Timeline > Rise of the Empire

Page updated: 13th November 2015

Events that occur between 67 years and up to 2 years before the Battle of Yavin.

After the seemingly final defeat of the Sith, the Republic enters a state of complacency. In the waning years of the Republic, the senate was rife with corruption and scandal, and saddled with a bureaucracy so immense that effective governing was nearly impossible. The ambitious Senator Palpatine caused himself to be elected Supreme Chancellor, and promised to reunite the galaxy under a New Order.
It is during this time that the events of Episodes I (The Phantom Menace) and II (Attack of the Clones), the Clone Wars and Episode III (Revenge of the Sith) occur.

DATE

TITLE

FORMAT

AUTHOR

		Previous Era (The Old Republic)

- 67	Vow of Justice	Comic Story	Jan Strnad et al.
	The Tenebrous Way	Short Story	Mathew Stover
	Darth Plagueis	Book Story	James Luceno

- 58	Obi-Wan Kenobi is born.

- 53	Jedi: The Dark Side	Comic Story	Scott Allie et al.

- 44	The Rising Force	Book Story	Dave Wolverton
	The Dark Rival	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Hidden Past	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Mark of the Crown	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Defenders of the Dead	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Uncertain Path	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Captive Temple	Book Story	Jude Watson

	The Day of Reckoning	Book Story	Jude Watson

- 43	The Fight for Truth	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Shattered Peace	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Deadly Hunter	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Evil Experiment	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Dangerous Rescue	Book Story	Jude Watson
	Deceptions	Book Story	Jude Watson

- 41	Anakin Skywalker is born.	Book Story	Jude Watson
	Ties That Bind	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Death of Hope	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Call To Vengeance	Book Story	Jude Watson

- 40	The Only Witness	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Threat Within	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Followers	Book Story	Jude Watson

	Restraint	Short Story	James Luceno

- 38	The Aurorient Express	Comic Story	Mike Kennedy et al.

- 37	Last Stand on Ord Mantel	Comic Story	Ryder Windham et al.

- 36	Ahsoka Tano is born.
	The Monster	Short Story	Daniel Wallace
	Aurra's Song	Comic Story	Dean Motter et al.

- 33	Jedi Council: Acts of War	Comic Story	Randley Stradley et al.
	Marked	Comic Story	Rob Williams et al.
	Darth Maul: Saboteur	e-Book Story	James Luceno
	Maul: Lockdown	Book Story	Joe Schreiber

- 32	Prelude to Rebellion #0	Comic Story	Peet Janes et al.
	Prelude to Rebellion	Comic Story	Jan Strnad et al.
	Cloak of Deception	Book Story	James Luceno
	Darth Maul	Comic Story	Ron Marz et al.
	*Starfighter*	Video Game	LucasArts
	The Starfighter Trap	Short Story	Steve Miller
	Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter	Book Story	Michael Reeves
	Podracing Tales	Online Story	Ryder Windham et al.
	The Invasion of Naboo
	The Phantom Menace	Film et al.	George Lucas et al.
	End Game	Short Story	James Luceno
	Episode I Adventures	Comic Stories	various
	Outlander	Comic Story	Timothy Truman et al.
	Deep Spoilers	Short Story	Ryder Windham
	Nomad	Comic Story	Rob Williams et al.

- 31	Emissaries to Malastare	Comic Story	Timothy Truman et al.
	Twilight	Comic Story	John Ostrander et al.
	Heart of Fire	Comic Story	John Ostrander et al.
	Infinity's End	Comic Story	Pat Mills et al.
	Aurra Sing	Comic Story	Timothy Truman et al.
	Starcrash	Comic	Doug Petrie et al.
	Bounty Hunter	Video Game	LucasArts
	Jango Fett: Open Seasons	Comic Story	Haden Blackman et al.

- 30	The Hunt for Aurra Sing	Comic Story	Timothy Truman et al.
	Darkness	Comic Story	John Ostrander et al.
	The Breath of Gelgelar	Short Story	Jean Rabe
	The Stark Hyperspace War	Comic Story	John Ostrander et al.
	The Devaronian Version	Comic Story	John Ostrander et al.
	Rite of Passage	Comic Story	John Ostrander et al.

- 29	Han Solo is born.

	Rogue Planet	Book Story	Greg Bear

- 28	Path To Truth	Book Story	Jude Watson
	Poison Moon	Comic Story	Michael Carrigltto et al.

- 27	Outbound Flight	Book Story	Timothy Zahn
	The Way of the Apprentice	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Trail of the Jedi	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Dangerous Games	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Master of Disguise	Book Story	Jude Watson

- 25	The School of Fear	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The Shadow Trap	Book Story	Jude Watson
	Jango Fett	Comic Story	Ron Marz et al.
	Zam Wesell	Comic Story	Ron Marz et al.
	The Moment of Truth	Book Story	Jude Watson

- 24	The Changing of the Guard	Book Story	Jude Watson
	The False Peace	Book Story	Jude Watson
	Reputation	Short Story	Ari Murmell

- 23	The Final Showdown	Book Story	Jude Watson
	Starfighter: Crossbones	Comic Story	Haden Blackman
	Honor and Duty	Comic Story	Jon Ostrander
	Jedi Starfighter	Video Game	LucasArts

- 22	The Approaching Storm	Book Story	Alan Dean Foster
	Attack of the Clones	Film et al.	George Lucas et al.
	Precipice	Short Story	Chris Cassidy
	*SkyeWalkers*	Short Story	Abel G. Peña
	The Clone Wars begin.
	The Clone Wars

- 19	Revenge of the Sith	Film et al.	George Lucas et al.
	The Dark Times
	Luke and his twin sister Leia, are born.
	*Memory Loss...*	Comic Story	Christopher Cooper et al.
	*Lone Wolf*	Short Story	Abel G. Peña
	*Incognito*	Short Story	John Jackson Miller
	Kenobi	Book Story	John Jackson Miller
	Into The Unknown	Comic Story	Welles Hartley et al.
	Mist Encounter	Short Story	Timothy Zahn
	Loyalties	Comic Story	John Ostrander et al.
	Purge	Comic Story	John Ostrander et al.
	The Path to Nowhere	Comic Story	Welles Hartley et al.
	Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader	Book Story	James Luceno
	Seconds to Die	Comic Story	John Ostrander et al.
	The Hidden Blade	Comic Story	Haden Blackman et al.
	The Tyrant's Fist	Comic Story	Alexander Freed et al.
	Darth Vader and the Lost Command	Comic Story	Haden Blackman et al.
	Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison	Comic Story	Haden Blackman et al.
	Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin	Comic Story	Tim Seidell et al.
	Pax Empirica: The Wookie Annihilation	Short Story	Steven L. Kent
	The Last One Standing	Short Story	Jude Watson
	Evasive Action: Recruitment	Comic Story	Paul Ens et al.
	Parallels	Comic Story	Welles Hartley et al.
	Fire Carrier	Comic Story	Randy Stradley et al.
	Vector - Chapter Two	Comic Story	Mick Harrison et al.
	Blue Harvest	Comic Story	Mick Harrison et al.
	Out of the Wilderness	Comic Story	Mick Harrison et al.
	A Spark Remains	Comic Story	Randy Stradley et al.
	Jedi Twilight	Book Story	Michael Reaves
	Evasive Action: Prey	Comic Story	Paul Ens et al.
	Evasive Action: End Game	Comic Story	Paul Ens et al.
	Street of Shadows	Book Story	Michael Reaves
	Patterns of Force	Book Story	Michael Reaves
	The Last Jedi	Book Story	M. Reaves & M. K. Bohnhoff
	Imperial Commando: 501st	Book Story	Karen Traviss

- 18	The Desperate Mission	Book Story	Jude Watson
	Dark Warning	Book Story	Jude Watson
	Ghosts of the Sith	Short Story	Jude Watson
	Underworld	Book Story	Jude Watson
	Death on Naboo	Book Story	Jude Watson
	A Tangled Web	Book Story	Jude Watson
	Return of the Dark Side	Book Story	Jude Watson
	Secret Weapon	Book Story	Jude Watson
	Against the Empire	Book Story	Jude Watson
	Master of Deception	Book Story	Jude Watson
	Reckoning	Book Story	Jude Watson

- 17	In His Image	Short Story	Karen Traviss
	Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows	Comic Story	Tim Seidell et al.
	The Guns of Kelrodo-Ai	Short Story	Jason Fry

- 16	Two-Edged Sword	Short Story	Karen Traviss
	Death Star	Book Story	M. Reeves & S. Perry

- 10	The Paradise Snare	Book Story	A. C. Crispin
	Welcome to Kalarba	Comic Story	Dan Thorsland et al.
	The Greed of Olack Greck	Comic Story	Dan Thorsland et al.
	The Indobok Pirates	Comic Story	Dan Thorsland et al.
	The Saga of C-3PX	Comic Story	Dan Thorsland et al.
	Battle of the B'rknaa	Comic Story	Dan Thorsland et al.
	Short Cut	Comic Story	Ryder Windham et al.
	Artoo's Day Out	Comic Story	Ryder Windham et al.
	Countdown at Hosk	Comic Story	Dan Thorsland et al.
	Dark Vendetta	Short Story	Eric Trautmann

- 9	Rebellion	Comic Story	Ryder Windham et al.
	Season of Revolt	Comic Story	Jan Strnad et al.

- 8	The Protocol Offensive	Comic Story	Anthony Daniels et al.
	The Final Exit	Short Story	Patricia A. Jackson

- 5	Turning Point	Short Story	Charlene Newcomb
	The Hutt Gambit	Book Story	A. C. Crispin
	Lando Calrissian & the Mindharp of Sharu	Book Story	L. Neil Smith
	The Gaar Suppoon Hit	Comic Story	Jim Woodring et al.
	The Hunger of Princess Nampi	Comic Story	Jim Woodring et al.
	The Dynasty Trap	Comic Story	Jim Woodring et al.
	Betrayal	Comic Story	Jim Woodring et al.

- 4	Lando Calrissian & the Flamewind of Oseon	Book Story	L. Neil Smith
	Lando Calrissian & the StarCave of Thonboka	Book Story	L. Neil Smith

	*Swoop Gangs*	Short Story	John Beyer and Wayne Humfleet

- 3	Rebel Dawn	Book Story	A. C. Crispin
	This Crumb For Hire	Comic Story	Ryder Windham et al.
	Enemy of the Empire	Comic Story	John Wagner et al.
	Agent of the Empire: Iron Eclipse	Comic Story	John Ostrander et al.
	Agent of the Empire: Hard Tragets	Comic Story	John Ostrander et al.


		Next Era (The Rebellion)

Notes:

Titles listed in red or blue type have further information available.
Titles listed in italics have no further information available.
Titles listed in green are landmark events on the timeline.
This list is neither definitive nor exhaustive.


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