Template:TCWdates

Description
This template is designed to help users properly cite Legends dating for episodes of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. Note that this template will not work for all 121 episodes of the series&mdash;just for episodes whose dating takes deductive (often complicated) reasoning to establish.

Usage
Use the following code, making sure that it is properly formatted as a reference note. "EPISODE NUMBER" should be a three-digit number, the first digit being the season number and the other two digits being the individual episode number, e.g. 105 for "Rookies" (Season 1, Episode 5).

Here are examples of what the template will display, arranged chronologically as per the official episode order. Exceptions are listed under.

Episodes 216, 116
Using  ("Cat and Mouse") as an example, the template will return:

Episodes 301, 303, 101–111
Using  ("Rookies") as an example, the template will return:

Episodes 112
Using  ("The Gungan General") will return:

The Essential Reader's Companion dates the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film to 22 BBY, while also dating The Clone Wars: Secret Missions 4: Guardians of the Chiss Key&mdash;which takes place sometime after "The Gungan General"&mdash;to 22 BBY. It can thus be concluded that "The Gungan General" takes place in 22 BBY.

Episodes 113–115, 117–121, 201–203, 217–219
Using  ("Blue Shadow Virus") as an example, the template will return:

Episode 211
Using  ("Lightsaber Lost") will return:

dates both "The Deserter" and "The Mandalore Plot" to 21 BBY. Since places "Lightsaber Lost" between those two episodes, it can be concluded that "Lightsaber Lost" also takes place in 21 BBY.

Episodes 213–214, 220–222, 305–307, 302, 304, 308, 122, 309–310
Using  ("ARC Troopers") as an example, the template will return:

Episodes 312–322, 401–406
Using  ("Nightsisters") as an example, the template will return:

Episodes 408–410
Using  ("Carnage of Krell") as an example, the template will return:

Episodes 411–418
Using  ("A Friend in Need") as an example, the template will return:

Episodes 419–420
Using  ("Bounty") as an example, the template will return:

Episodes 502–507
Using  ("A War on Two Fronts") as an example, the template will return:

Episodes 509–513, 501, 514–516
Using  ("Revival") as an example, the template will return:

Episodes 518–520
Using  ("The Jedi Who Knew Too Much") as an example, the template will return:

Episodes 601–613
Using  ("Sacrifice") as an example, the template will return:

Errors
Because this template is designed for use on dates that require deductive reasoning to reach, it will not work for the following episodes, which have sources providing explicit dates. An error will thus be raised for any attempt to use the template for these episodes.
 * Episode 204, whose date (late 22 BBY) is directly citable to
 * Episodes 205, 206, 207, 208, whose dates (all 22 BBY) are directly citable to
 * Episodes 209, 210, whose dates (both 21 BBY) are directly citable to
 * Episode 212, whose date (early 21 BBY) is directly citable to
 * Episodes 311, 215, whose dates (both 21 BBY) are directly citable to
 * Episode 407, whose date (late 21 BBY) is directly citable to
 * Episodes 421, 422, whose dates (both 20 BBY) are directly citable to
 * Episode 508, whose date (20 BBY) is directly citable to
 * Episode 517, whose date (20 BBY, or more specifically 19.1 BBY as per The New Essential Chronology) is directly citable to

Any pages that do not use the template correctly (including for the aforementioned episodes) will be placed into Category:Pages with bad parameters in Template:TCWdates.