797 BBY

The following events took place in or around the year 797 BBY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas approximately 2480 LY according to the Lothal Calendar, 778 BFE in the Imperial calendar, and year 7180 in the C.R.C. calendar.
==Events==
*Yoda begins training Jedi. In Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda tells Luke Skywalker that he has been training Jedi for 800 years. As the events of the movie are dated to 3 ABY by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas, basic math indicates that Yoda began training Jedi around 797 BBY.
==Appearances==
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*The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? 
==Notes and references==
Category:Years in the Republic Era