This is a timeline of galactic history—a chronological record of events relevant to the galaxy. This timeline uses dates in terms of years before the Battle of Yavin (BBY) and after the Battle of Yavin (ABY).
- c. 25,025 BBY
- c. 25,020 BBY
- c. 25,000 BBY
- 25,000 BBY (continued)
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- The Clone Wars begins with the First Battle of Geonosis; end of the millennium-long Great Peace.
- Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala secretly wed on Naboo.
- The Republic Grand Army assembles on Coruscant as surviving Jedi from Geonosis return to the planet's Jedi Temple.
- With their victory on Geonosis, the Republic occupies the world, though they find that they could not afford to maintain the occupation. The planet is retaken by Separatist forces within a year and Poggle the Lesser quickly restarts his droid foundries.
- The Antar 4 schism that began prior to the outbreak of the Clone Wars further divides the moon's population; Separatists force many Gotals to flee off-world.
- Sabé and Captain Tonra visit Tatooine and attempt to free enslaved individuals there.
- A siege on Hebekrr Minor occurs.
- High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi, Clone Commander "Cody," Jedi Commander Anakin Skywalker, and clone trooper "Sister" battle Separatist droids together.
- A strike on Bracca occurs.
- The Jedi-Republic aid mission to Langston occurs following an attack there.
- The Cadesura disaster takes place on Cato Neimoidia. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker embark on a mission to Cato Neimoidia, where they first meet Asajj Ventress.
- The Jedi Knights are made Jedi Generals of the Republic.
- Operation on Hissrich; Mace Windu brings a Jedi strike force consisting of himself, Kit Fisto, Prosset Dibs, and Rissa Mano to the planet Hissrich to stop a Separatist mining operation.
- An attack on a downed Republic troop transport occurs, and Cut Lawquane deserts the Republic during the battle.
- Knighted to fight in the Clone Wars,Jedi General Anakin Skywalker leads Clone Captain Rex in the Battle of Arantara.
- Anakin Skywalker gains a scar by his right eye.
- Anakin Skywalker leads a mission to Benglor in an investigation of Separatist activity.
- Battle of Corvair, in the Corvair sector. Skywalker's forces discover and destroy a Separatist droid factory on Kudo III with the assistance of Admiral Wullf Yularen.
- Jedi General Plo Koon and the Wolfpack lead a mission to Quarmendy; the Nexus trading post is destroyed by Separatist leader Emir Wat Tambor.
- The Separatist siege of Hisseen occurs; Republic forces are sent to prevent the fall of Hisseen to Separatist hands.
- The Battle of Christophsis ensues as Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi send supplies to Senator Bail Organa and his relief effort on Christophsis.
- Rotta, son of Jabba the Hutt, is kidnapped by Dooku's assassin, Asajj Ventress. The blame is then placed on the Republic by the Separatists in an attempt to destroy the former's reputation with the Hutts, in the hopes that Hutt Space could be opened up to themselves for their war efforts against the Republic.
- Anakin Skywalker takes Ahsoka Tano as his Padawan on Christophsis.
- Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano return Rotta to Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine.
- The raid on Ziro's Palace occurs.
- Ryloth is invaded by Separatist forces; the Battle of Ryloth begins.
- The mission to Toydaria occurs.
- The Ambush on Rugosa occurs. Through perseverance and humor, Jedi Master Yoda brought inspiration to three clone troopers against even the full force of Asajj Ventress' army, thus securing the allegiance of the Toydarian king Katuunko for the Republic.
- The Malevolence Campaign occurs.
- By this point, Captain Rex and Commander Cody were assisted by Jedi on Tibrin.
- The Battle of Mimban occurs.
- The Defense of Rishi Station occurs, preventing a Separatist invasion of Kamino.
- General Grievous, leader of the Separatist Droid Army, initiates a military campaign using intelligence from Skytop Station.
- The mission to Rodia occurs.
- Ketsu Onyo is born on Shukut.
- Queen Jamillia's reign ends and Neeyutnee is elected to her first term.
- The rescue on the Tranquility occurs. Viceroy Nute Gunray is rescued from Galactic Republic custody by Separatist forces with the help of Republic traitor CaptainFaro Argyus, who is later executed by Ventress.
- The mission to Vassek 3 occurs.
- The skirmish at Vanqor occurs.
- Jar Jar Binks leads a mission to Florrum after the death of the Gran Senator Kharrus.
- Jedi General Aayla Secura's task force is destroyed in the Battle of Quell, but she is rescued by Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano.
- With war brought to their doorstep, the pacifist Lurmen sides with the Jedi in the defense of Maridun.
- The native Talz of Orto Plutonia are caught in the Clone Wars, leading to the One-Day War between the Talz and the Pantorans. Pantoran Senator Riyo Chuchi negotiates peace with the Talz, conceding Orto Plutonia's sovereignty to the natives.
- Senator Amidala and Representative Binks investigate the Blue Shadow Virus and lead the raid on the laboratory of Doctor Nuvo Vindi. He is arrested and the virus outbreak is contained.
- The mission to Iego occurs.
- The destruction of the blockade over Ryloth occurs.
- The landing at Nabat occurs.
- The rescuing of the Nabat prisoners occurs.
- The Battle of Ryloth ends.
- The First Battle of Felucia occurs.
- Hired by Darth Sidious, Cad Bane takes on a Raid on the Jedi Temple, where he steals a holocron necessary for accessing the kyber memory crystal, which contained the names of future Jedi younglings.
- During the battle of Devaron, Rodian Jedi Master Bolla Ropal, keeper of the Kyber memory crystal, is captured by Separatist commanded by Cad Bane, who tortures Ropal to death over Deveraon after the Jedi's refusal to give the bounty hunter access to the memory crystal. Bane instead threatens to kill Ahsoka Tano and thus forces Anakin Skywalker to do so at the battle before escaping.
- Cad Bane embarks on a series of kidnappings of Force-sensitive children listed in the memory crystal, taking potential younglings from Glee Anselm, Rodia, and Naboo. However, Bane is intercepted by Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano at Naboo's underwater Jan-gwa city, which gains local notoriety as a result.
- Mace Windu and Obi-Wan Kenobi take charge of Skywalker and Tano's mission, tracing Cad Bane to his secret hideout, Black Stall Station, in an attempt to capture the kidnapper and liberate the stolen children. However, they fail, only retrieving the stolen holocron and its memory crystal, though Skywalker takes Tano to a secret facility on Mustafar, which he found to be the location of the captured infants. They ultimately foil Darth Sidious' plan to create an army of Force-talented spies in his service, and rescue the two kidnapped children.
- The skirmish on Felucia occurs.
- The Battle of Malastare occurs.
- The Zillo Beast incident occurs.
- The mission to Cato Neimoidia occurs.
- The Battle near Dorin occurs.
- Provoked by Poggle the Lesser's droid foundries on Geonosis producing new weapons for the Separatists, the Republic initiates the Second Battle of Geonosis.
- As Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Darth Sidious presents the battle station plans given to him by Dooku at the outbreak of the Clone War to the Republic Strategic Advisory Cell, which begins building the battle station in secret over Geonosis with unlimited funding for fear that the Separatist Alliance was developing a similar weapon elsewhere.
- The defense of Dantooine occurs.
- The skirmish aboard TB-73 occurs.
- The capture of Eeth Koth occurs.
- The Battle of Saleucami occurs. Jedi Councilor Eeth Koth is rescued from Grievous' Separatist forces in the Saleucami system by Republic forces led by Adi Gallia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Anakin Skywalker.
- After the Battle of Saleucami and before the end of the Clone Wars
- The attack on a Republic cruiser occurs.
- The attack on the Memorial Shrine occurs.
- The fight on Concordia occurs.
- The skirmish aboard the Coronet occurs.
- The bombing on Kalevala occurs.
- The plot to assassinate Satine Kryze occurs.
- The sabotage of the Endurance occurs.
- The mission to Vanqor occurs.
- The second mission to Florrum occurs.
- The Mandalorian black market conspiracy occurs.
- The skirmish at the Sundari docks occurs.
- The Balith Civil War occurs.
- The Alderaan Refugee Conference occurs.
- The Battle of Kamino occurs.
- The skirmish on Risha Synata's ship occurs.
- The blockade of Pantora occurs.
- The kidnapping of the Papanoida daughters occurs.
- The rescue on the Pantora Droid Control Ship occurs.
- The rescue in Chalmun's Cantina occurs.
- The Senate hostage crisis occurs.
- The showdown on Teth occurs.
- An unidentified Jedi ceremony occurs.
- Senators Padmé Amidala and Mina Bonteri attempt a Confederate–Republic peace initiative, but it is disrupted by Count Dooku with the bombing of Coruscant's central power distribution grid.
- Sabine Wren is born on Krownest.
- Jyn Erso is born to Galen and Lyra Erso on Vallt. Soon after, the Erso family is detained by the native Koorivar, sympathizers of the Separatist cause. Having capturedMorseerian scientists for a prisoner exchange, Krennic leads Republic forces in rescueing the family, who then move to Coruscant.
- The Confederacy of Independent Systems besiege Grange.
- A farming accident on Raada injures Selda and kills the Larte sisters' parents.
- By this point, the Republic Special Weapons Group's plans for both an automated battlemoon asteroid and a torpedo siege platform—developed after the Naboo Crisis—were ruled out at the design stage as a result of the Republic's then pacifistic leanings and the consequent lack of funding.
- The Coruscant mandatory blackouts occur.
- The attack on Confederate people occurs.
- Between 21 and 20 BBY
- Construction of the Death Star begins over Geonosis.
- The Battle of Sullust occurs.
- The mission to Serenno occurs.
- The Devaron massacre occurs.
- The showdown at Toydaria occurs.
- Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Ahsoka Tano travel to Mortis.
- The capture of Even Piell occurs.
- The Battle of Lola Sayu occurs.
- The funeral of Even Piell occurs.
- The Second Battle of Felucia occurs.
- The battle on Wasskah occurs.
- The Battle of Mon Cala occurs.
- The battle of Horain occurs.
- The skirmish on Naboo occurs.
- The mission to Aleen occurs.
- The Battle of Patitite Pattuna occurs.
- Plo Koon rescues Adi Gallia from Grievous.
- The Battle of Umbara occurs.
- The battle on Kiros occurs.
- The mission to Zygerria occurs.
- The Battle of Kadavo occurs.
- The Confederate–Republic peace conference occurs.
- The skirmish on Carlac occurs.
- The funeral of Obi-Wan Kenobi occurs.
- The riot at the Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center occurs.
- The showdown on Orondia occurs.
- The tournament on Serenno occurs.
- The 847th Festival of Light occurs.
- The skirmish in Theed occurs.
- The Battle of Dathomir occurs.
- The safe cargo objective occurs.
- NightbrotherSavage Opressfinds his lost brother, Maul, on Lotho Minor. The forgotten Sith Lord is brought back to his homeworld of Dathomir. MotherTalzin restores Maul's sanity and memories through magick and rebuilds him with droid parts. Thinking Obi-Wan Kenobi had robbed him of his destiny at the Battle of Naboo, Maul takes Opress as his apprentice and ventures to take revenge on the Jedi.
- The mission to Retta occurs.
- The massacre on Raydonia occurs.
- The skirmish above Raydonia occurs.
- The Onderonian Civil War ends.
- The funeral of Steela Gerrera occurs.
- The Gathering occurs.
- The raid on the Crucible occurs.
- The attack on Obi-Wan Kenobi's fleet occurs.
- The rescue on Florrum occurs.
- Still angered by his capture at the hands of Hondo Ohnaka, Dooku orders for a Separatist invasion of Florrum, nearly crippling the Ohnaka Gang.
- Shortly after yet another naval battle against Separatist forces, the Republic prepares to convene a conference over Carida. The Republic also assembles D-Squad, their secret weapon to steal the Confederacy's encryption module, which scrambled all Separatist communication in the region.
- D-Squad steals the encryption module aboard Aut-O's flagship.
- c. 20 and 19 BBY
- Determined to conquer Mandalore, Maul recruits allies to form the Shadow Collective.
- The attack on Jabba's Palace occurs.
- The Shadow Collective's takeover of Mandalore occurs; the Mandalorian civil war erupts.
- The defense of Cato Neimoidia occurs.
- The funeral of the Jedi Temple bombing victims occurs.
- The escape from the Republic military base occurs.
- The capture of Ahsoka Tano occurs.
- The trial of Ahsoka Tano occurs.
- The duel at the Jedi Temple occurs.
- The Battle of Ringo Vinda occurs.
- The escape from Tipoca City occurs.
- The escape from the Grand Republic Medical Facility occurs.
- The mission to Level 1325 occurs.
- Shortly after the Chiss Ascendancy's military success and political disaster in the Vagaari pirate operations, which was preceded by the Lioaoin pirate campaign, the Ascendancy intervenes in the Nikardun conquests.
- By this point, the Midorian Era had occurred, with some academics believing that a trade relationship was established between the Vaks and Garwians during that time.
- Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala conduct a mission to Batuu. Skywalker encounters Senior Captain Mitth'raw'nuruodo of the Chiss Ascendancy, whom he joins forces with.
- The mission to Scipio occurs.
- The Battle of Scipio occurs.
- The mission to Bardotta occurs.
- The mission to Zardossa Stix occurs.
- The mission to Oba Diah occurs.
- The mission to Moraband occurs.
- The mission to Utapau occurs.
- The funeral of Tu-Anh occurs.
- Ahsoka Tano meets the Martez sisters.
- After being stationed on Coruscant with the Open Circle Fleet, Anakin Skywalker takes part in the Outer Rim Sieges campaign.
- As the Outer Rim Sieges begins to turn the Clone Wars in the Republic's favor, the Separatist Bracca Invasion occurs.
- The Battle of Anaxes occurs.
- The insurrection on Yalbec Prime occurs.
- The mission to Skako Minor occurs.
- The atrocity on Mahranee occurs.
- The capture of Moregi occurs.
- The rescue of Marg Krim's family occurs.
- The mission to Raxus Secundus occurs.
- Maul escapes from Darth Sidious' facility on Stygeon Prime to a Shadow Collective camp on Zanbar with the assistance of the Mandalorian super commandosRook Kast and Gar Saxon. Through Maul's escape, Sidious hopes to track him to the Nightsisters' Mother Talzin and end her threat to the Sith.
- Maul adds Dryden Vos' Crimson Dawn to the Shadow Collective's ranks.
- Asajj Ventress hires Boba Fett's syndicate to assist her in the rescue of Quinlan Vos from Dooku's Serenno fortress. Shattered by Dooku's well-woven words and confused by the lying of Ventress that occurred prior, Quinlan Vos furiously battles his lover instead, joining Dooku and forcing the infiltrators to escape.
- The rescue of Quinlan Vos occurs.
- The destruction of the Separatist supply storage base occurs.
- The destruction of the Vanqor listening station occurs.
- A battle on Christophsis occurs; Asajj Ventress guides Quinlan Vos to return to the light with her sacrifice.
- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Quinlan Vos brings the recovered body of Asajj Ventress to the Nightsister lair on Dathomir. Under Kenobi's watch, Vos lets go of Ventress and returns her to her kin, resting his lover's body in the waters of the Nightsister cavern, leaving her to the embrace of green waters and voices of her sisters.
- The bombing at the Jedi Temple occurs.
- The skirmish on Kardoa occurs.
- The Third Battle of Mygeeto occurs.
- The Funeral of Stance occurs.
- Anticipating the fulfillment of Darth Sidious' Grand Plan with Anakin Skywalker as the Sith Lord's apprentice, Maul enters the Mandalore city of Sundari in an attempt to lure Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker and prevent the Plan's completion by killing them.
- The Battle of Yerbana concludes. Lady Bo-Katan Kryze and Ahsoka Tano request assistance from Kenobi and Skywalker to capture Maul and take Mandalore.
- The Battle of Coruscant begins. General Grievous storms the Galactic City and kidnaps Chancellor Palpatine. Republic forces led by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are recalled from the Outer Rim Sieges to rescue the Chancellor.
- Ahsoka Tano and Rex lead a division of Skywalker's 501st Legion to Mandalore, initiating the Siege of Mandalore.
- Maul tells the Shadow Collective leaders to go into hiding, and the syndicates soon split up.
- Kenobi and Skywalker rescue Chancellor Palpatine at the Battle of Coruscant, where Skywalker executes Count Dooku.
- Senators concerned with the Chancellor's growing powers join the Delegation of 2,000 and take part in the Cantham House meetings hosted by Senator Bail Organa. Key figures at Cantham House include Padmé Amidala and Mon Mothma, who sign the Petition of 2,000 requesting Chancellor Palpatine's relinquishment of his emergency powers.
- The Jedi Council assigns Anakin Skywalker to secretly spy on Palpatine.
- Maul attempts to recruit Ahsoka Tano as an ally against Darth Sidious, revealing his insight that Anakin Skywalker would become his new apprentice, but instead Tano defeats and captures Maul.
- Bo-Katan Kryze's Mandalorians and the clones take Sundari from Maul's forces, capturing Rook Kast and Gar Saxon.
- The Siege of Saleucami, one of the longest lasting campaigns of the Outer Rim Sieges, comes to an end. Jedi General Quinlan Vos moves his troops to Boz Pity, the siege of which was one of the most intense of the Clone Wars.Stass Allie, a Jedi High Council member and cousin to the late Adi Gallia, leads the 91st Mobile Reconnaissance Corps in securing Saleucami.
- The Battle of Kashyyyk occurs. Jedi Generals Luminara Unduli, Quinlan Vos, and Yoda lead Republic forces in defending Kachirho from the Separatists alongside Wookiee warriors, who are led by Grakchawwaa, King of Kashyyyk, and Chieftain Tarfful.
- The Battle of Utapau occurs. General Grievous, now leader of the Separatists, is killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi shortly after the other leaders are sent to the Klegger Corp Mining Facility at the order of their secret master, Darth Sidious.
- The Mygeeto Campaign continues with the Fourth Battle of Mygeeto.
- The Battle of Felucia occurs.
- The capture of Cato Neimoidia occurs.
- The conquest of Kaller occurs under the leadership of the Jedi Depa Billaba, CC-10/994 "Grey," and Billaba's Padawan, Caleb Dume.
- With the end of the Clone Wars in sight, the Jedi Council instructs Anakin Skywalker to confront Palpatine about his emergency powers and term as Chancellor.
- Ahsoka Tano meets with the Jedi Council, but decides not to relay Maul's words about Sidious' plans. Tano is tasked with escorting the captive Maul to Coruscant.
- The duel in Palpatine's office occurs; realizing that Palpatine himself was Darth Sidious but promised the power to save Padmé Amidala, Skywalker disobeys the Jedi Council and sides with the Sith Lord.
- Anakin Skywalker is anointed Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith.
- Per the Supreme Chancellor's command, Order 66 is executed by clones throughout the galaxy, spelling the end of nearly all Jedi.
- Maul, Ahsoka Tano, and Rex escape from the clone forces sent to Mandalore, with the latter two faking their own deaths.
- Snoke, created by Darth Sidious, had memories reaching back to at least this point.
- 19 BBY (continued)
- Between 19 BBY and 18 BBY
- c. 18 BBY
- 17 BBY
- 16 BBY
- 15 BBY
- c. 15 BBY
- 14 BBY
- 13 BBY
- 12 BBY
- Between 12 BBY and 11 BBY
- 11 BBY
- 10 BBY
- 10/9 BBY
- 9 BBY
- 9/8 BBY
- 8 BBY
- Between 8 BBY and 2 BBY
- 8/7 BBY
- 7 BBY
- 6 BBY
- 5 BBY
- 4 BBY
- 3 BBY
- 2 BBY
- 2–0 BBY
- 1 BBY
Ezra Bridger accepts the passing of his parents and mentor, who sacrificed themselves to save the ones they loved. Thus resisting darkness and foiling the plans of the Sith, Bridger later does likewise for his new-found family.
- The Battle of Yavin. The Death Star is destroyed by the Rebel Alliance.
- 3–4 ABY
- 3–4 ABY (continued)
- 4 ABY
- 4 ABY
- Weeks following the Battle of Endor
- Sometime after the Battle of Endor
- 34 ABY (continued)
- 35 ABY
- 35 ABY (continued)
- Rey Skywalker's new blade would go on to honor the Skywalker legacy, and she works to restore peace in the galaxy as a Jedi Master.
- 50 ABY