40 BBY

Jango Fett: Open Seasons #3 - Flashback scenes
(Dark Horse Comics - July 2002)
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Jedi Apprentice
-----The Only Witness
-----The Threat Within

(Scholastic Books - Feb 2002-Mar 2002)
 
 
Senator Finis Valorum is elected Supreme Chancellor of the Republic.
The New Essential Guide to Characters.
 
 
A Squib ship commander named Ebareebaveebeedee becomes the Squibs' king.
Scavenger Hunt, via Time Tales.
 
 
In the Elrood sector, the Radell Mining Corporation closes down its operations on the planet Dega when the ore veins dry up.
Planets of the Galaxy, Vol. III, via Time Tales.
 
 
Kabe, a Chadra-Fan, is born. 
Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina, via The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia.
 
 
The Koqus Design Syndic-class starship goes into production.
Shield of Lies.
 
 
 

39 BBY

Secrets of the Jedi - Part 1
(Scholastic Books - May 2006)
 
 
Raith Sienar acquires a squad of four combat droids from the Kol Huro system and smuggles them past Republic customs. The droids were barely strong enough to lift their own bulky weapons, and Sienar displays them in his personal museum of ambitious but poorly designed technology.
Rogue Planet. 10 years earlier.
 
 
Mako Spince, son of a Republic Senator, is born.
Dark Empire Sourcebook. 10 years older than Han Solo.
 
 
Wilhuf Tarkin and Raith Sienar meet and become friends.
Rogue Planet, via Time Tales.
 
 
 
38 BBY
Jedi Apprentice: Special Edition - Followers - Qui-Gon scenes
(Scholastic Books - March 2002)
 
 
Gardulla the Hutt loses slaves Shmi and Anakin Skywalker while betting on the Tatooine pod races. They become property of Watto, a local junk dealer.
Episode I.
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Young Padmé Naberrie joins the Apprentice Legislature at eight years old.
The Official Star Wars Fact File.
 
 
The Xi Char of Chorros IV attack Raith Sienar and his father, Narro during a pleasure cruise near Dantooine. Narro is killed. Raith survives and is given control of Seinar Technologies.
The New Essential Guide to Characters.
 
 
Chirpa becomes chief of an Ewok tribe on Endor.
Special Edition Sourcebook, via Time Tales.
 
 
Wald is born; Amee is born. They will later become friends with young Anakin Skywalker.
Episode I - Insider's Guide.
 
 
Tiion Solo marries Randil Sal.
The Paradise Snare, via Time Tales.
 
 
A new royal starship - a special version of the J-type Nubian 327 -  is constructed on Naboo.
Episode I: Incredible Cross-sections.
 
 
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express
(#1-2 - Dark Horse Comics - Feb-Mar 2002)
 
 
 
37 BBY
Galactic Battlegrounds:
-----Attichitcuk and the Battle of Alaris Prime
(LucasArts computer game - Nov 2001)
The New Essential Chronology.
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Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell
(#1-3 - Dark Horse Comics - Jan-Mar 2001)
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Gilad Pellaeon graduates from the Imperial Academy. During his first mission in command, he saves a group of transports from a pirate vessel.
Heir to the Empire, via Time Tales.
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Feeorin pirate captain Nym and his crew steal a prototype Scurrg H-6 bomber on Nubia. It becomes Nym's personal starfighter.
The New Essential Guide to Characters.
 
 
Wan Sandage -- future podracer -- is born on Ord Radama.
The New Essential Guide to Characters.
 
 
Hiram Drayson (future New Republic admiral) is born on Chandrila.
Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook.
 
 
 
36 BBY
"The Monster"
(Star Wars Gamer #2 - Wizards of the Coast - Nov 2000)
 
 
"Aurra's Song"
(Dark Horse Presents Annual 2000 - Dark Horse Comics - June 2000)
 
 
Bey is born on Corellia to Nagai spy Krai H'voc and a Corellian father.
The Forgotten War: The Nagai and the Tofs.
 
 
On Tatooine, five-year-old Anakin Skywalker chases a away a group of banthas to save them from approaching hunters.
The Official Star Wars Fact File.
 
 
Finis Valorum is elected to his second term as Supreme Chancellor.
The New Essential Chronology.