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  1. c. 19 BBYProclamation of the Galactic EmpireDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
  2. c. 19 BBYBirth of the Skywalker twinsDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
  3. 19 BBY–0 ABYConstruction of the Imperial battle stationThe Empire builds an enormous battle station; the work spans nearly the entire period between the fall of the Republic and the station's first use.
  4. Reign of the EmpireFormation of the Rebel AllianceScattered resistance to Imperial rule coalesces into a single Alliance; the moment of its formation cannot be determined from the available primary sources.
  5. c. 19 BBYYoda goes into exileDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
  6. c. 19 BBYDeath of Padmé AmidalaDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
  7. c. 19 BBYLuke Skywalker hidden on TatooineDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
  8. c. 19 BBYDestruction of the cloning facilities on KaminoThe Empire destroyed the facilities where the army had been grown, abandoning clones in favor of recruited soldiers.
  9. 19 BBYDeath of Senator Fang Zar on AlderaanThe Emperor orders Vader to capture Fang Zar, the troublesome senator from Sern Prime. The Dark Lord catches up with the fugitives on Alderaan just as they are preparing to leave and kills the senator with his lightsaber; his companions manage to save the badly wounded Jula, Roan Shryne's mother.
  10. 19 BBYFall of Kashyyyk and death of Roan ShryneImperial assault forces land on Kashyyyk, where the surviving Jedi fight side by side with the Wookiees. Roan Shryne takes on Vader to let Olee Starstone escape and is killed; Chewbacca gets the remaining Jedi away, and the planet falls under the Empire's control.
  11. 19 BBYVader investigates the unexecuted order on MurkhanaA few weeks after the fall of the Jedi Order, the Emperor sends his apprentice to Murkhana: some of the clones failed to finish exterminating the Jedi. There the Dark Lord duels Master Bol Chatak and kills her, but Roan Shryne and the Padawan Olee Starstone manage to escape the planet.
  12. 19 BBYNosaurian resistance crushed on New PlymptoImperial forces wipe out the Nosaurian resistance on its home planet. The only survivors are the former Jedi General Dass Jennir and the scout Bomo Greenbark, who make their way to the spaceport and, unable to find their fellow Nosaurians' families, arrange help with the crew of a passing ship.
  13. Reign of the EmpireAhsoka's return to the fightDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
  14. c. 18 BBYCreation of the Inquisitor serviceThe Empire trained former Force-sensitives to hunt their own kind, turning the search for Jedi into a systematic operation.
  15. c. 18 BBYHunt for the surviving JediThe Empire created the Inquisitorius, which spent years hunting down those who had survived the destruction of the Order.
  16. c. 18 BBYDeployment of the Imperial fleetThe Empire shifted military production to large warships, ensuring a presence of its forces in every sector.
  17. c. 18 BBYEmpire abandons the clone armyClones were replaced by recruited soldiers: conscription was cheaper and did not depend on a single planet.
  18. c. 18 BBYAssault on Mount Tantiss and the end of Project NecromancerA clone squad fought its way into the secret base, the prisoners broke free, and the project's research was destroyed along with its leader.
  19. c. 18 BBYDeath of Kento Marek and the emergence of the secret apprenticeVader arrives on Kashyyyk on the trail of a Jedi protecting the Wookiees and kills Kento Marek. Discovering that the dead man's young son is unusually strong, the Dark Lord kills his own subordinates, takes the boy, and secretly raises him behind the Emperor's back as an apprentice under the name Starkiller.
  20. 13 BBYHan and Qi'ra's escape from CorelliaOn the shipbuilding world of Corellia, young Han and his friend Qi'ra break free of Lady Proxima's White Worms crime syndicate, stealing a vial of coaxium hyperfuel. In a stolen speeder they shake off their pursuers and reach Coronet spaceport, where they bribe an Imperial official with the coaxium. Han gets through the checkpoint, but Qi'ra is caught by the syndicate's henchmen, and he vows to come back for her.
  21. c. 10 BBYHan Solo escapes from Garris ShrikeA young man raised on a pirate ship under the rule of Garris Shrike decides to run away and hire on as a pilot on Ylesia. The escape is discovered; in the fight, the Wookiee cook Dewlanna mortally wounds Shrike but is killed herself, and her pupil leaves the ship on a cargo run, taking with him a knowledge of the Wookiee language.
  22. 10 BBYHan's Imperial Army service on MimbanWith no money for a ticket, Han enlists in the Imperial Navy, and the recruiter gives him the surname Solo. Three years later he is expelled from the flight academy for insubordination and fights as a mudtrooper on the planet Mimban against the Mimban Liberation Army. In the trenches he meets “Captain” Tobias Beckett and his accomplices, who are posing as Imperial soldiers.
  23. 10 BBYHan meets ChewbaccaFor attempting to desert, Han is thrown into a pit with the “beast,” which turns out to be Chewbacca, a Wookiee enslaved by the Empire. Speaking Shyriiwook, Han convinces the Wookiee to team up, and together they bring down a support of the grate and climb out. Beckett's gang picks up the fugitives, and together they leave Mimban aboard a stolen hauler.
  24. 10 BBYConveyex heist on VandorOn snowy Vandor, Beckett's gang tries to lift a car of refined coaxium off a rail conveyex. The raid is disrupted by the Cloud-Riders led by Enfys Nest: Rio Durant is mortally wounded, and Val blows up the bridge along with herself. To avoid getting Beckett and Chewbacca killed, Han uncouples the car, and the cargo falls into the gorge and explodes.
  25. 10 BBYRaid on the Kessel minesTo pay off Dryden Vos, the crew aboard Lando Calrissian's Millennium Falcon infiltrates the Pyke syndicate's mines posing as slavers and slaves. The droid L3-37 removes the restraining bolts from the local droids and starts a slave uprising, while Han carries twelve canisters of unrefined coaxium out of the thermal vault. During the escape, L3-37 is destroyed by enemy fire and Lando is wounded.
  26. 10 BBYKessel Run in twelve parsecsBecause of the instability of the unrefined coaxium, Han flies the Millennium Falcon straight through the Akkadese Maelstrom, evading Imperial fighters and the summa-verminoth monster. The navigational data of the destroyed L3-37 is transferred into the ship's systems, which helps find a way out of the Maw's gravity well. After landing on Savareen, Han declares that he made the Kessel Run in just twelve parsecs, rounding in his own favor.
  27. 10 BBYShowdown on SavareenDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
  28. c. 9 BBYKenobi and Vader meet a decade laterDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
  29. c. 5 BBYGreat Purge of MandaloreThe Empire scorched the Mandalorians' homeworld, destroying its cities and scattering the clans across the galaxy.
  30. c. 5 BBYEmergence of the cell on LothalA small crew began disrupting Imperial supply lines, sparking noticeable resistance on the planet.
  31. c. 5 BBYThe Inquisitorius picks up the trail of the Lothal cellThe Empire sent a Jedi hunter against the local resistance, and the conflict grew beyond sabotage.
  32. c. 5 BBYChewbacca's life debt to Han SoloA smuggler discharged from Imperial service runs into a Wookiee whom he saved from slavers and who now considers himself bound by a life debt. On Nar Shaddaa, the partners find work with a smuggler pilot and then enter the service of the Hutts Jabba and Jiliac.
  33. c. 4 BBYDeath of the Grand InquisitorDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
  34. c. 4 BBYDuel between Ahsoka and Vader on MalachorDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
  35. c. 4 BBYUnification of the cells above MustafarA joint rescue of a captured Jedi brought scattered resistance groups together into a single network.
  36. c. 2 BBYThrawn assigned to fight the rebelsThe Empire assigned the suppression of the rebellion to a fleet commander who studied his enemies through their own art.
  37. c. 2 BBYDeath of Maul on TatooineDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
  38. c. 2 BBYUnification of the cells into the AllianceScattered resistance groups were brought together into a single alliance under a common command.
  39. c. 2 BBYCivil war on MandaloreClans that served the Empire clashed with those who chose resistance.
  40. c. 3 BBYDiscovery of an ancient Sith temple on MalachorDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
  41. 3 BBYDeath of Shaak Ti on FeluciaVader's secret apprentice tracks down on Felucia a Togruta master who survived the extermination of the Jedi and was training local Force-sensitives. She sends her Padawan into hiding and gives battle near a sarlacc's nest, but loses, and before dying warns the victor that the Sith always betray one another.
  42. c. 3 BBYSearch for the Mindharp in the Rafa systemHaving won the droid Vuffi Raa at sabacc, the gambling entrepreneur sets out to claim a prize in the Rafa system, where he is arrested on a trumped-up charge. The governor and a sorcerer of Tund force him to search for the Mindharp, an ancient artifact of the vanished Sharu race, giving him a miniaturized Key.
  43. c. 1 BBYLiberation of LothalDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
  44. 2 BBYCorellian Treaty and the Imperial trapOn Corellia, scattered groups opposed to the Empire sign a treaty establishing a unified military coalition. As soon as the document is declared ratified, Imperial troops seize the building: the meeting was a staged trap, and the “Jedi” accompanying the conspirators reveals himself as Vader's apprentice.
  45. c. 2 BBYHan Solo wins the Millennium FalconAt a sabacc tournament in Cloud City, the smuggler beats the former owner of a YT-1300 light freighter in the final game and wins the ship. He then begins modifying the vessel for smuggling and, with his partner, stops at Kashyyyk, where the partner is getting married.
  46. 1 BBYVirus outbreak on the prison barge PurgeBecause of an engine failure, an Imperial prison barge docks with an abandoned Star Destroyer, and a boarding party brings an unknown contagion aboard. Almost the entire crew and the prisoners die and turn into aggressive undead; only a handful of people survive, including two smuggler prisoners.