Comics Timeline

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Old Republic Era: This era contains stories taking place 25,000 - 1,000 years before Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

5,000 BBY:

  • Tales of the Jedi: Golden Age of the Sith (6 issues)
  • Tales of the Jedi: Fall of the Sith Empire (5 issues)

3,998 BBY:

  • Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic (formerly The Collection)
    • Ulic Qel-Droman and the Beast Wars of Onderon (2 issues)
    • The Saga of Nomi Sunrider (3 issues)
  • Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising (2 issues)

3,997 BBY:

  • Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith (6 issues)

3,996 BBY:

  • Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War (6 issues)

3,993 BBY:

  • Star Wars Tales:
    • Shadows and Light (#23)

3,986 BBY:

  • Tales of the Jedi: Redemption (5 issues)

3,964 BBY:

3,952 BBY:

  • Star Wars Tales:
    • Unseen, Unheard (#24)

1,000 BBY:

  • Jedi vs Sith (6 issues) (TPB)

Rise of the Empire Era:
This era contains stories taking place within 1,000 years before Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Legacy of the Jedi

33 BBY:

  • Jedi Council: Acts of War (4 issues) (TPB)
  • Star Wars Tales:
    • Marked (#24)

32 BBY:

  • Episode I: The Phantom Menace (TPB)
  • Republic Series:
    • Prelude to Rebellion (#1-6)
    • Outlander (#7-12)
  • Star Wars Tales:
    • Nomad (#21-24)

31 BBY:

  • Republic Series:
    • Emissaries to Malastare (#13-18)
  • Jango Fett: Open Seasons (TPB)

30 BBY:

  • Republic Series:
    • Twilight (#19-22)
    • Infinity’s End (#23-26)*
    • Starcrash (#27)*
    • The Hunt for Aurra Sing (#28-31)
    • Darkness (#32-35)
    • The Stark Hyperspace War (#36-39)
    • The Devaronian Version (#40-41)*

28 BBY:

  • Republic Series:
    • Rite of Passage (#42-45)

24 BBY:

  • Republic Series:
    • Honor and Duty (#46-48)

22 BBY:

  • Episode II: Attack of the Clones (TPB)
  • Republic Series:
    • Sacrifice (#49)
    • Battle of Kamino (#50)
  • Jedi: Mace Windu
  • Republic Series:
    • The New Face of War (#51-52)
    • Blast Radius (#53)
  • Jedi: Shaak Ti

21 BBY:

  • Republic Series:
    • Double Blind (#54)*
  • Jedi: Aayla Secura
  • Jedi: Dooku
  • Republic Series:
    • Battle of Jabiim (#55-58)
    • Enemy Lines (#59)
    • Hate and Fear (#60)
    • Dead Ends (#61)
    • No Man’s Land (#62)
    • Striking From the Shadows (#63)
    • Bloodlines (#64)
  • Jedi: Yoda
  • Star Wars Tales:
    • Honor Bound (#22)

20 BBY:

  • General Grievous (4 issues) (TPB)

19 BBY:

  • Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (TPB)
  • Republic Series:
    • Show of Force (#65-66)
    • Forever Young (#67)
    • Armor (#68)
    • The Dreadnaughts of Rendili (#69-71)
    • Trackdown (#72-73)
  • Obsession (5 issues)
  • Brothers in Arms
  • Rebublic Series:
    • The Siege of Saleucami (#74-77)
    • Loyalties (#78)*
    • Into the Unknown (#79-80)
    • The Hidden Enemy (#81-83)
  • Purge

1 BBY:

  • Empire Series:
    • Betrayal (#1-4)
    • Princess…Warrior (#5-6)
    • Darklighter (#8-9, 12, 15)
    • The Short, Happy Life of Roons Sewell (#10-11)

Rebellion Era
This era contains stories for A New Hope. Defeat of the Empire and birth of the New Republic.

0 BBY/ABY

  • Episode IV: A New Hope (TPB)
  • Empire Series:
    • Sacrifice (#7)
    • What Sin Loyalty? (#13)
    • The Savage Heart (#14)
    • To the Last Heart (#16-18)
    • Target: Vader (#19)
    • A Little Piece of Home (#20-21)
    • Alone Together (#22)
    • The Bravery of Being Out of Range (#23)
    • Idiot’s Array (#24-25)
    • “General” Skywalker (#26-27)
    • Wreckage (#28)
    • In the Shadows of Their Fathers (#29-34)
    • ThePrice of Power (#31)
    • The Wrong Side of the War (#36-40)
  • Boba Fett: Overkill
  • Star Wars Tales:
    • Walking the Path that’s Given (#21)

2 ABY:

  • Splinter of the Mind’s Eye (TPB)
  • A Valentine’s Story: Breaking the Ice

3 ABY:

  • Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (TPB)

4 ABY

  • Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (TPB)
  • X-wing Rogue Squadron Series:
    • The Rebel Opposition (#1-4)
    • The Phantom Affair (#5-8)
    • Battleground: Tatooine (#9-12)
    • The Warrior Princess (#13-16)
    • Requiem for a Rogue (#17-20)
    • In the Empire’s Service (#21-24)
    • The Making of Baron Fel (#25)
    • Family Ties (#26-27)
    • Masquerade (#28-31)
    • Mandatory Retirement (#32-35)
  • Star Wars Tales:
    • Lucky (#23)

5 ABY

  • Star Wars Tales:
    • Marooned (#22)
  • Boba Fett: Agent of Doom

6 ABY

  • Dark Forces:
    • Rebel Agent (TPB)
    • Jedi Knight (TPB)

9 ABY

  • Thrawn Trilogy:
    • Heir to the Empire (TPB)
    • Dark Force Rising (TPB)
    • The Last Command (TPB)

10 ABY

  • Dark Empire I (6 issues) (TPB)
  • Dark Empire II (TPB)

11 ABY

  • Boba Fett: Death, Lies, & Treachery (TPB)
  • Empire’s End [Collected in same TPB as Dark Empire II]
  • Crimson Empire (TPB)
  • Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood (TPB)

13 ABY

  • Jedi Academy: Leviathan (TPB)

20 ABY

  • Union (4 issues) (TPB)

28 ABY

  • Star Wars Tales:
    • Equals and Opposites (#21)

Legacy Era

This era contains stories 130 years after A New Hope. The return of the Sith.

130 ABY

  • Legacy Series:
    • Broken (#1-7)
    • Noob (#4)*
    • (#8)*
    • Trust Issues (#9-10)*
    • Ghosts (#11-12)*
    • Ready to Die (#13)*
    • Claws of the Dragon (#14-19)*
    • Indomitable (#20-21)
    • The Wrath of the Dragon (#22)
    • Loyalties (#23)

NOTE:
- Visit the Comics Trade Paperback Guide page for a list of TPBs and their collected issues/story arcs.
- If (TPB) after the name, a trade paperback of the same name is available for the story.
- If * after the name, a trade paperback is not available of the story at this time.