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This is a general reference page where I post my aides in sorting through the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. Feel free to use it to your heart's content.

__ =Episode production= "It wasn't really a structure that we looked at and said, 'Okay, we're going to have stories that are more introspective and about politics.' It simply came down to the production schedule."

- Dave Filoni, on Season Three's political interlude

This is the order in which the episodes of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series were produced. As it can be seen, the episodes tend to jump around the timeline while being produced and are not commonly made in their chronological story arcs.

Season Two
"We had some leftover stories from Season Two that got put on the back-burner when we stared doing stories like the Boba Fett arc. You want to end the season on something like Boba Fett, and what you get in the latter half of the season are the types [of] stories that you're going to be seeing for a long time to come."

- Dave Filoni

As character models are redesigned (namely Commander Wolffe for this season), these changes are noted where applicable so that their development can be traced through the production order of episodes&mdash;as opposed to the airing order, which is often modified form the production order.

Season Three
"Do you think there'll be any more episodes that take place in the past?''" "''Right now, there's nothing like that on the schedule. I suppose if we have a really good reason, it might happen, but the writers and I went to George and said that we'd really like to keep moving forward. I think George tied together what he wanted to from the first two seasons on the front half of the third season. That was another reason why we had a lot of stories that were jumping around&mdash;George wanted to resolve a couple of things once he had done Seasons One and Two."

- Jonathan Wilkins from Star Wars Insider interviews Dave Filoni

As new character models are introduced, these changes are noted where applicable so that their development can be traced through the production order of episodes&mdash;as opposed to the airing order, which is often modified form the production order.

Episodes with production codes not yet provided (thank you so much, new StarWars.com):
 * "Gungan Attack"&mdash;68 (Season 4, Episode 2)

Notes and references
=Timeline issues= "We tell arcs and they're not implicitly connected, but you get a better sense of where they are. And I have a massive timeline that explains where all the other episodes sit. So one day we'll release that and you can sit down and figure that out and I'm sure that will be the day that someone finds a continuity error, but you know&hellip; Then we'll fix it and we'll be fine!"

- Dave Filoni

The following is my attempt as a chronologist to organize all of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes and related media where possible in a relative timeline so that I can claim credit for it if and when Lucasfilm Ltd. makes its own. (I'm joking, of course. Well, half-joking.) This analysis is meant to be used as a resource for sorting appearances throughout the series so that I might enable others to avoid the headaches that I get myself from trying to do so. I envision this as a method to ruling out the ways that the timeline cannot be organized. Please note that as this timeline is fan-made, it is nowhere near official and should therefore not be treated as such.

All episodes and related media are grouped by story arcs, which incorporate all directly confirmed chronology. Although I do not normally support speculation, some instances of it will be found throughout the following outline to help suggest more indicators to the chronology beyond those ones that are already confirmed. For a list of helpful and confirmed indicators to the timeline, see the bottom.

A more generally grouped listing of the battles and events can be found here.

The (c.) 21 BBY date
Originally, The Clone Wars was set in 22 BBY. The Clone Wars film (August 2008) was first placed "swiftly after the Battle of Geonosis" of 22 BBY, per the film's opening newsreel, though this did not set anything in stone. Similarly, The Clone Wars novelization (July 2008) indicated that Anakin Skywalker was twenty years old at the time&mdash;since he had been born in 41.9 BBY, The Clone Wars was thus placed in circa 22 BBY.

When The Clone Wars: Wild Space (December 2008) came around, it was cemented as "ten years" after Skywalker's arrival at the Jedi Temple, capping off the events of The Clone Wars film in 22 BBY. The Clone Wars: No Prisoners (May 2009) repeated the 22 BBY date, mentioning that it was "not even a year" since the Battle of Geonosis. Following the other The Clone Wars comics' relative ambiguity with dating, Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 3: The Wind Raiders of Taloraan (May 2009) was also placed "within the first year of the Clone Wars."

The Official Episode Guide: Season 1 (October 2009) was the first to move the timeline forward, indicating that the events of "Blue Shadow Virus" took place "eleven years" after the Invasion of Naboo and thus introducing the 21 BBY date. Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth (February 2010) continued to advance the timeline, being placed eleven years after Skywalker left Tatooine.

Here is the first chronology of TCW events, taking place from 22 to 21 BBY:
 * 22 BBY - Battle of Geonosis
 * 22 BBY, three weeks ABG - Anakin Skywalker becomes a Jedi Knight
 * 22 BBY, seven weeks ABG - introduction of General Grievous at the Battle of Anoth and the Battle of Bakura
 * 22 BBY - Battle of Christophsis
 * 22 BBY - Battle of Teth
 * 22 BBY - Mission to Jabba's Palace
 * 22 BBY - Battle of Bothawui (and rest of Wild Space–related events)
 * 22 BBY - Battle of JanFathal
 * 22 BBY - Battle over Kothlis and Mission to Taloraan
 * 21 BBY - Raid on Nuvo Vindi's laboratory and Mission to Iego
 * 21 BBY - Battle of Kothlis

As the above chronology shows, The Clone Wars was potentially intended to completely override the Star Wars: Republic comic series (Clone Wars events, 2003–2006), which portrayed the Clone Wars over three years (and Skywalker still as a Padawan for the majority of the war). Three weeks would hardly have been enough for the entirety of those comics, or even other stories like Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–2005), to occur. However, the Star Wars Annual 2011 (September 2010) published its own timeline following The Clone Wars novel series' own attempt, giving more breathing room for Republic.
 * 22 BBY - Battle of Geonosis
 * 22 BBY - Clone Wars begin
 * 22 BBY - Marriage of Anakin and Padme
 * 21 BBY - Anakin becomes a Jedi Knight
 * 21 BBY - Battle of Christophsis
 * 21 BBY - Battle of Teth
 * 21 BBY - Hunt for the Malevolence
 * 21 BBY - Battle of Ryloth
 * 21 BBY - Second Battle of Geonosis

All 22 BBY dates have subsequently been overridden, and The Clone Wars thus begins in 21 BBY. Where it will end (and if it will leave room for Republic to be incorporated into the new Clone Wars timeline) is anyone's guess.

Story arcs
"But there is a big chart that explains where 'Clone Cadets' relates to 'Rookies' and 'ARC Troopers.' Because those episodes don't really happen so concurrently, as you notice, because the Domino Squad leaves Kamino and then a whole bunch of stuff happens and then they're on the Rishi moon and then a whole bunch more happens and then you have 'ARC Troopers.' So that's all worked out and one day we'll share it with you."

- Dave Filoni. Until then&hellip;see below.

Appearances
"Ahsoka is now older; there is an unspecified passage of time between this episode and her last appearance. With the start of this arc, which continues in 'Pursuit of Peace' and concludes in Season Two's 'Senate Murders,' the Clone Wars storyline advances to its furthest point in the timeline, and subsequent episodes should continue going forward without as much jumping back and forth."

- "Heroes on Both Sides" Episode Guide

The following is a suggested list for all appearances organized in the above order. Please note that apart from campaigns like the "Geonosis Saga" and "Mission on Iceberg Three," mini-games from the Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures video game such as "Starfighter" and "Republic Defender" are not listed here because of their relative chronological ambiguity. Please refer back to the above list for their placement.

Notes on the muddle
"Chronologically, this episode precedes all the others that have been broadcast thus far. 'Cat and Mouse' is followed by Season One's 'The Hidden Enemy' and then an episode originally titled 'The New Padawan' that was re-edited into The Clone Wars feature film."

- "Cat and Mouse" Episode Guide. Hmm&hellip;


 * Primary indicators: whether Ahsoka Tano is actually there or not, how mature she is (as supplied by Filoni in The Official Episode Guide: Season 1), and how developed Rex's personality is. The time indicator with Tano has been made more distinguishable starting with Season Three's "Heroes on Both Sides," which features new character models for both her and other main characters, aging her and indicating a passage of time.
 * Other indicators: deaths of characters (e.g. Denal, Ponds, Onaconda Farr, Todo 360) and starships (Resolute)
 * The "Cat and Mouse" Episode Guide has claimed that all TCW episodes follow the feature film. However, this has yet to be more definitively solidified in an official source.
 * The television series has serious problems with The Clone Wars novel series&mdash;and earlier canon. The latter is to be expected, of course.
 * The television series has all but ignored Wild Space so far, as sources chronologically prior to the Loss of R2-D2 (namely, "Cat and Mouse") have featured the Resolute, overriding the cruiser's commission in Wild Space. This has thus been dropped as a chronology indicator. "Downfall of a Droid" has also conflicted with Wild Space (or vice versa, even) by ignoring the novel's gap between the Battle of Bothawui and the Mission to suspected Confederate space.
 * In Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth (part of the Gambit on Lanteeb arc), Anakin Skywalker mentions that the "last time" he engaged General Grievous was in the Battle of Bothawui&mdash;even though he previously fought him in the Battle of the Kaliida Nebula. In addition, Obi-Wan Kenobi is portrayed to not yet be on the Jedi High Council in Gambit: Stealth, though it is unknown if other sources will respect this detail.
 * So far, it is supremely unclear whether Gambit on Lanteeb or Treaties on Taloraan comes first, as both deal with battles at Kothlis and neither make any sort of reference to the other. (It's almost certain that the battles weren't one and the same.) Basically, it is possible for either to come first at this point. This is also the case for Bane's Work for Sidious and Pirates and Bounty Hunters; the former story arc features the Separatists seizing Felucia, while the latter has a Republic base on the world. The Felucia conflict even extends to Trandoshan Hunt, in which the Battle of Felucia is portrayed but isn't clarified to be the First Battle of Felucia. Thank you, Clone Wars.
 * Season Three has been the cause of most of the timeline reshuffling, as it is made up of a good deal of prequels and sequels to existing story lines. In particular, "Supply Lines" has introduced yet another chronology issue. While it places the Occupation of Ryloth arc just after Toydarian Neutrality, this conflicts with Covetous, as Wat Tambor buys his spy droid during the Loss of R2-D2 arc (in Discount) and later uses it during the Ryloth arc. Despite the clear disruption that the revision causes with Tambor's droid and Tano's rise in maturity throughout Season One, it is for now treated as canon until a better solution can be found.
 * Starting with "Heroes on Both Sides" (and continuing with "Pursuit of Peace" and "Senate Murders"), The Clone Wars "advances to its furthest point in the timeline," per the "Heroes on Both Sides" Episode Guide . This new, escalating phase of the war apparently continues to push forward "without as much jumping back and forth."
 * Filoni has stated that following "Heroes on Both Sides," the Season Three (and post–Season Three) episodes move forward in a "linear" fashion. However, a detailed chronology has still yet to be released to set everything more in stone.
 * A conflict similar to the Clone Wars Gambit: Steath/The Wind Raiders of Taloraan issue arises between Shipyards of Doom and "The Citadel." Although the latter episode apparently takes place after Shipyards of Doom, per the Season Three character model changes, both Skywalker and Rex state in "The Citadel" that they have never been frozen in carbonite before&mdash;despite the fact that "The Citadel" Episode Guide even references Shipyards of Doom. In spite of this blatant, disappointing, and downright uncalled for disregard for TCW's inner works, the chronology is kept in the logical order until confirmed otherwise.

=The Clone Wars retcons= Naturally, as a television series set in one of the most source-heavy, scrutinized periods in galactic history, the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series is likely to rewrite canon in certain areas. I have therefore compiled a list of all of the major canonical retcons to original Star Wars canon so that they and their statuses can be tracked. The obvious timeline issue is not listed here because it would take up too much space with its grossness.