20 BBY
(15 ArS)
Order 66 - Prologue
(Del Rey Books - Sept 2008)



General Grievous
(#1-4 - Dark Horse Comics - Mar-June 2005)



Mara Jade is born.

Star Wars Roleplaying Game - Core Rulebook
.



-

15:5
MedStar:
-----Battle Surgeons
-----Healer
--------(Del Rey Books - July, Oct 2004)




"Armor"

(Star Wars: Republic #68 - Dark Horse Comics - September 2004)




Order 66 - Chapter 2
(Del Rey Books - Sept 2008)



Lyle Lippstroot has cyber implants inserted in his brain.

"The Great Herdship Heist", via Time Tales.
   


Creb, future Imperial lieutenant, is born on the planet Bettok. He will later create the "Black Wing" TIE fighter squadron.

"The Great Herdship Heist", via Time Tales.
   


War breaks out between neighboring worlds Kuan and Bortal.

Maarek Stele is born on Kuan.

Star Wars Encyclopedia, via Time Tales.



Thurlow Harris is born. He will later join the Rebel Alliance and fight in the Battle of Yavin.

Rebel Assault Gamebook, via Time Tales.
   


The government of Alderaan places all of the planet’s weaponry aboard a huge unmanned military transport labelled Another Chance, which is then sent into a perpetual state of hyperspace.

Star Wars Sourcebook, via Time Tales.



Outworlder City, a domed city on the planet Ergeshui, is constructed to accomodate off-world visitors.

Planets of the Galaxy, Vol. II.



15:10

Jedi Quest - Special Edition
(Scholastic Books - March 2005)



15:11


Jedi Trial - Page 1-344
(Del Rey Books - Nov 2004)



Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
(Del Rey Books - Dec 2004)



Jedi Trial
- Page 344-345
(Del Rey Books - Nov 2004)



Clone Wars
- Chapter 21, scenes 2-7

(Animated shorts - Cartoon Network - Mar 2005)



"The Dreadnaughts of Rendili"
(Star Wars: Republic #69-71 - Dark Horse Comics - Oct-Nov 2004)



"Trackdown" - Part 1

(Star Wars: Republic #72-73 - Dark Horse Comics - Dec 2004-Jan 2005)



15:12

"Trackdown" - Part 2
(Star Wars: Republic #72-73 - Dark Horse Comics - Dec 2004-Jan 2005)



Clone Wars
- Chapter 21, scene 8

(Animated shorts - Cartoon Network - Mar 2005)




Boba Fett: A New Threat

(Scholastic Books - Apr 2004)

Boba Fett: Pursuit
(Scholastic Books - Dec 2004)



Order 66 - Chapters 3-5
(Del Rey Books - Sept 2008)



Obsession

(#1-5 - Dark Horse Comics - Dec 2004)



"Sithisis"
(Star Wars: Visionaries - Dark Horse Comics - Apr 2005)
 


19 BBY
(16 ArS)
16:2

Order 66 -
Chapters 6-12
(Del Rey Books - Sept 2008)



16:4

Labyrinth of Evil

(Del Rey Books - January 2005)



"Another Fine Mess"
"The Brink"
(Clone Wars Adventures Vol. 4 - Dark Horse Comics -  Oct 2005)



"Wat Tambor and the Quest for the Sacred Eye of the Albino Cyclops"
(Star Wars: Visionaries - Dark Horse Comics - Apr 2005)



"The Siege of Saleucami"
(Star Wars: Republic #74-77 - Dark Horse Comics - Feb-May 2005)

Three weeks before Episode III.



16:5

Order 66 - Chapters 13-15
(Del Rey Books - Sept 2008)



Clone Wars -
Chapters 22-25

(Animated shorts - Cartoon Network - Mar 2005)



Battlefront II
(LucasArts video game - 2005)
-----Mygeeto - Among the Ruins



16:5:19-27
STAR WARS - EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH
(20th Century Fox - May 2005)

-----The Clone Wars end.

-----Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader.

-----Palpatine establishes the Galactic Empire, declaring himself Emperor.

-----Luke and Leia born and placed in hiding.

-----Jedi Knights are hunted and killed.

StarWars.com. Most of these events were placed at 18 BBY in A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, but are shown at 19 BBY in Episode III. Exact dates from "Holonet News" and "Ask the Master" in Star Wars Insider #84.


Battlefront II
(LucasArts video game - 2005)
-----Coruscant - A Desperate Rescue - During Episode III
-----Felucia - Heart of Darkness - During Episode III

Reversal of Fortune - Before and during Episode III
(Comic strip - Starwars.com - Nov 2004-May 2005)


Battlefront II (LucasArts video game - 2005)
-----Kashyyyk - First Line of Defense - During Episode III
-----Kashyyyk - A Line in the Sand - During Episode III
-----Utapau - Underground Assault - During Episode III

Obi-Wan's Foe -
During Episode III

(Random House Children's Books - May 2005)

Battlefront II (LucasArts computer game - 2005)
-----Coruscant - Knightfall - During Episode III

"The Hidden Enemy" - During Episode III
(Star Wars: Republic #81-83 - Dark Horse Comics - Sep-Nov 2005)

Order 66 - Chapters 16-24 - During Episode III
(Del Rey Books - Sept 2008)

"Orders" -
During Episode III
"Descent"
(Clone Wars Adventures Vol. 4 - Dark Horse Comics -  Oct 2005)



16:5:29
"Into the Unknown"
(Star Wars: Republic #79 - Dark Horse Comics - Nov 2005)

36 hours after Episode III, according to editor Randy Stradley.




Order 66 - Chapter 25-end
(Del Rey Books - Sept 2008)



16:6

"Mist Encounter" 
(Star Wars Adventure Journal #7 - West End Games - Aug 1995)

A week after the founding of the Empire, via Time Tales.



"Loyalties"
(Star Wars: Republic #78 - Dark Horse Comics - Sept 2005)

Two weeks after Episode III.




Purge
(Dark Horse Comics - Dec 2005)

About one month after Episode III.




16:7

"The Path to Nowhere"
(Star Wars: Dark Times #1-5 - Dark Horse Comics - Nov 2006-May 2007)

"Parallels"
(Star Wars: Dark Times #6-10 - Dark Horse Comics - Aug-Dec 2007)

Starting after
Purge and leading into Dark Lord below.




Evasive Action: Recruitment

(Comic strip - Starwars.com - Aug 2005-2006)

2 to 3 months after Episode III, from the author.




Coruscant Nights

-----Jedi Twilight

--------(Del Rey Books - June 2008)

2 to 3 months after Episode III.




16:8

Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

(Del Rey Books - Nov 2005)

"In His Image"
(Vader: The Definite Guide - Jul 2005)

3 to 4 months after Episode III
, from the author.



Evasive Action: Prey
(Comic strip - Starwars.com - 2006)




Imperial Inquisitor Tremayne tracks down Jedi Knight Jerec and recruits him to serve the Empire.


The New Essential Guide to Characters; Star Wars Insider #87.




16:9:28
The Empire releases "official" circumstances of death of many Jedi killed following Order 66. All of the false reports are concocted by Imperial agents.

Star Wars Insider #87.




Dawn of Defiance
(RPG supplement - Wizards.com - Nov 2007-June 2009)
-----Episode I: The Traitor's Gambit
-----Episode II: A Wretched Hive
-----Episode III: The Queen of Air and Darkness
-----Episode IV: Echoes of the Jedi
-----Episode V: The First to Strike
-----Episode VI: The Core of Corruption
-----Episode VII: A Reckoning of Wraiths
-----Episode VIII: The Gem of Alderaan
-----Episode IX: Sword of the Empire
-----Episode X: Jaws of the Sarlacc

Starting a few months after
Episode III.




An Imperial chartered corporation, Planetary Safaris, discovers the planet Barab I.

Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races, via Time Tales.
 
 

The Empire begins to enslave the Wookiees and attack their homeworld, Kashyyyk. Trandoshans hunt those who escape.

The Essential Guide to Alien Species.
 
 

Caamas, a peaceful and noble world loved throughout the Empire, is completely ravaged by unknown attackers.  Even Caamas's enemies condemn the savage act that all but wipes out the Caamasi race. Unknown to everyone, the attackers were Imperials under orders from Emperor Palpatine.  The Bothan race sabotaged Caamas's planetary shields to allow the butchery to take place -- a fact the Bothans spare no effort to hide in later years.

Specter of the Past. A direct quote from Time Tales.
 
 

Commander Jake Farrell, an Imperial pilot who first served under the Old Republic, retires from the Imperial Navy.

Rebel Assault Gamebook, via Time Tales.
 
 

Neena, later an aspiring musician is born in the household of Bail Organa on Alderaan.

Galaxy Guide 6: Tramp Freighters, via Time Tales.
 
 

Palpatine funds an experiment by Bobrorygmus Gog and Mammon Hoole into the nature of life.  The experiment goes horribly wrong, and Hoole and Gog barely escape before the experiment kills everyone on the planet Kiva.

Galaxy of Fear: Army of Terror. A direct quote from Time Tales.



16:11

The Last of the Jedi
-----The Desperate Mission
-----Dark Warning
-----Underworld
-----Death on Naboo
-----A Tangled Web
-----Return of the Dark Side
-----Secret Weapon
-----Against the Empire
-----Master of Deception
-----Reckoning
--------(Scholastic Books - Apr 2005-Mar 2008)
 


Coruscant Nights
-----Street of Shadows
--------(Del Rey Books - Aug 2008)

Six months after Episode III.




Greedo
is born on Rodia.

Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina.
 
 

Jovan Vharing is born.

"The Longest Fall", via Time Tales.



Iella Wessiri is born on Corellia.

Two years younger than Wedge. X-Wing: The Krytos Trap, via The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia.




The mad Cerean named Del Korrot offers his services to Emperor Palpatine, promising to hunt down and destroy Jedi Knights and Force-sensitives who survived the Jedi Purge.

The Dark Side Sourcebook. Months after the Jedi Purge.



The Force Unleashed
(LucasArts video game - March 2008)
(Del Rey Books - March 2008)

Exact date is conjecture.



18 BBY
(17 ArS)
18:1

Coruscant Nights

-----Patterns of Force
--------(Del Rey Books - Nov 2008)

Eight months after Episode III.




The Ghorman Massacre.
In the midst of a protest against Imperial taxation on Ghorman, Wilhuff Tarkin lands his collection freighter on top of an angry mob, crushing and killing hundreds.

The Essential Guide to Characters; Star Wars Technical Journal; et al.
 
 

Darth Vader wipes out a colony on Talasea for harboring a fugitive Jedi.

X-Wing: Rogue Squadron, via Time Tales.
 
 

Jedi Knight Taj Junak surrenders to Imperial Forces at the Mrlsst Planetary Academy, so that the Empire will leave the Academy unharmed. He is killed where he stands.

X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair. Probably during the Emperor's Jedi extermination.
 
 

"The Duty"
(Star Wars Tales #12 - Dark Horse Comics - June 2002)
 
 

Jedi Master Plett turns his fortress in Plawal on Belsavis into a sanctuary for fugitives from the Emperor's purges.

Children of the Jedi.


  
Battlefront II (LucasArts video game - 2005)
-----Naboo - Imperial Diplomacy

Leland Chee's Starwars.com blog.




Imperial Senator Garm Bel Iblis visits a school on Corellia. In attendance is young Han Solo, who asks the senator some pointed questions. Bel Iblis is impressed with the boy and later follows Solo's career.

Dark Force Rising.
 
 

Biggs Darklighter is born on Tatooine.

According to the Essential Guide, Biggs is 24 in Star Wars. But, as Dan Wallace pointed out, Biggs is "eight years older" than Gavin Darklighter according to X-Wing: Rogue Squadron. This would place Biggs' birth 18 years before SW4. I decided to go with the 18 year date because I consider the novels to be more canonical than a "guide."
 


Corran Horn
is born on Corellia.

Mirax Terrik is born on Corellia.

I, Jedi. Corran is said to be the same age as Luke, Mirax the same age as Leia. It's possible "same age"  is meant in only a general sense.
 
 

Jedi Knights Callista and Geith are killed attempting to disarm the weapons platform Eye of Palpatine. Callista manages to store her essence in the Eye of Palpatine's computer system.

Star Wars Encyclopedia.



Young Han Solo meets his older cousin Thrackan Sal-Solo while searching for information about his parents. After bullying Han for weeks, Thrackan sells him back to pirate captain Garris Shrike when the younger Solo fights back.

The New Essential Guide to Characters. When Han is eleven years old.


 
Wade Vox, future smuggler, is born on Alderaan.

Star Wars: Demolition video game website.
 


"Two-Edged Sword "
(Star Wars Insider #85 - Nov 2005)

About 15 months after "In His Image"
, from the author.



17 BBY
(18 ArS)
Thrackan Sal-Solo begins working for Corellia's Imperial government.

The New Essential Guide to Characters.
 
 

After Jedi hunter Del Korrot's kills became increasingly random and some targets are not even Force-sensitive, the Cerean is killed by Darth Vader, under orders from the Emperor.

The Dark Side Sourcebook. Months after Korrot was hired.
 
 

Newborn Princess Mora of M'Haeli is the only survivor of an Imperial attack on the royal family. The child is adopted by Ch'no of the H'drachi.

River of Chaos, via Time Tales.


 
On Velmor, the Great Revolt forces fifteen-year-old Prince Denid into exile. He will return to claim his throne twenty years later.

Velmor: Royalty and Rebellion
at Wizards.com
.



Cray Mingla is born.

Children of the Jedi.
 
 

Auren Yomm is born to Nilz and Bola Yomm in the Umboo colony on Roon.

Droids television series, via Time Tales.
 
 

Tinian I’att is born

"To Fight Another Day".

 

16 BBY
(19 ArS)
"Old Wounds"
(Star Wars: Visionaries - Dark Horse Comics - April 2005)



The father of the Bothan Koth Melan is executed by the Empire on unfounded charges of espionage. This will lead his son to become a spy for the Rebel Alliance.

Shadows of the Empire and Star Wars Encyclopedia, via Time Tales.


  
Pqweeduk, brother of Greedo, is born on Rodia.

Three years younger than Greedo. Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina, via The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia.
   


Allexia and Allandria Evlan are born. At a young age, they will later become Rebel Alliance agents.

Cracken’s Rebel Operatives, via Time Tales.
 
 

15 BBY
(20 ArS)
Droids - The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO
(Cartoon series - Nelvana/ABC - Sept-Nov 1985)

Droids

(Marvel/Star Comics Series #1-5 - Apr-Dec 1986)

Originally set about ten years BBY, the DVD release of the cartoon now places the series here.




Qwi Xux is born on Omwat.

The Essential Guide to Characters. Qwi Xux was twelve years old when assigned to the Maw Installation, which opened about three years before A New Hope.
 
 

Darth Vader kills the Jedi Knight Aidan Bok on the space station Nespis VIII.

Galaxy of Fear: Ghost of the Jedi, via Time Tales.
 
 

Twin sisters Tia and Ghia are born on Bestine IV.

Star Wars: Demolition video game website.
 
 

A scout from the Rego Mineral Company discovers Altor 14.

Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races, via Time Tales.
 
 

Zorba the Hutt is arrested and spends the next twenty years on the prison  planet Kip.

Star Wars Encyclopedia, via Time Tales.
 
 

After four years of self-imposed exile, Mammon Hoole asks Jabba the Hutt to erase all records of him. He starts life again, enrolling in the Galactic Research Academy of Koann, where he becomes an anthropologist.

Galaxy of Fear: Army of Terror. A direct quote from Time Tales.
 
 

Lyle Lippstroot becomes the book-keeper to the Rodian loan-shark named Vop the Usurer.

"The Great Herdship Heist".
 
 

The Empire opens an unsuccessful varmigio mine on Karra. The mine is later destroyed by swarms of insects, possibly operating under the control of the Karrans.

Star Wars Adventure Journal, via Time Tales.
 
 

The Lan system is officially taken over by the Empire, but they exercise no control over the system and it becomes a haven for people who do not wish to be found.

Star Wars Adventure Journal, via Time Tales.
 

 

14 BBY
(21 ArS)
Tendra Risant is born on Sacorria.

Ambush at Corellia.
 
 

Teroenza establishes the first Ylesian colony, a spice slave camp disguised as a religious retreat. 

The Paradise Snare.
 
 

Orn Kalebb is hired as an assembly line monitor on Mechis III. He will keep that position until he is killed by IG-88 seventeen years later.

Tales of the Bounty Hunters, via The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia.
 
 

Future Imperial Corporal Terkuss is born on Plesstil.

Dark Force Rising Sourcebook.
 
 

Duchess Mistal is born on Dargul.

Jedi Academy Sourcebook, via Time Tales.
 
 

The Empire takes over the Dushkan League in the Koornacht Cluster.

Before the Storm.
 

 

13 BBY
(22 ArS)
Bail Organa takes Princess Leia to the Time of Meeting on Ithor -- a holiday when all Ithorian herdships gather together.

Children of the Jedi
. When Leia is six years old.




Luke Skywalker unconsciously uses the Force to find a tool his Aunt Beru lost. He later recalls his Uncle Owen giving him the "worst yelling at I ever got." Skywalker remembers this as the first time that he used the Force.

Children of the Jedi.



Zeth Durron is born on the Deyer Colony in the Anoat System.

Jedi Search. Six years older than Kyp Durron.
 
 

Jem Ysanna is born on Ossus.

Dark Empire II.
 
 

Tash Arranda is born on Alderaan.

Galaxy of Fear: The Brain Spiders, via Time Tales.
 
 

The Justice Action Network is founded on Findris by Earnst Kamiel.

Star Wars Adventure Journal #8, via Time Tales.
 

 

12 BBY
(23 ArS)
On the planet Jubilar, Han Solo is arrested for cheating at cards (a felony on that world). He is forced to fight three other men in the All-Human Free-For-All. After the fight, Solo is the last man standing.

Boba Fett kills Hallolar Voors on the planet Jubilar. He had been hired by Jabba the Hutt to kill Voors.

Episode I - Insider's Guide.
 
 

Zak Arranda is born on Alderaan.

Galaxy of Fear: The Brain Spiders, via Time Tales.
 
 

Teneniel Djo is born on Dathomir.

The Courtship of Princess Leia.
 
 

Terek Rogriss, son of Imperial Admiral Teren Rogriss, is born.

X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar,
via The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia.
 


11 BBY
(24 ArS)
Lillindri Nanimei Filda Vandelhelm XXXII is born on the planet Vandelhelm.

Vandelhelm: Enemies and Alloys at Wizards.com;
Marvel #98.



Han Solo and Dengar participate in an illegal swoop race through the crystal swamps of Agrilat. Solo causes Dengar to crash, severely injuring Dengar. He is later rehabilitated by the Empire and made into an assassin. He eventually becomes a bounty hunter.

The Essential Guide to Characters. Just before Han enters the Academy.
 
 

The Empire discovers the planet Maridun, then establishes bases there and later takes the native Amanin for slaves.

The Essential Guide to Alien Species.
 
 

Falynn Sandskimmer is born on Tatooine.

X-Wing: Wraith Squadron. From the Star Wars Technical Commentaries website.
 
 

Dev Sibwarra is born on Chandrila.

The Essential Guide to Characters and Truce at Bakura.
 
 

Bria Tharen arrives at the Ylesian colony.

The Paradise Snare.
 
 

Zakarisz Ghent is born on Baroli.

Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook, via Time Tales.
 
 

Alex Winger is born to Matt and Anii Turhaya.

"Rendezvous with Destiny”, “A Glimmer of Hope", via Time Tales.
 


Syal Antilles leaves her home on bad terms with her parents. She will become an actress under the name of "Wynssa Starflare".

X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Masquerade
#4. Syal left when Wedge was seven.

 
 



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