3 ABY
(38 ArS)
Galaxy of Fear:
-----The Doomsday Ship
-----Clones 
-----The Hunger
(Bantam Books - May-July 1998)



Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II (LucasArts computer game - 2001)
-----Ison Corridor Ambush

Scott Zdankiewicz's game walkthrough.

 
 

Classic Star Wars: Escape to Hoth (Dark Horse Comics)
-----"The Paradise Detour"
-----"A New Beginning"
-----"Showdown"
-----"The Final Trap"

The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons. "Showdown" is set nearly three years after the first Classic Star Wars story.
 
 

"Prisoner of the Nikto Pirates"(Star Wars Missions #13 - Scholastic - 1999) 
"The Monsters of Dweem"(Star Wars Missions #14 - Scholastic - 1999) 
"Voyage to the Underworld"(Star Wars Missions #15 - Scholastic - 1999) 
"Imperial Jailbreak"(Star Wars Missions #16 - Scholastic - 1999)

After the heroes arrive on Hoth.
 
 

Kirtan Loor becomes Imperial Liaison Officer to the Corellian Security Force.

X-Wing: The Krytos Trap.
 
 

"Side Trip"
(Star Wars Adventure Journal #12-13 - West End Games - Feb-May 1997)

After Kirtan Loor joins CorSec, but before Hal Horn is killed.
 
 

"Crimson Bounty"
(Star Wars Adventure Journal #14 - West End Games - Aug 1997)

Rich Handley's newsgroup-posted chronology.
 
 

Ewoks #1-14
(Marvel/Star Comics Series - May 1985-July 1987)

Ewoks
(Cartoon series - Nelvana/ABC-TV - Sept-Nov 1985; Sept-Nov 1987)

Thanks to Joe Bongiorno.
 
 

Shinnan, Ennth colonist, is born.

Young Jedi Knights: Shards of Alderaan, via The Completely Unofficial SW Encyclopedia.
 
 

Tales of the Bounty Hunters (Bantam Spectra Books - Dec 1996)
-----Payback: The Tale of Dengar (Pages 73-93)

Shortly before The Empire Strikes Back.
 
 

TIE Fighter: The Stele Chronicles
(LucasArts computer game companion book - 1994)
 
 

A Rebel Alliance convoy on the way to Hoth is attacked at Derra IV by an Imperial squadron, including the 181st TIE Fighter Group. All personnel are killed, including Commander Narra, commander of Red Squadron.

The Empire Strikes Back radio drama. 181st Fighter Group from X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Making of Baron Fel.
 
 

Booster Terrik is released from the Imperal prison on Kessel after serving a five-year sentence for smuggling.

X-Wing: The Bacta War. After the attack at Derra IV and before Hoth's evacuation.
 
 

A Valentine Story
(Dark Horse Comics - Feb 2003)
 
 

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


"Ghosts of Hoth"

(Star Wars Tales #17 - Dark Horse Comics - Sep 2003)
 

Meltdown on Hoth
(Little Golden Book - 1998)

Just prior to the opening of The Empire Strikes Back.



38:6:8
STAR WARS-EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
(20th Century Fox - May 1980)

-----The Battle of Hoth.
-----Luke Skywalker trains under Jedi Master Yoda.
-----Han Solo is frozen in carbonite.

Star Wars Adventure Journal's "GalaxyWide NewsNets" gives the exact date.
 

X-Wing Alliance- Opening Scene - During TESB
(LucasArts computer game - 1999)

Force Commander (LucasArts computer game - 2000)
-----The Battle of Hoth - During TESB

Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (LucasArts video game - 2003)
-----Battlefield Hoth - During TESB

Battlefront II (LucasArts video game - 2005)
-----Hoth - Our Finest Hour

"Entrenched" - pages 1-11 - During ESB
(Star Wars: Visionaries - Dark Horse Comics - Apr 2005)

Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (LucasArts video game - 2003)
-----Escape from Hoth

Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
- During TESB (Bantam Spectra Books - Aug 1995)
-----One Last Night in the Mos Eisley Cantina:
-----The Tale of the Wolfman and the Lamproid (Page 371-374)

Tales of the Bounty Hunters - During TESB (Bantam Spectra Books - Dec 1996)
-----Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88 (Pages 45-58)
-----Payback: The Tale of Dengar (Pages 93-117)
-----Of Possible Futures: The Tale of Zuckuss and 4-LOM

"Moment of Doubt"- During TESB
(Star Wars Tales #4 - Dark Horse Comics - July 2000)

Shadows of the Empire - Prologue - During TESB
(Bantam Spectra Books - May 1996)

"Hunting the Hunters"- During TESB
(Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #6 - Topps - 1996)

Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
(LucasArts video game - 2003)
-----Trials of a Jedi - During TESB

"Slippery Slope"-
During TESB

(Star Wars Tales #15 - Dark Horse Comics - Mar 2003)

"Thank the Maker"- During TESB

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

The Fall of Cloud City - During TESB
(RPG supplement - Wizards.com - Sep 2001)

"Freedom No More" - During TESB
(RPG adventure - Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back: Second Edition - 1996)

Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (LucasArts video game - 2003)
-----Flight from Bespin - During TESB



"The Emperor's Trophy"

(Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #11 - Topps - 1996)

After The Empire Strikes Back when Vader brought the Emperor Luke's hand, used by C'Boath in The Last Command to clone him.


 
Shadows of the Empire -Comic #1 - Page 1 to 17
(Dark Horse Comics - May 1996)

Just after The Empire Strikes Back.
 
 

X-Wing Alliance - Prologue
(LucasArts computer game - 1999)
 
 

"Death Probe" (Marvel Comics Series #45 - Mar 1981)
"The Dreams of Cody Sunn-Childe"(Marvel Comics Series #46 - Apr 1981)
"Droid World"(Marvel Comics Series #47 - May 1981)
"The Third Law"(Marvel Comics Series #48 - June 1981)
"The Last Jedi"(Marvel Comics Series #49 - July 1981)

Velmor: Royalty and Rebellion

(RPG supplement - Wizards.com - Mar 2003)

"The Crimson Forever" /

"Against the Scarlet Night"(Marvel Comics Series #50 - Aug 1981)

Luke Skywalker's Race Against Time
(Cruise Along Book - Fun Works - Mar 1998)

"Resurrection of Evil" (Marvel Comics Series #51 - Sept 1981)
"To Take the Tarkin" (Marvel Comics Series #52 - Oct 1981)
"Death-Masque" (Marvel Comics UK Weekly #149)
"The Alderaan Factor" (Marvel Comics Series #86)
"The Last Gift From Alderaan" /
"A Stranger Among Us" (Marvel Comics Series #53 - Nov 1981)
"Starfire Rising" (Marvel Comics Series #54 - Dec 1981)
"Serphidian Eyes" (Marvel Comics Series #64 - Oct 1982)
"Plif" (Marvel Comics Series #55 - Jan 1982)

Arbra: Sanctuary In the Storm
- Part 1: Hole In the Ground
(RPG supplement - Wizards.com - June 2003)

"Coffin in the Clouds"
(Marvel Comics Series #56 - Feb 1982)

"Hello, Bespin, Goodbye" (Marvel Comics Series #57 - Mar 1982)
"Shadeshine" (Marvel Comics Annual #2)
"Sundown" (Marvel Comics Series #58 - Apr 1982) /
"Bazarre"
(Marvel Comics Series #59 - May 1982)

"Rust Never Sleeps" (Marvel Comics UK Weekly #156)
"Shira's Story" (Marvel Comics Series #60 - June 1982)

Arbra: Sanctuary In the Storm

- Part 4: Rebels in Disguise
(RPG supplement - Wizards.com - June 2003)

"Screams in the Void"
(Marvel Comics Series #61 - July 1982)

"Pariah" (Marvel Comics Series #62 - Aug 1982)
"The Mind Spider"(Marvel Comics Series #63 - Sept 1982)
"Golrath Never Forgets"(Marvel Comics Series #65 - Nov 1982)
"The Water Bandits" (Marvel Comics Series #66 - Dec 1982)
"The Darker" (Marvel Comics Series #67 - Jan 1983)

Arbra: Sanctuary In the Storm

- Part 3: The Darker
(RPG supplement - Wizards.com - June 2003)

"The Search Begins"
(Marvel Comics Series #68 - Feb 1983)

"Death in the City of the Bone" (Marvel Comics Series #69 - Mar 1983)

The New Essential Chronology places #68 and 69 before Shadows. Setting these stories here brings up the problem of  Luke having a lightsaber before he replaced his original. Abel Peña suggests that Luke used Tagge's lightsaber from issue #37 until he built the new one. Luke Skywalker's Race Against Time placed by Joe Bongiorno.


  
Darth Vader begins to repair Shira Brie's broken body with the help of cybernetics. After her recovery Vader begins to instruct her in the use of the Force, and she soon takes the name Lumiya.

The Marvel Comics series and "The Emperor's Pawns" from Star Wars Gamer #5.
   


TIE Fighter
(LucasArts computer game - 1994)

-----Tour of Duty 1: The Aftermath of Hoth
-----Tour of Duty 2: The Sepan Civil War
-----Tour of Duty 3: Battle on the Frontier
-----Tour of Duty 4: Conflict at Mylok IV
-----Tour of Duty 5: Battle for Honor
-----Tour of Duty 6: Arms Race

Time Tales, though these missions shuffle between the Marvel stories and X-Wing Alliance.
 
 

X-Wing Alliance (LucasArts computer game - 1999)
-----Battle 1: Clearing the Way
-----Battle 2: Secret Weapons of the Alliance
 
 

The Ewok Adventure: Caravan of Courage
(TV movie - MGM / ABC-TV - Nov 25, 1984)

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
(TV movie - MGM / ABC-TV - Nov 24, 1985)

Star Wars Encyclopedia.
 
 

Force Commander (LucasArts computer game - 2000)
-----Surprise at Endor

Summary from Time Tales. Assuming Empire set up on Endor after the Ewok movies, from The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons.
 
 

TIE Fighter (LucasArts computer game - 1994)
-----Tour of Duty 7: Treachery at Ottega
-----Tour of Duty 8: Strategic Warfare
-----Tour of Duty 9: TIE Defender Technology
-----Tour of Duty 10: New Threats
-----Tour of Duty 11: The Hunt for Zaarin

Time Tales.
 
 

X-Wing Alliance (LucasArts computer game - 1999)
-----Battle 3: Over the Fence



Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II
(LucasArts computer game - 2001)

-----Prisons of the Maw

Scott Zdankiewicz's game walkthrough.
 
 

Zevulon Veers -- son of Imperial General Maximilian Veers -- joins the Rebel Alliance.

The New Essential Guide to Characters.
 
 

Force Commander (LucasArts computer game - 2000)
-----The Massacre at Abridon

Time Tales.
 
 

Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire
(LucasArts computer game - 1995)

Time Tales.
 
 

Force Commander (LucasArts computer game - 2000)
-----Escape from Kalaan
-----Return to Ruul
-----The Walker Gambit
-----Redemption at Abridon, Part 1

Time Tales.



Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (LucasArts video game - 2003)
-----Raid at Bakura
-----Relics of Geonosis
-----Deception at Destrillion
-----Guns of Dubrillion
-----Fondor Shipyard Assault

Summaries by The2ndQuest on TheForce.net forums.




X-Wing Alliance (LucasArts computer game - 1999)
-----Battle 4: The Bothan Connection (Missions 1-2)
   


Shadows of the Empire

(Dark Horse Comics - May 1996)
-----Comic #1 - Page 18 to 26

Tales of the Bounty Hunters (Bantam Spectra Books - Dec 1996)
-----Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88 (Pages 58-65)

Shadows of the Empire
(Bantam Spectra Books - 1996 / Dark Horse Comics - June 1996)
-----Novel (Page 5 to 21, line 21)
-----Comic #2 (Page 1 to 3)
-----Novel (Page 21, line 22-25)
-----Comic #2 (Page 4) 
-----Novel (Page 26 to 60, line 32) 
-----Comic #2 (Page 5-10) 
-----Novel (Page 60, line 32 to Page 62, line 6) 
-----Comic #2 (Page 11) 
-----Novel (Page 62, line 7 to Page 72, line 26)

"Assignment Decoy"
(Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #7 - Topps - 1997)

Shadows of the Empire
(Bantam Spectra Books - 1996 / Dark Horse Comics - June-July 1996)
-----Comic #2 (Page 13, panels 3-6; Page 15, panels 1 & 2)
-----Novel (Page 72, line 27 to Page 73, line 19) 
-----Comic #2 (Page 12, panels 1 & 2) 
-----Novel (Page 73, line 20 to Page 94) 
-----Comic #2 (Page 20 to 22) 
-----Novel (Page 95 to 109) 
-----Comic #3 (Page 1 to 5) 
-----Novel (Page 110 to 112) 
-----Comic #3 (Page 7, panel 1) 
-----Novel (Page 113 to 116, line 1) 
-----Comic #3 (Page 10, panels 2 to 4) 
-----Novel (Page 116, line 2 to Page 118) 
-----Comic #3 (Page 14) 
-----Novel (Page 119 to 121)

X-Wing Alliance (LucasArts computer game)
-----Battle 4: The Bothan Connection (Mission 3)

Shadows of the Empire
(Bantam Spectra Books - 1996 / Dark Horse Comics - July 1996)
-----Novel (Page 122 to 139)
-----Comic #3 (Page 18 to 24)
-----Novel (Page 140 to 154)

X-Wing Alliance(LucasArts computer game - 1999)
-----Battle 4: The Bothan Connection (Mission 4)
 

Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II (LucasArts computer game - 2001)
-----Razor Rendezvous
-----Vengeance on Kothlis

Scott Zdankiewicz's game walkthrough.
 
 

Force Commander (LucasArts computer game - 2000)
-----Redemption at Abridon, Part 2

Time Tales.
 
 

TIE Fighter (LucasArts computer game - 1994)
-----Tour of Duty 12: Prelude to Endor

Shadows of the Empire
(Bantam Spectra Books - 1996 / Dark Horse Comics - Aug 1996)
-----Comic #4 (Page 1 to 11)
-----Novel (Page 155 to 179)

X-Wing Alliance (LucasArts computer game - 1999)
-----Battle 4: The Bothan Connection (Mission 5-6)

Shadows of the Empire
(Bantam Spectra Books - 1996 / Dark Horse Comics - Aug-Sept 1996)
-----Novel (Page 180-229, line 12)
-----Comic #5 (Page 7, panels 1 to 3)
-----Novel (Page 229, line 13 to Page 231, line 30)
-----Comic #5 (Page 17 to 21)
-----Novel (Page 231, line 31 to Page 237)
-----Comic #5 (Page 14)
-----Novel (Page 238 to 313)
-----Comic #6 (Page 8, panel 6)
-----Novel (Page 314 to 336, line 2)
-----Comic #2 (Page 16, panel 3)
-----Novel (Page 336, line 3 to Page 337)

The above section (except the RPG story, X-Wing Alliance and TIE Fighter)  is based on Brian Crewe's Shadows of the Empire Index, found at thes Ultimate Star Wars Timeline. This doesn't include the Shadows game levels.
   
 

"The Stenax Shuffle" -
Frame story (Marvel Comics Series #70 - Apr 1983)

"Return to Stenos" (Marvel Comics Series #71 - May 1983)
"Fool's Bounty" (Marvel Comics Series #72 - June 1983)
"Lahsbane" (Marvel Comics Series #73 - July 1983)
"The Iskalon Effect" (Marvel Comics Series #74 - Aug 1983)
"Tidal" (Marvel Comics Series #75 - Sept 1983)
"Artoo-Detoo to the Rescue" (Marvel Comics Series #76 - Oct 1983)
"Chanteuse of the Stars" (Marvel Comics Series #77 - Nov 1983)
"Hoth Stuff" (Marvel Comics Series #78 - Dec 1983)
"The Big Con" (Marvel Comics Series #79 - Jan 1984)
"Ellie" (Marvel Comics Series #80 - Feb 1984)

Luke's outfit in #70-72 matches his outfit in Shadows. In #79, Lando mentions having already looked for Fett on Tatooine. (Note: #78 is very non-canonical).
 
 
 

CorSec officer Hal Horn is killed by the Trandoshan bounty hunter Bossk. The Corellian Security Force arrests Bossk, but release him on a technicality under orders from Imperial liaison Kirtan Loor.

X-Wing: The Krytos Trap.
 
 

Darth Vader presents Lumiya to the Emperor, offering her to his master as an "Emperor's Hand".

The Essential Chronology, "The Emperor's Pawns" in Star Wars Gamer #5. Between Marvel #63 and Return of the Jedi.
 
 

The Bounty Hunters - Scoundrel's Wages
(Dark Horse Comics - Sept 1999)

Just before Lando's mission to infiltrate Jabba's palace.
 
 

X-Wing Alliance (LucasArts computer game - 1999)
-----Battle 5: Mustering the Fleet
-----Battle 6: The Darkest Hour (Missions 1-4)
 
 

Shadows of the Empire
(Dark Horse Comics - Sept 1996)
-----Comic #6 (Page 17 to 18, panels 1 & 2)

Battle of the Bounty Hunters (Page 6, panel 1)
(Pop-up comic book - Dark Horse Comics - 1996)

Shadows of the Empire
(Dark Horse Comics - Sept 1996)
-----Comic #6 (Page 18, panels 3 to 5; Page 20)

Battle of the Bounty Hunters (Page 6, panels 2 & 3; Page 12)
(Pop-up comic book - Dark Horse Comics - 1996)

Shadows of the Empire
(Bantam Spectra Books - 1996 / Dark Horse Comics - Sept 1996)
-----Comic #6 (Page 21 to 22)
-----Novel (Epilogue)
-----Comic #6 (Page 23 to 24)

This section based on Brian Crewe's Shadows of the Empire Index found at Ultimate Star Wars Timeline.
 
 

Star Wars: Demolition
(LucasArts video game - Fall 2000)


  
"The Gambler's Quest"
(Star Wars Kids #12 - 2000)

Lando's "final test" to become one of Jabba's guards.


 
"Skreej"
(Star Wars Tales #10 - Dark Horse Comics - Dec 2001)
 
 

"The One That Got Away"
(Star Wars Tales #8 - Dark Horse Comics - June 2001)
 
 

"Out of the Cradle"
(Star Wars Adventure Journal #2 - West End Games - May 1994)

"Starter's Tale"
(Star Wars Adventure Journal #4, flashback only - West End Games - Nov 1994)

"Wind Raiders of Taloraan"
(Star Wars Adventure Journal #5 - West End Games - Feb 1995)

"Slaying Dragons"
(Star Wars Adventure Journal #9 - West End Games - Feb 1996)

"Death Hunter"
(Star Wars Adventure Journal #9 - West End Games - Feb 1996)

"The Longest Fall"
(Star Wars Adventure Journal #11 - West End Games - Nov 1996)

Rich Handley's newsgroup-posted chronology. Placement is not meant to be exact.



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