Rise of the Empire era

"What I remember about the rise of the Empire is&hellip; is how quiet it was. During the waning hours of the Clone Wars, the 501st was discreetly transferred back to Coruscant. It was a silent trip; We all knew what was about to happen, what we were about to do. Did we have any doubts? Any private traitorous thoughts? Perhaps, but no one said a word. Not on the flight to Coruscant, not when Order 66 came down, and not when we marched into the Jedi Temple. Not a word."

- Anonymous 501st clone trooper



The Rise of the Empire era, sometimes referred to as the Prequel era, takes place between 1000 BBY (the Seventh Battle of Ruusan) and 0 BBY (the Battle of Toprawa). In other terms, it encompasses the whole Golden Age of the Old Republic.

The events of Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith take place during the twilight of this era. The events of The Clone Wars also happen in this era.

1000 BBY–980 BBY

 * Darth Bane: Rule of Two
 * Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil

996 BBY

 * All for You

700 BBY

 * Heart of Darkness&mdash;Star Wars Tales 16

300 BBY

 * Yaddle's Tale: The One Below

155 BBY

 * Chewbacca: Mallatobuck & Attichitcuk

89 BBY–22 BBY

 * Legacy of the Jedi

67 BBY

 * Republic: Vow of Justice
 * Star Wars: Darth Plagueis

58 BBY

 * Stones

53 BBY

 * Jedi—The Dark Side

47 BBY

 * Children of the Force

45 BBY

 * Survivors

44 BBY

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Dark Rival
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Hidden Past
 * Mythology
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Mark of the Crown
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Defenders of the Dead
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Uncertain Path
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Captive Temple
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Day of Reckoning
 * Republic: The Stark Hyperspace War
 * Life, Death, and the Living Force

44 BBY–9 ABY

 * The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi

43 BBY

 * The Secret of Tet-Ami
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Fight for Truth
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Shattered Peace
 * George R. Binks
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Deadly Hunter
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Evil Experiment
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Dangerous Rescue

41 BBY–29 BBY

 * Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: Deceptions

41 BBY

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Ties That Bind
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Death of Hope
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Call to Vengeance

40 BBY

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Only Witness
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Threat Within

39 BBY–29 BBY

 * Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: The Followers

39 BBY–20 BBY

 * Secrets of the Jedi

39 BBY–4 ABY

 * The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader

38 BBY

 * Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express

37 BBY

 * Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell

33 BBY

 * Jedi Chef
 * Urchins
 * Jedi Council: Acts of War
 * Darth Maul: Saboteur
 * Episode I Adventures
 * Obi-Wan
 * A Summer's Dream
 * Cloak of Deception
 * Marked
 * Deal with a Demon
 * Single Cell
 * Republic: Prelude to Rebellion
 * Darth Maul
 * Darth Maul

32 BBY

 * Galactic Battlegrounds
 * The Death of Captain Tarpals
 * Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
 * Starfighter
 * Battle for Naboo
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace (novel)
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace (junior novelization)
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace (comics)
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace (video game)
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace Adventures
 * Episode I Journal: Anakin Skywalker
 * Episode I Journal: Darth Maul
 * Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala
 * Bounty Hunter
 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons
 * Republic: Outlander
 * Republic: Emissaries to Malastare
 * Incident at Horn Station
 * Bad Business
 * Nomad
 * Star Wars: Maul: Lockdown

32 BBY-4 ABY

 * Battlefront

31 BBY

 * Republic: Twilight
 * Heart of Fire
 * Republic: Infinity's End
 * Republic: Starcrash

30 BBY

 * Republic: The Hunt for Aurra Sing
 * Republic: Darkness
 * Republic: The Stark Hyperspace War
 * Republic: The Devaronian Version
 * Deep Spoilers
 * Republic: Rite of Passage

29 BBY

 * Rogue Planet

28 BBY

 * Jedi Quest: Path to Truth
 * Jedi Quest

27 BBY

 * Outbound Flight
 * Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice
 * Jedi Quest: The Trail of the Jedi
 * Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games
 * Jedi Quest: The Master of Disguise
 * The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing
 * Jango Fett
 * Zam Wesell
 * Poison Moon

26 BBY

 * Jedi Quest: The School of Fear

25 BBY

 * Jedi Quest: The Shadow Trap
 * Jedi Quest: The Moment of Truth

24 BBY

 * Jedi Quest: The Changing of the Guard
 * Jedi Quest: The False Peace
 * Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown
 * A Jedi's Weapon
 * Starfighter: Crossbones
 * Racer Revenge
 * The Eyes of Revolution
 * Reputation&mdash;Star Wars Insider 136

23 BBY

 * Republic: Honor and Duty
 * Star Wars Adventures 1 thru 6
 * Puzzle Peace
 * The Way of the Warrior
 * Practice Makes Perfect
 * The Sith in the Shadow

22 BBY
"She will be more than a match for young Skywalker." "It matters not. She is merely an instrument to bring forth the eradication of the Jedi."

- Darth Tyranus and Darth Sidious on Ventress


 * Jedi Starfighter
 * The Approaching Storm
 * Blood Ties: a Tale of Jango & Boba Fett
 * Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Episode II: Attack of the Clones (novel)
 * Episode II: Attack of the Clones (junior novelization)
 * Episode II: Attack of the Clones (comics)
 * Episode II: Attack of the Clones (video game)
 * Machines of War
 * Most Precious Weapon
 * Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive
 * Death in the Catacombs
 * Elusion Illusion
 * Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 8
 * Boba Fett: Crossfire
 * The Lesson
 * Republic: Sacrifice
 * Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
 * Republic: The Defense of Kamino
 * Boba Fett: Hunted
 * Clone Wars: Victories and Sacrifices
 * Clone Wars: The Pengalan Tradeoff
 * League of Spies
 * Republic Commando: Hard Contact
 * Jedi: Mace Windu
 * Omega Squad: Targets
 * Tides of Terror
 * Storm Fleet Warnings
 * Duel
 * The New Droid Army
 * Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 1
 * Graduation Day
 * Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 3
 * Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 2
 * Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 7
 * Appetite for Adventure
 * Life Below
 * No Way Out
 * Thunder Road
 * Chain of Command
 * Waiting
 * Dark Journey (comic)
 * Clone Wars: Light and Dark
 * Precipice
 * Rather Darkness Visible
 * Republic: The Battle of Jabiim
 * Republic: Enemy Lines
 * Clone Wars: The Best Blades
 * Shatterpoint
 * Equipment
 * Bailed Out
 * It Takes a Thief
 * Means and Ends
 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero
 * Changing Seasons
 * Hero of Cartao
 * The Cestus Deception
 * The Hive
 * Republic Commando: True Colors
 * Republic Commando: True Colors

"What I worry about is the way this war seems to be drawing out with no end in sight.''" "''Which it is why it is crucial that our invasion of Geonosis meets with success."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ki-Adi-Mundi


 * The Clone Wars: Shadowed
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (novel)
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (junior novelization)
 * The Clone Wars: The New Padawan
 * The Clone Wars: Operation - Huttlet
 * The Clone Wars: Anakin in Action!
 * The Clone Wars: Battle at Teth
 * The Clone Wars: The Battle Begins
 * The Clone Wars: Covetous
 * The Clone Wars: Prelude
 * The Clone Wars Gambit: Wild Space
 * The Clone Wars: The Fall of Falleen
 * The Clone Wars: Discount
 * The Clone Wars Gambit: No Prisoners
 * Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth
 * Clone Wars Gambit: Siege
 * The Clone Wars: Shipyards of Doom
 * The Clone Wars: Shakedown
 * The Clone Wars: Meet Ahsoka Tano
 * The Clone Wars: Procedure
 * The Clone Wars: Agenda
 * The Clone Wars: Secret Missions
 * The Clone Wars: Slaves of the Republic
 * The Clone Wars: Mouse Hunt
 * The Clone Wars: Departure
 * The Clone Wars: Transfer
 * The Clone Wars: The Dreams of General Grievous
 * The Clone Wars: Bait
 * The Clone Wars: Switch
 * The Clone Wars: Headgames
 * The Clone Wars: Neighbors
 * The Clone Wars: Cold Snap
 * The Clone Wars: Crash Course
 * The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance
 * The Clone Wars: The Valley
 * Clone Wars: The Wind Raiders of Taloraan
 * Clone Wars: In Service of the Republic
 * Clone Wars: The Gauntlet of Death
 * The Clone Wars: Curfew
 * The Clone Wars: The Ballad of Cham Syndulla
 * The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
 * The Clone Wars: Hero of the Confederacy
 * The Clone Wars: The Colossus of Destiny
 * The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct
 * The Clone Wars: The Valsedian Operation
 * The Clone Wars: Invitation Only
 * Hunting the Hunters
 * Gunship Over Florrum
 * Swamp Station Sweep
 * Droids Over Iego
 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * The Clone Wars: Deadly Hands of Shon-Ju
 * Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns

22 BBY-20 BBY

 * Clone Wars: On the Fields of Battle
 * Jedi Trial
 * ''General Grievous

22 BBY-3 ABY

 * Star Wars: Battlefront II

21 BBY

 * Heroes on Both Sides

22 BBY-19 BBY
"Run, Jedi, run. You have only prolonged the inevitable."

- General Grievous


 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series)
 * Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 4

20 BBY

 * Republic Commando: Honor Bound
 * Deep Forest
 * Republic Commando: The Drop
 * MedStar Duology and Intermezzo
 * Routine Valor
 * Boba Fett: A New Threat
 * Boba Fett: Pursuit
 * Clone Wars: The Last Siege, The Final Truth
 * Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel
 * Clone Wars: When They Were Brothers
 * The Artist of Naboo
 * Changing Seasons
 * Star Wars: Obsession

19 BBY
"Now is the time to strike. Now is the time to launch our final operation."

- Darth Sidious


 * Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
 * ''Brothers In Arms
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Reversal of Fortune
 * Wat Tambor and the Quest for the Sacred Eye of the Albino Cyclops
 * Sithisis
 * What Goes Up...
 * To the Vanishing Point
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (novel)
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (junior novelization)
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (comics)
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (video game)
 * Clone Wars Volume 9: Endgame
 * The Order of Outcasts
 * Republic: Loyalties
 * ''Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * Evasive Action: Recruitment
 * Salvaged
 * ''Star Wars: Purge
 * Purge: Seconds to Die
 * Purge: The Hidden Blade
 * Dark Times: The Path to Nowhere
 * Pax Empirica—The Wookiee Annihilation
 * The Spark Before the Flame
 * Imperial Commando: 501st
 *  Dark Times: Parallels
 * The Last One Standing
 * Dark Times: Vector
 * Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight
 * The Duty
 * Dark Times: Blue Harvest
 * The Last of the Jedi
 * Ghosts of the Sith
 * Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows
 * Dark Times: Out of the Wilderness
 * Purge: The Tyrant's Fist
 * Darth Vader and the Lost Command
 * Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison
 * Dark Times: Fire Carrier
 * Dark Times: A Spark Remains
 * Dark Times: A Spark Remains

18 BBY

 * Evasive Action: Prey
 * Evasive Action: End Game
 * Coruscant Nights III: Patterns of Force
 * In His Image
 * Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin
 * The Last Jedi (novel)
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

17 BBY
"Dark Lord! Whatever you want, you won't find it here!"

- Kento Marek to Darth Vader



15 BBY

 * Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO

15 BBY–4 ABY

 * A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker

10 BBY

 * The Han Solo Trilogy Volume I: The Paradise Snare

9 BBY

 * The Princess Leia Diaries
 * Falling Star
 * Sandstorm

6 BBY

 * Luke Skywalker's Walkabout
 * Turning Point

5 BBY

 * The Han Solo Trilogy Volume II: The Hutt Gambit
 * Young Lando Calrissian
 * Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal

4 BBY

 * Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu
 * Routine
 * Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon

3 BBY
"You were weak when I found you. Now your hatred has become your strength."

- Darth Vader


 * Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka
 * First Impressions
 * The Lost City of Tatooine
 * Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO
 * Droids: Escape from Aaron
 * Droids Special
 * Droids: The Kalarba Adventures
 * Droids: Artoo's Day Out
 * Droids: Rebellion
 * Droids: Season of Revolt
 * Droids: The Protocol Offensive
 * Star Wars: Agent of the Empire
 * Star Wars: Agent of the Empire

2 BBY
"Poor boy. The Sith always betray one another. But I’m sure you’ll learn that soon enough."

- Shaak Ti to Starkiller, and her last words


 * Han Solo at Stars' End
 * Han Solo at Stars' End (comic strip)
 * The Force Unleashed (video game)
 * The Force Unleashed (novel)
 * The Force Unleashed (comic)
 * The Han Solo Trilogy Volume III: Rebel Dawn
 * Han Solo's Revenge
 * Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire

1 BBY
"Brought you here, the galaxy has. Your path, clearly, this is.''" "You know what I'm looking for." "''Something lost. A part of yourself, perhaps. That which you seek, inside, you will find."

- Galen Marek's clone met by Yoda at the entrance to the cave


 * Han Solo and the Lost Legacy
 * Han Solo and the Hollow Moon of Khorya
 * Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire
 * Extinction
 * Empire: Betrayal
 * Death Troopers
 * The Force Unleashed II
 * The Force Unleashed II (novel)
 * The Force Unleashed II (comic)
 * The Hovel on Terk Street
 * Rebel Bass
 * Deader than a Triton Moon
 * Korriban: Planet of Lost Souls (SWRPG)
 * Hapes: Ladies First (SWRPG)
 * Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika
 * Empire: Darklighter
 * Empire: The Short, Happy Life of Roons Sewell
 * The Farlander Papers
 * Resurrection
 * Wanderer of Worlds
 * The Value of Proper Intelligence to Any Successful Military Campaign is Not to Be Underestimated
 * Empire at War
 * X-wing
 * Resurrection
 * Wanderer of Worlds
 * The Value of Proper Intelligence to Any Successful Military Campaign is Not to Be Underestimated
 * Empire at War
 * X-wing
 * Empire at War
 * X-wing

1 BBY–3 ABY

 * Empire: The Heart of the Rebellion

0 BBY

 * ''Shadow Games
 * ''Death Star (novel)
 * ''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope