Rise of the Empire era

"What I remember about the rise of the Empire is&hellip; is how quiet it was. During the waning hours of the Clone Wars, the 501st was discreetly transferred back to Coruscant. It was a silent trip; We all knew what was about to happen, what we were about to do. Did we have any doubts? Any private traitorous thoughts? Perhaps, but no one said a word. Not on the flight to Coruscant, not when Order 66 came down, and not when we marched into the Jedi Temple. Not a word."

- Anonymous 501st clone trooper



The Rise of the Empire era, sometimes referred to as the Prequel era, takes place between 1000 BBY (the Seventh Battle of Ruusan) and 0 BBY (the Battle of Toprawa). In other terms, it encompasses the whole Golden Age of the Old Republic.

The events of Episode I The Phantom Menace, Episode II Attack of the Clones, and Episode III Revenge of the Sith take place during the twilight of this era. The events of The Clone Wars also happen in this era.

1000 BBY–980 BBY

 * Darth Bane: Rule of Two
 * Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil

700 BBY

 * Heart of Darkness&mdash;Star Wars Tales 16

155 BBY

 * Chewbacca: Mallatobuck & Attichitcuk

89 BBY–22 BBY

 * Legacy of the Jedi

67 BBY

 * Republic: Vow of Justice
 * Darth Plagueis

53 BBY

 * Jedi—The Dark Side

51 BBY–21 BBY

 * The Wrath of Darth Maul

44 BBY

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Dark Rival
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Hidden Past
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Mark of the Crown
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Defenders of the Dead
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Uncertain Path
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Captive Temple
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Day of Reckoning
 * Republic: The Stark Hyperspace War
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Fight for Truth
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Shattered Peace
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Shattered Peace
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Shattered Peace

44 BBY–9 ABY

 * The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi

44 BBY–29 BBY

 * Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: Deceptions

43 BBY

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Deadly Hunter
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Evil Experiment
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Dangerous Rescue
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Evil Experiment
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Dangerous Rescue

41 BBY

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Ties That Bind
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Death of Hope
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Call to Vengeance

40 BBY

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Only Witness
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Threat Within

39 BBY

 * Restraint

39 BBY–29 BBY

 * Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: The Followers

39 BBY–20 BBY

 * Secrets of the Jedi

39 BBY–4 ABY

 * The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader

38 BBY

 * Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express

37 BBY

 * Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell

36 BBY

 * Aurra's Song
 * Aurra's Song

33 BBY

 * Maul: Lockdown
 * Jedi Council: Acts of War
 * Darth Maul
 * Republic: Prelude to Rebellion
 * Darth Maul: Saboteur
 * Obi-Wan
 * Episode I Adventures 1 thru 12
 * Cloak of Deception
 * Republic: Prelude to Rebellion
 * Darth Maul: Saboteur
 * Obi-Wan
 * Episode I Adventures 1 thru 12
 * Cloak of Deception
 * Cloak of Deception

32 BBY

 * Galactic Battlegrounds
 * Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
 * Starfighter
 * Battle for Naboo
 * Episode I The Phantom Menace
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace (novel)
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace (junior novelization)
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace (comics)
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace (video game)
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace Adventures
 * End Game
 * Episode I Journal: Anakin Skywalker
 * Episode I Journal: Darth Maul
 * Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala
 * Bounty Hunter
 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons
 * Republic: Outlander
 * Republic: Emissaries to Malastare
 * Nomad
 * Nomad
 * Nomad
 * Nomad

32 BBY-4 ABY

 * Battlefront

31 BBY

 * Republic: Twilight
 * Republic: Infinity's End
 * Republic: Starcrash

30 BBY

 * Republic: The Hunt for Aurra Sing
 * Heart of Fire
 * Republic: Darkness
 * Republic: The Stark Hyperspace War
 * Republic: The Devaronian Version
 * Republic: Rite of Passage

29 BBY

 * Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: Deceptions
 * Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: The Followers
 * Rogue Planet

28 BBY

 * Jedi Quest: Path to Truth
 * Jedi Quest

27 BBY

 * Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice
 * Outbound Flight
 * Jedi Quest: The Trail of the Jedi
 * Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games
 * Jango Fett
 * Zam Wesell
 * The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing

26 BBY

 * Jedi Quest: The Master of Disguise
 * Jedi Quest: The School of Fear
 * Jedi Quest: The Shadow Trap

25 BBY

 * Jedi Quest: The Moment of Truth
 * Poison Moon

24 BBY

 * Jedi Quest: The Changing of the Guard
 * Jedi Quest: The False Peace
 * Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown
 * The Eyes of Revolution
 * Racer Revenge
 * Reputation&mdash;Star Wars Insider 136
 * Starfighter: Crossbones
 * Starfighter: Crossbones

23 BBY

 * Republic: Honor and Duty
 * Star Wars Adventures 1 thru 6
 * Full of Surprises
 * Practice Makes Perfect
 * Full of Surprises
 * Practice Makes Perfect
 * Practice Makes Perfect

22 BBY
"She will be more than a match for young Skywalker." "It matters not. She is merely an instrument to bring forth the eradication of the Jedi."

- Darth Tyranus and Darth Sidious on Ventress


 * Jedi Starfighter
 * Blood Ties: a Tale of Jango & Boba Fett
 * The Approaching Storm
 * Episode II Attack of the Clones
 * Episode II: Attack of the Clones (novel)
 * Episode II: Attack of the Clones (junior novelization)
 * Episode II: Attack of the Clones (comics)
 * Episode II: Attack of the Clones (video game)
 * Machines of War
 * Most Precious Weapon
 * Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive
 * Death in the Catacombs
 * Elusion Illusion
 * Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 8
 * Boba Fett: Crossfire
 * Republic: Sacrifice
 * Boba Fett: Maze of Deception
 * Republic: The Defense of Kamino
 * Boba Fett: Hunted
 * Clone Wars: Victories and Sacrifices
 * Clone Wars: The Pengalan Tradeoff
 * League of Spies
 * Republic Commando: Hard Contact
 * Jedi: Mace Windu
 * Omega Squad: Targets
 * Storm Fleet Warnings
 * Duel
 * The New Droid Army
 * Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 1
 * Graduation Day
 * Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 3
 * Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 2
 * Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 7
 * Appetite for Adventure
 * Life Below
 * No Way Out
 * Thunder Road
 * Chain of Command
 * Waiting
 * Dark Journey (comic)
 * Clone Wars: Light and Dark
 * Republic: The Battle of Jabiim
 * Republic: Enemy Lines
 * Clone Wars: The Best Blades
 * Shatterpoint
 * Equipment
 * It Takes a Thief
 * Means and Ends
 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero
 * Changing Seasons
 * The Cestus Deception
 * The Hive
 * Republic Commando: True Colors
 * Changing Seasons
 * The Cestus Deception
 * The Hive
 * Republic Commando: True Colors
 * Republic Commando: True Colors

"What I worry about is the way this war seems to be drawing out with no end in sight.''" "''Which it is why it is crucial that our invasion of Geonosis meets with success."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ki-Adi-Mundi


 * The Clone Wars: Shadowed
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (novel)
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (junior novelization)
 * The Clone Wars: The New Padawan
 * The Clone Wars: Operation - Huttlet
 * The Clone Wars: Anakin in Action!
 * The Clone Wars: Battle at Teth
 * The Clone Wars: The Battle Begins
 * The Clone Wars: Covetous
 * The Clone Wars: Prelude
 * The Clone Wars Gambit: Wild Space
 * The Clone Wars: The Fall of Falleen
 * The Clone Wars: Discount
 * The Clone Wars Gambit: No Prisoners
 * Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth
 * Clone Wars Gambit: Siege
 * The Clone Wars: Shipyards of Doom
 * The Clone Wars: Shakedown
 * The Clone Wars: Meet Ahsoka Tano
 * The Clone Wars: Procedure
 * The Clone Wars: Agenda
 * The Clone Wars: Secret Missions
 * The Clone Wars: Slaves of the Republic
 * The Clone Wars: Mouse Hunt
 * The Clone Wars: Departure
 * The Clone Wars: Transfer
 * The Clone Wars: The Dreams of General Grievous
 * The Clone Wars: Bait
 * The Clone Wars: Switch
 * The Clone Wars: Headgames
 * The Clone Wars: Neighbors
 * The Clone Wars: Cold Snap
 * The Clone Wars: Crash Course
 * The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance
 * The Clone Wars: The Valley
 * Clone Wars: The Wind Raiders of Taloraan
 * Clone Wars: In Service of the Republic
 * Clone Wars: The Gauntlet of Death
 * The Clone Wars: Curfew
 * The Clone Wars: The Ballad of Cham Syndulla
 * The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
 * The Clone Wars: Hero of the Confederacy
 * The Clone Wars: The Colossus of Destiny
 * The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct
 * The Clone Wars: The Valsedian Operation
 * The Clone Wars: Invitation Only
 * Hunting the Hunters
 * Gunship Over Florrum
 * Swamp Station Sweep
 * Droids Over Iego
 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * The Clone Wars: Deadly Hands of Shon-Ju
 * Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns

22 BBY-20 BBY

 * Jedi Trial
 * Republic: Show of Force
 * Republic: Forever Young

22 BBY-3 ABY

 * Star Wars: Battlefront II

21 BBY

 * Hero of Cartao
 * Heroes on Both Sides

22 BBY-19 BBY
"Run, Jedi, run. You have only prolonged the inevitable."

- General Grievous


 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series)
 * Another Fine Mess

20 BBY

 * Changing Seasons
 * Republic Commando: Honor Bound
 * Deep Forest
 * The Drop
 * MedStar Duology and Intermezzo
 * Routine Valor
 * Boba Fett: A New Threat
 * Boba Fett: Pursuit
 * Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel
 * The Artist of Naboo
 * Republic: Armor
 * General Grievous

19 BBY
"Now is the time to strike. Now is the time to launch our final operation."

- Darth Sidious


 * Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
 * Republic: Dreadnaughts of Rendili
 * Obsession
 * Brothers In Arms
 * The Brink
 * ''Republic: Trackdown
 * Republic: Siege of Saleucami
 * Bailed Out
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Sithisis
 * Wat Tambor and the Quest for the Sacred Eye of the Albino Cyclops
 * Reversal of Fortune
 * Republic: The Hidden Enemy
 * To the Vanishing Point
 * What Goes Up...
 * Orders (comic)
 * The Order of Outcasts
 * Descent
 * Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (novel)
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (junior novelization)
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (comics)
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (video game)
 * Republic: Loyalties
 * Republic: Into the Unknown
 * Kenobi
 * The Last One Standing
 * ''Star Wars: Purge
 * Purge: Seconds to Die
 * Purge: The Hidden Blade
 * Purge: The Tyrant's Fist
 * Salvaged
 * Imperial Commando: 501st
 * ''Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * Pax Empirica—The Wookiee Annihilation
 * Dark Times: The Path to Nowhere
 * In His Image
 * The Spark Before the Flame
 * Evasive Action: Recruitment
 *  Dark Times: Parallels
 * Dark Times: Vector
 * Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight
 * Evasive Action: Prey
 * Dark Times: Blue Harvest
 * Dark Times: Out of the Wilderness
 * Darth Vader and the Lost Command
 * Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison
 * Dark Times: Fire Carrier
 * Dark Times: A Spark Remains
 * Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin
 * Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows
 * Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin
 * Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows

18 BBY

 * Evasive Action: Prey
 * Evasive Action: End Game
 * The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission
 * The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning
 * Ghosts of the Sith
 * The Last of the Jedi: Underworld
 * The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo
 * Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows
 * The Last of the Jedi: A Tangled Web
 * The Last of the Jedi: Return of the Dark Side
 * The Last of the Jedi: Secret Weapon
 * The Last of the Jedi: Against the Empire
 * The Last of the Jedi: Master of Deception
 * The Last of the Jedi: Reckoning
 * Coruscant Nights III: Patterns of Force
 * The Last Jedi (novel)
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

17 BBY
"Dark Lord! Whatever you want, you won't find it here!"

- Kento Marek to Darth Vader


 * The Last Jedi (novel)
 * Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows
 * Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows

15 BBY

 * Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO

15 BBY–4 ABY

 * A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker

10 BBY

 * The Han Solo Trilogy Volume I: The Paradise Snare

6 BBY

 * Luke Skywalker's Walkabout
 * Turning Point

5 BBY

 * The Han Solo Trilogy Volume II: The Hutt Gambit
 * Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal
 * Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal

4 BBY

 * Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu
 * Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon
 * Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon

3 BBY
"You were weak when I found you. Now your hatred has become your strength."

- Darth Vader


 * Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka
 * The Lost City of Tatooine
 * Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO
 * Droids: Escape from Aaron
 * Droids Special
 * Droids: The Kalarba Adventures
 * Droids: Artoo's Day Out
 * Droids: Rebellion
 * Droids: Season of Revolt
 * Droids: The Protocol Offensive
 * Star Wars: Agent of the Empire
 * Star Wars: Agent of the Empire
 * Star Wars: Agent of the Empire

2 BBY
"Poor boy. The Sith always betray one another. But I’m sure you’ll learn that soon enough."

- Shaak Ti to Starkiller, and her last words


 * Han Solo at Stars' End
 * Han Solo at Stars' End (comic strip)
 * The Force Unleashed (video game)
 * The Force Unleashed (novel)
 * The Force Unleashed (comic)
 * The Han Solo Trilogy Volume III: Rebel Dawn
 * Han Solo's Revenge
 * Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire

1 BBY
"Brought you here, the galaxy has. Your path, clearly, this is.''" "You know what I'm looking for." "''Something lost. A part of yourself, perhaps. That which you seek, inside, you will find."

- Galen Marek's clone met by Yoda at the entrance to the cave


 * Han Solo and the Lost Legacy
 * Han Solo and the Hollow Moon of Khorya
 * Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire
 * Extinction
 * Empire: Betrayal
 * Death Troopers
 * The Force Unleashed II
 * The Force Unleashed II (novel)
 * The Force Unleashed II (comic)
 * Rebel Bass
 * Korriban: Planet of Lost Souls (SWRPG)
 * Hapes: Ladies First (SWRPG)
 * Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika
 * Empire: Darklighter
 * Empire: The Short, Happy Life of Roons Sewell
 * The Farlander Papers
 * Wanderer of Worlds
 * Empire at War
 * X-wing
 * Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika
 * Empire: Darklighter
 * Empire: The Short, Happy Life of Roons Sewell
 * The Farlander Papers
 * Wanderer of Worlds
 * Empire at War
 * X-wing
 * Empire at War
 * X-wing
 * Empire at War
 * X-wing

1 BBY–3 ABY

 * Empire: The Heart of the Rebellion

0 BBY

 * ''Shadow Games
 * ''Death Star (novel)
 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope