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THE EXPANSIVE STAR WARS TIMELINE
The Star Wars universe covers an entire galaxy and tens of thousands of years of history. As more books, movies and TV shows are added to this universe, its fascinating and complicated nature begins to unfold. This page is divided into broad eras within this timeline, with the most recent era being at the top of the page. As you move downward, you also move backward in time.
The First Order & New Jedi Order: The Empire may have been defeated decades earlier, but its remnants have reorganized as The First Order, and they have another planet-killing machine at their disposal. The sequel movies, starting with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, are set in this era.
New Republic: Set in the years immediately following the destruction of the second Death Star and the death of Emperor Palpatine, the galaxy is again under democratic rule — but it's fragile. The Mandalorian and Ahsoka Tano TV shows are set during this era
The Empire & Age of Rebellion: These are the years encompassing the Galactic Empire, with Emperor Palpatine in ruthless control of the galaxy and Darth Vader as his willing henchman. Yet their control is not complete. Remnants of the Old Republic are gathering their forces into a formidable rebellion and a farm boy from Tatooine — Luke Skywalker — discovers his true past and his Jedi legacy. This is the era we are introduced to in Star Wars IV: A New Hope through Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: Rebels.
The Fall of Age Jedi: This era begins with the Trade Federation invasion of Naboo, as seen in Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. It continues with the disastrous Clone Wars and culminates in Order 66, the secret directive implanted in the Clone Troopers by Chancellor Palpatine and his allies to assassinate the Jedi. As the Jedi Order is eliminated, their most powerful member — Anakin Skywalker — turns to the Dark Side and becomes Darth Vader.
High Republic: This is the era immediately preceding and also including the Fall of the Jedi. The High Republic is the golden era of democracy in the galaxy, when tens of thousands of Jedi Knights maintained both galactic peace and justice. Cracks in the system show up late in this era, as the Jedi Order becomes more restrictive and rebellious voices like Count Dooku begin their ascension.
A great resource for learning more about this timeline is Star Wars Timelines by DK Publishing.
The Star Wars universe covers an entire galaxy and tens of thousands of years of history. As more books, movies and TV shows are added to this universe, its fascinating and complicated nature begins to unfold. This page is divided into broad eras within this timeline, with the most recent era being at the top of the page. As you move downward, you also move backward in time.
The First Order & New Jedi Order: The Empire may have been defeated decades earlier, but its remnants have reorganized as The First Order, and they have another planet-killing machine at their disposal. The sequel movies, starting with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, are set in this era.
New Republic: Set in the years immediately following the destruction of the second Death Star and the death of Emperor Palpatine, the galaxy is again under democratic rule — but it's fragile. The Mandalorian and Ahsoka Tano TV shows are set during this era
The Empire & Age of Rebellion: These are the years encompassing the Galactic Empire, with Emperor Palpatine in ruthless control of the galaxy and Darth Vader as his willing henchman. Yet their control is not complete. Remnants of the Old Republic are gathering their forces into a formidable rebellion and a farm boy from Tatooine — Luke Skywalker — discovers his true past and his Jedi legacy. This is the era we are introduced to in Star Wars IV: A New Hope through Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: Rebels.
The Fall of Age Jedi: This era begins with the Trade Federation invasion of Naboo, as seen in Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. It continues with the disastrous Clone Wars and culminates in Order 66, the secret directive implanted in the Clone Troopers by Chancellor Palpatine and his allies to assassinate the Jedi. As the Jedi Order is eliminated, their most powerful member — Anakin Skywalker — turns to the Dark Side and becomes Darth Vader.
High Republic: This is the era immediately preceding and also including the Fall of the Jedi. The High Republic is the golden era of democracy in the galaxy, when tens of thousands of Jedi Knights maintained both galactic peace and justice. Cracks in the system show up late in this era, as the Jedi Order becomes more restrictive and rebellious voices like Count Dooku begin their ascension.
A great resource for learning more about this timeline is Star Wars Timelines by DK Publishing.
THE FIRST ORDER & NEW JEDI ORDER
After devastating losses, General Leia Organa has dispatched her agents across the galaxy in search of allies, sanctuary, and firepower — and her top spy, Vi Moradi, may have just found all three.
Captured by the Resistance and thrown into a garbage masher, Phasma must escape a doomed world — and plot her revenge!
Captain Phasma commands the favor of her superiors, the respect of her peers, and the terror of her enemies. Now, an adversary is bent on unearthing her mysterious origins...
In this pivotal prequel to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the heroes of the Resistance — Poe Dameron, General Leia Organa, Rey, and Finn — must fight back from the edge of oblivion.
Set years after Return of the Jedi, this stunning new action-packed adventure rockets us back into the world of Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, and Luke Skywalker, while introducing a host of exciting new characters.
Can Rey, Finn, General Leia, Poe Dameron, and the heroes of the brave Resistance save the galaxy from Kylo Ren and the evil First Order? The epic space saga, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, is retold in the new Screen Comix format!
THE NEW REPUBLIC
FIVE THINGS THAT MAKE THE MANDALORIAN GREAT STAR WARS:
Season Two of The Mandalorian ended in a big way — only reinforcing what we all knew from the beginning... The first live action Star Wars show is also some of the best Star Wars ever made. Plenty of people have plenty of opinions about this half-hour series, so allow me to add my two-cents with the following five things I think the show does particularly well. (And no, my list does not include "Baby Yoda" / Grogu because he's just a given.) Read the full article here...
Season Two of The Mandalorian ended in a big way — only reinforcing what we all knew from the beginning... The first live action Star Wars show is also some of the best Star Wars ever made. Plenty of people have plenty of opinions about this half-hour series, so allow me to add my two-cents with the following five things I think the show does particularly well. (And no, my list does not include "Baby Yoda" / Grogu because he's just a given.) Read the full article here...
Years after the fall of the Galactic Empire, a solitary bounty hunter is given a simple mission. Find and return the Child to all that remains of the Empire. But this mysterious orphan has a power that can possibly turn events in his favor...
Former bounty hunter Boba Fett has survived the Sarlacc pit, nursed back to health and taken in by a tribe of Tuskens on Tatooine. When the tribe is slaughtered, Boba seeks revenge, and sets himself up in Jabba the Hutt's old palace...
The Emperor is dead. His final weapon has been destroyed. The Imperial Army is in disarray. In the aftermath, Yrica Quell is just one of thousands of defectors from her former cause living in a deserters' shantytown — until she is selected to join Alphabet Squadron.
The Battle of Endor shattered the Empire, scattering its remaining forces across the galaxy. But the fledgling New Republic has suffered a devastating attack from the Imperial remnant, forcing the new democracy to escalate its hunt for the hidden enemy.
After rescuing the child from the Empire, The Mandalorian Din Djarin has vowed to reunite Grogu with the mysterious Jedi. But while on his quest, Moff Gideon and his dark troopers recapture Grogu!
When the Rebellion defeated the Empire in the skies above Endor, Leia Organa believed it was the beginning to a lasting peace. But after decades of vicious infighting and partisan gridlock in the New Republic Senate, that hope seems like a distant memory.
When his wife, Mirax, vanishes while on a covert mission for the New Republic, Corran Horn vows to find her. He begins training at Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy, hoping to develop his untapped powers.
Din Djarin, the armored bounty hunter better known as The Mandalorian, has been a smash-hit on Disney+ for two incredible seasons. Now, at last, the Mandalorian arrives on the comics page — in the first half of an action-packed adaptation of the show's first season!
An in-depth look at the making of the hit show, the book includes profiles of the characters featured in the show including Boba Fett, Fennec Shand, Ahsoka Tano; along with rare photographs, production art, a complete episode guide, and a detailed behind-the scenes look at the visual effects.
THE EMPIRE & AGE OF REBELLION
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Star Wars Rebels: The Art of the Animated Series
by Dan Wallace This is an incredible hardcover book that combines art and creator commentary to chronicle four seasons of my favorite animated adventure in a galaxy far, far away! Now, step behind the scenes to witness the journey from paper to screen featuring never-before-seen concept art and process pieces and exclusive commentary from the creative team behind the show, |
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Luke Skywalker yearned for adventures out among the stars, but he gets more than he bargained for when he intercepts a cryptic message from a beautiful princess held captive by a dark and powerful warlord.
This collection of three novels — Labyrinth of Evil, Revenge of the Sith, and Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader — follow the last days of the Republic, the creation of the Empire, and the ultimate transformation of Jedi Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader.
Challenged by ruthless Imperial agents, enemy battleships, merciless bounty hunters, and monstrous brain-eating parasites, Luke plunges head-on into a high-stakes espionage operation that will push his abilities as a Rebel fighter and would-be Jedi to the limit.
While Luke Skywalker takes the first step toward setting up an academy to train a new order of Jedi Knights, Han Solo and Chewbacca are taken prisoner on the planet Kessel and forced to work in the fathomless depths of a spice mine.
The Empire has been toppled and the New Republic is ascendant. But the struggle against the Dark Side is not over. Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, and their comrades have little time to savor victory before being called on to defend the newly liberated galaxy.
Sixteen stories from a cantina in a far corner of the universe, on the small desert planet of Tatooine, where you can down your favorite intoxicant while listening to the best jazz riffs in the universe.
A masterpiece of Alderaanian art — lost after the planet's destruction — has resurfaced on the black market and it conceals a vital secret. Discovery by Imperial forces would spell disaster. Han, Leia, Chewbacca, and C-3PO have been dispatched to Tatooine to find it.
He's the most feared and successful bounty hunter in the galaxy. He is Boba Fett, and even the most hardened criminals tremble at his name. Now he faces the deadliest challenge of his infamous career — an all-out war against his most dangerous enemies. The Mandalorian Armor.
The six survivors from an Imperial prison barge will do whatever it takes to stay alive. But nothing can prepare them for what lies waiting aboard a Star Destroyer. For the dead are rising: soulless, unstoppable, and unspeakably hungry.
Anakin Skywalker, Jedi Knight, is just a memory. Darth Vader, newly anointed Sith Lord, is ascendant. The Emperor's chosen apprentice has swiftly proven his loyalty to the dark side. Still, the history of the Sith Order is one of duplicity, betrayal, and acolytes violently usurping their Masters!
A special anniversary collector's edition featuring the novels of all three classic films — Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
Discover how Hera Syndulla and Kanan Jarrus, two of the lead characters from Star Wars Rebels, team up for the first time as they battle Emperor Palpatine's brutal repression and increasing control of his subjects' lives.
THE "CRAZY OLD WIZARD" BEYOND THE DUNE SEA...
When we're first introduced to Ben Kenobi in Star Wars IV: A New Hope, we know very little about him other than he's a "crazy old wizard." Luke Skywalker clearly likes him — or is at least fascinated by him — and his Uncle Owen clearly dislikes him for reasons unknown. It's eventually revealed that "Ben" has lived on Tatooine as a hermit for twenty years... but what did he do in all that time? Kenobi by John Jackson Miller helps fill in some of those blanks by providing connections between Kenobi's role at the end of the Clone Wars to his silent guardian of Anakin Skywalker's secret son...
Book description: Tatooine — a harsh desert world where farmers toil in the heat of two suns while trying to protect themselves and their loved ones from the marauding Tusken Raiders. A backwater planet on the edge of civilized space. And an unlikely place to find a Jedi Master in hiding, or an orphaned infant boy on whose tiny shoulders rests the future of a galaxy.
Known to locals only as "Ben," the bearded and robed offworlder is an enigmatic stranger who keeps to himself, shares nothing of his past, and goes to great pains to remain an outsider. But as tensions escalate between the farmers and a tribe of Sand People led by a ruthless war chief, Ben finds himself drawn into the fight, endangering the very mission that brought him to Tatooine...
When we're first introduced to Ben Kenobi in Star Wars IV: A New Hope, we know very little about him other than he's a "crazy old wizard." Luke Skywalker clearly likes him — or is at least fascinated by him — and his Uncle Owen clearly dislikes him for reasons unknown. It's eventually revealed that "Ben" has lived on Tatooine as a hermit for twenty years... but what did he do in all that time? Kenobi by John Jackson Miller helps fill in some of those blanks by providing connections between Kenobi's role at the end of the Clone Wars to his silent guardian of Anakin Skywalker's secret son...
Book description: Tatooine — a harsh desert world where farmers toil in the heat of two suns while trying to protect themselves and their loved ones from the marauding Tusken Raiders. A backwater planet on the edge of civilized space. And an unlikely place to find a Jedi Master in hiding, or an orphaned infant boy on whose tiny shoulders rests the future of a galaxy.
Known to locals only as "Ben," the bearded and robed offworlder is an enigmatic stranger who keeps to himself, shares nothing of his past, and goes to great pains to remain an outsider. But as tensions escalate between the farmers and a tribe of Sand People led by a ruthless war chief, Ben finds himself drawn into the fight, endangering the very mission that brought him to Tatooine...
The specter of the menacing Grand Admiral Thrawn looms over Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker as they embark on a journey to recover an important piece of Jedi history.
The embattled Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn. The Republic has one last hope — sending a small force into the very stronghold that houses Thrawn's terrible cloning machines.
Cal Kestis has built a new life for himself with the crew of the Stinger Mantis. Together, Cal's crew has brought down bounty hunters, defeated Inquisitors, and even evaded Darth Vader himself. How many times can Cal evade the Empire before his luck runs out?
FALL OF THE JEDI
Ahsoka Tano and the Mandalorian Bo-Katan Kryze team up against Darth Maul in this graphic novel featuring full-color images and dialogue from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Disney+!
Following her experiences with the Jedi and the devastation of Order 66, Ahsoka is unsure she can be part of a larger whole ever again. But her desire to fight the evils of the Empire and protect those who need it will lead her right to Bail Organa, and the Rebel Alliance...
The Clone Wars have begun. With every world that joins the Separatists, the peace guarded by the Jedi Order is slipping through their fingers.
On the Outer Rim, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi have snuck onto Lanteeb — and now look oblivion in the eye. . .
A cunning financier-turned-warrior lays siege to the planet Praesitlyn which could pave the way for the toppling of the Republic.
As the Clone Wars rage on, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine cunningly manipulates both sides for his own sinister purposes.
The Clone Wars have exploded across the galaxy as Republic forces and the Jedi struggle to gain the upper hand over the Separatists.
Known to locals only as "Ben," the bearded and robed off-worlder is an enigmatic stranger who keeps to himself. But as tensions escalate between the farmers and a tribe of Sand People, Ben finds himself drawn into the fight.
Padmé's secret husband, Anakin Skwyalker, is off fighting the war, and excels at being a wartime Jedi. In contrast, when Padmé gets the opportunity to see the casualties on the war-torn front lines, she is horrified. The stakes have never been higher for the galaxy, or for the newly-married couple.
Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious, Master and acolyte, target the galaxy for domination — and the Jedi Order for annihilation. But can they defy the merciless Sith tradition? Or will the desire of one to rule supreme, and the dream of the other to live forever, sow the seeds of their destruction?
Teenage Obi-Wan Kenobi has not been apprenticed long to Qui-Gon is chafing at Qui-Gon's training style: all meditation, no action. When he and Qui-Gon are finally set to leave on an assignment, Qui-Gon is nowhere to be found so Obi-Wan sets out on the mission alone.
It's kill or be killed in the space penitentiary that houses the galaxy's worst criminals, where convicts face off in gladiatorial combat while an underworld gambling empire reaps the profits of the illicit blood sport. But the newest contender in this savage arena is Darth Maul!
When Padmé Naberrie wins the election for Queen of Naboo, she and her handmaidens will face the greatest test of themselves and of each other when their world is invaded by the Trade Federation.
This book covers 7 seasons of the Star Wars animated program featuring behind-the-scenes interviews, character profiles and episode guide.
As Qui-Gon's faith in prophecy grows, Obi-Wan's faith in him is tested — just as a threat surfaces that will demand that Master and apprentice come together as never before, or be divided forever.
THE HIGH REPUBLIC
On the close-orbiting planets of Eiram and E'ronoh, the growing pains of a galaxy with limited resources but unlimited ambition are felt keenly. The two worlds' hatred for each other has fueled half a decade of escalating conflict and now threatens to consume surrounding systems. Can the Jedi keep the peace?
Following the shocking destruction of Starlight Beacon, the Nihil have established an impenetrable barrier called the Stormwall around part of the Outer Rim. If the Republic can breach the Stormwall, how can the Jedi fight back against the Nameless creatures that prey on their connection to the Force?
Padawan Reath Silas is being sent from the cosmopolitan galactic capital of Coruscant to the undeveloped frontier — and he couldn't be less happy about it. But when his ship is knocked out of hyperspace in a galactic-wide disaster, Reath finds himself at the center of the action.
When a shocking catastrophe in hyperspace tears a ship to pieces, the flurry of shrapnel emerging from the disaster threatens an entire system. No sooner does the call for help go out than the Jedi race to the scene. The scope of the emergence, however, is enough to push even Jedi to their limit.
Knights and Padawans of the Jedi Order stationed on The Beacon finally have a chance to recover from the pain their losses. But the storm they thought had passed still rages; they are simply caught in its eye as Marchion Ro, evil mastermind of the Nihil, is preparing his most daring attack yet!
This action-packed middle grade adventure is set in a world of enterprising hyperspace prospectors, brave Jedi Padawans, and meddling comms saboteurs intent on disrupting the Republic's mission to connect the galaxy with communication buoys.
The era of the Old Republic is a dark and dangerous time, as Jedi Knights valiantly battle the Sith Lords and their ruthless armies. But the Sith have disturbing plans--and none more so than the fulfillment of Darth Scabrous's fanatical dream, which is about to become nightmarish reality.
After a series of staggering losses, the Republic seems to finally have the villainous Nihil marauders on the run, and it looks like there's light at the end of the tunnel. Until word comes of a suspected Nihil attack on the industrial cosmopolitan world of Corellia, right in the Galactic Core.
A new era of Star Wars storytelling begins! Journey back to the High Republic - the golden age of the Jedi! Centuries before the Empire and the Skywalker saga, the Jedi are at their height, protecting the galaxy as Republic pioneers push out into new territories.