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Fans of the Star Wars fictional universe keep track of the "dates" of key events within the storyline according to narrated time and chronology rather than real-world narrative time and publishing chronology. For this purpose, a dating system (or calendar) reckoned at the Battle of Yavin featured in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is being used. In this dating system, BBY stands for Before the Battle of Yavin, and ABY stands for After the Battle of Yavin, so 50 BBY comes before 5 ABY, as with BC and AD. Occasionally, the defeat of the Empire at the Battle of Endor (four years after Yavin) has been used as an alternate starting year, but has generally been phased out in favor of the current standard system. When Bantam Spectra held the license for Star Wars novels, they described their books as after Endor, but Del Rey, the current license-holder, exclusively uses ABY.

A galactic year, based on the length of a year on Coruscant, is 368 standard days, one standard day being a time period of equal length as a day on Coruscant (43 hours of 23 minutes each). It is composed of 10 months.

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[edit] Time measurement in the Star Wars galaxy

In the official continuity’s Star Wars universe (based on Coruscant’s rotation):

  • 1 Coruscant year = 10 months (350 days) + 3 festival weeks (15 days) + 3 holidays (3 days) = 368 days
  • 1 Coruscant month = 7 weeks = 35 days
  • 1 Coruscant week = 5 days
  • 1 Coruscant day = 18 hours
  • 1 Coruscant hour = 69 minutes

[edit] The Galactic year

  • From the above information, we can extrapolate that the year, whether Tapani-named or not, in the Star Wars galaxy as follows:
    • 2 months
    • 2 months
    • 1 holiday
    • 1 month
    • 1 festival week
    • 2 months
    • 1 holiday
    • 2 months
    • 1 festival week

[edit] Film timeline

Continuity date Title Real-world release date
32 BBY Episode I: The Phantom Menace 1999-05-19
22 BBY Episode II: Attack of the Clones 2002-05-16
22-20 BBY Clone Wars (Vol. 1) 2003-11-07 - 2004-04-08
22-19 BBY Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2008-08-14+
21-19 BBY Clone Wars (Vol. 2) 2005-03-21 - 2005-03-25
19 BBY Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 2005-05-19
19-1 BBY Untitled live-action series 2009+
15 BBY Droids: The Pirates And The Prince 1985-09-07 - 1986-06-07
15 BBY Droids: Treasure Of The Hidden Planet 1985-09-07 - 1986-06-07
0 BBY/ABY Episode IV: A New Hope 1977-05-25
2 ABY The Star Wars Holiday Special 1978-11-17
3 ABY Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 1980-05-21
3-4 ABY Ewoks: The Haunted Village 1985-09-07 - 1986-12-13
3-4 ABY Ewoks: Tales from the Endor Woods 1985-09-07 - 1986-12-13
3-4 ABY Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure 1984-11-24
3-4 ABY Ewoks: The Battle for Endor 1985-11-24
4 ABY Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 1983-05-25

[edit] Timeline

[edit] Before the Battle of Yavin (BBY)

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[edit] The Pre-Republic Era

  • c.10,000,000,000 BBY
    • The galaxy is formed at about this time.
  • c. 2,000,000,000 BBY
    • The Oseon system is created. A rogue star is believed to have passed too close to the system, disrupting the planet formation and creating an abnormally large asteroid belt.[1]
  • c. 10,000,000 BBY
    • Volcanic activity on Esseles begins to end.
  • 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.
  • c. 2,006,200 BBY
  • c. 2,004,200 BBY
    • The Columi take to the trees and begin to develop for arboreal life.
  • c. 2,002,200 BBY
    • The Columi learn to use tools.
  • c. 2,002,000 BBY
    • The Columi, with their newly acquired skill of mining for minerals, begin building tree spanning cities.
  • c. 999,989 BBY
    • According to Dr. Corellia Antilles, by this time, most sentient species have begun keeping historical records, though at least some of those records prove indecipherable to modern historians. [3]
  • c. 750,000 BBY
    • Goroth begins to develop intelligent life.
  • c. 499,989 BBY
    • By this time, according to Dr. Corellia Antilles, most sentient species have records decipherable to modern historians. [3]
  • c. 300,000 BBY
    • The Gree civilization enters its golden age. clarify [4]
  • c. 200,000 BBY
    • The Taungs of Coruscant attempt to conquer the 13 baseline Human nations of the Battalions of Zhell.
    • A volcano on Coruscant erupts, decimating the Zhell.
    • The Taung flee to the planet Roon.
  • c. 130,000 BBY
    • Sith society begins.
  • c. 57,000 BBY
    • Utapau is colonized by humanoid species that would later evolve into the Pau'an and Utai species.
  • c. 49,000 BBY
    • The Rakata develop a special form of hyperdrive.[6]
  • c. 40,000 BBY
  • c. 29,000 BBY
  • 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.
  • c. 27,000 BBY
  • 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.[8]
    • The Kitel Phard dynasty is founded on Atrisia.
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[edit] The Old Republic era

  • 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.
  • c. 22,000 BBY
    • The planet Nubia is settled.
  • 19,997 BBY
    • An indigenous sentient species of Neona goes extinct.
  • 17,522 BBY
  • c. 12,500 BBY
    • The slave trade becomes an everyday part of life on Ryloth.[16]
  • 11,708 BBY
  • 11,000 BBY
    • End of the Pius Dea Crusades.
  • 9,988 BBY
  • c. 8,000 BBY
    • The Republic establishes an outpost on the planet Malastare's eastern continent. Gran colonists arrive over the following millennia and begin to displace the native Dugs.
    • The Rianitus Period ends.
  • 7,299 BBY
  • c. 7,032 BBY
    • The "Elders" engage in warfare with the Gungans, forcing the Gungans to retreat underwater.[15]
  • c. 6,900 BBY
    • End of the Hundred-Year Darkness.[6]
    • The Dark Jedi lose the war at the Battle of Corbos, and the survivors are exiled from the Republic.
    • The Dark Jedi found the Sith Empire, which remains unknown to rest of the galaxy for almost two thousand years.[6]
    • Quermia joins the Galactic Republic.
  • 5,002 BBY
    • Nazzri's hereditary monarchy is replaced with a theocratic oligarchy.
  • c. 5,000 BBY
  • 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. 4,400 BBY
    • The Jedi Knight Freedon Nadd falls to the dark side, learning the secrets of the Sith from the spirit of Naga Sadow.
  • 4,002 BBY
    • Onderon joins the Galactic Republic.
  • 3,996 BBY
    • At the Battle of Kuar on the Plains of Harkul, Ulic Qel-Droma defeats Mandalore the Indomitable in combat, winning his loyalty.
    • Mandalore the Indomitable is defeated by the Republic at the Battle of Onderon and killed by the beasts of Dxun. He is succeeded by Mandalore the Ultimate.
    • Sith Lord Ulic Qel-Droma turns away from the dark side.
    • Exar Kun is defeated at the Battle of Yavin IV by Ulic Qel-Droma and the Republic.
    • Both the Great Sith War and the Krath Holy Crusade end with the Third Battle of Empress Teta.
    • Mandalore the Ultimate begins secretly summoning clans from across the galaxy, building up arms and ships on Dxun, working toward the day when a new crusade can be launched.
  • 3,994 BBY
    • Ulic Qel-Droma revisits Yavin IV.
  • 3,993 BBY
    • The Great Hunt ends.
  • 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.[22][23]
  • 3,960 BBY
    • Mandalore the Ultimate is killed by Revan at the Battle of Malachor V.[8]
    • The Mandalorian Wars end.[8]
    • The Jedi Exile, 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.[23]
    • Revan and Malak disappear into unknown space with a third of the Republic fleet.[8]
  • 3,957 BBY
    • Revan is defeated 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.[8]
  • 2,989 BBY
    • The Sayings, (an Atrisian reference), is stored in the Atrisian Imperial Historical Library.
  • c. 2,979 BBY
    • Jabiim joins the Galactic Republic.
  • c. 2,200 BBY
    • The beginning of the height of Saffa painting.
  • 2,032 BBY
  • 2,019 BBY
  • 1,991 BBY
  • c. 1,550 BBY
    • The end of the height of Saffa painting.
  • 1,489 BBY
    • The Sayings are printed for the Atrisian nobility.
  • c. 1,196 BBY
    • The civilization on Hathrox III is destroyed in a biochemical civil war.
  • 1,001 BBY
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[edit] Fall of the Republic/Rise of the Empire era

  • 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.
    • Firmus Piett is born on Axxila.
    • Battlle of the Huk begins on Kalle.
  • 22 - 19 BBY
    • The Clone Wars
    • Aayla Secura and Ylenic It'kla track down a Techno Union scientist on Corellia.
    • A Dark Jedi named Asajj Ventress meets Count Dooku and proclaims herself as a Sith. However after fighting with Count Dooku she understands that her power is inferior to theirs and wishes to join the Sith, so Darth Sidious and Count Dooku use her for their dark plan against Anakin Skywalker.[45][46]
    • Wedge Antilles is born on Corellia.
    • Sepratists invade Rhyloth. Armies of General Grievous assaults Geonossis and takes it back from the Republic.


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[edit] The Rebellion era

[edit] After the Battle of Yavin (ABY)

[edit] Rebellion era (continued)

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[edit] The New Republic era

  • 7 ABY
  • 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.[61]
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[edit] The New Jedi Order era

  • 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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[edit] The Legacy era

  • 127 - 130 ABY - The Sith-Imperial War
    • Around this time, the Galactic Alliance, Jedi Order and Yuuzhan Vong initiate 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 it.
    • The resurgent Galactic Empire (formerly the Imperial Remnant) starts a secession movement against the Alliance.
    • The Empire declares war on the Alliance at the Treaty of Anaxes.
    • The Sith form an alliance with the Galactic Empire through the Director of Imperial Intelligence Nyna Calixte.
    • After three years of fighting, the 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 Sith-Imperial War ends.
    • 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.
  • 137 ABY
    • Cade Skywalker, descendant of Luke Skywalker, is trained as a Jedi but self-exiled of the Order to become a bounty hunter. 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon
  2. ^ a b Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races
  3. ^ a b From the Files of Corellia Antilles
  4. ^ Star Wars Adventure Journal 8
  5. ^ The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
  6. ^ a b c d e f The New Essential Chronology
  7. ^ Star Wars Annual 2008
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  9. ^ The Illustrated Star Wars Universe
  10. ^ a b The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
  11. ^ Tyrant's Test
  12. ^ Episode II: Incredible Cross-Sections
  13. ^ Episode I: The Visual Dictionary
  14. ^ A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
  15. ^ a b Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Episode I
  16. ^ Platt's Starport Guide
  17. ^ Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith
  18. ^ Dark Empire Sourcebook
  19. ^ a b c d e Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide
  20. ^ Secrets of Tatooine
  21. ^ a b c d Age of the Characters, Chris Avellone, Obsidian Entertainment forums, URL accessed on March 4, 2007
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
  24. ^ a b c d e f The Taris Holofeed: Prime Edition
  25. ^ Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 1: Commencement, Part 1
  26. ^ Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 8: Flashpoint, Part 2
  27. ^ Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 22: Knights of Suffering, Part 1
  28. ^ The Taris Holofeed: Invasion Edition
  29. ^ a b Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 15: Days of Fear, Part 3
  30. ^ Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 21: Daze of Hate, Part 3
  31. ^ Galactic Republic Defense Ministry Daily Brief KD0092
  32. ^ Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 26: Vector, Part 2
  33. ^ Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 27: Vector, Part 3
  34. ^ Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 28: Vector, Part 4
  35. ^ Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 35: Vindication, Part 4
  36. ^ a b The New Essential Guide to Droids
  37. ^ Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
  38. ^ a b c d Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
  39. ^ a b c d e Jango Fett: Open Seasons
  40. ^ a b Star Wars Republic 64: Bloodlines
  41. ^ Jedi Council: Acts of War
  42. ^ a b c d e f g Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
  43. ^ a b c d e f g Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
  44. ^ Outbound Flight
  45. ^ Star Wars: Clone Wars - Chapter 6
  46. ^ Star Wars: Clone Wars - Chapter 7
  47. ^ a b c d e f Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  48. ^ Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novelization
  49. ^ a b c d e Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
  50. ^ a b c d e f g Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
  51. ^ a b c d e f Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
  52. ^ a b Heir to the Empire
  53. ^ Dark Force Rising
  54. ^ a b The Last Command
  55. ^ a b c Dark Empire
  56. ^ a b Empire's End
  57. ^ Dark Empire II
  58. ^ Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood
  59. ^ Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
  60. ^ Vision of the Future
  61. ^ Survivor's Quest

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