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This is a general reference page where I post my aides in sorting through the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. Feel free to use it to your heart's content.

=Episode production= "It wasn't really a structure that we looked at and said, 'Okay, we're going to have stories that are more introspective and about politics.' It simply came down to the production schedule."

- Dave Filoni, on Season Three's political interlude

This is the order in which the episodes of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series were produced. As it can be seen, the episodes tend to jump around the timeline while being produced and are not commonly made in their chronological story arcs.

Season Two
"We had some leftover stories from Season Two that got put on the back-burner when we stared doing stories like the Boba Fett arc. You want to end the season on something like Boba Fett, and what you get in the latter half of the season are the types [of] stories that you're going to be seeing for a long time to come."

- Dave Filoni

As character models are redesigned (namely Commander Wolffe for this season), these changes are noted where applicable so that their development can be traced through the production order of episodes&mdash;as opposed to the airing order, which is often modified from the production order.

Season Three
"Do you think there'll be any more episodes that take place in the past?''" "''Right now, there's nothing like that on the schedule. I suppose if we have a really good reason, it might happen, but the writers and I went to George and said that we'd really like to keep moving forward. I think George tied together what he wanted to from the first two seasons on the front half of the third season. That was another reason why we had a lot of stories that were jumping around&mdash;George wanted to resolve a couple of things once he had done Seasons One and Two."

- Jonathan Wilkins from Star Wars Insider interviews Dave Filoni

As new character models are introduced, these changes are noted where applicable so that their development can be traced through the production order of episodes&mdash;as opposed to the airing order, which is often modified from the production order.

Season Four
As new character models are introduced (mainly for the clone troopers this season), these changes are noted where applicable so that their development can be traced through the production order of episodes&mdash;as opposed to the airing order, which is often modified from the production order.

Writer/director credits
To give credit where credit is due, here is an overall breakdown of statistics regarding specific writers and episode directors within the television series' production crew. This list is incomplete because for obvious reasons, it cannot take unreleased episodes into account. As such, writing/directing credits are incomplete for Season Five and nonexistent for Seasons Six and Seven. (Note: By the time the series' downsized production crew completed the final episodes in October 2013, the writers had already written&mdash;from a production standpoint&mdash;through Season Seven, with enough material to broadcast a full Season Eight. See this interview with writer Brent Friedman for details.) Also note that like everything else in this section, episode and season numbers refer to production codes, which differ from the actual airing order.

Overall credit statistics are broken up by season.

Episode writers
Writing credits get complicated, because some episodes in the early seasons (particularly Seasons One to Three) were scripted by multiple screenwriters&mdash;for example, a supervising writer and/or a staff writer. Those "co-writer" tallies are noted where applicable. A number of early episodes were also scripted by freelance writers, i.e. screenwriters outside of the full-time writing staff.

By Season Four and onward, the writers began working in a writers' room, where the entire writing team would break and outline a season's episodes with input from George Lucas and Dave Filoni. Following the story conference, individual writers would then be assigned to script the season's different episode story arcs. (Again, see this interview with writer Brent Friedman for more details.)

Before the plug was pulled on the television series in March 2013, the series' writers had already authored full scripts for episodes through Season Seven production-wise (what would have been a Season Eight when broadcast). Thus, for members of the writing staff who were involved in the series' final seasons, their overall credits&mdash;as listed below&mdash;fall far short of the true total number of episodes they wrote.

Here is a list of story arcs that would have aired in future seasons beyond what was released as "The Lost Missions" (Season Six). (NOTE: The majority of these sources are secondhand accounts, REGARDLESS of whom they come from, and are NOT 100% official from Lucasfilm!)
 * Brent Friedman:
 * Friedman stated that he had written some episodes for Season Six that would have aired as a Season Seven premiere. He later reported that it had focused on a team of experimental clone commandos. He also stated that the arc would have featured the return of Echo.
 * (From above Rebels Report) He also wrote a story featuring Captain Rex and R2-D2 on an important mission; he speculated that those episodes would have aired in a Season Eight.
 * Furthermore, he stated that he wrote an arc featuring Admiral Trench, which will not be released (it might have been the same arc as the first or second, but no confirmation has been given).
 * Matt Michnovetz:
 * Michnovetz confirmed that he had written an allegedly four-episode arc featuring several bounty hunters, including Cad Bane, Boba Fett, and Aurra Sing.
 * More stories not attributed to specific writers, including a four-episode arc written for Season Six that will be adapted into a four-issue comic series, Star Wars: Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir. Also, stories featuring Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos, Ahsoka Tano and Bo-Katan Kryze, Lee-Char and Tikkes, and Yoda and the Wookiees, based on concept art from.

Character model introductions
The following makes note of new character models as they have been introduced across the series. Only major updated models to previously existing characters are listed to keep track of the model "upgrades." Characters with frequent wardrobe changes, like Padmé Amidala and Satine Kryze, are not listed.



Notes and references
=Timeline issues [defunct]= "We tell arcs and they're not implicitly connected, but you get a better sense of where they are. And I have a massive timeline that explains where all the other episodes sit. So one day we'll release that and you can sit down and figure that out and I'm sure that will be the day that someone finds a continuity error, but you know&hellip; Then we'll fix it and we'll be fine!"

- Dave Filoni

'This is the timeline that was used from March 2010 to July 2012 to order the battles and events of The Clone Wars'' TV series. It was made obsolete by the new timeline published in Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded.'''


 *  The following unofficial timeline is being archived here and preserved, as it has been made obsolete by the new timeline from Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded. Chronology issues should be referred and discussed there, not here. 

The following is my attempt as a chronologist to organize all of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes and related media where possible in a relative timeline so that I can claim credit for it if and when Lucasfilm Ltd. makes its own. (I'm joking, of course. Well, half-joking.) This analysis is meant to be used as a resource for sorting appearances throughout the series so that I might enable others to avoid the headaches that I get myself from trying to do so. I envision this as a method to ruling out the ways that the timeline cannot be organized. Please note that as this timeline is fan-made, it is nowhere near official and should therefore not be treated as such.

All episodes and related media are grouped by story arcs, which incorporate all directly confirmed chronology. Although I do not normally support speculation, some instances of it will be found throughout the following outline to help suggest more indicators to the chronology beyond those ones that are already confirmed. For a list of helpful and confirmed indicators to the timeline, see the bottom.

A more generally grouped listing of the battles and events can be found here.

The (c.) 21 BBY date
"So she's sixteen now? I think when the series started, she was around fourteen.''" "''Yeah, she was&mdash;from what I was told, I mean, I don't know what's official and written in Wookieepedia, but I was told she was fourteen when it started, and so now she's sixteen. That's what's been told to me&mdash;who knows."

- Jimmy Mac and Ashley Eckstein, on Ahsoka Tano

Originally, The Clone Wars was set in 22 BBY. The Clone Wars film (August 2008) was first placed "swiftly after the Battle of Geonosis" of 22 BBY, per the film's opening newsreel, though this did not set anything in stone. Similarly, The Clone Wars novelization (July 2008) indicated that Anakin Skywalker was twenty years old at the time&mdash;since he had been born in 41.9 BBY, The Clone Wars was thus placed in circa 22 BBY.

In the "Ask Lobot" department of Star Wars Insider 104 (September 2008), Holocron continuity database keeper Leland Chee responded to a question about the chronological placement of The Clone Wars film (and series) in existing continuity. Though he confirmed that there was still no officially posted timeline for the series at the time, Chee stated that the series had to take place after the following events (specific events and dates from the original Clone Wars timeline are reflected in parentheses, added by the author):
 * After Obi-Wan and Anakin's initial confrontations with Asajj Ventress (Star Wars: Republic: The New Face of War: Battle of Ohma-D'un, 21.8 BBY, 2.5 months ABG)
 * After the Republic's first encounter with Grievous (Clone Wars Chapter 20: Battle of Hypori, 21.66 BBY, 4 months ABG)
 * After Anakin has received his facial scars (Star Wars: Republic 71: Dreadnaughts of Rendili, Part 3: Duel in the Coruscant Underlevels, 19.48 BBY, 30 months ABG)
 * After Anakin has become a Jedi Knight (Jedi Trial and Clone Wars Chapter 21: 19.49 BBY, 30 months ABG)
 * After Obi-Wan has joined the Jedi Council (Kenobi is on the High Council by Clone Wars Chapter 21)
 * After Padmé gives R2-D2 to Anakin and a gold-plated C-3PO is in the service of Padmé (Clone Wars Chapter 21: 19.49 BBY, 30 months ABG)
 * After the 501st Legion is assigned to Anakin and Cody and the 212th are assigned to Obi-Wan
 * When the Hutts are undecided about supporting the Confederacy or the Republic
 * Before the clones switch to Revenge of the Sith–style Phase II armor (earliest known Phase II use: Star Wars: Republic 68: Armor, 20 BBY, 24 months ABG)

When The Clone Wars: Wild Space (December 2008) came around, it was cemented as "ten years" after Skywalker's arrival at the Jedi Temple, capping off the events of The Clone Wars film in 22 BBY. The Clone Wars: No Prisoners (May 2009) repeated the 22 BBY date, mentioning that it was "not even a year" since the Battle of Geonosis. Following the other The Clone Wars comics' relative ambiguity with dating, Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Wind Raiders of Taloraan (May 2009) was also placed "within the first year of the Clone Wars."

The Official Episode Guide: Season 1 (October 2009) was the first to move the timeline forward, indicating that the events of "Blue Shadow Virus" took place "eleven years" after the Invasion of Naboo and thus introducing the 21 BBY date. Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth (February 2010) continued to advance the timeline, being placed eleven years after Skywalker left Tatooine.

Here is the first chronology of TCW events, taking place from 22 to 21 BBY:
 * 22 BBY - Battle of Geonosis
 * 22 BBY, four weeks ABG - Anakin Skywalker becomes a Jedi Knight
 * 22 BBY, seven weeks ABG - introduction of General Grievous at the Battle of Anoth and the Battle of Bakura
 * 22 BBY - Battle of Christophsis
 * 22 BBY - Battle of Teth
 * 22 BBY - Mission to Jabba's Palace
 * 22 BBY - Battle of Bothawui (and rest of Wild Space–related events)
 * 22 BBY - Battle of JanFathal
 * 22 BBY - Battle over Kothlis and Mission to Taloraan
 * 21 BBY - Raid on Nuvo Vindi's laboratory and Mission to Iego
 * 21 BBY - Battle of Kothlis

As the above chronology shows, The Clone Wars was potentially intended to completely override the Star Wars: Republic comic series (Clone Wars events, 2003–2006), which portrayed the Clone Wars over three years (and Skywalker still as a Padawan for the majority of the war). Three weeks would hardly have been enough for the entirety of those comics, or even other stories like Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–2005), to occur. However, the Star Wars Annual 2011 (September 2010) published its own timeline following The Clone Wars novel series' own attempt, giving more breathing room for Republic.
 * 22 BBY - Battle of Geonosis
 * 22 BBY - Clone Wars begin
 * 22 BBY - Marriage of Anakin and Padme
 * 21 BBY - Anakin becomes a Jedi Knight
 * 21 BBY - Battle of Christophsis
 * 21 BBY - Battle of Teth
 * 21 BBY - Hunt for the Malevolence
 * 21 BBY - Battle of Ryloth
 * 21 BBY - Second Battle of Geonosis

All 22 BBY dates have subsequently been overridden, and The Clone Wars thus begins in 21 BBY. Where it will end (and if it will leave room for Republic to be incorporated into the new Clone Wars timeline) is anyone's guess.

According to Ahsoka Tano voice actor Ashley Eckstein in Fall 2011, Tano is around sixteen years old at the time of Season Four (the "Battle of Mon Cala" story arc), as compared to her age of fourteen at the beginning of the series (the Battle of Christophsis). The end of Season Three and the start of Season Four (beginning with the story arc "The Push for Peace," with the new character models?) can thus approximated to c. 20 BBY&hellip;? However, this has yet to be solidified in an official source, especially given the drastic two-year span that this places over the series' first, second, and third seasons.

Story arcs
"But there is a big chart that explains where 'Clone Cadets' relates to 'Rookies' and 'ARC Troopers.' Because those episodes don't really happen so concurrently, as you notice, because the Domino Squad leaves Kamino and then a whole bunch of stuff happens and then they're on the Rishi moon and then a whole bunch more happens and then you have 'ARC Troopers.' So that's all worked out and one day we'll share it with you."

- Dave Filoni. Until then&hellip;see below.

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=New Clone Wars timeline= Notice the italicization&mdash;this is the new timeline for the entirety of the Clone Wars, integrating The Clone Wars television series into the previous history chronicled in the Expanded Universe. This new timeline was released in The Essential Reader's Companion (October 2012).

Also refer to the current episode timeline for The Clone Wars TV series, published in Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded (April 2012). It is necessary to note that no attempt has been made yet to integrate The Ultimate Visual Guide timeline with The Essential Reader's Companion timeline presented here. Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Episode Guide (June 2013) revised the timeline to cover the entire series.
 * Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Episode Guide
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Episode Guide

It is interesting to note that several character slideshow galleries on the Encyclopedia, first released in September 2011, notably presented the episodes' events in the new episodic timeline (particularly for Season Two and Season Three) prior to the re-release of The Ultimate Visual Guide in April 2012.

22 BBY

 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones novelization
 * Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive
 * Boba Fett: Crossfire
 * Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
 * Storm Fleet Warnings (c. 22 BBY; moved up from 4 months ABG)
 * Legacy of the Jedi (c. 22 BBY; moved up from 6 months ABG)
 * The Cestus Deception (c. 22 BBY; moved up from 1 year ABG)
 * The Hive (c. 22 BBY; moved up from 1 year ABG)
 * Changing Seasons (c. 22 BBY; moved up from 2 years ABG)
 * Secrets of the Jedi (c. 22 BBY; moved up from 29 months ABG)
 * Jedi Trial (c. 22 BBY; moved up from 30 months ABG)
 * Changing Seasons (c. 22 BBY; moved up from 2 years ABG)
 * Secrets of the Jedi (c. 22 BBY; moved up from 29 months ABG)
 * Jedi Trial (c. 22 BBY; moved up from 30 months ABG)

Holocron continuity database keeper Leland Chee has provided information on several occasions of when the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series occurs in the overall Expanded Universe version of the Clone Wars. Here is a reprinting of his accounts.


 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars novelization (7 weeks ABG)
 * Out Foxed
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Secret Missions 1: Breakout Squad
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Secret Missions 2: Curse of the Black Hole Pirates
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Secret Missions 3: Duel at Shattered Rock
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Secret Missions 4: Guardians of the Chiss Key (perhaps later, due to potential reference to "Dooku Captured")
 * The Clone Wars: Wild Space
 * Boba Fett: Hunted (2 months ABG)
 * (3 months ABG)
 * (3 months ABG)
 * Republic Commando: Hard Contact (3 months ABG)
 * (4 months ABG)
 * Duel (4 months ABG)
 * Shatterpoint (6 months ABG)
 * Equipment (6 months ABG)
 * The Clone Wars: No Prisoners
 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero (5 days–12 months ABG)

Unplaced media
This is a chronological listing of pre–The Clone Wars media that, by the reasoning presented in The Essential Reader's Companion, must also take place within the first four weeks of the Clone Wars, as Skywalker is portrayed as still a Padawan. The chronology of media is taken from The New Essential Chronology (2005). Struck items indicate media that does not feature Skywalker but is part of the EU Clone Wars timeline surrounding Skywalker's apprenticeship.

21 BBY

 * Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth
 * Clone Wars Gambit: Siege
 * Republic Commando: True Colors
 * Star Wars: The Wrath of Darth Maul (c. 21 BBY)
 * Star Wars: The Wrath of Darth Maul (c. 21 BBY)

20 BBY

 * MedStar I: Battle Surgeons (24 months ABG)
 * (24 months ABG)
 * MedStar II: Jedi Healer (24 months ABG)
 * Hero of Cartao

19 BBY

 * Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (30 months ABG)
 * Boba Fett: A New Threat (31 months ABG)
 * Boba Fett: Pursuit
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novelization
 * Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel