A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

The events associated with the Jedi/Sith conflict are believed to have happened some 6.2 billion years ago. To get more precise than that, one has to use local time, which is calculated in years before or after the Battle of Yavin--i.e., the time Luke Skywalker blew up the Death Star.

**100,000 Before the Battle of Yavin (BBY):** The planet Coruscant is completely urbanized.

**36,453 BBY:** Discovery of The Force--Tython.

**27,500 BBY:** Humans begin colonizing Alderaan.

**25,783 BBY:** Founding of the Jedi Order--Tython

**25,053 BBY:** Dispersal of hyperdrive technology. Founding of the Old Galactic Republic, with Coruscant as its capital.

**24,953 BBY:** Jedi Knights swear allegiance to the Old Republic.

**6,900 BBY:** Defeated Dark Jedi found the secret Sith Empire.

**5,000 BBY:** Sith Empire battles the Republic. Discovery of Tatooine by the Republic.

**4015-3951 BBY:** Old Sith Wars.

**3900 BBY:** Human colonization of Naboo.

**2000-1000 BBY:** New Sith Wars

**896 BBY:** Birth of Yoda.

**867 BBY:** Naboo joins the Republic.

**796 BBY:** Yoda becomes a Jedi Master.

**600 BBY:** Birth of Jabba the Hutt--Nal Hutta.

**200 BBY:** Birth of Chewbacca, a Wookie--Kashyyyk.

**92 BBY:** Birth of Qui-Gon Jinn.

**85 BBY:** Founding of Mos Eisley--Tatooine

**82 BBY:** Birth of Palpatine--Naboo

**65 BBY:** Hutts take control of Tatooine. Palpatine embraces the Dark Side of the Force and becomes Darth Sidious--Naboo

**64 BBY:** Qui-Gon Jinn becomes a Jedi Knight.

**60 BBY:** Construction of the *Millennium Falcon*--Corellia.

**57 BBY:** Birth of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

**52:** Palpatine elected to Galactic Senate. Birth of Jar Jar Binks--Naboo

**46 BBY:** Birth of Padme Amidala--Naboo

**45:** Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn chooses Obi-Wan Kenobi as his Padawan.

**41 BBY:** Birth of Anakin Skywalker.

**34 BBY:** C3-PO constructed by Anakin Skywalker from broken protocol droids--Tatooine

**32 BBY:** Padme Amidala elected Queen of Naboo. Trade Federation imposes a blockade on Naboo. Qui-Gon Jinn, rescuing Amidala, discovers Anakin Skywalker on Tatooine. R2-D2 meets C3-PO. Qui-Gon Jinn killed in the Battle of Naboo; Obi-Wan Kenobi takes on Anakin as his padawan. Boba Fett is cloned alongside a secret Clone Army. Senator Palpatine elected Supreme Chancellor of the Republic.

**31 BBY:** Birth of Lando Calrissian

**29 BBY:** Birth of Han Solo--Corellia

**22 BBY:** Clone Wars begin. Palpatine given emergency powers. Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala secretly marry--Naboo

**19 BBY:** Palpatine becomes Emperor of a new Galactic Empire. Anakin Skywalker turns to the Dark Side, becomes Darth Vader. Jedi Order dissolved; most other Jedis exterminated. Padme Amidala dies giving birth to Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa.

**5 BBY:** Han Solo rescues Chewbacca from slavery, becomes his partner.

**2 BBY:** Galactic Civil War begins. Han Solo wins the *Millennium Falcon* from Lando Calrissian--Cloud City, Bespin.

**1 BBY:** Leia Organa, secretly a leader of the Rebel Alliance, elected Senator from Alderaan.

**0 Years After the Battle of Yavin (ABY):** Creation of the Death Star. Obi-Wan Kenobi begins Luke Skywalker's Jedi training. Destruction of Alderaan. Darth Vader kills Obi-Wan Kenobi as Luke Skywalker and Han
Solo rescue Leia Organa. The Battle of Yavin, in which Luke Skywalker destroys the Death Star.

**3 ABY:** Battle of Hoth, in which the Empire strikes back against the main Rebel Alliance base. Luke Skywalker is trained by Yoda--Dagobah. Occupation of Cloud City; capture of Han Solo; Darth Vader battles Luke Skywalker, reveals their relationship--Bespin.

**4 ABY:** Leia Organa kills Jabba the Hutt, as Luke Skywalker rescues Han Solo--Tatooine. Battle of Endor, in which Ewoks defeat Imperial Stormtroopers, Lando Calrissian destroys the second Death Star, and Darth Vader dies while killing Emperor Palpatine to save Luke Skywalker. The New Republic established.

**7 ABY:** Coruscant liberated by the New Republic.

**8 ABY:** Han Solo marries Leia Organa.

**11 ABY:** Leia Solo is Chief of State of the New Republic.

**19 ABY:** New Republic makes peace with the Imperial Remnant, ending the Galactic Civil War.