Timeline of galactic history

The galaxy had a vast history.

The timeline of galactic history spans from the earliest known days of the Pre-Republic era to the New Republic era, specifically 4 ABY. In the Alternative Star Wars Saga universe, galactic history is documented in the Journal of the Whills on Ashlan Four using the time stream.

Pre-Republic era

Main article: Pre-Republic era

• Pre-99,945 BBY
  • The prophet Michael writes the Prophecy of the Whills, foreseeing the Whills residing on Ashlan Four and writing the Journal of the Whills.
• 99,945 BBY
  • Matthew of Skywalker leads the Order of the Jedi Bendu to Brodo Asogi where the Jedi Bendu locate the Whills, who agree to travel with the Jedi Bendu to Ashlan Four.
  • The Order of the Whills is founded and the Whills begin writing the Journal of the Whills.
• Unknown year
  • Eden, a Jedi Bendu who fell to the dark side, is exiled to Tatooine where she is left to die. A Force nexus ultimately causes her appearance to manifest itself in the Temple of Desire.
• Pre-25,000 BBY
  • Jonathan Bac is born into the Bac family to Conrad Bac and Conrad's wife on Alderaan.
  • Conrad Bac is assassinated on Onderon.
  • The Coalition of Planets, an alliance of multiple worlds, is founded. Member states include the Organian Empire of Alderaan. Organian Admiral Jonathan Bac becomes an ambassador to the alliance.
  • The Unification War is fought between the Organian Empire and the Anarchic Brotherhood of Planets.
• 25,000 BBY
  • The Anarchic Brotherhood of planets is defeated, ending the Unification War.
  • The Galactic Constitution is signed, giving rise to the Galactic Republic.
  • Jonathan Bac becomes the first Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic.
  • Coruscant is chosen as the capital of the Republic.

Old-Republic era

Main article: Old Republic era

• 24,992 BBY
  • Jonathan Bac's two terms as Supreme Chancellor end and he retires to Alderaan.
• 24,980 BBY
  • Rana Mas Trehalt, a legendary Queen of Duro, dies. Dassid becomes King of Duro in her place.
  • Relations between Coruscant and Alsakan worsen after the death of the Alsakan Vicar years earlier.
• Pre-24,500 BBY
  • Xendor is exiled from the Order of the Jedi Bendu—later said to be the Jedi Order—for practicing the dark side of the Force.
  • Xendor discovers the Kaiburr crystal in the Unknown Regions.
• 24,500 BBY
  • Decades later, Xendor organizes the Legions of Lettow and launches an assault against the Jedi Bendu on Coruscant. Xendor and his forces are defeated.
  • One of Xendor's surviving minions takes the late Dark Jedi's Kaiburr crystal to Utapau, where it is adopted by the Gungan people as part of their religion. Xendor's manifesto is taken by another surviving legionarre to Conscio in the Outer Rim Territories.
• 24,000 BBY
  • Hosk Station is constructed on the surface of the largest moon of Kalarba.
  • The Tionese War breaks out between the Republic and the Honorable Union of Desevro & Tion.
• 23,900 BBY
  • With the exception of Desevro, the former worlds of the Honorable Union of Desevro & Tion join the Republic. Tion becomes the capital of the sector.
• 20,100 BBY
  • The Republic begins colonizing the Inner Rim.
• 20,000 BBY
  • The Republic's Great Manifest Period begins.
  • The Tae are exiled from Alsakan after setting foot on the planet's surface, an act considered sacrilegious by the Alsakan people.
• 19,997 BBY
  • The Hidden Art is discovered amongst the Tae.
• c. 18,000 BBY
  • The Bureau of Ships and Services is created as a Republic agency.
  • The Templars of Sha are founded.
• 17,552 BBY
  • Haruun Kal is colonized.
• 17,000 BBY
  • The First Alsakan Conflict begins.
  • The Great Manifest Period ends.
• 16,950 BBY
  • The Alsakans come into contact with the Tae.
• 15,500 BBY
  • The University of Coruscant is founded by Borz'Math'oh and Supreme Chancellor Fillorean.
  • The Jedi Bendu build an early version of the lightsaber.
  • The Duinuogwuin Contention is fought.
• 15,000 BBY
  • The Jedi Bendu Schism occurs, breaking the Order of the Jedi Bendu into the Jedi Order and the Bendu Order; the later settled on Kal'Shabbol in the Unknown Regions, while the Jedi became the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy.
  • Zios Malachor becomes the first High Priest of the Bendu Order.
  • The Jedi Bendu Schism is covered up by the Republic and ultimately forgotten.
  • The Hutts take over the planet Evocar and rename it Nal Hutta.
• 14,000 BBY
  • Early blasters, derived from technology leftover from the Infinite Empire, are mass produced.
• 13,720 BBY
  • The Herglic Trade Empire collapses.
  • The Herglic remnants come into contact with the Human colonists in the nearby Tapani sector, ultimately joining the Galactic Republic.
• 13,500 BBY
  • Lightsabers cease to require backpack generators, becoming completely hand-held.
• 13,000 BBY
  • The Alsakan Union invades and takes control of Coruscant from the Republic, beginning the Alsakan Crisis.
  • Jedi Grandmaster Banik Kelrada convinces the Alsakan Vicar Lharra to end the war, but she is killed by her own advisers in order to continue the war effort. The Alsakans implicated Kelrada in the assassination.
  • The Alsakans launch attacks against Republic forces on Ruan, Bessimir, and Metellos.
  • A schism in the Jedi Order results in the creation of the Ospion Guardians, a rogue group of Jedi who left the Order following a disastrous Jedi conclave.
  • The Republic re-claims Coruscant from the Alsakan Union.
  • Supreme Chancellor Relana Isolde Tanoor is assassinated by an unknown assassin during a Galactic Senate session.
• 12,999 BBY
  • The Battle of Alsakan marks the end of the Alsakan Crisis; the Republic emerges victorious from the battle, though it is bittersweet as the planet Alsakan is devastated when the Alsakan military leaders crash the orbiting ring city Xenvaer onto the surface.
  • Alsakan refugees who survive the destruction of Xenvaer scatter throughout the galaxy. Some assimilated into the Galactic Republic, whereas others join together in groups such as the Alsakan Restoration Movement.
• 12,998 BBY
  • The Corellian Parliament impeaches Prime Minister Anthoni Berethro Salandra following a failed secession attempt from the Republic and the murder of thousands of civillians. He is given a trial and removed from office.
• 12,997 BBY
  • Corellia works to regain its stature within the Republic. Etesutr Hapor is elected Senator of Corellia and distances himself from Salandra and his actions.

Rise of the Empire era

Main article: Rise of the Empire era

• 1,000 BBY
  • The New Sith Wars end.
  • Supreme Chancellor Tarsus Valorum institutes the Ruusan Reformations.
• c. 1,000 BBY
  • Darth Bane creates the Order of the Sith Lords, with the Rule of Two as its guiding principle.
  • Alsius Hoth and Valenthyne Farfalla are believed by the Jedi Order to have destroyed the Sith, thus disproving the prophecy of the Chosen One.
• 922 BBY
  • The Ophuchi Clan fragments and scatters throughout the Outer Rim Territories, but they are reorganized by Ussej Padric Bac, the Shaman of the Whills.
• 522 BBY
  • The Guardians of Lettow become part of the Order of the Sith Lords following the Hol Insurrection.
• 241 BBY
  • Damien Nightblade, the immortal former Jedi Grandmaster, becomes the apprentice of Darth Erilis and is known as Darth Plagueis.
  • Ussej Padric Bac warns Plagueis that, if Plagueis dies, his death will usher in the Apocalypse.
• 41 BBY
  • Despite last-minute pleading from Ussej Padric Bac, Darth Plagueis allows his apprentice to kill him; the new Dark Lord takes the Sith throne, and the Apocalypse begins.
  • Annikin Skywalker, the supposed Chosen One, is born to the virgin Shmi Skywalker on Tatooine, having been conceived via immaculate conception.
• 23 BBY
  • The Galactic Republic and Jedi forces suffer a major defeat during the Battle of Yinchorr, part of the Yinchorri Uprising.
  • Following their defeat on Yinchorr, the Republic and Jedi capture the Yinchorri High Command during the Battle of Uhanayih, ending the war.
  • The Trade Federation Directorate is killed during a summit on Eriadu; the Neimoidian members of the Directorate, Nute Gunray and Lott Dodd survive, allowing Gunray to become the Trade Federation Viceroy while Dodd assumed the role of Galactic Senator.
  • The Republic Anti-Slavery Law is signed, outraging the Trade Federation.
  • Darth Maul contacts Nute Gunray with a proposition to blockade and invade Utapau, the Federation's goal being both revenge—Utapau was a principal supporter of the slave law—and an attempt to force the Republic to overturn the slave law.
• 22 BBY
  • The Federation launches the Invasion of Utapau, placing the planet under its subjugation; Queen Sabe Arcadia escapes in an attempt to reach Coruscant for the Galactic Senate's help.
  • Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi discovers Annikin Skywalker on Tatooine.
  • The Clone Wars breaks out in the aftermath of the Invasion of Utapau.
  • The Battle of Tholatin is fought between the Galactic Republic and the Mandalorian Clans.
• Pre-0 BBY
  • The Galactic Civil War breaks out between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance.
• 0 BBY
  • The Battle of Yavin marks a decisive victory for the Rebel Alliance and a turning point in the Galactic Civil War.

Rebellion era

Main article: Rebellion era

• 0 ABY – 4 ABY
  • The Galactic Civil War continues between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance.

New Republic era

Main article: New Republic era

• 4 ABY
  • The New Republic replaces the defeated Galactic Empire as the dominant galactic government.
  • Ussej Padric Bac recounts the story of Annikin Skywalker to Duseuso, a Whill historian who records it into the Journal of the Whills.

Behind the scenes

The following stories are organized in the order of their in-universe occurrence. They are also denoted by years.

• My Father's Dreams – c. 25,000 BBY
• Chronicles of the Great War – c. 3,950 BBY – 3,930 BBY
• Star Wars: The Tragedy – 41 BBY
• Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One – 22 BBY
• Star Wars: Episode II - The Call of Destiny – 22 BBY
• Star Wars: Episode III - Destiny of the Jedi – 22 BBY
• Star Wars: Episode IV – 21 BBY
• Star Wars: Episode V – 20 BBY
• Star Wars: Episode VI – 19 BBY
• Star Wars: The Alderaan Affair – 7 BBY
• Star Wars: Episode VII – 2 BBY
• Star Wars: Episode VIII – 1 BBY
• Star Wars: Episode IX – 1 BBY
• Star Wars: Episode X – 0 BBY/0 ABY
• Star Wars: Episode XI – 3 ABY
• Star Wars: Episode XII – 4 ABY

Sources

• TheStarWarsRP.Com
• The Alternative Essential Guide to Characters