19 BBY

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

Events

 * Darth Maul's criminal alliance Shadow Collective was founded and later dissolved.
 * 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 Anakin Skywalker. Skywalker subsequently became Darth Vader, Sidious's new apprentice.
 * The clone troopers led by Vader raided the Jedi Temple.
 * The Jedi Purge began with Order 66.
 * Darth Vader slaughtered 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, the secret wife of Anakin Skywalker, died on Polis Massa after giving birth to their children, Luke and Leia. Her funeral took place on Naboo.
 * Fearing that Anakin's children would one day pose a threat to him, the Jedi Masters Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as Senator Bail Organa, agreed to hide the whereabouts of the Skywalker twins. As a result, the House of Organa, the royal family of Alderaan, adopted Leia, while the Lars family of Tatooine took in Luke Skywalker.
 * Yoda went into a self-imposed exile on Dagobah, while Kenobi went to live as a hermit on Tatooine watching over Luke Skywalker.
 * Saw Gerrera of Onderon forms his rebel cell, the Partisans.
 * With the fall of the Republic, The galaxy enters a period known as the "dark times."

Battles
Clone Wars:
 * Mission to Mustafar (Death Watch)
 * Mission to Nal Hutta
 * Takeover of Mandalore
 * Battle of Sundari
 * Defense of Cato Neimoidia
 * Bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar
 * Funeral of the Jedi Temple bombing victims
 * Escape from the Republic military base
 * Capture of Ahsoka Tano
 * Trial of Ahsoka Tano
 * Duel at the Jedi Temple
 * Battle of Ringo Vinda
 * Escape from Tipoca City
 * Escape from the Grand Republic Medical Facility
 * Mission to Level 1325
 * Mission to Scipio
 * Invasion of Scipio
 * Mission to Bardotta
 * Mission to Zardossa Stix
 * Mission to Oba Diah (Clone Wars)
 * Mission to Moraband
 * Mission to Utapau
 * Funeral of Tu-Anh
 * Insurrection on Yalvik Prime
 * Battle for Anaxes
 * Mission to Skako Minor
 * Rescue of Marg Krim's family
 * Attack on Mahranee
 * Capture of Moregi
 * Mission to Raxus
 * Battle of Haruun Kal
 * Escape from the Spire
 * Battle of Zanbar
 * Battle on Ord Mantell
 * Assault on Vizsla Keep 09
 * Second battle of Dathomir
 * Mission to Serenno (Boba Fett's syndicate)
 * Rescue of Quinlan Vos
 * Destruction of the Separatist supply storage base
 * Destruction of the Vanqor listening post
 * Second Battle of Christophsis
 * Bombing at the Jedi Temple
 * Skirmish on Kardoa
 * Third Battle of Mygeeto
 * Battle on Lokori
 * Battle of Coruscant
 * Siege of Mandalore
 * Battle of Kashyyyk
 * Battle of Utapau
 * Assault on Mygeeto
 * Battle of Felucia
 * Battle of Cato Neimoidia
 * Conquest of Kaller
 * Siege of Saleucami
 * Duel in Palpatine's office

Age of the Empire/Jedi Purge:
 * Order 66
 * Attack on the Jedi Temple
 * Mission to Mustafar
 * Proclamation of the New Order
 * Duel on Mustafar
 * Duel in the Galactic Senate
 * Funeral of Padmé Amidala
 * Celebration of the eradication of the Jedi Order
 * Recapture of Darth Vader's starship
 * Attack on Brighthome
 * Mission to the River Moon of Al'doleem
 * Ambush in the Coruscant system

Births
Snoke
 * On Jelucan
 * Ciena Ree
 * Wynnet Ree
 * Thane Kyrell
 * Ezra Bridger on Lothal.
 * On Polis Massa
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Leia Organa (as Leia Amidala Skywalker)
 * Jude Edivon on Bespin.
 * Zare Leonis on Uquine.
 * Mizel Pomdak

Deaths

 * Oruba during the Mission to Nal Hutta.
 * Pre Vizsla during the Takeover of Mandalore.
 * During the Battle of Sundari
 * Veraslayn Kast
 * Satine Kryze
 * Savage Opress
 * During the Bombing of the Jedi Temple Hangar
 * Jackar Bowmani
 * Tutso Mara
 * Letta Turmond before the Escape from the Republic Military Base.
 * During the Battle of Ringo Vinda
 * Commander Kraken (later rebuilt to participate in the Invasion of Scipio)
 * General Tiplar
 * Before the Escape from Tipoca City
 * CT-5385
 * During the Mission to Level 1325
 * CT-5555
 * During the Invasion of Scipio
 * Commander Thorn
 * Bec Lawise
 * Senator Rush Clovis
 * During the Mission to Oba Diah
 * Silman
 * Lom Pyke
 * Tu-Anh before the Mission to Utapau.
 * During the Mission to Utapau
 * Unidentified super tactical droid (Utapau)
 * Governor Torul Blom
 * Endente
 * Chong
 * Unidentified Yalvik queen during the Insurrection on Yalvik Prime.
 * Admiral Trench during the Battle of Anaxes.
 * During the Attack on Mahranee
 * Ashu-Nyamal
 * Chubor
 * Teegu
 * Kamu
 * Sumdin during the Mission to Raxus.
 * Tey-Zuka during the Battle of Ord Mantell.
 * Tiplee during the Assault on Visla Keep 09.
 * Talzin during the Second Battle of Dathomir.
 * During the Second Battle of Christophsis
 * Kav Bayons
 * Akar-Deshu
 * Asajj Ventress
 * During the Third Battle of Mygeeto
 * CT-1157
 * Colonel Coburn Sear
 * Li-Tan during the Battle on Lokori.
 * During the Battle of Coruscant
 * Count Dooku
 * IG-101
 * IG-102
 * R4-P17
 * Grievous during the Battle of Utapau.
 * During the duel in Palpatine's office
 * Kit Fisto
 * Agen Kolar
 * Saesee Tiin
 * Mace Windu
 * During Order 66
 * Stass Allie
 * Bene
 * Depa Billaba
 * Cin Drallig
 * Zett Jukassa
 * Plo Koon
 * Ki-Adi-Mundi
 * Aayla Secura
 * Shaak Ti
 * Whie Malreaux
 * CC-1004 on Kashyyyk.
 * During the mission to Mustafar
 * Passel Argente
 * Nute Gunray
 * Rune Haako
 * San Hill
 * Denaria Kee
 * Shu Mai
 * Po Nudo
 * Poggle the Lesser
 * Wat Tambor
 * Tikkes
 * Nank Tun
 * Padmé Amidala on Polis Massa.
 * During the rescue of Caleb Dume
 * Commander CC-10/994
 * Captain Styles
 * Wynnet Ree
 * Aboard the Brighthome
 * "Ding"
 * "Kicker"
 * Arex on the River Moon of Al'doleem

Leaders

 * Sheev Palpatine (Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic/Galactic Emperor of the Galactic Empire)
 * Dooku (Head of State of the Confederacy of Independent Systems)
 * Satine Kryze (Duchess of the New Mandalorians)
 * Pre Vizsla (Mand'alor of Mandalore)
 * Almec (Prime Minister of Mandalore)

Non-canon appearances

 * 'William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge: Star Wars Part the Third