[Now updated with The High Republic, all the new Star Wars shows, and the Season 2 finale of The Mandalorian.]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker marks the end of an era, one that’s been a long time coming. J.J. Abrams’ second (and presumably last) movie in the Star Wars universe not only concludes the Rey/Finn/Poe trilogy that started with 2015’s The Force Awakens, but it also closes the door on the Skywalker Saga, which started more than 40 years ago with A New Hope. It is a legacy that expands across nine core theatrical releases, two feature spinoffs, and several in-canon TV series, occurring in both the past and the future. 2019 became another milestone year in the franchise, followed by a year for the history books in 2020, so we've put together the key events from the entirety of Star Wars canon, including The Rise of Skywalker, the final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the second season of The Mandalorian, and more.
Note: Star Wars fans know how we keep track of the timeline here, but just in case you’ve been living inside an ice cave on Hoth: BBY means “Before the Battle of Yavin” and ABY is “After the Battle of Yavin.” Said "Battle of Yavin" is, of course, the major battle that led to the destruction of the first Death Star; it acts as a sort of anchor point in time for the franchise. And this timeline only focuses on in-canon animated series; theatrical movies (including all three trilogies and the spinoff films); the upcoming film(s) from David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, and Rian Johnson; and the pending Disney+ live-action series. (Sorry fans of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Cartoon Network miniseries, Clone Wars.)
The following timeline explainer features contributions from Phil Pirrello and Dave Trumbore. Big thanks to Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki for doing the heavy lifting, exhaustively citing your sources, and being awesome Star Wars fans! And here's a handy link to all of the titles, in order, if you just want a list without all the content.
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In the beginning ...
Though Star Wars lore first began "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...", the universe that the galaxy resided in had to be formed first, followed by said galaxy itself. That's a given. But why is it important?
Because something known as the Wellspring of Life first came into existence in the depths of this galaxy. The "Force planet" was essentially the creative force of all living things in the galaxy and, specifically, the birthplace of microscopic organisms known as midi-chlorians. These sentient lifeforms that shared a symbiotic relationship with The Force spread throughout the galaxy and are what allow more complex organisms to interact with The Force.
But while life spread throughout the galaxy, a more ethereal sort of being came into existence in the otherworldly realm of Mortis, a dreamlike environment that could not be mapped. Here dwelt the Father and his children, Son and Daughter. The three Force-wielding beings became locked in an eternal struggle for balance with the Son representing death and destruction, the Daughter representing creation, life, and peace, and the Father mediating between them. That balance would be tested, broken, and restored by other more worldly beings, but not for millennia...
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- In the distant past, some ancestral species unlocked the capability of hyperspace travel through technology, likely inspired by the massive, whale-like Purrgil, which possessed a natural ability to travel great distances in a short amount of time.
- Jedi Order founded by the Prime Jedi on the planet Ahch-To, the place of the first Jedi Temple, followed by the first Jedi village on Temple Island maintained by Lanai Caretakers
- The Jedi possessed the ice planet Ilum, littered with kyber crystals that would go on to become the power source of lightsabers. Harvesting these crystals and constructing lightsabers became a rite of passage for Jedi younglings in training.
- A faction following a rogue outcast Jedi broke away from the Order to focus on developing the Dark Side of the Force, leading to the formation of the Sith in what became known as the Hundred-Year Darkness.
The Old Republic
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- The Old Republic was formed with its capital of Coruscant. Eventually, both the Jedi and the Sith would build shrines on the urban planet, though the Jedi would become more ingrained with Republic leadership while the Sith gathered strength from afar.
- The Jedi construct the Temple of the Kyber, a.k.a. Temple of the Whills, on the moon Jedha.
- The Jedi and Republic defeat the ancient Zygerrian slave empire.
- It's not all victory for the Jedi though; their assault on the Sith temple on Malachor, which housed a kyber crystal-powered superweapon capable of petrifying living beings. The battle, which became known as the Great Scourge of Malachor resulted in every combatant being turned into a statue.
~5000 BBY
- The Massassi people, once ruled over by the slave-driving Sith, built the temple on Yavin 4
- The Mandalorian-Jedi War begins, a conflict that continued until 3966 BBY. The war included the Mandalorian crusades and, ultimately, the Mandalorian cataclysm that laid the surface of Mandalore to waste, making it inhospitable except for those living in domed, sealed cities.
~4000 BBY
- Documented hyperspace through technology exists as far back as four millennia before the Cold War between the First Order and the Resistance as seen in evidence like Maz Kanata's hyperspace sextant.
- The Old Republic begins to fall, slowly succumbing to the persistent onslaught of the Sith, and eventually beginning the Dark Age.
3956 BBY
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Movie(s)
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy confirmed that Game of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff will be writing at least one film in this new trilogy, which will reportedly be set in the world of the Old Republic from the popular LucasArts video game. Given their recent Netflix deal, it seems that Weiss and Benioff may only have to write the script for the first film in the planned trilogy and provide extensive story treatments for the other chapters.
It occurs roughly a decade after the Mandalorian cataclysm, but will likely fill in the gap of the aftermath of the war's conclusion. No director or plot details have been revealed, but we will update this section once we get new info. (That new info states that Benioff and Weiss are out but that their story idea explored the origins of the Jedi.)
~3966 - 1019 BBY
- Dark Age conflicts continue:
- The Jedi and Sith fight the Battle of Takodana. Maz Kanata's castle would eventually be built upon the battleground.
- The Jedi-Sith war includes two battles on Coruscant that sees Sith occupation of the urban planet and eventual liberation, in which the plant and the Jedi Temple are reclaimed.
- The Four Masters build a more modern Jedi Temple on the ruins of the former Sith shrine on Coruscant.
- The Jedi defeat the Sith and force them to go into hiding.
- The first Force-sensitive Mandalorian inducted into the Jedi Order as a child, Tarre Vizsla constructs the unique, black-bladed lightsaber known as the darksaber. The weapon became a symbol of leadership and power for House Vizsla, especially since Tarre would go on to rule Mandalore as Mand'alor. After Tarre passed, his darksaber was kept in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, but was soon reclaimed by Mandalorians of House Vizsla.
~1019 BBY
- The Yavin Convention establishes the Yavin Code for the protocols of war, including the treatment of prisoners of war, such as necessary blindfolding before execution.
- The remains of the Old Republic are reorganized to form the Galactic Republic, governed by the Galactic Senate with representatives from star systems acting in democratic rule
Age of Republic
~1000 BBY
- Maz Kanata is born, sometime before 966 BYY
896 BBY
- Yoda is born
797 BBY
- Yoda begins training Jedi in the Force
600 BBY
- Jabba Desilijic Tiure, a.k.a. Jabba the Hutt, is born
232 BBY
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- The High Republic era begins (Stay tuned for the launch in January 2021)
You can read up on more about Star Wars: The High Republic here, and keep an eye out for the live-action series The Acolyte, from Leslye Headland, set during this era.
200 BBY
- Chewbacca is born
102 BBY
- Dooku is born
92 BBY
- Qui-Gon Jinn is born
84 BBY
- Sheev Palpatine is born
72 BBY
- Mace Windu is born
64 BBY
- Wilhuff Takin is born
57 BBY
- Obi-Wan Kenobi is born, and is taken in by the Jedi on Coruscant and trained as a Jedi at mere months old.
56 BBY
- Galen Erso is born
52 BBY
- Chirrut îmwae is born
51 BBY
- Orson Callan Krennic is born
46 BBY
- Padmé Amidala Naberrie is born
44 BBY
- Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios is born
41 BBY
- Anakin Skywalker is born
40 BBY
- Galen Erso joins the youth-focused Republic Futures Program, which also counts Krennic among its alumni
- Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas, gifted with foresight, sees visions of an impending galactic war. He plans to raise a Grand Army of the Republic but is accused of war-mongering, losing his place on the Jedi High Council. Sifo-Dyas then secretly commissioned a clone army (derived from Jango Fett's genetic make-up and embedded with control chips that respond to Order 66) from the Kaminoans but was later assassinated under Darth Tyranus' orders.
- Finis Valorum becomes Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic
36 BBY
- Ahsoka Tano is born
33 BBY
- Caleb Dume, a.k.a. Kanan Jarrus, is born
- Ahsoka Tano is brought into the Jedi Ord
Fall of the Republic:
32 BBY
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The first of three prequels, Phantom Menace centers on two Jedis -- young Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and his master, Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) -- as they struggle to help Queen Padme Amidala of Naboo (Natalie Portman) combat the corrupt Trade Federation and the rise of the Sith in the form of Darth Maul and his infamous two-bladed lightsaber.
The Jedis’ mission leads them to Tatooine and a young boy and pod-racer named Anakin Skywalker, whom Jinn believes is the “Chosen One” from Jedi scripture, the one who will bring balance to the Force (because midi-chlorians.) After rescuing Anakin from indentured servitude, the Jedis find themselves on Naboo in an all-timer of a lightsaber battle (Alexa, play “Duel of the Fates”), with Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon fighting Maul. The brawl results in the death of Qui-Gon and Maul (for now), but not before encountering a young Anakin Skywalker that Kenobi takes on as his padawan to teach in the ways of the Force.
- Senator Sheev Palpatine is elected Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, replacing Finis Valorum after Queen Amidala called for a vote of No Confidence.
- Han Solo is born
31 BBY
- Qi'ra is born
30 BBY
- Lando Calrissian is born
29 BBY
- Hera Syndulla is born
28 BBY
- Enfys Nest is born
- Din Djarin "The Mandalorian" is born. [Est.]
26 BBY
- Lyra (Erso) meets Galen Erso
25 BBY
- Bodhi Rook is born
- Lyra and Galen Erso are married
24 BBY
- Separatist Crisis: Star systems leave the Republic in droves and join the Confederacy of Independent Systems, led by Count Dooku, who forms the Separatist Senate.
- Meanwhile, the Galactic Senate debates whether or not to raise an army in the Military Creation Act.
22 BBY
- A border dispute on Ansion and the political schism on Antar 4 escalate the rising tensions.
Clone Wars:
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Set a decade after the pivotal events of Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones opens with an assassination attempt on Padme’s life that leads Obi-Wan and Anakin on a search for the assassins. This hunt takes the two Jedi Knights through (and above) the busy streets of Coruscant before Obi-Wan must venture deep into the galaxy, where his search leads him to the secret creation of a massive clone army to be used by the Galactic Republic.
While Obi-Wan "Perry Masons" via lightspeed, Anakin catches the eye of the shady Senator Palpatine whose ties to the Dark Side radiate off him like heat. Anakin then assumes the role of Padme’s bodyguard and Jedi protector. During their time together, the two fall in love and spark a romance that will forever change the Star Wars universe. Their young love takes a detour when Anakin returns to his home on Tatooine to avenge the murder of his mother. The Sand People become the target of his lightsaber-fueled, cold-blooded vendetta, thus validating Obi-Wan’s initial skepticism that Anakin may not be “The Chosen One” who will bring balance to the Force.
Anakin, Padme, and Obi-Wan eventually reunite for an epic battle on Geonosis between the Republic’s new clone army and the Separatists led by the sinister -- and powerful -- Count Dooku. An army of Jedis join the massive conflict, among them Mace Windu and Yoda -- the latter of which has an unforgettable lightsaber duel with Dooku. Unfortunately, Yoda, Anakin (who loses a hand in the conflict) and Obi-Wan are unable to stop Dooku and the villain flees -- just as a new era of the Republic dawns with thousands of Clone Troopers gathering on the front lines of an impending intergalactic conflict.
- Anakin and Padmé secretly wed on Naboo.
21 BBY
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
This one-shot animated film (released via Warner Bros. in the Summer of 2008) is a soft introduction to the popular Clone Wars animated series of the same name.
As in Attack of the Clones, Obi-Wan and Anakin are front and center in the conflict against Dooku and his rogue Separatists. The clone army is cutting a swath across the galaxy as the battle wages on, forcing the Jedi Knights to push themselves to the limits of their training in order to save the galaxy from forces hellbent on conquering it. Of the many new characters we meet here, the most notable is our introduction to fan-favorite Ahsoka Tano, a new Jedi apprentice under Anakin.
21 BBY
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Series (2008-2015)
The Clone Wars chronicles the extensive campaign both the Jedi Knights and the clone army embark on as their conflict with the Separatists and Dooku threatens to infect every corner of the galaxy.
The violent wars expand across six seasons and several notable planets and warzones following the events of the animated movie. The series bridges the gap between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, while expanding the relationship between Anakin and Ahsoka. Also notable is the series’ resurrection of Darth Maul -- now more dangerous to the galaxy than before.
- Sabine Wren is born
- Jyn Erso is born
- Darth Sidious continues the Project Harvester program to turn young Force-sensitives into Imperial agents gifted in the Dark Side of the Force
- A Separatist attack kills the parents of Din Djarin who is rescued by Mandalorians from Clan Vizsla. They adopt him as a Foundling and fold him into the order, raising him to follow Mandalorian culture and custom.
20 BBY
- Construction of the first Death Star begins over the planet Geonosis.
- The Gathering occurs as Jedi Younglings gather their kyber crystals.
- The Mandalorian civil war breaks out.
- A funeral is held for victims of the bombing of a Jedi Temple. Ahsoka Tano was framed, apprehended, and tried for the crime. Though she was exonerated, Ahsoka refused the offer to rejoin the Jedi Order and left the Temple.
Imperial Era:
19 BBY
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Final Season (2020)
Also taking place in 19 BBY, Clone Force 99, a.k.a. The Bad Batch, arrives to assist the Republic in their campaign on Anaxes. Their unorthodox tactics there lead to intel that points them to the source of the Separatists' curious battle strategies on Skako Minor. Once there, the troopers discover one of their own--Echo, a.k.a. CT-1409--has been kept prisoner as a source of intel on clone troop movements. Since it was an unsanctioned mission, the team is on their own except for Anakin Skywalker and Captain Rex's contingent of troopers. They partner with a race of indigenous beings to defeat the droids and escape to safety, with Echo in tow. The rescued trooper aids the Republic in one last battle in the fight for Anaxes. His strategy leads to Anakin killing Admiral Trench while the Bad Batch and other troopers dispatch the droid army. In the end, Echo opts to join the Bad Batch as they embark on yet another mission in the long war.
The adventures of The Bad Batch will continue in their own new animated series:
Star Wars: The Bad Batch follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in “The Clone Wars”) as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone War. Members of Bad Batch—a unique squad of clones who vary genetically from their brothers in the Clone Army—each possess a singular exceptional skill that makes them extraordinarily effective soldiers and a formidable crew. In the post-Clone War era, they will take on daring mercenary missions as they struggle to stay afloat and find new purpose. This animated series will arrive exclusively on Disney+.
Meanwhile, Ahsoka has left the way of the Jedi behind ... but she doesn't get far. Her borrowed speeder crashes on Level 1313 of Coruscant, bringing her into the company of sisters Rafa and Trace Martez. There, Ahsoka gets embroiled in the sisters' attempts to earn funds through black market deals with local thugs and even higher-ups in the Pyke syndicate in order to escape the criminal underworld. While Ahsoka struggles to confront her internal conflict of right and wrong, she finds herself imprisoned on the Outer Rim world of Oba Diah. Ahsoka is forced to reveal her Jedi abilities, risking her tenuous friendship with with the Martez sisters, in order to save all of them.
In short order, Ahsoka reunites with Bo-Katan and learns that Maul has been spotted on Mandalore where he's controlling the puppet prime minister on behalf of the Crimson Dawn syndicate. While the Jedi Generals are kept busy elsewhere, Ahsoka teams up with Bo-Katan and her Mandalorian warriors, bringing her own special brand of clone troopers from the 501st Legion with her under Commander Rex's authority. While the Mandalorians under Bo-Katan's command easily oust Prime Minister Almec, Ahsoka leads Rex and the troopers after Maul ... and into a trap.
The Sith lord, who had been waiting to exact revenge on Kenobi, is waiting for his master to unveil the full extent of his plan, even while feeling betrayed by Darth Sidious for having abandoned him. In order to rectify this, Maul extends an opportunity to Ahsoka, to join him and remake the Sith and the ways of the Force itself in their own way. She refuses, of course, and the two duel, resulting in Maul's capture by the Mandalorians. This, too, is short lived. It's not long before Darth Sidious executes Order 66, causing all clone troopers everywhere to assassinate any Jedi they happen upon and any troops refusing the order.
Ahsoka barely escapes being executed by Rex and her former comrades. Rex, in his hesitation, manages to give Ahsoka a clue as to what to do next. Ahsoka reunites with droids R7-A7, G-G, and CH-33P to investigate CT-5555, a.k.a. Fives, uncovering the deceased trooper's investigation into the also deceased trooper known as Tup. That trooper experienced a malfunctioning inhibitor chip, which was placed in each clone by the Kaminoan scientists as a way to trigger Order 66 upon Sidious' command. Tup jumped the gun and executed Jedi General Tiplar, but was then silenced before he could inform others, as was Fives. Luckily, Rex at least submitted a report on Fives' investigation, which leads to Ahsoka being able to disable Rex's own inhibitor chip.
Together with the droids, Ahsoka and Rex attempt to escape a now-Imperial starship as it travels through hyperspace. Maul, freed by Ahsoka during the escape as a means of creating a diversion, not only singlehandedly destroys the ship's massive hyperdrive, he manages to get to the waiting shuttle before Rex and Ahsoka. R7 is nearly destroyed in the ensuing battle while G-G and CH-33P are destroyed by the clone troopers. Ahsoka and Rex are able to escape via a Y-wing, though the troopers and officers aboard the starship are not so lucky.
On the moon's surface, Ahsoka and Rex put the pieces of R7 back together and bury their fallen former comrades. Ahsoka, now wearing a black cloak, pays her last respects to her former brothers-in-arms. She also leaves one of her lightsabers on the ground, abandoning everything she'd ever learned about the way of the Jedi.
Some time later, an Imperial force of Snowtroopers and probe droids have descended to the now-snow-covered planet. Darth Vader approaches the remains of the crashed ship and finds Ahsoka's lightsaber there. He spies a lone bird flying high overhead, then activates the lightsaber before stowing it opposite his own, and leaving the scene behind.
*Some events occur at the same time in The Clone Wars and Revenge of the Sith, namely centering on Ahsoka's and Anakin's arcs.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
With the galaxy at war, Anakin and Obi-Wan finally catch up with Dooku in a fatal confrontation that results with a battle-scarred Anakin executing the evil Count -- and putting himself further down the path to the Dark Side.
Meanwhile, Padme is pregnant with twins and with fear that their father is increasingly becoming corrupted by the dark side of his personality. The closer Anakin gets to Senator Palpatine, the farther away from “the good side” he becomes. Ultimately, it is revealed that Palpatine is in fact Sith lord Darth Sidious. The price of this information costs the lives of many a Jedi -- including Mace Windu. Soon, Sidious executes the infamous Order 66, which results in the Clone Troopers turning on their fellow Jedi and killing them wherever they are. (Hence why the Jedi are all but extinct when we meet Luke Skywalker in A New Hope).
Yoda survives, however, and makes Sidious regret it during an epic confrontation inside the Galactic Senate chambers. Sidious escapes, on his way to become Emperor of the Imperial Army that has now risen among the ruins and ashes of the Republic. Yoda also flees into exclusion, as Obi-Wan is left to deal with Anakin. The master and padawan pit their considerable combat skills against each other in a battle that “kills” the man we knew as Anakin Skywalker and gives birth (with the help of Palpatine) to the most feared Sith ever: Darth Vader.
Anakin’s tragic turn and Vader's origin has an emotional toll on Padme, who dies giving childbirth to twins Luke and Leia, siblings whose galaxy-changing destiny is just beginning as the story of Anakin’s rise and fall comes to a grim end.
- Ezra Bridger is born
- Obi-Wan Kenobi goes into exile on Tatooine, leaving Luke in the care of Anakin's stepbrother Owen Lars after Senator Bail Organa adopts Leia
- Yoda goes into exile on Dagobah
- Ahsoka Tano settles in the Outer Rim planets
- Caleb Dume also escapes the fate of Order 66 and goes into hiding, changing his name to Kanan Jarrus, forsaking the ways of the Jedi for 14 years.
- The insurgency on Ryloth begins
18 BBY
- Ahsoka Tano forms an early resistance movement and network with Bail Organa, eventually evolving into Fulcrum.
- The newly formed Galactic Empire carries out "pacification operations" on Separatist holdouts in the Western Reaches
17 BBY
- The Ersos flee Coruscant
16 BBY
- Unkar Plutt is born
14 BBY
- The Death Star project begins to move away from Geonosis; the pace of construction increases following the newly appointed Grand Moff Tarkin's doctrine
- The story follows former Jedi Padawan Cal Kestis on his journey from the junkyards of Bracca to his temporary sanctuary from Imperial Inquisitors aboard Greez Dritus' ship, the "Mantis."
- Guided by former Jedi Cere Junda and the teachings of the duo's previous Jedi Masters, Jaro Tapal and Eno Cordova, Cal heads to the planet Bogano in search of an ancient vault rumored to contain a Jedi holocron with a list of Force-sensitive children and their locations. The aim is to restore the Jedi Order after The Purge, but it won't be easy: Cal must follow Cordova's journey across the star systems and pass a series of tests.
- The journey takes him (and helpful droid BD-1) to the Origin Tree on Kashyyyk (where they help Saw Gerrera and his Partisans fight Imperial occupation forces who have enslaved Chief Tarfful's fellow wookiees, when not forced to fight in gladiatorial combat for underworld boss Sorc Tormo), to Dathomir (where his lightsaber is destroyed, forcing him to build a new one, and he encounters former Jedi Taron Malicos, who tempts him with the power of the dark side), and finally to the vault to recover the holocron... just before it's stolen.
- Now a Jedi Knight, Cal and his team attack the Inquisitors' temporary headquarters. He's able to defeat Cere's former Padawan, the Second Sister Trilla Suduri, and recover the holocron, but the Darth Vader intervenes.
- Cal and Cere manage to escape the Sith Lord with the holocron intact, but they opt to destroy it rather than give the Empire a tool to locating Force-sensitive children.
13 BBY
- Galen Erso is taken by Orson Krennic, who forces him to continue his work on the Death Star. Lyra Erso is killed by a Death Trooper for threatening Krennic with a blaster. Jyn Erso is taken in by Saw Gerrera.
- Han Solo and Qi'ra try to escape Corellia, which is under Imperial control, but only Han makes it; he enrolls in the Imperial Navy and, having no family name, gest the surname "Solo" from the enrolling officer
12 BBY
- Ephraim and Mira Bridger, outspoken revolutionaries against Imperial rule, are captured by the Galactic Empire
- K-2SO is "born"
11 BBY
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Ewan MacGregor will reprise his role as the legendary Jedi Knight in the recently-announced Disney+ series, which takes place eight to ten years after the events of Revenge of the Sith.
Plot details are (shocker) locked up in an R2 droid somewhere, but what we do know is that all the scripts for this show are written and that, given when the series takes place, Luke is roughly eight years old and crime syndicate Crimson Dawn is actively at work with their unique brand of intergalactic crime and grift. Which means, yup, we might get a live-action Darth Maul appearance and a rematch between Kenobi and Maul. We'll also get a return from Anakin Skywalker in the form of Hayden Christensen.
- Obi-Wan Kenobi keeps an eye on young Luke Skywalker while criminals working for Jabba the Hutt attempt to collect a "water tax" during a planet-wide drought on Tatooine.
- Hera Syndulla, now off Ryloth and fighting the Empire, joins forces with Kanan Jarrus
- Look for a Lando prequel series set sometime around here:
10 BBY
Solo: A Star Wars Story
The galaxy’s most popular scruffy-looking nerfherder gets an origin story, approximately ten years before he meets Luke in Mos Eisley, as a young Han Solo embarks on a journey of self-discovery and, well, mostly smuggling. Along the way, we learn how he came into possession of the Millennium Falcon from friend/rival Lando Calrissian as well as the craft’s cockpit dice. (Yup, even the dice have an origin story.) And yes, Han’s legendary Kessel Run is finally revealed, too.
Han’s first encounter with life-long friend and co-pilot Chewbacca is a cornerstone of Solo’s early days as a smuggler and considerable thorn in the Empire’s side, with help from mentor Tobias Beckett. So is Han’s doomed romance with his first “true” love: Not Leia, but rather Qi'ra. Han’s former lover gets him and herself tangled up with a murderous smuggler named Vos, who is revealed -- along with Qi’ra -- to be in the clutches of the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate. Making them even more dangerous is who seems to be pulling their strings: Darth Maul.
Having taken a traitorous Beckett out, Han and Chewie continue their partnership and take the Falcon to Tatooine because they hear a crime lord (ahem, Jabba) is putting together a crew for a job...
- The Death Star, still under construction, moves from Genosis to Scarif, arriving one year later
7 BBY
- Bodhi Rook begins pilot training in an Empire academy, graduating two years later
- Jyn Erso participates in Saw Gerrera's early campaigns against the Empire
5 BBY
Star Wars: Rebels
Jedi Knight Kanan Jarrus leads an untested team of young Rebels with one purpose: Upend the Empire’s nefarious plots and loosen their chokehold on the galaxy’s throat. Together, Kanan and his team explore corners of the Rebel conflict we haven’t really seen before, with their adventures involving danger-close run-ins with Darth Vader.
4 BBY
- Ezra Bridger passes his trial and receives the kyber crystal needed to construct his lightsaber.
- Grand Moff Tarkin captures Kanan Jarrus on Lothal and Ezra's response incites a rebellion on the planet and from surrounding systems.
- Spectre's rescue of Kanan Jarrus results in the death of the Grand Inquisitor and Tarkin's flagship Star Destroyer, the "Sovereign." But a battle during the siege of Lothal cripples the rebel fleet with the destruction of their frigate, Phoenix Home.
Andor
Little is known about this much-anticipated series, a prequel to the prequel that is Rogue One, focusing on Cassian Andor. But you can get your first look here.
What we do know is that the series centers on Rebel spy Andor and his early efforts to turn the tide for the Rebellion against Imperial forces. While the Force deals in absolutes -- good and evil, dark and light, black and white -- Andor operates in that grey area. He’s the guy you call when you wish you didn’t have to. What exactly his mission or missions entail remains to be seen.
“Everything I did, I did for the Rebellion.” Andor, an Original Series set in the Star Wars universe, is streaming in 2022 on Disney+.
3 BBY
- Leia Organa claims her right to the throne of Alderaan on her 16th Name Day anniversary.
- On a mission to Malachor, Kanan, Ezra, and Ahsoka form an unlikely alliance with Darth Maul (temporarily) before confronting Darth Vader. Though the Malachor Sith temple is destroyed, Kanan is blinded, Vader and Maul survive, and Ahsoka is feared lost for good.
2 BBY
- Grand Admiral Thrawn is solicited by the Governor of Lothal sector to use his Seventh Fleet to deal with the growing rebellion.
- Sabine Wren, who continues her training with the darksaber, recruits Wedge Antilles and Derek "Hobbie" Klivian into the rebellion after helping them escape from Skystrike Academy
- Orbiting Dantooine, Mon Mothma forms the Alliance to Restore the Republic, formally declaring the Rebel Alliance's intentions
- On Tatooine, Obi-Wan Kenobi duels Darth Maul and kills the Sith warrior.
1 BBY
- Sabine Wren bequeaths the darksaber to Bo-Katan Kryze who becomes Mand'alor, rallying support of a number of Mandalorian clans.
- A mission to free Hera Syndulla from an Imperial complex on Lothal ends with her rescue but the self-sacrificial death of Kanan Jarrus.
0 BBY
- While the Rebels fight to liberate Lothal and succeed, Ezra Bridger sacrifices himself by allowing a large pod of purrgils to carry Thrawn's ship into uncharted space through a hyperspace warp. The saga of the Spectres' rebel cell ends here... for now.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The birth of the Death Star plays a formative role in the rise of the Rebellion in this adventure that ends moments before A New Hope begins.
The Empire’s newest and deadliest weapon, thanks to Grand Moff Tarkin, is ready for trial runs. Its targets: Whole worlds. Desperate to stop the planet killer, the Rebels are forced to enlist the help of the reluctant Jyn Erso, the spy Cassian Andor, the Imperial security droid K-2SO, and others to infiltrate an Imperial stronghold and steal the plans for this battle station. The heist does not go smoothly, obviously, as Erso brings to the mission considerable baggage in the fact that her estranged father is the Death Star’s chief architect.
Jyn is denied a chance at a full reunion with her father, whom she hasn’t seen since she was a little girl, when the Rebels execute him on an early raid and mission to secure him and his knowledge of the plans. Even though the people asking for her help killed her father, Jyn somehow agrees to join their plot to help save the galaxy and stop the Death Star. Her and her team manage to get the plans back to Rebel forces -- Princess Leia, in particular -- and pay the price with their lives.
Their deaths occur in the shadow of a brief victory for the Rebels, moments before Darth Vader leads a deadly (and badass) assault on his enemies in an effort to retrieve the stolen plans. Thwarted, but not detoured, Vader pursues Leia and her ship across the stars and right into the opening crawl of…
Age of Rebellion
0 BBY / 0 ABY
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
After Darth Vader attacks her Rebel blockade runner in search for the stolen Death Star plans, Princess Leia is forced to send R2-D2 and C-3PO to the desert world of Tatooine. Their mission: Find “our only hope,” Obi-Wan Kenobi and deliver him her urgent holographic plea for help. R2 and Threepio flee Vader’s clutches via escape pod, but not before Leia is taken prisoner by the evil Sith lord.
Along the way, the droids cross paths with a young Luke Skywalker. Soon, the farmboy with aspirations of being a Rebel pilot teams up with Kenobi, and gets set on a path that will lead to his future destiny as a Jedi while revealing the truth about his past. The first significant step on that path involves a trip to Mos Eisley space sport. There, Luke and Obi-Wan must arrange passage to the planet Alderaan in an effort to contact the Rebel Alliance and stop the Empire from unleashing their new weapon. Han Solo and his co-pilot, Chewbacca, volunteer to transport them via the Millennium Falcon (for a fee) and along the way, the ship and its crew narrowly escape Imperial forces both on land and in the stars.
After surviving an altercation with a small squadron of TIE Fighters, the Falcoln and her crew get caught by the Death Star’s tractor beam and taken captive. Soon, Luke, Han and Obi-Wan hatch a plan to break Leia out of her detention cell, retrieve the Falcon and race to Yavin 4’s Rebel base to finally deliver the battle station plans. Tragedy delays their victorious escape, however, when a lightsaber duel between Vader and Obi-Wan -- former pupil vs. former master -- results in Kenobi's “death.”
Distraught, a grieving Luke finally gets his wish to join the Rebel Alliance as an X-Wing pilot as they plot a desperate mission to destroy the Death Star. Han Solo, not one for altruistic heroics, collects the rest of his payment and leaves Luke and the Rebel forces behind. Soon, Luke finds himself leading the trench run on the Death Star, with the objective to target the battle station’s one design flaw with a blast of proton torpedoes. Because Rogue One. With Vader and his fellow Imperial TIE Fighters having taken out most of the Rebel squadron, Luke must use the Force (instead of his targeting computer) to save the day and accomplish the mission. With last-minute Hail Mary rescue from Han in the Millennium Falcon, Luke fires his weapons and destroys the Death Star -- as a distraught Vader is sent spiraling into space trapped inside his custom TIE Fighter.
With the battle won, Leia hands out medals to Luke, Han and Chewie. The celebration is well-earned, but brief, as our heroes get primed for an adventure unlike any they have experienced before.
- After the destruction of Alderaan, Imperial forces act on Darth Vader's orders to hunt down any surviving; Helix Squadron heads to Fostar Haven, but Captain Lindon Javes defects in order to protect the refugees. The Rebel Alliance's Echo Squadron arrives on the scene to assist in the convoy’s escape. (Star Wars: Squadrons prologue.)
- R2-D2 heads out on a solo mission to rescue C-3PO from the Empire.
- Construction on the Death Star II in orbit near the forest moon of Endor begins immediately.
1 ABY
- The Empire's assault on the Alliance's Mako-Ta Space Docks destroys the majority of the rebel fleet--half its cruisers, 90% of its starfighters--and kills many rebel leaders. The Death Squadron, led by the "Executor", carried out the attack but also resulted in the impromptu formation of Luke Skywalker's "Rogue Squadron", named in honor of Rogue One.
- It's possible that Patty Jenkins' Star Wars: Rogue Squadron takes place here.
- The Rebel Alliances establishes Echo Base on Hoth.
2 ABY
- Poe Dameron is born
3 ABY
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Luke Skywalker’s steps toward Jedi Knightdom begin in earnest here, as the Rebel Alliance is forced to operate in secret from their base on the frozen wasteland of Hoth while Vader and his forces stalk the galaxy to find them, especially Skywalker.
After the Rebels are discovered and barely survive an epic ground assault, our heroes must split up. Luke and R2 travel via X-Wing to the swamp world of Dagobah, where Luke begins his training with Master Yoda. Han, Leia, C-3PO, and Chewie struggle to outrun and outwit the Imperial Star Destroyers on their tail -- as Vader conferences with the mysterious Emperor Palpatine about what role, if any, young Skywalker can play in their plans for ruling the galaxy. Soon, Han and Leia’s romance blossoms as Han takes refuge with his “old buddy,” Lando Calrissian.
Lando is in charge of Cloud City, and unbeknownst to Han, he has cut a deal with Vader to give Han, Leia and Chewie over to the enemy. After a tearful goodbye with Leia and Chewie, Han survives the carbonite freezing process and is taken into custody by bounty hunter Boba Fett to be delivered to to crime lord Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine. Luke interrupts his training, much to Yoda’s objections, to save his friends. Upon arriving on Cloud City, Luke confronts Vader in a sprawling lightsaber battle that ends with Luke losing a hand and his mind at the revelation that Vader is Luke’s father.
Luke survives the encounter and escapes with Leia and Lando’s help via the Falcon. But their friend, Han, is missing. And it’s up to Luke, Leia, Lando, Chewie and the droids to save him.
- The Battle for Sullust - A Rebel plan to capture an Imperial hangar and steal plans for a war machine gets a helping hand from the Millennium Falcon. Darth Vader becomes aware of this plan and dispatches Imperial forces to destroy the base. The Alliance also discovered a direct hyperspace route--known as a Hyperlane--to the forest moon of Endor where the new Death Star II was under construction. They sent starships, including MC80 Star Cruisers, to Sullust to head off any Imperial forces arriving there, though the location of the Death Star II was later found to be purposefully leaked to the Rebellion through Bothan spies.
4 ABY
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Clad in black, sporting a new robotic hand, and wielding a green lightsaber, Luke Skywalker infiltrates Jabba’s stronghold on Tatooine and, with the help of Leia (who kills the Hutt gangster), Lando (who defeated the pirate fleet orbiting Taanab), Chewie, and the droids, rescues Han and returns to the safety of the Rebel fleet.
Luke, now a Jedi Knight, learns that Vader won’t stop until he has both Luke and his sister -- Leia. With no acknowledgement to the kiss the two siblings previously shared, Luke departs to join his sister with the rest of the Rebel forces after an elderly Yoda dies and becomes a Force ghost like Obi-Wan before him. Luke, Han and Leia soon find themselves in the middle of a briefing, where the Rebels learn the Emperor has built a (gulp) second Death Star. Still under-construction and in orbit of the forest world of Endor, Luke and Han lead a mission to the planet to take out a vital Imperial base there in an effort to cripple and destroy the new Death Star. Meanwhile, Lando is charged with leading the Falcon and the Rebel fleet on their pending attack against Death Star II.
While on Endor, Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, Threepio and R2 encounter the Ewoks -- the planet’s primitive and teddy bear-looking native species. Having convinced the Ewoks to join them in their effort to topple the Imperial troops on the planet, Luke finally tells Leia she is his sister. And that the Force is also strong with her.
Soon, Luke turns himself in to Vader and is taken to the Death Star to meet the Emperor. There, Palpatine tries to turn Luke to the Dark Side and replace Vader at his side. Meanwhile, Han and Leia advance their ground assault on Endor as Lando and the Rebel Fleet duke it out with Imperial ships in orbit above. After Luke and Vader duel in an all-timer lightsaber battle, with Luke nearly killing his father and succumbing to the Dark Side, Luke defies the Emperor and thus incurs his Force-lightning wrath.
In a sacrificial act, Vader intervenes, saving his son’s life and destroying the Emperor as the defeated Death Star collapses around them. Vader’s redemption is short-lived; he looks upon his son with his mask off, with his “own eyes,” before dying. Luke escapes the dying battle station just before it explodes. The ruins of the Death Star II apparently wind up on the ocean moon of Kef Bir.
After holding a funeral for his father by burning his empty armor on a pyre, Luke rejoins his friends and sister on Endor, celebrating their victory and the end of the Empire’s reign.
- A celebratory riot occurs in Coruscant's Monument Plaza as citizens respond to news of the fallen Empire and Emperor. Civil war soon breaks out on the city planet.
- General Han Solo and his Pathfinders strike team lead an assault on remaining Imperial outposts on Endor, looking to seal the Alliance's victory in the Galactic Civil War. Months later, Wedge Antilles led a mission to track Imperial activity in the Outer Rim worlds, resulting in Akiva being the first of these to join the Republic. Liberation of previous Imperial strongholds occur throughout the galaxy.
- The celebration spreads across the galaxy, resulting in likely billions of "victory kids" conceived after the fall of the Empire.
- The Rebel Alliance begins to reorganize into the New Republic, restoring previously held democracies and cutting off Imperial attempts to rebuild.
- Somehow, the Emperor/Darth Sidious is resurrected into a new body, likely just one of many clones created by the (presumably) Kaminoan scientists. He remains on the hidden planet Exegol in the Unknown Regions of space where a fleet of hundreds of Star Destroyers remain frozen in the ice until the time is right.
- Boba Fett is presumed dead after falling into a sarlacc pit, but rumors of his demise are premature. The bounty hunter's iconic armor is later traded to Cobb Vanth by a group of jawas who scavenged it; Vanth traded a camtono of crystals that he stole from the Mining Collective who swept through the Tatooine town of Mos Pelgo. Boba Fett is definitely coming for it ...
- This is also the timeline for the new Original Series Star Wars: Rangers of the New Republic:
New Republic Era:
- Commander Javes takes command of the New Republic cruiser Temperance and oversees the elite fighters of Vanguard Squadron, which aims to ensure Project Starhawk’s completion. The project is a massive construction effort made of damaged Star Destroyers and possesses a very powerful tractor beam. However, the fallen Empire finds Captain Terisa Kerill leading Titan Squadron to seek revenge on Javes and destroy Starhawk before it can be completed.
- Hera Syndulla takes over Vanguard Squadron after Javes leads Anvil Squadron and is presumably killed in action.
- Both Starhawk and the Imperial fleet are destroyed in an epic battle, which finds Javes alive and well, with commendations for both the New Republic and Imperial forces.
5 ABY
- An operation on the Mid Rim planet of Takodana, in which General Han Solo attempted to find data cubes holding vital information to both the Republic and the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyk, results in a skirmish between Imperial forces and the New Republic's Inferno Squad.
- General Lando Calrissian and Shriv Suurgav travel to Sullust to recover weapons from a depot at the former Imperial factory, resulting in the destruction of the depot once it was discovered that the Empire had restarted the weapons-manufacturing operation.
- New Republic Senator Tolwar Wartoi is arrested for the attempted assassination of Chancellor Mon Mothma.
- The final large-scale military campaign in the Galactic Civil War takes place in the Battle of Jakku. The fallen Star Destroyer Inflictor purposefully crashed onto the desert planet's surface., just one of the "Graveyard of Giants" like the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Ravager. Ultimately, the decisive victory for the New Republic over Counselor Gallius Rax's Imperial forces (and Rax himself, who was killed by his fellow Imperial officer, Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, who would go on to help form the First Order) led to the signing of the Galactic Concordance on Chandrila, officially ending the civil war and the Empire itself.
- In the power vacuum, the Confederacy of Corporate Systems and the New Separatist Union were founded, each concerning Mon Mothma.
- Ben Solo is born.
Cold War:
- The racing group Team Fireball is founded by former Rebel pilot Jarek Yeager aboard the Outer Rim refueling platform, Colossus.
- Tamara Ryvora is born.
Between 1 BBY and 7 ABY:
- The Great Purge occurs, scattering the Mandalorians and forcing those who survive into hiding
- The Empire secures beskar steel
- Moff Gideon, an Imperial Security Bureau officer, was heavily involved with this genocide, tracking down those who resisted Imperial rule.
- Gideon is also fascinated with Mandalorian culture, eventually coming into possession of the Darksaber; Bo-Katan, the former ruler of the ravaged Mandalore, begins to hunt him down
- Ahsoka Tano leaves the path of the Jedi behind to go in search of Grand Admiral Thrawn and Ezra Bridger
7 ABY
The Mandalorian
Set several years after the fall of the Empire, this live-action series centers on a new Mandalorian bounty hunter forced to make ends meet, lone gunfighter-style, in some of the most corrupt and crime-infested parts of a post-Empire galaxy. Far outside the jurisdiction of the New Republic, but with vestiges of the defeated Empire still around, The Mandalorian will explore a corner of the Star Wars universe fans have never seen before. (And maybe answer the long-asked question of, "Theoretically, how does one escape from a sarlacc pit?")
The first episode introduces the title character and sends him on two bounty hunting missions: The first is to retrieve a fledgling Mythrol in the stages of molting, and he's the last of The Mandalorian's current bounty list. The Mandalorian turns his tags in to Greef Carga and quickly picks up another one, a more mysterious one with a bigger payout. The Client orders that the target be captured alive, though bringing them in dead is acceptable at half the payout.
The Mandalorian visits the Armorer for a pauldron made of Beskar steel before journeying. On the way, he meets an Ugnaught who teaches him to ride a Blurrg and leads him to the encampment before leaving the Mandalorian to his business. There, the bounty hunter temporarily teams up with bounty hunting-droid IG-11 to dispatch the protection squad stationed there. But when it's revealed that the target is a 50-year-old "baby" of the Yoda species, which IG-11 was tasked with eliminating, the Mandalorian disables (or outright kills) the droid instead, forming a bond with the youngling.
The second episode saw The Mandalorian escorting the baby Yoda through the desert wastes, a journey that's complicated by Trandoshan bounty hunters, Jawa scavengers, and a monstrous creature that's very protective of its egg. Lucky, baby Yoda's Force powers and the help of the Ugnaught Kuiil helped the Mandalorian survive the trials, repair his ship, and continue on his way.
The Lone Wolf and Cub-type story continues as Mando and Baby Yoda take odd jobs throughout the galaxy, including protecting a small agricultural community with the help of former Rebel Shock Trooper Cara Dune, assisting a young bounty hunter in attempting to bring in a notorious assassin, and an ill-fated mission to liberate a prisoner of the Republic. Mando then recruited allies in Cara and Kuiil--who had rebuilt IG-11 as a service droid--on his return trip to Arvala-7 in a plan to team up with Greef Karga and eliminate the former Imperial Client once and for all. However, Moff Gideon arrived with a sizable force of Imperial troopers and laid waste to the Client's stronghold, killing him. While the Mandalorian, Cara, and Greef are pinned down, Kuiil attempted to take the baby Yoda to safety aboard the Razor Crest, but two scout troopers on speeder bikes shot him and his Blurrg mount dead before scooping up the baby Yoda and returning him to Moff Gideon.
The Mandalorian, Cara Dune, and Greef Karga were hemmed in by newly arrived Imperial Officer Moff Gideon and his platoon of stormtroopers … at least until the rebuilt “nurse droid” IG-11 arrived to take them out, having rescued Baby Yoda. As our heroes make their escape in the Mandalorian Tribe's underground tunnels--where the Armorer waits--we learn of the title hero's past as Din Djarin, his rescue as a child by Mandalorians of Clan Vizsla, and his previous run-ins with Moff Gideon.
After receiving both a sigil (the Mudhorn, since both Baby Yoda and the Mandalorian took it down together) and a jetpack, our heroes leave the Armorer to her work. (She quickly dispatches a squad of Stormtroopers with a hammer and tongs[?] before waiting for the next to arrive.) The only means of escape is on an old ferry piloted by a corroded R2 unit (complete with arms and legs...) down a slow-flowing lava river. But a full platoon of Stormtroopers wait to ambush them and reclaim the Baby Yoda. It's then that IG-11 fulfills its programming and self-destructs in order to take out the threat.
But Moff Gideon attacks our heroes from his TIE Fighter. The Mandalorian uses his new jetpack to take the fight into the sky, disabling the starship, which crashes in the distant desert. With their enemies defeated, The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda bid farewell to Cara Dune and Greef Karga, who opt to remain behind on the planet. The "Clan of Two" head to the Razor Crest and blast off into space in search of Baby Yoda's species and family members... but Moff Gideon lives! He uses his Darksaber to cut himself free from the TIE Fighter and stares off into the distance, planning to track down the Mandalorian and The Child.
8 ABY
- Pilot Shara Bey begins teaching her son Poe Dameron how to fly starships.
9 ABY
- The Mandalorian and The Child cross paths with Cobb Vanth, a marshal of the Tatooine mining colony of Mos Pelgo, who happens to be wearing Boba Fett's Mandalorian armor. Together with the help of Tusken Raiders and local townsfolk, they kill the local Krayt Dragon that's been terrorizing the settlement, forging a peaceful alliance. A mysterious man (who may be Boba Fett) watches from a distance
- After surviving an ambush on their way back to Mos Eisley, The Mandalorian and The Child agree to escort a Frog Lady to the estuary moon of Trask where her husband awaits; the catch is that her eggs are making the journey with them, but both hyperdrive and The Child's appetite are harmful to them. The Razor Crest runs afoul of a New Republic X-wing patrol piloted by Trapper Wolf and Captain Carson Teva, who force The Mandalorian to make a crash landing on an icy planet. They narrowly escape a nest of ice spiders, with the help of the X-wing pilots, and limp the Razor Crest to Trask.
- Bo-Katan and her fellow Mandalorian warriors Axe Woves and Koska Reeves happen upon Din Djarin and The Child, saving them and enlisting their help in a mission to track down Moff Gideon. It's revealed that Din Djarin is a Child of the Watch, a minority faction of religious zealots who adhere to the strict rules of the Way of The Mandalore. As payment for their services, Bo-Katan points The Mandalorian in the direction of Ahsoka Tano.
- Stopping off in Nevarro for repairs, reuniting with Marshal Cara Dune and Magistrate Greef Karga. The Child is left in the care of a local school and its droid instructor, though cookies are the only thing on Baby Yoda's mind. Along with the Mythrol The Mandalorian captured earlier, the trio sets to destroying the last remaining Imperial base on the planet, hoping to free it from any outside influence. However, they discover Imperial scientists hurriedly attempting to destroy research records and evidence related to, presumably, a cloning lab. Dr. Pershing's transmission about a "catastrophic failure" of recent trials connects to The Child, a "donor" with a "high M count", referring to midi-chlorians; the transmission is only three days old, meaning that not only are Pershing and Moff Gideon alive, but that The Child is still in grave danger. It's revealed that one of Gideon's spies planted a tracking beacon in the Razor Crest, and that Gideon has a small army of Dark Troopers available at his disposal.
- On the planet Corvus, Ahsoka Tano decimates mercenaries under the employ of Calodan magistrate Morgan Elsbeth. The Mandalorian and The Child land on Corvus in search of Tano but happen upon Elsbeth first, who hires him to take out the Jedi. However, The Mandalorian intends to work with Tano in order to return The Child to his people. Din Djarin learns from Ahsoka that The Child's name is, in fact, Grogu, and that he was under the tutelage of many Jedi masters before being spirited away and hidden from the emerging Galactic Empire. Ahsoka tests Grogu's abilities, ultimately determining that, due to his attachment to Din Djarin, it would be better to let his Force-attuned abilities fade rather than risk bringing another Darth Vader into the world. After liberating Calodan, and defeating the Magistrate and the gunslinger Lang, Ahsoka tells Din Djarin to take Grogu to the Force-attuned planet of Tython and place him on a seeing stone. Grogu will be able to choose his own fate there, though that may call other Jedi (or other Force-sensitive beings) to him. They part ways, and Ahsoka departs in search of Thrawn and, presumably, Ezra Bridger.
- Ahsoka's journey will continue in the aptly named new series Ahsoka:
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- On Tython, Din Djarin flies Grogu to the hilltop temple and places him on the seeing stone that Ahsoka mentioned. While Grogu communes with the Force, an impenetrable barrier goes up around him and the seeing stone, shooting a column of blue-white light high into the sky.
- Din Djarin spies a spacecraft -- which fans will recognize as Boba Fett's Slave I -- and heads down to meet its pilot in order to protect Grogu. None other than Boba Fett himself steps out, revealed to be tracking Din Djarin since Tatooine. He's in league with the sniper Fennec Shand, also presumed dead, but patched up and "repaired" with cybernetics thanks to Boba, to whom she is now indebted.
- They use their leverage against The Mandalorian in order to get Boba's armor -- his father Jango's armor -- back; Jango's armor ID code confirms that he was a Foundling and that his armor was given to him by the Mandalorians, not stolen as was presumed.
- They're interrupted by two Stormtrooper squads who attempt to shoot down the trio and capture The Child; the squads do not succeed and the survivors are chased off by a newly armored Boba Fett.
- However, Moff Gideon's Imperial cruiser waits in orbit. It destroys the Razor Crest. Gideon dispatches four Dark Troopers to the location and they easily kidnap Grogu.
- Boba Fett and Fennec agree to help Din Djarin rescue Grogu. Din enlists the help of Marshal Dune to track down mercenary Migs Mayfield in order to help the team locate Gideon's ship.
- On board that very same ship, Grogu Force-slams a pair of Stormtroopers together as Gideon watches, though The Child stops short of killing them outright. Gideon reveals his Darksaber, has a trooper stun Grogu, and sends message to Dr. Pershing that their donor is once again in captivity.
Spoilers for the finale of The Mandalorian Season 2 follow:
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- Din Djarin, Fennec Shand, Cara Dune, and Boba Fett fly in Slave I to commandeer an Imperial shuttle, taking Dr. Pershing prisoner along the way. Together with Bo-Katan and Koska Reeves, the team battles their way aboard Gideon's Imperial light cruiser with the aim of rescuing Grogu. Bo-Katan, meanwhile, plans to duel Moff Gideon for the right to wield the Darksaber.
- While the rest of the team battles Stormtroopers, Din Djarin dispatches the platoon of Darktroopers and battles Moff Gideon, wielding the Darksaber, in one-on-one combat to rescue Grogu. The Mandalorian is able to disarm and defeat Gideon, taking him prisoner, rescuing Grogu, and taking the Darksaber as his own, temporarily.
- On the bridge of the cruiser, Din Djarin attempts to hand the weapon over to Bo-Katan, but she cannot accept it without rightfully winning in through combat; that plot point will hopefully be resolved in a future season.
- The platoon of Darktroopers return to the ship and attack the bridge, but before they can break through the blast doors, a lone X-wing arrives. The droids turn their attention on a hooded figure wielding a green lightsaber with a gloved right hand. Easily dispatching the whole platoon, the figure is allowed into the bridge by Din Djarin. He's revealed to be Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, who has come to take Grogu under his care.
- Din Djarin parts with Grogu in a tearful goodbye, and the Force-sensitive Child goes with Luke Skywalker and R2-D2, off for parts unknown. Luke is presumed to travel throughout the galaxy searching for anything and everything that will help him rebuild the Jedi Order. The trio may just cross paths with a young Ben Solo in the months and years ahead...
- Meanwhile, Boba Fett and Fennec Shand travel back to Tatooine where Bib Fortuna has taken control in place of the deceased Jabba the Hutt. Bib Fortuna's reign is short-lived as Boba Fett dispatches him and takes his place on the throne with Fennec Shand at his side.
- The new original series The Book of Boba Fett arrives in December 0f 2021 and Season 3 of The Mandalorian, due next Christmas.
10 ABY
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- Shara Bey dies.
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11 ABY
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- Finn is born.
- The First Order continues to form.
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14 ABY
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- Kazuda Xiono is born.
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15 ABY
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- Rey is born.
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21 ABY
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- The First Order begins to rebuild its navy, with financial backing from a Rinnrivin Di's Nikto cartel and Amaxine warriors.
- Rey's parents--the son of Emperor Palpatine and an unnamed woman--abandon her on Jakku to prevent Darth Sidious from getting his hands on her. They are both killed by the Sith loyalist Ochi, who used a remarkably overwrought dagger to dispose of them when they wouldn't give up Rey's location. Ochi also had a droid named D-0, who spoke very basic Basic.
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28 ABY
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- Senator Leia Organa resigns from the Galactic Senate as word of her true parentage spreads. She forms the Resistance as General Leia Organa.
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28 - 33 ABY
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- Luke Skywalker had long sensed the growing Dark Side in his nephew Ben Solo, but a rash act on Luke's part helped to push Ben over the edge. Along with his supporters, who would become the elite soldiers known as the Knights of Ren, Ben Solo razed Luke's Jedi Temple and murdered the Jedi training there.
- Fleeing to the First Order, Ben became Kylo Ren under the tutelage of Supreme Leader Snoke.
- Luke abandoned his quest to rebuild the Jedi Order and went into self-imposed exile on Ahch-To, ironically where the Jedi Order was born in ancient times.
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Age of Resistance
33 ABY
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- Senator Lanever Villecham is elected as the New Republic's Chancellor.
- Poe Dameron and his Rapier Squadron respond to a distress call from the freighter Yissira Zyde as it was hijacked by the First Order near Suraz 4. Dameron later went against orders and tracked down the escaped freighter on a solo mission.
- Soon after, Dameron, C-3PO, and BB-8 rescued Admiral Ackbar from the First Order Star Destroyer Subjugator.
- Dameron led the Resistance's Black Squadron in a mission to Megalox Beta in order to get intel on the location of Lor San Tekka, a human explorer and member of the Church of the Force who possessed vital Jedi lore and the location of Luke Skywalker.
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34 ABY
From the creator of Rebels, this anime-style animated TV series centers on a group of Resistance fighters forced to investigate and combat the galaxy’s newest and growing threat: the First Order. Forged out of the ashes of the Empire, the First Order wants to pick up where Vader and his Imperial forces left off -- and it’s up to Resistance members like Poe Dameron to stop them.
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- Dameron leads a mission to Kaddak to discover intel leading to the First Order's Supreme Leader Snoke. In order to keep the First Order and the criminal organization known as the Ranc Gang and its leader Terex from discovering the Resistance's location, Dameron led pursuers into a deadly battle over a desert planet as a diversion.
- Lor San Tekka is rescued by the Resistance.
- New Republic pilot Kazuda Xiono and his squadron were given a mission by New Republic Command to deliver top-secret information to Dameron. Xiono is assigned to the Colossus platform as a spy for the Resistance.
- Kaz soon learns that pirates onboard the Colossus are acting as proxies for the First Order, attempting to establish a presence on the platform.
- Kaz helps a pair of refugee siblings hide from the First Order forces, led by Commander Pyre on the orders of Captain Phasma, who are hunting them down since they're the last witnesses to Kylo Ren's massacre of their fellow villagers on Tehar.
- While responding to a distress call, Poe and Kaz unknowingly bring pirate spy Synara San aboard the Colossus.
- Kaz discovers that the Colossus leader Captain Doza has former Imperial ties, making his decision to ask for First Order assistance all the more suspect.
- Masquerading as a Stormtrooper, Kaz learns that the First Order is planning a full-scale takeover of the Colossus to use it as a resupply station.
- Poe and Kaz discover that the First Order has somehow destroyed the Dassal system's sun and several of its planets, any previous populations having been wiped out. Afterwards, Poe and BB-8 leave Kaz behind to embark on a mission to Jakku (which is where The Force Awakens crosses over with Resistance, and vice versa.)
- As the First Order takes over the Colossus in earnest, Kaz and the others officially become Resistance fighters. They watch as General Hux proclaims the end of the New Republic and the rise of the First Order, just before destroying Kaz's homeworld in the Hosnian system. Their last hope is to fire up the Colossus, revealed to be a starship with a functioning hyperdrive, and meet up with the Resistance on D'Qar. They manage to escape Major Vroneg's TIE Fighters and a newly arrived Star Destroyer, but the incomplete coordinates leave the ultimate destination unknown...
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- Author Kevin Shinick's new canon YA novel is part of Lucasfilm's "Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" program.
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Karr is a teenage boy like many others in the galaxy. He goes to school, helps his parents with the family business, likes speeders and droids. But Karr also has a secret: when he touches certain objects, he gets searing headaches and blacks out. And along with the pain sometimes come visions of people he doesn't know and places he's never been. Karr's parents worry that he's sick; his grandmother is convinced the visions come from the Force. But it's been years since anyone has heard from the last of the Jedi-Luke Skywalker. Are there any Jedi left to guide Karr in the use of his abilities? Is anyone even willing to talk about the Jedi and what happened to them, as their memory continues to fade and the First Order rises? Stuck on his isolated home planet, Karr becomes a collector of historical artifacts, hoping to one day find an object that will give him a vision about the secrets of the Jedi.When his grandmother dies and his parents announce they're sending him away to a school on the other side of the planet, Karr reaches his breaking point. He needs to know what his destiny holds, and whether the Jedi are involved. Accompanied by Maize, the blunt, unpredictable new girl at school with ties to the First Order, and RZ-7, Karr's solicitous droid companion, he sets off into the larger galaxy to find the truth. His adventures will take him from Utapau to Jakku to Takodana and beyond as he learns more about the Jedi than he could have expected and about his own place in the Force
34 ABY
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
This new, but familiar, battle between good and evil, the Resistance and the First Order, picks up 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi. With Luke Skywalker missing, new heroes -- Rey, Finn, and Poe -- must take on Kylo Ren and the First Order while struggling to find Luke.
Rey and Finn soon team up with Han Solo and Chewbacca and enlist the two former Rebels in their recovery mission to find Luke. They eventually cross paths with Leia, now a general and leader of the Resistance. Reunited, our heroes aren’t the only ones searching the galaxy for Skywalker. Kylo Ren--Han and Leia’s estranged son--is on the hunt, powered by the Dark Side of the Force and working for Supreme Leader Snoke. They want to kill Luke and eradicate the Jedi order once and for all. Ren and Rey share a Force-centric bond as Rey emerges as an individual very powerful with the Force.
Their search for Luke takes them to the First Order’s Starkiller Base, a planet-sized Death Star. The massive battle station is destroyed, but not before Kyo Ren kills his father, Han Solo.
After briefly mourning Solo’s death, Rey, Chewie, and R2 take the Millennium Falcon to the far-off world a reclusive Luke calls home. There, Rey extends Luke his old lightsaber -- and with it, an invitation to help them start the next chapter in a battle he thought he had finished for good.
34 ABY
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
The next epic chapter in the Skywalker saga, Last Jedi finds a desperate Leia and her battle-weary fleet of Resistance ships on the run from Kylo Ren and the relentless First Order.
Rey struggles to convince Luke Skywalker to join their effort in defeating the First Order, all while getting Luke to help train her in the ways of the Jedi. Unable to fully convince Luke -- the Resistance’s last hope -- to help them light the spark to burn down the First Order, Rey decides she must fight this conflict on her own. But the stronger Rey gets with the Force, the closer she and her nemesis, Kylo Ren, become. Rey eventually finds herself captive in Snoke’s throne room. There, Ren turns on his master, kills him, and joins Rey in a decisive lightsaber fight against Snoke’s surviving guards. Rey tries in vein to convince Ren to join her and the good guys, and leaves the conflict with the two of them more powerful and more at odds than ever before.
A climatic battle on the world of Crait allows the Resistance to live to fight another day -- thanks to Luke Skywalker showing up via Force projection to help turn the tide. His use of the Force across such a long distance drains the Jedi and he “dies,” presumably becoming one with the Force as his sister and the rest of her forces take to the galaxy.
Galaxy's Edge
Disney's new three-park theme attraction--including Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and the upcoming Walt Disney Studios Park in Disney's Paris Resort in 2021--continue the story of Star Wars. Two attractions (so far) explore the timeline between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. Guests will visit the Black Spire Outpost on the remote Outer Rim planet of Batuu, now a trading post and safe haven of sorts that has been frequented by the likes of Anakin Skywalker and Admiral Thrawn in the past. More recently, sometime after the Battle of Crait, the Millennium Falcon paid a visit to the planet...
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- Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run - This attraction puts visitors behind the controls of the famous ship with each position requiring a specific role. Hondo Ohnaka appears both before and during the attraction. A visitor's individual performance in the attraction then effects the rest of their stay in Batuu.
- Rise of the Resistance - Though it's not yet open, this attraction will be located in the area of Galaxy's Edge known as the ancient ruins. A gun turret points "new recruits" down a path into ancient caves where a Resistance control center awaits. BB-8 and a hologram of Rey give guests a mission, and the path through the attraction winds by Poe Dameron's X-wing fighter as they head to a transport ship for the first part of the ride. After being captured by a First Order Star Destroyer, the transport will be sequestered inside the hangar bay. Involving a rescue that doesn't go as planned and a hijacked First Order Fleet Transport, a battle between the First Order and the Resistance ensues, allowing guests to interact with stormtroopers, AT-ATs, and Kylo Ren. (This experience sounds similar to, if not a heightened version of, the Star Tours ride in Disney World's Hollywood Studios.)
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Star Wars Resistance - Season 2
The events of the animated series' second and final season crossover with the events of The Last Jedi and build toward The Rise of Skywalker.
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- The Colossus does eventually arrive near D'Qar, only to find the wreckage from the Resistance's battle (and escape flight) with the First Order. Kaz leads a team of salvagers, including pirates, in scavenging fuel from a First Order Dreadnought to replenish the Colossus' depleted hyperdrive. They're able to make another jump just as the massive starship's shields fail.
- The crew aboard the Colossus attempt to stay one step ahead of the First Order while fending off starvation, running out of fuel, and sabotage from more spies.
- Kaz and the others join Jade Squadron, led by Commander Venisa Doza, and the Colossus officially commits to joining the Resistance.
- A bombing of innocent villagers by the First Order causes Tam, a recent member of their ranks, to defect and attempt to return to the Colossus.
- In a final battle between the Colossus and a Star Destroyer, Kaz and his friends are able to escape for good, while Agent Tierny meets her death at the hands of an enraged Kylo Ren.
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35 ABY
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
Both the Skywalker Saga and the current Star Wars trilogy conclude with The Rise of Skywalker. Taking place about a year after The Last Jedi, Skywalker finds Rey, Finn and Poe working together to defeat the First Order and start a new future of peace for the galaxy. Their efforts force them to revisit key figures and things from the saga’s past -- namely the remains of a Death Star and Emperor Palpatine -- as Rey and Kylo Ren race to one final confrontation with the fate of the galaxy in the balance.
The opening crawl sets the stage:
The dead speak! The galaxy has heard a mysterious broadcast, a threat of REVENGE in the sinister voice of the late EMPEROR PALPATINE. GENERAL LEIA ORGANA dispatches secret agents to gather intelligence, while REY, the last hope of the Jedi, trains for battle against the diabolical FIRST ORDER.
Meanwhile, Supreme Leader KYLO REN rages in search of the phantom Emperor, determined to destroy any threat to his power....
After his defeat at the Battle of Crait, Supreme Leader Kylo Ren and a contingent of stormtroopers head to Mustafar--which is much more hospitable now than it has been in the past--battling their way through nameless sentient beings in order to locate Darth Vader's wayfinder. The device allows Ren to track down the source of former Supreme Leader Snoke's strength, the resurrected Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious, who has been biding his time on the planet Exegol in the Unknown Regions of space. The Emperor reveals that he not only created Snoke but has been the many voices in Kylo Ren's head all his life. He orders Kylo Ren to kill Rey and end the Jedi Order, after which he'll grant him the Final Order and control of the massive Sith Fleet, which breaks free from its icy tomb.
Meanwhile, the Millennium Falcon flies to a glacial colony where informant Boolio gives Finn, Poe, and Chewbacca critical intel leaked to the Resistance by General Hux. They manage to escape a squad of pursuing TIE Fighters by lightspeed skipping, though it severely damages the ship by the time they arrive on the jungle moon of Ajan Kloss. There, not only has General Leia's Resistance set up yet another base but Rey has been continuing her Jedi training away from the front lines. That training is interrupted in part by Kylo Ren's meddling from a distance and more so by the arrival of Poe with the news that the Emperor had returned. The Resistance has 16 hours to prepare for the Final Order's attack on all remaining free worlds that do not bow down to the Emperor.
Elsewhere, Kylo Ren once again dons his signature helmet, now welded together, and gathers his Knights of Ren about him. In a meeting of senior staff aboard a flagship Star Destroyer, Ren tosses the head of Boolio onto the table and declares that there is a spy among them. After putting Hux on notice and Force choking/slamming another officer who dares question Kylo Ren's orders or Palpatine's intentions, Ren leaves to hunt for Rey.
Now tracking a lead on the desert planet Pasaana, Rey, Finn, Poe, Chewbacca, C-3PO and BB-8 wander among the native Aki-Aki during their Festival of the Ancestors. However, Ren makes a connection with Rey that allows him to not only reach out and make physical contact (grabbing her newly obtained necklace), but also to learn of their location. As the First Order arrives to neutralize them, Lando Calrissian rescues them instead, giving them temporary sanctuary and putting them on the trail of Ochi, who was known to possess a wayfinder. They're only able to find his remains after escaping Jet Troopers and sinking through the quicksand-like sinking fields, discovering a network of underground tunnels. Ochi's remains reveal a Sith dagger, inscribed with text that C-3PO can read but is prohibited from translating the forbidden language due to his programming. The group is nearly attacked by a giant sand worm but Rey uses Force healing to salve its wounds and pacify it.
Back on the surface of Pasaana, Kylo Ren attempts to run down Rey in his TIE Silencer, but Rey destroys it and confronts him head-on. But while she does so, the Knights of Ren manage to capture Chewbacca and take the Sith dagger into their possession, along with the Millennium Falcon. Rey accidentally destroys the First Order Transport ship in her struggle against Kylo Ren, making the surviving Resistance members believe that both Chewbacca and the dagger were lost in the explosion. They opt to take the only course of action left and use Ochi's ship--meeting droid D-0 on the way--to fly to an acquaintance who may be able to hack C-3PO and get the location of Palpatine and the Sith Fleet.
Their quest takes them to Kijimi where the First Order is aggressively going door to door in search of Resistance members. They run into Poe's former consort Zorri Bliss, who reveals that Poe used to be a spice runner; she eventually agrees to lead them to renowned droidsmith, Babu Frik. Since C-3PO's existing memory banks will be wiped in the effort to get the Sith intel, the reliable protocol droid bids a fond farewell to his friends before the deed is done; don't worry, he's safely rebooted. They manage to get intel on the location of Palpatine's wayfinder--on the ocean moon of Kef Bir--and use Zorri's First Order officer's medallion to get them through the security blockade. They use it to sneak onto the First Order Star Destroyer, rescue Chewie and retrieve the dagger. In doing so, Rey makes a connection to the dagger's history, seeing Ochi kill her parents in the past, but also connects to Kylo Ren. They engage in a lightsaber duel across space before Kylo Ren reveals that there's more to Rey's parentage.
The First Order captures Rey, Finn, Poe, and Chewie, but turncoat General Hux helps them escape, just to rub the failure in Kylo Ren's face; he's later shot by Allegiant General Enric Pryde for his treachery. Before they leave, Rey and Kylo Ren battle in earnest aboard the Star Destroyer, which is when he reveals the truth that Rey's father was Emperor Palpatine's son. He extends his hand in an offer to work together once again; she refuses and flies off in the Millennium Falcon. However, Pryde, now acting commander of the First Order, fires a specially equipped Star Destroyer cannon on Kijimi for their insubordination.
Now, both sides of the battle are aware of the wayfinder's location, but the Resistance fighters get to Endor's ocean moon Kef Bir first. There, they befriend local native Jannah, a former stormtrooper by the call sign of TZ-1719, who leads them to the Death Star II ruins, the location of the wayfinder. Rey uses the Sith dagger's pop-out map device to find the exact spot in the slowly decaying ruins; she heads there using a skimmer despite the raging sea. Once she discovers it, Rey experiences a vision of herself as a Sith wielding a double-bladed red lightsaber. Soon after, Kylo Ren arrives, destroys the wayfinder, and duels Rey again in an epic battle. Though Finn tries to intervene, Rey keeps him at bay. Kylo Ren holds the upper hand throughout the fight until Leia calls out to him through the Force, distracting him long enough for Rey to impale him. However, she then Force heals his mortal wound before stealing his TIE fighters to fly off to self-imposed exile on Ahch-To. Kylo Ren soon recovers and experiences a vision with Han Solo, which encourages Kylo Ren to throw his lightsaber away and become Ben Solo once more.
On Ahch-To, Rey sets Kylo Ren's ship ablaze and attempts to throw Luke's lightsaber into the flaming wreckage, but Luke's Force Ghost stops it. He encourages Rey to face Palpatine, gifting her both his lightsaber, his former X-Wing (which has been sunken beneath the surface of the waters surrounding the island getaway for years), and even Leia's lightsaber from her brief time training as a Jedi. Rey does just that, heading to Exegol and transmitting the coordinates to the Resistance, setting up final battles on two fronts.
On Exegol, in the Emperor's chambers, Palpatine demands that Rey strike him down so that she may become the new Empress, a vessel into which he and the Sith Eternal will flow. Should she do so, she'll command the Final Order fleet and be the living embodiment of the Sith, but that will also be the end of the Jedi Order. Ben Solo arrives and attempts to battle against his former generals, the Knights of Ren, but struggles to do so without his signature weapon. Rey uses their Force connection to transfer a lightsaber to him across the space, allowing him to defeat them and join Rey in her fight against Palpatine. However, their existence as a Force Dyad actually rejuvenates the Emperor, who siphons their powerful life essence and uses that energy to attack the Resistance fleet in orbit above.
The ragtag Resistance attempts to take out the Final Order fleet's navigation towers, but Pryde stays one step ahead of them. Finn and Jannah lead a ground force on horse-like orbaks in order to take out the nav towers and, eventually, the fleet's flagship itself. They're only able to do so once a massive swell of support arrives with Lando piloting the Millennium Falcon and leading hundreds of Resistance fighters into the fray.
With the Emperor renewed, he tosses Ben Solo aside, flinging him into a pit, presumably to his death as "the last Skywalker." Nearly unconscious, Rey reaches out to the Jedi of the past, saying, "Be with me." She hears Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, Master Qui-Gon Jinn, former Padawan Ahsoka Tano, Master Yoda, Master Mace Windu, Knight Kanan Jarrus, Knight Aayla Secura, Master Luminara Unduli, Master Adi Gallia, Master Luke Skywalker, and Knight Anakin Skywalker sending her their strength. Rey manages to use both lightsabers to fend of Palpatine's Force Lightning, turning it back on him and destroying him once and for all ... but the effort comes at the cost of her own life.
Ben Solo, not quite dead, climbs out of the pit and becomes distraught over seeing Rey dead on the ground. He holds her and gives up what remains of his own energy in order to Force heal her and revive her. They embrace and kiss, but Ben dies a moment later; as he disappears in the manner of a dead Jedi, so too does Leia's body disappear. Mother and son become one with the Force.
After the unified Resistance dispatched the remainder of the Sith Armada, they celebrate the victory over the First/Final Order and the death of the Sith Order. Chewbacca ends up receiving Han's medal from Maz Kanata, Poe and Zorri share one last look (for now), and the heroes all embrace.
~36 ABY
Rey returns to Tattooine with BB-8, visiting the moisture farm homestead of Luke Skywalker. She buries both Skywalker lightsabers deep in the desert sand through the use of the Force. It's also revealed that she now has her own yellow-bladed lightsaber, forged some time after the defeat of Palpatine and, presumably, using her staff as the handle; this may be a double-bladed lightsaber but that's unconfirmed. A local woman asks her name. Rey sees the Force Ghosts of Luke and Leia; she replies, "Rey Skywalker." Then, she and BB-8 stare off into the twin sunset over the desert of Tatooine...
... and Beyond!
The Skywalker Saga may conclude with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, but the Star Wars story overall is nowhere near complete. Rian Johnson has been tapped to head up a new trilogy of films for "something that steps beyond the legacy characters", as he told Observer.
Mum's the word on just what that means for the future of Star Wars, though the Last Jedi end scene of a likely Force-sensitive youngling Temiri Blagg gives us our best available hint. The child slave on Cantonica, cleaning up the stables of the Canto Bight casino city and caring for the fast-running Fathier, helped Finn and Rose escape the local law, getting his first taste of the Resistance. With Rose's gift of a Resistance ring in hand, Temiri and fellow "urchin"--cast-off children from gambling losses--Arashell Sar listen to another urchin, Oniho Zaya, recount the last stand of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker against the First Order. But it's Temiri's ability to use the Force to call a broom to his hand that left audiences wondering if and when we'd see this next generation of Resistance fighters rise.
Here's Johnson's full quote:
"I think that the fun and challenging part of it is to dive in, figure out what's exciting and then figure out what it's going to be. We're doing something that steps beyond the legacy characters. What does that look like? To me, the blue sky element of it is what was most striking about it. I know the way that I'm coming at it and what's fun about it for everyone in George Lucas' films is figuring out, 'What's the next step?' It really makes you think and figure out what the essence of Star Wars is for me and what that will look like moving forward."
However, with the way Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker largely seemed to ignore Johnson's storytelling efforts in The Last Jedi, we wouldn't be surprised if plans have changed...
We'll be updating this timeline as new information becomes available. Expect much more content in the months ahead.
'Star Wars' Franchise Chronological Viewing Order
For a recap, here are the key feature theatrical films and TV series (and even a theme park) in chronological canon order):
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- Star Wars: Untitled Knights of the Old Republic Movie (December 2022)
- The Acolyte
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
- Star Wars Rebels (2014)
- Andor (2022)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (Christmas 2023)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Star Wars: Rangers of the New Republic
- The Mandalorian (2019 - )
- Ahsoka
- Star Wars Resistance (2018)
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Ledi (2017)
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge (2019)
- Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
- Untitled Rian Johnson Star Wars Trilogy (?)