19 BBY

The following events took place in the year 19 BBY, also known as 3258 LY according to the Lothal Calendar.

Events

 * Following a duel, Count Dooku was decapitated by Anakin Skywalker aboard the Invisible Hand.
 * Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi managed to rescue Supreme Chancellor Palpatine from the Invisible Hand.
 * Chancellor Palpatine revealed to Skywalker that he was a Dark Lord of the Sith.
 * General Grievous was slain by Kenobi on Utapau.
 * Mace Windu, Kit Fisto, Agen Kolar, and Saesee Tiin attempted to arrest Palpatine after learning that the Chancellor was a Sith, but failed and were killed by Sidious with assistance from the manipulated Skywalker. Skywalker subsequently became Darth Vader, Sidious's new apprentice.
 * The stormtroopers led by Vader raided the Jedi Temple.
 * The Jedi Purge began with Order 66.
 * Darth Vader salughtered the Separatist Council on Mustafar and remotely deactivated the Separatist Droid Army, dissolving the Confederacy of Independent Systems and ending the Clone Wars.
 * The Galactic Empire was founded by the self-anointed Galactic Emperor Palpatine, replacing the Galactic Republic and putting the galaxy directly under the control of the Sith.
 * The Galactic Senate became the Imperial Senate.
 * Yoda and Sidious dueled in the Senate Building.
 * Kenobi and Vader dueled on Mustafar. After losing his limbs in the duel, Vader was made into a cyborg.
 * Padmé Amidala died on Polis Massa after giving birth to Luke Skywalker and Leia Amidala Skywalker. Her funeral took place on Naboo.
 * Onboard the Tantive III, Bail Organa ordered C-3PO's memory to be wiped in order to keep the whereabouts of the Skywalker twins.
 * Yoda went on a self-imposed exile to Dagobah, while Kenobi went to live as a hermit on Tatooine.
 * The House of Organa, the royal family of Alderaan, adopted Leia Skywalker; the Lars family of Tatooine adopted Luke Skywalker.

Battles
Clone Wars:
 * Battle of Coruscant
 * Battle of Kashyyyk
 * Battle of Utapau
 * Assault on Mygeeto
 * Battle of Felucia
 * Battle of Cato Neimoidia
 * Siege of Saleucami
 * Duel in Palpatine's office

Age of the Empire/Jedi Purge:
 * Order 66
 * Mission to Mustafar
 * Duel on Mustafar
 * Duel in the Galactic Senate

Births

 * On Polis Massa
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Leia Amidala Skywalker

Deaths

 * In the Battle of Coruscant
 * Count Dooku
 * In the Battle of Utapau
 * Grievous
 * During the duel in Palpatine's office
 * Kit Fisto
 * Agen Kolar
 * Saesee Tiin
 * Mace Windu
 * During Order 66
 * Stass Allie
 * Ki-Adi-Mundi
 * Aayla Secura
 * During the mission to Mustafar
 * Passel Argente
 * Nute Gunray
 * Rune Haako
 * San Hill
 * Shu Mai
 * Po Nudo
 * Poggle the Lesser
 * Wat Tambor
 * Tikkes

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith