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Fans of the fictional Star Wars universe keep track of the dates of key events with a dating system (or calendar) centered around the Battle of Yavin featured in . BBY stands for Before Battle of Yavin, and ABY stands for After Battle of Yavin. (Occasionally, the defeat of the Empire at the Battle of Endor [4 years after Yavin] has been used as an alternate starting year, but has generally been phased out in favor of the current standard system). A galactic standard year, based on the length of a year on Coruscant, is 368 standard days, one standard day being a day of equal length as a day on Coruscant (twenty-four hours).
1 Film timeline
2 Timeline of Star Wars History
2.1 Before the Battle of Yavin (BBY)
- c. 5,000,000,000 BBY - The Star Wars galaxy is formed.
- c. 100,000 BBY - The planetA planet (from the Greek , planetes or "wanderers") is a body of considerable mass that orbits a star and that produces very little or no energy through nuclear fusion. Prior to the 1990s only nine were known (all of them in our own solar system); as of 3 Coruscant is now covered entirely by cityA city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. City can also be a synonym for " downtown. Introduction A city usually consists of residential, industrial and business areas.
- c. 49,000 BBY - The Infinite EmpireThe Infinite Empire is a fictional political entity from the Star Wars universe video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic ( 2003). The Infinite Empire was a space empire created by the Rakata. The Rakata built their empire many thousands of years of the RakataThe Rakata are a fictional species from the Star Wars universe video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic ( 2003). The Rakata were roughly humanoid in bodyplan with amphibian-like features. They developed an advanced technology tens of thousands of is established.
- c. 28,000 BBY - The Infinite Empire collapses after a protracted civil warFor other uses, see Civil War (disambiguation A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. Civil war is usually a high intensity stage in an unresolved political struggle for national control of state pow.
- c. 27,500 BBY - The first humanIn George Lucas' fictional Star Wars universe, Humans are the most numerous and dominant species, with apparently millions of major and minor colonies galaxywide. Humans In the Star Wars universe, Humans were one of the first species to develop the hyperd colonists land on AlderaanAlderaan is a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe. It is the home of Princess Leia, Bail Organa and also, in 4000 BBY, Ulic Qel Droma who fought in The Great Sith War. Its name is thought to be derived from that of the star Aldebaran. source materi.
- c. 25,130 BBY - The reign of Xim the Despot begins.
- c. 25,100 BBY - Xim the Despot is killed at Vontor , ending his tyranic reign over the Tion Hegemony .
- c. 24,500 BBY - The first war between the Jedi begins, when some of their number are drawn to the dark side.
- c. 24,400 BBY - The dark-sided Jedi lose the war and found the Sith Empire, which remains unknown to rest of the galaxy for almost twenty thousand years.
- c. 8,000 BBY - The Republic colonizes the planet Malastare. Gran colonists arrive over the following centuries and begin to displace the native Dugs.
- c. 5,500 BBY - The first leg of the Rimma Trade Route is established by Tapani sector merchants.
- c. 5,000 BBY - The planet Tatooine is discovered.
- 4,250 BBY - The Vultar Cataclysm .
- 3,962 BBY - The Mandalorian Wars . The Mandalorians begin to conquer worlds in the Outer Rim. The Jedi Revan and Malak defy the Jedi Council and lead the Republic forces against the invaders.
- 3,960 BBY - The Mandalorian Wars end and Revan and Malak disappear.
- 3,958 BBY - Revan and Malak, who have been seduced by the dark side, declare war on the Republic. Only the Battle Meditation of Bastila Shan staves off certain defeat.
- c. 3,900 BBY - The planet Naboo is colonized by settlers from Grizmallt .
- c. 2,000 BBY - A rogue Jedi absconds from the order with a stolen Holocron and starts a new Sith Order that engages the Jedi for the next thousand years.
- c. 1,000 BBY - The Battle of Ruusan. The remaining Sith are exterminated at Ruusan, except Darth Bane who starts a new Sith Order, where there is only one master and one apprentice. Each Sith is renamed with a name that starts with Darth. The Senate passes the Ruusan Reformation, setting the year of the Battle of Ruusan to the year zero.
- 896 BBY - Yoda, arguably the greatest Jedi Master ever to exist, is born.
- 490 BBY - The Corporate Sector , a free-enterprise fiefdom of the galaxy, is founded to free the Senate and corporate moneymakers from each other.
- 102 BBY - Count Dooku is born to an aristocratic family on Serenno . He is discovered by the Jedi, and begins his training in infancy.
- 92 BBY - Qui-Gon Jinn is born on an unknown planet. He is discovered by the Jedi, and begins his training in infancy.
- 84 BBY - Palpatine is born on the planet of Naboo.
- 58 BBY - Jango Fett is orphaned when his family of simple farmers is murdered by the Mandalorians. He is picked up by Journeyman Protector Jaster Mereel.
- 57 BBY - Obi-Wan Kenobi is born on an unknown planet. He is discovered by the Jedi, and begins his training in infancy.
- 52 BBY - Palpatine is elected to the Galactic Senate as Senator of Naboo.
- 39 BBY - Shmi and Anakin Skywalker come to live on Tatooine when they are purchased by Gardulla the Hutt . However, the Hutt ultimately loses her prize to a junk dealer named Watto.
- 35 BBY - The Great Resynchronization occurs, in an attempt to harmonise different Galactic calendars.
- 34 BBY - The Mandalorians are destroyed by a Jedi taskforce led by Count Dooku. Jango Fett is the only survivor.
- 32 BBY -
- Anakin Skywalker is discovered by Qui-Gon Jinn on the planet Tatooine. After Jinn’s death, Skywalker begins training to be a Jedi under Obi-Wan Kenobi.
- The Battle of Naboo takes place when the Trade Federation, under the influence of Darth Sidious, blockades, and eventually invades, Naboo to protest a shipping tax. Queen Amidala fights back when the Galactic Senate refuses to act and unites her people with the Gungans and together they sucessfully overturn the Federation, despite the Naboo and Gungans mutual dislike for each other. In the battle, Qui-Gon Jinn is killed by Darth Maul, who, in turn, is killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi. Daultay Dofine is killed when the Droid Control Ship is destroyed.
- The droid R2-D2 distinguishes himself by saving Amidala's ship when it was running the blockade. On Tatooine, R2-D2 meets his future counterpart of C-3PO.
- Following the Naboo crisis, Senator Palpatine of Naboo is elected Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, replacing Finis Valorum.
- 32 BBY - Count Dooku leaves the Jedi Order and disappears, secretly joining Darth Sidious.
- 32 BBY - A clone army is created on Kamino in secret, supposedly commissioned by Jedi Master Syfo-Dyas . The source of the clones, Jango Fett demands, in addition to his considerable pay, an unaltered clone for himself, whom he raises as a son and names Boba.
- 24 BBY - Count Dooku reappears and alleges that the Republic has become too corrupt and pushes for citizens to break from the Republic and form a new government of their own.
- 22 BBY -
- Anakin Skywalker returns to his homeworld of Tatooine and meets his step brother Owen Lars. C-3PO is reunited with R2-D2.
- Shmi Skywalker is killed by Tusken Raiders, driving Anakin Skywalker towards the dark side of the Force.
- Obi-Wan Kenobi discovers that Nute Gunray has been attempting to orchestrate Padmé Amidala's death in revenge for foiling his plans ten years before and that Count Dooku's Confederacy of Independent Systems is preparing for war.
- Palpatine is given "emergency powers" by the Senate and adopts the clone army grown on Kamino to fight the Confederacy.
- The Clone Wars begin with the Battle of Geonosis. Mace Windu kills Jango Fett in the fighting and Boba is left an orphan.
- Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala fall in love and marry in secret on Naboo.
- 19 BBY -
- The Clone Wars end, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine creates the Galactic Empire with himself as Emperor, and Anakin Skywalker turns to the dark side, and becomes Darth Vader, Palpatine's ruthless second-in-command.
- The Great Jedi Purge is orchestrated by Vader and almost all Jedi are hunted down and killed.
- Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa are born to Padmé Amidala. Obi-Wan Kenobi, who survives the purge, leaves Luke with Anakin's step brother Owen Lars and Leia with Bail Organa, so they cannot be discovered by the Empire.
- The first resistance to Imperial rule comes up. All these events at least set the stage for the Galactic Civil War.
- 5 BBY - Han Solo, now in a military academy, saves Chewbacca, now a slave, and is subsequently drummed out of the Imperial Navy. Chewbacca pledges a life-debt to Han Solo and remains his partner for the next three decades.
- 0 BBY -
- The Imperial Senate is disbanded, giving Palpatine absolute power.
- A squad of Imperial Stormtroopers kill Owen and Beru Lars, leaving Luke Skywalker orphaned.
- The Death Star destroys Alderaan and Obi-Wan Kenobi is killed by Darth Vader, but his spirit lives on.
- The Battle of Yavin. Luke Skywalker destroys the Death Star, before it can destroy the Rebel base on Yavin 4 with the assistance of Han Solo and Obi-Wan Kenobi’s spirit. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo join the Rebel Alliance. Grand Moff Tarkin dies in the destruction of the Death Star.
