19 BBY

16:2
Order 66 - Chapters 6-12
(Del Rey Books - Sept 2008)
 
 
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
(Del Rey Books - Dec 2004)
 
 
Boba Fett: A New Threat
(Del Rey Books - Apr 2004)
 
Boba Fett: Pursuit
(Del Rey Books - Dec 2004)
 
 
16:4
Labyrinth of Evil
(Del Rey Books - Jan 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)
 
 
Mygeeto - Among the Ruins
(Battlefront II - LucasArts video game - Nov 2005)
 
 
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 are born and placed in hiding.
-----Jedi Knights are hunted and killed.

 
StarWars.com. Most of these events were originally 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.
 
Coruscant - A Desperate Rescue - During Episode III
Felucia - Heart of Darkness
(Battlefront II - LucasArts video game - Nov 2005)
 
Reversal of Fortune - Before and during Episode III
(Comic strip - Starwars.com - Nov 2004-May 2005)
 
Kashyyyk - First Line of Defense - During Episode III
Kashyyyk - A Line in the Sand
Utapau - Underground Assault
(Battlefront II - LucasArts video game - Nov 2005)
 
Obi-Wan's Foe - During Episode III
(Random House Children's Books - May 2005)
 
Coruscant - Knightfall - During Episode III
(Battlefront II - LucasArts video game - Nov 2005)
 
"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)
 
"The Order of Outcasts" - During Episode III
(Clone Wars Adventures Vol. 5 - Dark Horse Comics -  Apr 2006)
 
"Salvaged" - During Episode III
(Clone Wars Adventures Vol. 9 - Dark Horse Comics -  Oct 2007)
 
 
16:5:29
"Into the Unknown"
(Star Wars: Republic #79 - Dark Horse Comics - Nov 2005)
Thirty-six hours after Episode III, according to editor Randy Stradley.
 
 
Order 66 - Chapter 25 to 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.
 
 
Imperial Commando: 501st
(Del Rey Books - Oct 2009)
Three 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.
 
 
"The Last One Standing"
(Legacy of the Jedi / Secrets of the Jedi omnibus- Scholastic - May 2006)
 
 
Evasive Action: Recruitment
(Comic strip - Starwars.com - Aug 2005-2006)
2 to 3 months after Episode III, from the author.
 
 
Coruscant Nights I: 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)
 
Evasive Action: End Game
(Comic strip - Starwars.com - 2006)
 
 
Purge: Seconds to Die
(Dark Horse Comics - Nov 2009)
 
 
Purge: The Hidden Blade
(Dark Horse Comics - Apr 2010)
 
 
Purge: The Tyrant's Fist
(#1-2 - Dark Horse Comics - Dec 2012-Jan 2013)
 
 
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.
 
 
"Blue Harvest"
(Star Wars: Dark Times #13-17 - Apr 2009-Aug 2010)
 
 
"Out of the Wilderness"
(Star Wars: Dark Times #18-22 - Aug 2011-Apr 2012)
 
 
"Fire Carrier"
(Star Wars: Dark Times #23-27 - Feb-June 2013)
 
 
"A Spark Remains"
(Star Wars: Dark Times #28-32 - July-Sept 2013)
 
 
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
-----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
(RPG supplement - Wizards.com - Nov 2007-June 2009)
Starting a few months after Episode III.
 
 
Darth Vader and the Lost Command
(#1-5 - Dark Horse Comics - Jan-May 2011)
 
 
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.
 
 
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
(Scholastic Books - May 2005-Sept 2005)
 
 
"Ghosts of the Sith"
(Star Wars Insider #88 - IDG Entertainment - June 2006)
 
 
The Last of the Jedi
-----Underworld
-----Death on Naboo
(Scholastic Books - Dec 2005-Apr 2006)
 
 
Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows
(Del Rey Books - Aug 2008)
Six months after Episode III.
 
 
The Last of the Jedi
-----A Tangled Web
-----Return of the Dark Side
-----Secret Weapon
(Scholastic Books - Aug 2006-Apr 2007)
 
 
Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison
(#1-5 - Dark Horse Comics - May-Sept 2012)
 
 
 
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.
 
 
Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin
(#1-5 - Dark Horse Comics - Apr-Aug 2013)
 
 
Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows - Flashback scenes
(#1-5 - Dark Horse Comics - Dec 2013-Apr 2014)