35:1:28
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (Bantam
Spectra Books - Aug 1995)
-----Drawing
the Maps of Peace: The Moisture Farmer's Tale
----------(Page
335-347)
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
(Bantam
Spectra Books - Aug 1995)
-----A
Hunter's
Fate: Greedo's Tale (Page 27 to 33)
X-Wing (LucasArts
computer
game - 1992)
-----Tour
of
Duty II: The Great Search - missions 3-6
Tales from the New Republic (Bantam
Spectra Books - Dec 1999)
-----Interlude
at Darkknell
Dark Forces: Soldier for the
Empire
- Page 1-88
(Dark Horse Comics /
Boulevard
- 1997)
Kyle Katarn's Tale:
- Mission
1: Assault on
AX-456
(Miniatures game scenario -
Wizards.com - Apr 2005)
"Darklighter" - Part 2
(Star Wars: Empire
#9 -
June 2003)
"The Short, Happy Life of Roons
Sewell"
- Frame story
(Star Wars: Empire
#10-11
- Dark Horse Comics - Sep 2003)
"Darklighter" - Part
3, Page
1-4
(Star Wars: Empire
#12 -
Sept 2003)
35:2:22
"Princess...Warrior"
(Star Wars: Empire
#5-6
- Dark Horse Comics - Jan-Feb 2003)
Three weeks before
the Battle of
Yavin.
35:2:24
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (Bantam
Spectra Books - Aug 1995)
-----Drawing
the Maps of Peace: The Moisture Farmer's Tale
----------(Page
347-352)
X-Wing (LucasArts
computer
game - 1992)
-----Tour
of
Duty II: The Great Search - mission 7
35:2:27
Dark Forces: Soldier for the
Empire
- Page 88-98
(Dark Horse Comics /
Boulevard
- 1997)
35:2:28
Feltipern Trevagg, a Gotal, senses the
Force
in Obi-Wan Kenobi in the streets of Mos Eisley.
Tales from the
Mos Eisley Cantina.
Two weeks before A New Hope.
The Han Solo Trilogy - Rebel Dawn
- Page 371 to Page 373
(Bantam Spectra Books -
Mar. 1998)
"Betrayal"
(Star Wars: Empire
#1-4
- Dark Horse Comics - Sept-Dec 2002)
"Darklighter" - Part 3, Page
5-15
(Star Wars: Empire
#12 -
Sept 2003)
35:2:33
Dark Forces: Soldier for the
Empire
- Page 99
(Dark Horse Comics /
Boulevard
- 1997)
35:2:34
Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika
(#1-5 - Dark Horse
Comics - Dec
2000-Apr 2001)
35:2:35
X-Wing (LucasArts
computer
game - 1992)
-----Tour
of
Duty II: The Great Search - missions 8-10
"Darklighter"
- Part 3, Page
17-22
(Star Wars: Empire #12
- Sept 2003)
X-Wing Rogue Squadron #1/2
(Dark Horse Comics -
Mar 1997)
35:3:1
Dark Forces: Soldier for the
Empire
- Page 100
(Dark Horse Comics /
Boulevard
- 1997)
35:3:2
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
(Bantam
Spectra Books - Aug 1995)
-----A
Hunter's
Fate: Greedo's Tale (Page 33 to 45)
35:3:3
Dark Forces: Soldier for the
Empire
- Page 101-107
(Dark Horse Comics /
Boulevard
- 1997)
The Han Solo Trilogy - Rebel Dawn
- Page 373 to Page 375
(Bantam Spectra Books -
Mar. 1998)
35:3:4
Jedi Dawn
(The Lost Jedi
adventure game books
- Boxtree - 1992)
The Ultimate Star
Wars
Timeline.
Dark Forces: Soldier for the
Empire
- Page 107-126
(Dark
Horse Comics / Boulevard - 1997)
Dark Forces - Level 1
(LucasArts
computer game - 1995)
Kyle Katarn's Tale:
- Mission 2: Destiny on
Danuta
(Miniatures game scenario -
Wizards.com - Apr 2005)
X-Wing (LucasArts
computer
game - 1992)
-----Tour
of
Duty II: The Great Search - missions 11-12
Battlefront
II (LucasArts video game - 2005)
-----Polis Massa - Birth of
the Rebellion
The Han Solo Trilogy - Rebel Dawn
- Page 375 to Page 381
(Bantam Spectra Books -
Mar. 1998)
"Darklighter"
- Part 1, Page
17
(Star Wars: Empire #8 -
Apr 2003)
35:3:5-8
STAR WARS - EPISODE
IV: A
NEW HOPE
(20th Century Fox - May
1977)
-----Alderaan
is
destroyed by the Death Star.
-----Darth
Vader
kills Obi-Wan Kenobi.
-----The
Battle
of Yavin
According to Star
Wars Adventure
Journal's "Galaxywide NewsNets", Alderaan is destroyed in the 3rd month
of the year, on the seventh day. Thanks to J.F. Boivin for his daily
chronology.
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
- During
SW4
(Bantam Spectra Books -
Aug 1995)
-----We
Don't
Do Weddings: The Band's Tale
-----A
Hunter's
Fate: Greedo's Tale (Page 46 to end)
-----Hammertong:
The Tale of the "Tonnika Sisters"
-----Play
It
Again, Figrin D'an: The Tale of Muftak and Kabe
-----The
Sand
Tender: The Hammerhead's Tale
-----Be
Still
My Heart: The Bartender's Tale
-----Nightlily:
The Lover's Tale
-----Empire
Blues:
The Devaronian's Tale
-----Swap
Meet:
The Jawa's Tale
-----Trade
Wins:
The Ranat's Tale
-----When
the
Desert Wind Turns:The Stormtrooper's Tale
----------(Page
263 to end)
-----Soup's
On:
The Pipe Smoker's Tale
-----At
the Crossroads:
The Spacer's Tale
-----Drawing
the Maps of Peace: The Moisture Farmer's Tale
----------(Page
352 to end)
-----One
Last
Night in the Mos Eisley Cantina:
----------The
Tale of the Wolfman and the Lamproid (Page 364-368)
Battlefront
II (LucasArts video game - 2005)
-----Tantive IV - Recovering the Plans
"Darklighter"
- Part 4 -
During SW4
(Star Wars: Empire #15
- Dec 2003)
"Trooper" -
Frame story -
During SW4
(Star Wars Tales
#10 - Dark
Horse Comics - Dec 2001)
"The Hovel on Terk Street" -
During
SW4
(Star Wars Tales
#6 - Dark
Horse Comics - Dec 2000)
The Han Solo Trilogy - Rebel Dawn
- During SW4 - Page 382 to end
(Bantam Spectra Books -
Mar. 1998)
Cantina Raid
(Miniatures game
scenario - Wizards.com - Mar 2005)
Han Solo vs. the Death Star
(Miniatures game
scenario - Wizards.com - Nov 2004)
Rogue Squadron
III:
Rebel Strike (LucasArts video game -
2003)
-----Death Star Escape
"Smuggler's Blues" - During
SW4
(Star Wars Tales
#14 - Dark
Horse Comics - Dec 2002)
"Once Bitten" -
Frame story
- During SW4
(Star Wars Tales
#12 - Dark
Horse Comics - June 2002)
"Spare Parts" - During SW4
(Star Wars Adventure
Journal
#11 - West End Games - Nov 1996)
X-Wing (LucasArts
computer
game - 1992) - During SW4
-----Tour
of
Duty III: The Gathering Storm
Force Commander (LucasArts
computer game - 2000)
-----Desert
Training -
During SW4
-----Assault
on Ruul
Tag and Blink Are Dead -
During and after SW4
(#1-2 - Dark Horse
Comics - Oct-Nov
2001)
"The Long, Bad Day" - During
and after SW4
(Star Wars Tales
#16 - Dark
Horse Comics - June 2003)
35:3:9
"The Day After the Death Star"
(Star Wars - Marvel UK
Illustrated
Book #1 - Nov 1981)
"Assault on Yavin Four"
(Star Wars Missions
#1 -
Scholastic Books - 1999)
35:3:10
- 35:3:11
"Escape from Thyferra"(Star
Wars Missions #2 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
"Attack on Delrakkin" (Star
Wars Missions #3 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
"Destroy the Liquidator"(Star
Wars Missions #4 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
Joe Bongiorno and J.F. Boivin's
Era of the Rebellion timeline.
Force Commander (LucasArts
computer game - 2000)
-----Crisis
at
Sarapin
Time Tales.
"The Stenax Shuffle" - Flashback
story
(Marvel Comics Series
#70 - Apr
1983)
Joe Bongiorno and J.F. Boivin's
Era of the Rebellion timeline.
"The Savage Heart"
(Star Wars Empire
#14 -
Dark Horse Comics - Nov 2003)
"Chessas's Doom"
(Star Wars Adventure
Journal
#1 - West End Games - Feb 1994)
"Big Quince"
(Star Wars Adventure
Journal #2
- West End Games - May 1994)
"Droid Trouble"
(Star Wars Adventure
Journal #3
- West End Games - Aug 1994)
"A Deal Gone Sour"
(Star Wars Adventure
Journal #4
- West End Games - Nov 1994)
"Explosive Developments"
(Star Wars Adventure
Journal #3
- West End Games - Aug 1994)
"Turning Point"
(Star Wars Adventure
Journal #5
- West End Games - Feb 1995)
"A Certain Point of View"
(Star Wars Adventure
Journal #8
- West End Games - Nov 1995)
Tatooine Manhunt
(West End Games - 1988)
Game Chambers of Questal
(West End Games - 1990)
Rich Handley's
newsgroup-posted
chronology. "Soon after SW" -- not meant to be
specific. Game
Chambers of Questal via The Completely Unofficial SW
Encyclopedia.
"The Hunt for Han Solo" (Star
Wars Missions #5 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
"The Search for Grubba the Hutt"(Star
Wars Missions #6 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
"Ithorian Invasion" (Star
Wars Missions #7 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
"Tagorian Trap" (Star
Wars Missions #8 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
Joe Bongiorno and J.F. Boivin.
A few weeks after A New Hope.
"Boba Fett: Sacrifice"
(Star Wars: Empire #7
-
Dark Horse Comics - Mar 2003)
Rookies:
Rendezvous
(Comic strip - Starwars.com -
Feb-May 2006)
Rookies: No Turning Back
(Comic strip - Starwars.com -
June-Sept 2006)
Shortly after
the
destruction of Alderaan.
35:4
Scoundrel's Luck
(Solitaire Adventure -
West End
Games - 1990)
"The Rebel Thief" (Star Wars
Kids #1-5 - Scholastic - 1998)
"X-Wing Marks the Spot"
(Star Wars Kids #6-10 - Scholastic - Dec 1998-Mar 1999)
"Imperial Spy"(Star
Wars
Kids #11-15 - Scholastic- Apr-July 1999)
Joe Bongiorno
and J.F. Boivin's
Era of the Rebellion timeline.
"Dread Discovery"
"A Matter of Monsters"
"Pursuit Among the Ruins"
"Children of the Lost World"
"Caverns of Mystery"
"The Keeper's Secret"
"The Final Fury"
"The Kingdom of Ice"
"The Snow Demons"
"Treachery"
"Death Trap"
"Snow Fury"
"To Save a Princess"
"Showdown"
(Pizzazz Magazine
comics serials
- Oct 1977-Dec 1978)
"War on Ice"
(Star Wars - Marvel UK
Illustrated
Book #1 - Nov 1981)
"Rage in the Red Nebula" - Flashback
story
(Marvel Comics Series
#50 - Aug
1981)
"Weapons Master" - Frame
story
(Star Wars - Marvel UK
Illustrated
Book #1 - Nov 1981)
Joe Bongiorno and J.F. Boivin.
The Pizzazz serials actually form one story that happens in a
short amount of time.
35:5
"Darth Vader's Return" (Star
Wars Missions #17 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
"Rogue Squadron to the Rescue"(Star
Wars Missions #18 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
"Bounty on Bonadan" (Star
Wars Missions #19 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
"Total Destruction" (Star
Wars Missions #20 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
About 2 months after
A New Hope. Thanks
to J.F. Boivin.
Bounty Hunter Wars
-----The
Mandalorian
Armor - Flashback story
--------(Bantam
Spectra Books - July 1998)
Just after A New Hope, but
after Vader's
"return" in Star Wars Missions.
A civil war breaks out between the
farmers and
miners of Anobis, the farmers wanting to join the Rebellion and the
miners
fearing the loss of trade with the Empire.
Young Jedi Knights:
Return to Ord
Mantell, via The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia.
35:6
"Tinian on Trial"
(Star Wars Adventure
Journal
#4 - West End Games - Nov 1994)
"To Fight Another Day"
(Star Wars Adventure
Journal
#6 - West End Games - May 1995)
Rich Handley's
newsgroup-posted
chronology, Joe
Bongiorno and J.F. Boivin.
Deena Shan joins the Rebel Alliance.
Three months before Star
Wars:
Empire #22.
"New Planets, New Perils"
(Marvel Comics Series #7 - Jan 1978)
Classic Star Wars: The Early
Adventures (Dark
Horse Comics)
-----"Tatooine
Sojourn"
Droids (Apple
Jacks comic)
"Eight for Aduba-3" (Marvel
Comics Series #8 - Feb 1978)
"Showdown on a Wasteland World"
(Marvel Comics Series #9 - Mar 1978)
"Behemoth from the World Below"
(Marvel Comics Series #10 - Apr 1978)
"Star Search"
(Marvel Comics
Series #11 - May 1978)
"Doomworld"
(Marvel Comics
Series #12 - June 1978)
"Day of the Dragon Lords"
(Marvel Comics Series #13 - July 1978)
"The Sound of Armageddon"
(Marvel Comics Series #14 - Aug 1978)
"Star Duel"
(Marvel Comics
Series #15 - Sept 1978)
"Silent Drifting"
- Frame
story only (Marvel Comics Series #24 - June 1979)
"The
Hunter"
(Marvel Comics
Series #16 - Oct 1978)
Thanks to Joe
Bongiorno.
The Hunt Within: Valance's Tale - During "The Hunter"
- Mission 2:
Destroying the
Past
- Mission
3: The Wrong Boy
(Miniatures
game scenario - Wizards.com - Dec 2004)
Classic Star Wars: In Deadly
Pursuit (Dark
Horse Comics)
-----"The
Bounty
Hunter of Ord Mantell"
-----"Darth
Vader
Strikes"
-----"The
Serpent
Masters"
-----"Deadly
Reunion"
-----"Traitor's
Gambit"
Classic Star Wars: The Rebel
Storm (Dark
Horse Comics)
-----"The
Night
Beast"
This is a change
from the earlier
timeline, which placed this and the other Classic Star Wars stories
just
before The Empire Strikes Back.
The rest of the stories have been spread out, too. The
Essential
Guide to Planets and Moons agrees, placing this "nearly three
years"
before the end of Classic Star Wars.
A small Imperial fleet
annexes the planet Bakura by force.
A few months after A New Hope.
Geonosis and
the
Outer Rim Worlds.
Tales of the Bounty Hunters (Bantam
Spectra Books - Dec 1996)
-----Therefore
I Am: The Tale of IG-88 (Pages 1-24)
About 4 months after
A New Hope.
"Crucible" - Frame
story only
(Marvel Comics Series
#17 - Nov
1978)
"The Long Hunt" /"A Duel of
Eagles"
(Marvel Comics Annual
#1 - May
1979)
"Revolt of the Battle Droids" (Star
Wars Missions #9 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
"Showdown in Mos Eisley" (Star
Wars Missions #10 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
"Bounty Hunters vs. Battle Droids"(Star
Wars Missions #11 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
"The Vactooine Disaster" (Star
Wars Missions #12 - Scholastic Books - 1999)
A top secret source.
"The Empire Strikes" (Marvel
Comics Series #18 - Dec 1978)
"The Ultimate Gamble" (Marvel
Comics Series #19 - Jan 1979)
"Deathgame"
(Marvel Comics
Series #20 - Feb 1979)
The Hunt Within: Valance's Tale
- Mission 4:
The Doom of
Ultaar
(Miniatures game scenario -
Wizards.com - Jan 2005)
"Shadow of a Dark Lord"(Marvel
Comics Series #21 - Mar 1979)
"To the Last Gladiator"
(Marvel Comics Series #22 - Apr 1979)
"Flight Into Fury"
(Marvel
Comics Series #23 - May 1979)
"Siege at Yavin"
(Marvel
Comics Series #25 - June 1979)
"Doom Mission"
(Marvel Comics
Series #26 - July 1979)
"What Ever Happened to Jabba the
Hutt?"
(Marvel Comics Series #28 - Sept 1979)
"Return of the Hunter" (Marvel
Comics Series #27 - Aug 1979)
The Hunt Within: Valance's
Tale -
During "Return
of the
Hunter"
- Mission 5:
Showdown on
Junction
(Miniatures game scenario -
Wizards.com - Jan 2005)
"A Princess Alone"
(Marvel
Comics Series #30 - Nov 1979)
"Dark Encounter"
(Marvel
Comics Series #29 - Oct 1979)
The Hunt Within: Valance's
Tale -
During "Dark
Encounter"
- Mission 6: Centares
Endgame
(Miniatures game scenario -
Wizards.com - Jan 2005)
One of the few
possible breaks within
the Classic Star Wars series
comes after "The Night Beast." See the
Marvel
stories below for more information.
Jabba the Hutt (Dark
Horse
Comics - 1995-1996)
-----The
Gaar
Suppoon Hit
-----The
Hunger
of Princess Nampi
-----The
Dynasty
Trap
-----Betrayal
Originally placed
3 years before A New Hope
according to Steve Almond's timeline. With
information
from and the opinions of J.F. Boivin and Abel Pena, the stories are
placed
here.
"Return to Tatooine" (Marvel
Comics Series #31 - Jan 1980)
"The Jawa Express"
(Marvel
Comics Series #32 - Feb 1980)
"Saber Clash"
(Marvel Comics
Series #33 - Mar 1980)
"Thunder in the Stars" (Marvel
Comics Series #34 - Apr 1980)
Classic Star Wars: The Early
Adventures (Dark
Horse Comics)
-----"The
Second
Kessel Run"
"Tilotny Throws a Shape"
(Marvel Comics UK
Weekly #154 -
1981)
Vader's Quest #1 - Page 1-3
(Dark Horse Comics - Feb 1999)
"Dark Lord's Gambit"- Page
1 (Marvel Comics Series #35 - May 1980)
Vader's Quest #1 - Page 4-20
(Dark Horse Comics - Feb 1999)
"Dark Lord's Gambit" - Page
2 (Marvel Comics Series #35 - May 1980)
Vader's Quest #1 - Page 21-end
(Dark Horse Comics - Feb 1999)
"Dark Lord's Gambit" - Page
3-11, panel 3 (Marvel Comics Series #35 - May 1980)
Vader's Quest #2-4
(Dark
Horse Comics - Mar-May 1999)
"Dark Lord's Gambit"- Page
11, panel 4 to end (Marvel Comics Series #35 - May 1980)
"Red Queen Rising" (Marvel
Comics Series #36 - June 1980)
"In Mortal Combat" - Without
epilogue (Marvel Comics Series #37 - July 1980)
"World of Fire"
"The Word For World is Death"
"The Guardian of Forever"
(Star Wars 2: World
of Fire
- Marvel UK Illustrated Book #2 - Oct 1982)
"Riders in the Void"
(Marvel Comics Series
#38 - Aug
1980)
Darth Vader
discovers Luke's identity
in #35 and Vader's Quest, so those issues must occur before
Classic
Star Wars, where Vader knows who Luke is.
Non-Marvel
stories here and #38 are from a top secret source. The page-by-page
listing
of Vader's Quest comes from Joe Bongiorno. Darko
Macan
wrote the series allowing for the Marvel story, but very vaguely.
"Dark Knight's Devilry" (Marvel
Comics UK Weekly #153 - 1981)
"Dark Lord's Conscience"
(Marvel Comics UK Weekly #155 - 1981)
Thanks to Joe
Bongiorno.
Classic Star Wars: The Early
Adventures (Dark
Horse Comics)
-----"Gambler's
World"
"In Mortal Combat" - Epilogue
only
(Marvel Comics Series
#37 - July
1980)
Classic Star Wars: The Early
Adventures (Dark
Horse Comics)
-----"Princess
Leia, Imperial Servant"
-----"Bring
Me
the Children"
-----"As
Long
As We Live"
-----"The
Frozen
World of Ota"
-----"Planet
of
Kadril"
Graveyard of Alderaan (West
End Games - 1991)
Crisis on Cloud City (West
End Games - 1989)
"Combat Moon" (Star
Wars Adventure Journal #9 - West End Games - Feb 1996)
Thanks to Joe
Bongiorno.
River of Chaos
(#1-4 - Dark Horse
Comics - June-Nov
1995)
Jason Fry's Star
Wars Timeline puts this around the time of The
Early Adventures.
Classic Star Wars: The Early
Adventures (Dark
Horse Comics)
-----"Return
to Kashyyyk"
-----"The
Constancia
Affair"
These were unnamed
comic strips
that weren't reprinted in The Early Adventures.
Jedi's Honor
(Solitaire Adventure -
West End
Games - 1990)
J.F. Boivin's
timeline.
The Star Wars Holiday Special
(Television special -
CBS - Nov
17, 1978)
Star Wars 3D #1
(Untitled story -
Blackthorne Comics
- Dec 1987)
Thanks to Joe
Bongiorno.
