook
  30. 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide
  31. Secrets of Tatooine
  32. 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 Age of the Characters, Chris Avellone, Obsidian Entertainment forums, URL accessed on March 4, 2007
  33. 33.00 33.01 33.02 33.03 33.04 33.05 33.06 33.07 33.08 33.09 33.10 33.11 33.12 33.13 Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
  34. 34.00 34.01 34.02 34.03 34.04 34.05 34.06 34.07 34.08 34.09 34.10 34.11 34.12 34.13 34.14 34.15 34.16 34.17 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
  35. 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 The Taris Holofeed: Prime Edition
  36. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 1: Commencement, Part 1
  37. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 8: Flashpoint, Part 2
  38. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 22: Knights of Suffering, Part 1
  39. The Taris Holofeed: Invasion Edition
  40. 40.0 40.1 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 15: Days of Fear, Part 3
  41. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 21: Daze of Hate, Part 3
  42. Galactic Republic Defense Ministry Daily Brief KD0092
  43. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 26: Vector, Part 2
  44. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 27: Vector, Part 3
  45. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 28: Vector, Part 4
  46. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 35: Vindication, Part 4
  47. 47.0 47.1 The New Essential Guide to Droids
  48. Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
  49. 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
  50. Dark Force Rising Sourcebook
  51. Jedi Apprentice: The Defenders of the Dead
  52. TCW mini logo.jpg Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Crisis on Naboo"
  53. 53.0 53.1 53.2 53.3 53.4 Jango Fett: Open Seasons
  54. 54.0 54.1 Star Wars: Republic 64: Bloodlines
  55. Jedi Council: Acts of War
  56. 56.0 56.1 56.2 56.3 56.4 56.5 56.6 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
  57. 57.0 57.1 57.2 57.3 57.4 57.5 57.6 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
  58. Outbound Flight
  59. Star Wars: Clone Wars - Chapter 6
  60. Star Wars: Clone WarsChapter 7
  61. 61.0 61.1 61.2 61.3 61.4 61.5 61.6 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  62. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novelization
  63. 63.0 63.1 63.2 63.3 63.4 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
  64. 64.0 64.1 64.2 64.3 64.4 64.5 64.6 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
  65. 65.0 65.1 65.2 65.3 65.4 65.5 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
  66. 66.0 66.1 Heir to the Empire
  67. Dark Force Rising
  68. 68.0 68.1 The Last Command
  69. 69.0 69.1 69.2 Dark Empire
  70. 70.0 70.1 Empire's End
  71. Dark Empire II
  72. Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood
  73. The Golden Globe
  74. Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
  75. Vision of the Future
  76. Survivor's Quest
  77. The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith

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