0 ABY
(35 ArS)
(cont'd.)
35:9

Classic Star Wars: The Rebel Storm (Dark Horse Comics)
-----"The Return of Ben Kenobi"
-----"The Power Gem"

After Vader learns Luke's identity (Marvel #35-37). This storyline leads to the evacuation of Yavin seen below.
 
 

Shadow Stalker
(Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #9-12 - Topps - 1996-1997)

Some time after Jix saves Vader from his fate on Aridus in "The Return of Ben Kenobi". Leads into "Iceworld".
 
 

Classic Star Wars: The Rebel Storm (Dark Horse Comics)
-----"Iceworld"
-----"Revenge of the Jedi"
-----"Doom Mission"
-----"Race for Survival"
----------The Rebel Alliance base on Yavin IV is evacuated.

Before The Empire Strikes Back. A character in Wraith Squadron says he was on Hoth with the Rebels for a year, and Hoth is found in "Iceworld". Classic Star Wars concludes 3 ABY.


Battlefront II (LucasArts video game - 2005)
-----Yavin 4 - Vader's Fist Strikes Back

Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (LucasArts video game - 2003)
-----Revenge of the Empire

Battlefront II (LucasArts video game - 2005)
-----Yavin 4 - Revenge of the Empire

Force Commander
(LucasArts computer game - 2000)
-----The Trap at Yavin IV

X-Wing
(LucasArts computer game add-on - 1993)

-----Tour of Duty IV: Imperial Pursuit

During and after the Rebels evacuate Yavin IV.
 
 

"Death Star Pirates"
(Star Wars Kids #16-20 - Sept 1999-Jan 2000)

Just after the evacuation from Yavin IV.
 
 

Following the death of Admiral Griff, Captain Ozzel is promoted to Admiral and placed in command of Darth Vader's fleet. Captain Piett takes command of Vader's Super Star Destroyer, the Executor.

The New Essential Guide to Characters.



Carida: Heavy Duty
- Part 1: Weight Training

(RPG supplement - Wizards.com - Sep 2003)

Six months after A New Hope.




Galaxy of Fear:

-----Eaten Alive
-----City of the Dead
-----Planet Plague
 (Bantam Books- Feb, Apr 1997)

About six months after A New Hope.
 
 

Bounty Hunter Wars
-----The Slave Ship - Flashback story
--------(Bantam Spectra Books - Oct 1998)

-----Hard Merchandise - Flashback story
--------(Bantam Spectra Books - Mar 1999)

Six months after A New Hope.
 
 

"Haunted"
(Star Wars: Empire #19 - Dark Horse Comics - Mar 2004)

The issue itself places the story five months after A New Hope, but it's at least six, after Yavin IV's evacuation.



Allegiance
(Del Rey Books - Jan 2007)



"A Little Piece of Home"

(Star Wars: Empire #20-21 - Dark Horse Comics - May-June 2004)

"Alone Together"
(Star Wars: Empire #22 - Dark Horse Comics - July 2004)

"The Bravery of Being Out of Range"
(Star Wars: Empire #23 - Dark Horse Comics - Aug 2004)

"Idiot's Array"
(Star Wars: Empire #24-25 - Dark Horse Comics - Sept 2004)

Six months after A New Hope.


  
35:10

"'General' Skywalker"
(Star Wars: Empire #26-27 - Dark Horse Comics - Oct-Nov 2004)

"Wreckage"
(Star Wars: Empire #28 - Dark Horse Comics - Dec 2004)

"In the Shadows of Their Fathers"
(Star Wars: Empire #29-30, 32-34 - Dark Horse Comics - Jan-June 2005)

"The Price of Power"

(Star Wars: Empire #31 - Dark Horse Comics - May 2005)

Seven months after A New Hope.



  
Yavin: The Big Red One
(RPG supplement - Wizards.com - Jul-Aug 2004)



"Only Droids Serve the Maker"

(Star Wars Adventure Journal #10 - West End Games - May 1996)
 
 

Tales of the Bounty Hunters (Bantam Spectra Books - Dec 1996)
-----Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88 (Pages 25-44)

After the Rebels leave Yavin IV.
 
 

"Sand Blasted" - Prologue
(Star Wars Tales #4 - Dark Horse Comics - July 2000)
 
 

Dark Forces - Level 2-5
(LucasArts computer game - 1995)

Kyle Katarn's Tale:
- Mission 3: The Blood Moon
(Miniatures game scenario - Wizards.com - Apr 2005)


Before Crix Madine's defection, which is set 7-8 months after ANH.



 
35:11

"Model Officer"
(Star Wars: Empire #35 - Dark Horse Comics - Sep 2005)

"The Wrong Side of the War"
(Star Wars: Empire #36-38 - Dark Horse Comics - Oct-Dec 2005)



Carida: Heavy Duty
- Part 2: Boot Camp

(RPG supplement - Wizards.com - Sep 2003)

Eight months after A New Hope.




Imperial pilot Tycho Celchu defects and joins the Rebel Alliance.

Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (LucasArts video game - 2003)
-----Defiance on Dantooine
-----Defenders of Ralltiir
-----Extraction From Ralltiir

After the Rebels leave Yavin IV. Rebel Strike includes Tycho's defection.




"Junkheap Hero"


(
Star Wars Tales #6 - Dark Horse Comics - Dec 2000)




Rogue Squadron
(LucasArts computer game - 1998)
-Chapter I: The Rebel Opposition
-----Ambush at Mos Eisley
-----Rendezvous on Barkhesh
-----The Search for the Nonnah
 

Dark Forces-Level 6
(LucasArts computer game - 1995)
 

Rogue Squadron (LucasArts computer game - 1998)
-Chapter I: The Rebel Opposition
-----Defection at Corellia
-----Liberation of Gerrard V



Strikeforce: Shantipole
(West End Games - June 1988)

Includes the development of the B-Wing fighter, first used in the X-Wing mission below.



   
X-Wing (LucasArts computer game add-on - 1993)
-----Tour of Duty V: B-Wing

Shortly before
Star Wars: Rebellion's "Small Victories".




35:12

"Crossroads"

(Star Wars: Rebellion #0 - Dark Horse Comics - Mar 2006)


"My Brother, My Enemy"

(Star Wars: Rebellion #1-5  -  Dark Horse Comics - Apr-Nov 2006)

"The Ahakista Gambit"

(Star Wars: Rebellion #6-10  -  Dark Horse Comics - May-Sep 2007)


"Small Victories"

(Star Wars: Rebellion #11-14  -  Dark Horse Comics - Feb-June 2008)

"Vector, Part 7 & 8"

(Star Wars: Rebellion #15-16  -  Dark Horse Comics - July-Aug 2008)


Nine months after A New Hope.




Boba Fett: Overkill
(Dark Horse Comics - Apr 2006)

Nine months after A New Hope.



1 ABY
(36 ArS)
Rogue Squadron (LucasArts computer game - 1998)
-Chapter II
-----The Jade Moon
-----
Imperial Construction Yards
-----Assault on Kile II
-----Rescue on Kessel
-----Prisons of Kessel



Dark Forces -
Level 7 to end
(LucasArts computer game - 1995)

Following the rescue of Crix Madine in level 6, above.



Carida: Heavy Duty

-
Part 3: War Games

(RPG supplement - Wizards.com - Sep 2003)




36:2:7
The Battle of Taanab - Lando Calrissian stops the Norulac pirates in their attack on Taanab.

 "Galaxywide NewsNets," Star Wars Adventure Journal. Thanks to J.F. Boivin.



Rogue Squadron (LucasArts computer game - 1998)
-Chapter III: A New Threat
-----Battle Above Taloraan
-----Escape from Fest
-----Blockade on Chandrila
-----Raid on Sullust
-----Moff Seerdon's Revenge

Crix Madine's defection is set about 8 months after A New Hope, and is dealt with in level 6 of Dark Forces and the Rogue Squadron mission listed above.




Galaxy of Fear:
-----
The Nightmare Machine
-----
Ghost of the Jedi
-----
Army of Terror
(Bantam Books - May, June, Sept 1997)

Shortly after the Battle of Taanab.



   
"Walking the Path That's Given"
(Star Wars Tales #21 - Dark Horse Comics - Sept 2004)

One year after A New Hope.


   
"Lady Luck"
(Star Wars Tales #3 - Dark Horse Comics - Mar 2000)

Lando wins Cloud City, one year after A New Hope.




Sore Loser's Revenge
(Miniatures game scenario - Wizards.com - Oct 2004)



Carida: Heavy Duty

- Part 4: Cadets Gone Wild

(RPG supplement - Wizards.com - Sep 2003)



Stormtroopers arrest the Durron family. Kyp Durron and his parents are sent to the spice mines of Kessel, Zeth Durron is sent to the Imperial Military Academy on Carida.

The Essential Guide to Characters and Jedi Search. When Kyp was eight years old.


   
Imperial forces attack and seize control of the planet Bakura. 

Daniel Wallace's online Star Wars Planet Guide.
 
 

Imperial Navy Major Soontir Fel and actress Wynssa Starflare (aka Syal Antilles) are married on Coruscant.

X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Making of Baron Fel. About two years before The Empire Strikes Back.



36:9

Star Wars Galaxies

(LucasArts computer game - 2003)

Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
(Del Rey Books- Dec 2003)

About 1 1/2 years after A New Hope.
 
 

2 ABY
(37 ArS)
Galaxy of Fear:
-----The Brain Spiders
-----The Swarm
-----Spore
(Bantam Books- Dec 1997; Mar, Apr 1998)



Corran Horn graduates the Corellian Security Force academy and becomes a field officer.

The New Essential Guide to Characters
.


Splinter of the Mind's Eye
(Del Rey Books - Feb 1978 / #1-4 - Dark Horse Comics - Dec 1995-June 1996)

Mini-Mimban -
During Splinter...
(Miniatures game scenario - Wizards.com - Nov 2004)

The Essential Chronology
.




"A Pilot's Anecdote"

(Chewbacca #3 - Dark Horse Comics - Mar 2000)

Between the evacuation of Yavin IV and the Rebels' arrival on Hoth. It fits well around the time of Splinter of the Mind's Eye since Han, Chewie and the Rogues appear, but Luke, Leia and the droids don't.


 

Han Solo's Rescue Mission
(Cruise Along Book - Fun Works - Mar 1998)

"Double-Cross on Ord Mantell"
(Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #5 - Topps - 1996)

Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell
(Audio drama - Buena Vista Records - 1983)

Thanks to Joe Bongiorno.
 
 

"The Dark Side of Dantooine"
(Star Wars 3D #3 - Blackthorne Comics - 1988)

"Blind Fury"
(Marvel Comics UK Weekly #159 - 1981)

"The Pandora Effect"
(Marvel Comics UK Weekly #151 - 1981)



The Millennium Falcon
(Pop-up book - Sept 1997)



"Bungo 'n Rusti Get Carry-Out"

(Star Wars Adventure Journal #11 - West End Games - Aug 1996)

Thanks to Joe Bongiorno.


  
The Bounty Hunter
(The Lost Jedi adventure game books - Boxtree - 1992)

The Ultimate Star Wars Timeline.
 
 

The Wookiee Storybook
(Random House - 1979)


 
"Credit For Your Thoughts"
(Star Wars Gamer - Wizards of the Coast)
 
 



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