Dawn of the Jedi
The deepest past on the shelf — a time before the Jedi Order existed, when Force users on the Deep Core world Tython called themselves Je’daii and…
In-universe history
The galaxy, era by era
Where each book sits on the timeline, and what was actually happening around it.
- 12eras charted
- 133key events
- 124books placed
- 3site subdivisions
All 12 eras, oldest first
The Old Republic
Four thousand years of Jedi and Sith tearing the Republic apart and rebuilding it, over and over. This is the era of the Great Hyperspace War, the…
The Rule of Two
After Ruusan the Sith are believed extinct. In fact one survivor rewrites the entire order around a single rule — always two, a master and an…
The High Republic
The Republic at its confident peak and the Jedi at their most numerous, expanding into an Outer Rim that has not asked to be expanded into. Wholly…
Fall of the Jedi
The last years of the Galactic Republic, from the Invasion of Naboo to the execution of Order 66. A Republic too large to govern itself, a Jedi…
The Clone Wars
Three years of galaxy-wide war between the Republic and the Separatist Alliance, both of them being played. It is the single largest body of Star…
Reign of the Empire
From the Declaration of the New Order to the theft of the Death Star plans: nineteen years of consolidation, purges and scattered, uncoordinated…
Age of Rebellion
Four years from the theft of the Death Star plans to the Battle of Endor — the span of the original trilogy, and the point from which the entire…
The New Republic
The long, difficult peace after Endor: a young government, an Imperial remnant that refuses to die quietly, and a galaxy learning to govern itself.…
The New Jedi Order
The Yuuzhan Vong War: an extragalactic invasion on a scale the shelf had never attempted, conquers Coruscant and forces Luke Skywalker’s young Jedi…
Rise of the First Order
The sequel-trilogy era in current canon: a successor state built in secret in the Unknown Regions, a New Republic that will not believe in it, and a…
The Legacy Era
The end of the road for Star Wars Legends: a second galactic civil war, a Solo twin who becomes a Sith Lord, an ancient entity called Abeloth, and a…
Timeline
At a glance
| Years | Era | Summary | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| c. 25,800 BBY – c. 6,900 BBY | Dawn of the Jedi | The deepest past on the shelf — a time before the Jedi Order existed, when Force users on the Deep Core… | 4 |
| c. 5,000 BBY – 1,000 BBY | The Old Republic | Four thousand years of Jedi and Sith tearing the Republic apart and rebuilding it, over and over. This is… | 7 |
| 1,000 BBY – 32 BBY | The Rule of Two | After Ruusan the Sith are believed extinct. In fact one survivor rewrites the entire order around a single… | 8 |
| c. 500 BBY – c. 100 BBY | The High Republic | The Republic at its confident peak and the Jedi at their most numerous, expanding into an Outer Rim that has… | 16 |
| 32 BBY – 19 BBY | Fall of the Jedi | The last years of the Galactic Republic, from the Invasion of Naboo to the execution of Order 66. A Republic… | 9 |
| 22 BBY – 19 BBY | The Clone Wars | Three years of galaxy-wide war between the Republic and the Separatist Alliance, both of them being played.… | 7 |
| 19 BBY – 0 BBY | Reign of the Empire | From the Declaration of the New Order to the theft of the Death Star plans: nineteen years of consolidation,… | 13 |
| 0 BBY – 4 ABY | Age of Rebellion | Four years from the theft of the Death Star plans to the Battle of Endor — the span of the original trilogy,… | 19 |
| 5 ABY – 34 ABY | The New Republic | The long, difficult peace after Endor: a young government, an Imperial remnant that refuses to die quietly,… | 18 |
| 25 ABY – 29 ABY (Legends) | The New Jedi Order | The Yuuzhan Vong War: an extragalactic invasion on a scale the shelf had never attempted, conquers Coruscant… | 7 |
| 28 ABY – 35 ABY | Rise of the First Order | The sequel-trilogy era in current canon: a successor state built in secret in the Unknown Regions, a New… | 9 |
| 35 ABY – 45 ABY (Legends) | The Legacy Era | The end of the road for Star Wars Legends: a second galactic civil war, a Solo twin who becomes a Sith Lord,… | 7 |