Era symbols

Lucas Licensing has produced a set of Era Symbols that appear on all novels, young reader books, role-playing games, guidebooks, comics and audio books published after October 26, 2000. The symbols divide the Star Wars chronology into eras, each with their own name.

[[Image:sithera.gif|left]] The Old Republic (25,000 - 1,000 BBY)
The Old Republic was founded a thousand generations before the Battle of Yavin. The Galaxy was united under the Galactic Senate. The Jedi were numerous, and serve as guardians of peace and justice. The Tales of the Jedi comics series takes during this era, chronicling the immense wars fought between the Jedi of old, and the ancient Sith empire.

[[Image:Oldrepublic.gif|left]]The Rise of the Empire (1,000 - 0 BBY)
After the apparent destruction of the Sith, the Republic and the Jedi enter a state of complacency. In the waning years of the Republic, the senate becomes rife with corruption and scandal. Palpatine caused himself to be elected Supreme Chancellor, making promises to reunite the galaxy under his New Order. This is the era of the prequel trilogy.

[[Image:Imperial.gif|left]]The Rebellion (0 BBY - 5 ABY)
Resistance spreads across the galaxy in protest to the Empire's tyranny. The Rebellion fights back and the Galactic Civil War begins. This era begins with the Rebel victory that secured the Death Star plans, and ends a year after the death of the Emperor high above the forest moon of Endor. The events of the original trilogy occur in this era.

[[Image:Newrepublic.gif|left]]The New Republic (5 ABY - 25 ABY)
Having defeated the Empire at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance must now become a functioning galactic government. As Imperial territory is reclaimed, the New Republic suffers growing pains, fending off insurrections and rogue warlords. Luke Skywalker, the last of the Jedi constructs the Jedi Praxeum, and begins the rebuilding of the Jedi Order.

[[Image:Njoicon.gif|left]]The New Jedi Order (25 - 30 ABY)
The Jedi Order is now a hundred strong. The New Republic has made peace with what remains of the Empire. A new Pax Galactica has come after decades of war. It's at this moment that a horrible alien menace invades the Republic from beyond known space. The Yuuzhan Vong conquer hundreds of worlds in their crusade through the galaxy.

[[Image:Legacy Era.JPG|80px|left]]The Legacy Era (37+ ABY)
Though the invasion is over, a new threat faces the Republic. Individual planetary interests threaten to end the peace forged after that great tragedy. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker is has visions of an approaching darkness. Coruscant and other worlds continue to recover and rebuild from the Vong invasion. This era will continue on a hundred years or more, at which time the chronicle of the Skywalker family will be recorded in the Journal of the Whills.

[[Image:Infinities logo.gif|80px|left]]The World of Endless Possibilities
The infinite possibilities found in The Force have long been studied by Jedi scholars. The future is clouded for most, but on occasion, crystal clear glances of truth appear. And though these realities are only possibilities, they are stories worth telling.