Timeline of galactic history

This is a timeline of galactic history recording the galaxy's important events.

Pre-Clone Wars

 * Millennia before the Battle of Yavin
 * One or more ancestral species unlock the secrets of hyperspace travel and open the galaxy for exploration.
 * The Zillo Beasts are believed extinct.
 * Force sensitives gather to form the Jedi Order, dedicated to the preservation of peace and justice. The world Ilum comes into their possession.
 * Unidentified rogue Jedi is born.
 * Over 6,000 years before the Clone Wars
 * An order of malevolent Force users splits from the Jedi Order during the Hundred-Year Darkness. They form the Sith Order.
 * Through the use of slavery, the Sith build an empire that spans the galaxy, beginning a brief period of galactic dominance.
 * The Sith build a shrine on Coruscant. The Jedi later build the Jedi Temple on top of the shrine's foundations.
 * Over 5,000 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * The Great Temple of Massassi is built by the Massassi on Yavin 4.
 * About 4,000 years before the Battle on Takodana
 * Galactic travelers navigate hyperspace using hyperspace sextants.
 * Over a thousand years before the Battle on Takodana
 * Maz Kanata is born.
 * About 1,000 years before the Clone Wars
 * The Battle of Takodana is fought between the Jedi and the Sith. (at least 1,000 years)
 * The Sith are defeated by the Jedi and are driven into hiding.
 * The Old Republic collapses.
 * Mandalorians find an opportunity to steal the darksaber.
 * Darth Bane establishes the Rule of Two.
 * Several solar systems unite and found the Galactic Republic.
 * The Zygerrian Slave Empire is defeated by the Jedi.
 * The Yavin Code is established at the Yavin Convention.
 * 900 years before the Battle of Endor
 * Yoda is born on an unknown planet.
 * 847 years before the Clone Wars
 * Naboo joins the Galactic Republic.
 * 800 years before the Battle of Hoth
 * Yoda begins to train Jedi in the ways of the Force.
 * 600 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Jabba Desilijic Tiure is born.
 * 500 years before the Battle of Lola Sayu
 * The Citadel is built to imprison rogue Jedi.
 * About 450 years before the Battle of Endor
 * Yaddle is born.
 * 300 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Garazeb Orrelios's grandmother is born
 * 200 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Chewbacca is born on Kashyyyk.
 * 102 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Dooku is born.
 * 60 years before the invasion of Naboo
 * Qui-Gon Jinn is born on Coruscant.
 * c. 84 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Sheev Palpatine is born on Naboo.
 * 51 years prior to the Clone Wars
 * Cad Bane is born on Duro.
 * 50 years before the Clone Wars
 * Mace Windu is born on Haruun Kal.
 * 64 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Wilhuff Tarkin is born on Eriadu.
 * 57 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi is born on Stewjon.
 * 47 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * The Grand Inquisitor is born on Utapau.
 * 46 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Padmé Amidala (Padmé Naberrie) is born on Naboo.
 * 44 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Garazeb Orrelios, also known as Zeb, is born on Lasan.
 * 41 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Rae Sloane is born on Ganthel.
 * 9 years before the Invasion of Naboo
 * Anakin Skywalker is born to Shmi Skywalker.
 * Before the Invasion of Naboo
 * Sifo-Dyas foresees an upcoming full-scale conflict but is removed from the Jedi Council. He secretly commissions the Kaminoans to grow a clone army for the Republic.
 * Battle of Malastare Narrows.
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi met Satine Kryze.
 * Lor San Tekka is born.
 * Asajj Ventress is born.
 * Mace Windu rescues a young girl named Depa Billaba.
 * Finis Valorum replaces Kalpana as Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic.
 * 36 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Ahsoka Tano is born on Shili.
 * 33 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Caleb Dume (Kanan Jarrus) is born on Coruscant.
 * Ahsoka Tano is accepted into the Jedi Order after Plo Koon discovers her on Shili.
 * 32 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Invasion of Naboo.
 * Battle of Naboo. Queen Amidala returns to Naboo and forms an alliance between the Naboo and Gungans. The Gungans engage the droid army while the Queen and her security force capture the leaders of the Trade Federation. Qui-Gon Jinn is killed by Darth Maul, who, in turn, is cut in half by Obi-Wan Kenobi but survives. Daultay Dofine is killed when the Droid Control Ship is destroyed by Anakin Skywalker.
 * Senator Sheev Palpatine is elected Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, replacing Finis Valorum.
 * The Jedi Council promotes Obi-Wan Kenobi to the rank of Jedi Knight and permits him to train Anakin Skywalker as a Jedi.
 * 30 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Lando Calrissian is born on Socorro.
 * 29 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Hera Syndulla is born on Ryloth.

Clone Wars

 * 22 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Separatist Crisis. Thousands of star systems leave the Republic and join the Confederacy of Independent Systems and Count Dooku.
 * The Galactic Senate debates the Military Creation Act to determine whether the Galactic Republic should raise an army.
 * Antar 4 schism
 * Plot to assassinate Padmé Amidala. Separatist leaders hope to silence the senator from Naboo, who opposes the Military Creation Act.
 * Mission to Kamino
 * Jar Jar Binks proposes that Chancellor Palpatine be given emergency powers to raise an army without the interference of the Senate.
 * The Clone Wars begin with the Battle of Geonosis. Mace Windu kills Jango Fett in the fighting and many Jedi are killed in an attempt to rescue Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Padmé Amidala from execution.
 * Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala are secretly wed on Naboo.
 * 22 –19 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * The Clone Wars
 * 21 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Sabine Wren is born on Mandalore.

Clone Wars (continued)

 * 19 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Anakin Skywalker is anointed Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith.
 * Order 66 wipes out the Jedi Order and nearly all Jedi.
 * The Republic is reorganized into the first Galactic Empire by Chancellor Palpatine – secretly the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious – who declares himself Galactic Emperor.

Pre-Galactic Civil War

 * 19 years before the Battle of Yavin
 * Ezra Bridger born to Mira and Ephraim Bridger on Lothal.
 * Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa are born to Padmé Amidala on Polis Massa. Padmé Amidala dies in childbirth. Obi-Wan Kenobi, who survived Order 66, leaves Luke with Anakin's stepbrother Owen Lars on Tatooine while Bail Organa adopts Leia, in order to protect them from Darth Sidious and their father.
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi goes into exile on Tatooine. Yoda goes into exile on Dagobah.
 * Caleb Dume escapes Order 66 and goes into hiding, forsaking the Jedi ways for the next 14 years. He changes his name to "Kanan Jarrus".


 * Some time after the Empire's formation
 * Bail Organa and Ahsoka Tano organize a rebel network.
 * 8 years after the Empire's formation
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi rescues Luke Skywalker when the boy confronts Jabba the Hutt's henchmen about their master's "water tax," under which the local farmers are suffering during the Great Drought. Kenobi carries the unconscious Skywalker to the Lars family homestead and leaves before he wakes up, but the child's courage reassures Kenobi that the Jedi have not yet met their end; his waning hope is renewed.
 * 13 years after the Empire's formation
 * The Leonis family migrates to Lothal.
 * Westhills massacre
 * Dhara Leonis is kidnapped by the Grand Inquisitor and forcibly inducted into Project Harvester.
 * Westhills skirmish
 * 14 years after the Empire's formation
 * Ezra Bridger is recruited by the Lothal rebels.
 * Kanan Jarrus takes up the ways of the Jedi once more and takes on Ezra Bridger as his Padawan learner.
 * Senator Bail Organa sends his droids, C-3PO and R2-D2 to stop an Imperial plan to mass-produce T-7 ion disruptor rifles on Lothal. The droids are helped by the Lothal rebels.
 * Ezra and Garazeb steal an Imperial TIE Fighter owned by Baron Valen Rudor.
 * Merei Spanjaf stages a data breach at the Imperial Transportation Ministry on Lothal.
 * The Lothal rebels embark on a mission to destroy a kyber crystal with the assistance of the Imperial cadet Zare Leonis.
 * 15 years after the Empire's formation
 * The Lothal rebels disrupt the Empire Day celebration in Lothal's Capital City, prompting an Imperial crackdown on Lothal.
 * Ezra Bridger passes his trial to overcome his fears and receives a kyber crystal. He uses it in the construction of his lightsaber, which is completed several weeks later.
 * Kanan Jarrus is captured by Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin on Lothal.
 * Ezra sends out a message inciting rebellion which is heard on Lothal and in surrounding star systems.
 * The Lothal rebels mount a rescue of Kanan Jarrus, which leads to the death of the Grand Inquisitor and the destruction of the Sovereign.
 * Rescue of Dhara Leonis
 * The Empire imposes a blockade of the planet Lothal.
 * The Phoenix rebel fleet is crippled by Darth Vader, who destroys the rebel command ship, but fails to capture the Lothal rebels, who escape with the remains of the rebel fleet.
 * Darth Vader dispatches two Inquisitors – the Fifth Brother and the Seventh Sister – to hunt down the Jedi Ahsoka, Kanan, and Ezra.
 * The former Clone Captain Rex joins the Phoenix rebel cell.
 * Skirmish aboard a Republic medical station
 * A prototype B-wing created by Mon Calamari engineer Quarrie is commandeered by the rebellion.
 * The Inquisitiors attempt to kidnap Force-sensitive younglings but are stopped by the Lothal rebels and Ahsoka Tano.
 * Mira and Ephraim Bridger stage a breakout in an Imperial prison on Lothal, freeing many prisoners, but are killed during the escape attempt.
 * The Empire attacks the Phoenix rebels' hidden base on the planet Garel.
 * 16 years after the Empire's formation
 * Princess Leia Organa supplies three Hammerhead corvettes to the Phoenix rebels on Lothal.
 * The Phoenix rebels gain safe passage through the Concord Dawn system from the Protectors.
 * Rediscovery of the Lasat homeworld of Lira San
 * A Mining Guild Asteroid Belt Gas Refinery on an unidentified planetoid by the Lothal rebels with the help of a purgill herd
 * The Lothal rebels with the help of the Ryloth freedom fighters led by Cham Syndulla hijacked an Imperial bomber carrier.
 * Ambush on an Imperial construction module above Geonosis; Garazeb Orrelios and Agent Kallus form an unlikely friendship on Bahryn
 * Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger are ambushed by the two Inquisitors on Oosalon while scouting for a rebel base
 * Kanan, Ezra and Ahsoka Tano head to the Lothal Jedi Temple to seek guidance on from Master Yoda to defeating Darth Vader and his servants
 * Attack on the rebel fleet; Chopper and AP-5 helped the rebellion to discover the planet Atollon.
 * Phoenix rebel cell established Chopper Base on Atollon; Rex and the Lothal rebels secure the base against krykna
 * Mission to Malachor
 * Kanan, Ezra, Ahsoka, and Chopper travel to Malachor. There, they forge a temporary alliance with the former Sith apprentice Maul to fight several Inquisitors and to obtain a Sith holocron containing knowledge on how to defeat the Sith.
 * Ezra, Kanan, and Ahsoka confront Darth Vader
 * Destruction of the Malachor Sith temple; Ezra, Kanan, and Chopper escape back to Atollon.
 * Ahsoka and Vader also survive the Sith temple's destruction.

Galactic Civil War

 * 19 years after the Empire's formation
 * Secret mission to Tatooine.
 * Owen and Beru Lars are murdered by Imperial stormtroopers; the Lars homestead is destroyed.
 * Luke Skywalker begins training to become a Jedi.
 * Disaster. Alderaan is destroyed by the Death Star.
 * Rescue of Princess Leia. Leia Organa is rescued from the Death Star; Obi-Wan Kenobi purposely dies in duel with Darth Vader and becomes a Force spirit.
 * Battle of Yavin. The Death Star is destroyed by the Rebel Alliance.
 * Royal Award Ceremony.
 * Evacuation of Yavin.
 * Mission to rescue the survivors of Alderaan. Leia Organa and Evaan Verlaine search the galaxy for surviving Alderaanians.
 * Skirmish over Llanic.
 * Mission to Rodia.
 * Mission to Fex.
 * Mission to Denon.
 * Liberation of Drusil Bephorin.
 * Assault on Cymoon 1. The Rebels destroy Weapons Factory Alpha, causing a significant setback in the operations of the Imperial Military.
 * Mission to Jabba's Palace.
 * Skirmish over an unidentified green planet.
 * Attack on an unidentified pirate base.
 * Theft of the Triple-Zero personality matrix.
 * Secret mission to Geonosis.
 * 22 years after the Empire's formation
 * Mid Rim Retreat.
 * Battle of Haidoral Prime.
 * Coyerti campaign.
 * Before the Battle of Hoth
 * Death Troopers invasion.
 * The Rebel Alliance establishes Echo Base on Hoth, the sixth planet in the Hoth system.


 * 3 years after the Battle of Yavin
 * Battle of Hoth. The Rebel Alliance suffers a costly blow when the Empire attacks Echo Base.
 * Following advice from Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker heads to Dagobah to begin his training with Jedi Master Yoda.
 * Duel on Cloud City.
 * Escape from Cloud City.
 * 4 years after the Battle of Yavin
 * Operation Yellow Moon. Princess Leia leads a mission meant to distract the Galactic Empire while the Rebel Alliance uses Sullust as a staging area for its fleet.
 * Rescue of Han Solo. Han Solo is rescued from Jabba the Hutt.
 * Jabba is killed by Leia Organa.
 * Boba Fett is presumed dead after falling in the sarlacc pit.
 * Yoda dies and Luke Skywalker discovers that he is not only truly the son of Darth Vader but also the brother of Leia Organa. He later passes this information on to her.
 * Battle of Endor. Darth Vader is redeemed and kills Darth Sidious, the Galactic Emperor, fulfilling the prophecy of the Chosen One and bringing balance to the Force, as well as destroying the Sith.
 * Funeral of Anakin Skywalker.
 * Adelhard, the Imperial governor in charge of the Anoat sector, locks his sector down, establishing the Iron Blockade. Deprived of the Rebel Alliance's help, those trapped inside the blockade start an uprising.


 * Before the Battle of Jakku
 * The Rebel Alliance reorganizes into the New Republic, accomplishing its goal of restoring the Republic.
 * The New Republic restores the Galactic Senate on Chandrila, its capital.


 * 1 year after the Battle of Endor
 * Battle of Jakku. The New Republic and Galactic Empire engage on Jakku, with the Republic emerging victorious.
 * The Galactic Concordance. The New Republic and Galactic Empire cease hostilities and both powers begin a process of disarmament. The remaining forces of the Galactic Empire retreat to the Unknown Regions.
 * Ben is born to Leia Organa and Han Solo.

Post-Galactic Civil War

 * 7 years after the Battle of Endor
 * Finn is born.


 * 11 years after the Battle of Endor
 * Rey is born.
 * Some time before the Battle of Starkiller Base
 * Jedi massacre. Turning to the dark side of the Force, Ben prevents his uncle Luke Skywalker's plan to resurrect the Jedi Order by massacring his students. He ultimately assumes the name Kylo Ren, master of the Knights of Ren and a First Order warlord.
 * Luke Skywalker goes into exile over Kylo Ren's fall to the dark side.

First Order–Resistance conflict

 * 30 years after the Battle of Endor
 * Attack on Tuanul. The village of Tuanul is sacked by the First Order, which had been pursuing a clue to the missing Jedi Master Luke Skywalker's location.
 * Escape from Jakku. Rey, a scavenger, Finn, a former stormtrooper of the First Order, and BB-8, a Resistance astromech droid, escape from the planet of Jakku to evade the Order.
 * Skirmish aboard the Eravana.
 * Destruction of the Hosnian system. The Hosnian system is targeted and destroyed by the First Order's superweapon, the Starkiller.
 * Battle on Takodana. The First Order sacks Maz Kanata's castle, searching for the Resistance astromech droid BB-8.
 * Battle of Starkiller Base. Resistance forces engage with the First Order at their stronghold, destroying the Starkiller superweapon.
 * Han Solo is killed by Kylo Ren during the battle.
 * Rey and Chewbacca find Luke Skywalker on Ahch-To, an uncharted planet in the Unknown Regions.