Ever since the Disney acquisition of the epic space opera franchise by George Lucas, the company has made major revisions to the original Star Wars canon. The word canon is a reference to the definitive story, in other words, what actually happens in the official timeline.
By the time Disney purchased LucasFilm in 2012, the franchise already had an extensive media line that spanned well beyond the first six films.
The fanbase referred to these dozens of additional books, comics, and TV specials under an umbrella term known as the “Expanded Universe (EU).” However, since the time of the Disney acquisition, almost everything that was part of the EU was declared non-canon to start from a clean slate.
As of April 25, 2014, all content under the original EU has been rebranded to ‘Legends’ and is no longer adhered to in terms of the new Disney-branded ‘Canon.’ Everything released after this date, save for the first six films and the Clone Wars series that came before, is considered canon under the Disney label.
Here is a complete timeline of the official Disney Star Wars canon in chronological order. We will also be including the production year of each release.
Star Wars Movies & TV Shows In Chronological Order
Note: This list does not include the Disney animated series/shorts Star Wars Forces of Destiny (2017), Star Wars Visions (2021), or Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (2022).
- The Acolyte (upcoming)
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (Movie, 1999)
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (Movie, 2002)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Movie, 2008)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Series, 2008)
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (Movie, 2005)
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Series, 2021)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (Movie, 2018)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (Series, 2022)
- Star Wars Rebels (Series, 2014)
- Andor (Series, 2022)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Movie, 2016)
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (Movie, 1977)
- Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (Movie, 1980)
- Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (Movie, 1983)
- The Mandalorian (Series, 2019)
- The Book of Boba Fett (Series, 2021)
- Star Wars Resistance (Series, 2018)
- Ahsoka (Series, 2023)
- Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (Movie, 2015)
- Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (Movie, 2017)
- Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (Movie, 2019)
Star Wars Games In Chronological Order
Note: This list does not include mobile or browser games, as many of them are now inaccessible.
- Star Wars Eclipse (unreleased)
- EA Star Wars Battlefront II (2017)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (2023)
- Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire (2017)
- Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode I (2019)
- Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode II (2019)
- Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode III (2019)
- EA Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
- Star Wars: Squadrons (2020)
- Star Wars: Hunters (2021)
- Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay (2017)
- Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge (2020)
- Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge – Last Call (2021)
Timeline of Star Wars
Star Wars has historically measured the timeline of the franchise for both Legends and Canon using the Battle of Yavin, also known as the Battle of the Death Star, as its foundation. This includes:
- BBY (before the Battle of Yavin)
- ABY (after the Battle of Yavin)
At Star Wars Celebration 2023, the official convention hosted almost every single year, Disney released the timeline of the Canon with a new visual. It begins with the Dawn of the Jedi and concludes with the rise of the New Jedi Order.
900 BBY
Yoda is born. His species remains unknown.
200 BBY
The Jedi Order is at its peak. This is considered the golden age of the Galactic Republic. However, the dark side would eventually creep its way into the ranks of the Jedi, and the Sith would emerge as a major threat. (High Republic novels and comics)
41 BBY
Shmi Skywalker, a slave, conceives a son, Anakin Skywalker, through a mysterious unknown interaction with Midichlorians. (before The Phantom Menace)
32 BBY
As part of a political and economic dispute, the Trade Federation initiates a blockade on the planet Naboo. Anakin Skywalker, a Force-sensitive child, is discovered by Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Jedi Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi on the planet Tatooine and free him from slavery (The Phantom Menace).
Padme Amidala, the Queen of Naboo, leads the civilization’s liberation. Obi-Wan defeats Darth Maul and sends him tumbling to what appears to be his death. Senator Palpatine is successfully elected to be the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic. Anakin begins to train as a Jedi (The Phantom Menace).
Count Dooku kills Yaddle on Coruscant (Tales of the Jedi).
The Kaminoan cloners receive a commission from Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas to build a grand army for the Republic (mentioned in Attack of the Clones).
Grogu begins training with the Jedi (mentioned in The Mandalorian).
22 BBY
Separatists, as part of the Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS), make several attempts to assassinate Senator Amidala. Investigating the source, Obi-Wan’s search leads him to the planet Kamino, where he discovers the clone army that Sifo-Dyas ordered. (Attack of the Clones)
Padme and Anakin develop romantic feelings for one another (Attack of the Clones).
To avenge the passing of his mother, Anakin slaughters a whole village full of Tusken Raiders (Attack of the Clones).
Jar Jar Binks, a representative for the Naboo Senate, calls for emergency powers to be granted to Chancellor Palpatine in order to authorize the use of the Clone Army. These Clone Troopers fight alongside the Jedi against Separatist forces on the planet Geonosis. Bounty Hunter Jango Fett, the person paid to serve as the DNA host for the Clone Army, is killed in the ensuing conflict (Attack of the Clones).
Count Dooku, the Separatist leader, reveals himself to be Darth Tyranus, a Sith Lord, and cuts off Anakin’s arm in a duel with lightsabers. The Separatist plans for the Death Star superweapon are given to Count Dooku by Geonosian leader Poggle the Lesser. Padme and Anakin hold a private wedding. The Clone Wars begins. (Attack of the Clones)
Anakin takes Ahsoka Tano on as his apprentice (The Clone Wars).
21 BBY
A young Boba Fett, son of Jango Fett, attempts to avenge his father’s death at the hands of Jedi Master Mace Windu by infiltrating a Republic Star Destroyer (The Clone Wars).
Galen Erso, a gifted energy scientist, was rescued by Orson Krennic (a Republic Officer at this time) from Separatist forces. Eventually, though, Erso is manipulated by Krennic into developing plans for a superweapon that could destroy an entire planet (Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel).
20 BBY
Darth Sidious orders the elimination of Asajj Ventress, Count Dooku’s secret apprentice. Although he was presumed dead, Darth Maul, a former Sith Lord, is discovered in severe condition by Savage Opress on the planet Lotho Minor. Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, and Anakin begin training Saw Gerrera, a future insurgent, to battle the Separatists on the planet Onderon. The Death Star begins construction above the planet Geonosis (The Clone Wars).
19 BBY
Opress and Maul collaborate with crime gangs and a Mandalorian group known as Death Watch to overthrow the peaceful leader of the planet Mandalore (and the love interest of Obi-Wan), Duchess Satine Kryze. The political fiasco is cleaned up by Darth Sidious as he kills Opress and captures Maul (The Clone Wars).
Ahsoka exiles herself from the Jedi Order after she is falsely blamed for murder. Later, she visits Mandalore to fight Maul during a major siege. She successfully escapes from the onslaught of Order 66 with the aid of Rex, a Clone Trooper (The Clone Wars).
Palpatine allows himself to be kidnapped by Separatist forces. Anakin executes Count Dooku during the rescue mission. Obi-Wan defeats cyborg General Grievous, the military commander of the Separatist forces. Palpatine reveals to Anakin that he is, in fact, Darth Sidious and has orchestrated the Clone Wars and his rise to power in the Republic from the beginning (Revenge of the Sith).
Anakin, in fear of failing to protect his wife Padme from death, is seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. He swears allegiance to Sidious and is christened Darth Vader. Palpatine overthrows the Republic and declares himself to be Emperor of the Galactic Empire (Revenge of the Sith).
Order 66 issues the Clone Troopers to turn on their former Jedi companions and systematically wipe them out. Vader assassinates the outstanding Separatist leaders on the planet Mustafar. Obi-Wan comes seeking out his former apprentice in utter shock at Anakin’s transformation. Vader is defeated in the ensuing duel and is critically injured by Obi-Wan (Revenge of the Sith).
Due to the extreme burns suffered at the hands of the planet’s lava, Vader has no choice but to depend on a cybernetic suit for life support. Padme passes away as she gives birth to twins, which she names Luke and Leia.
Luke is sent to live with his aunt/step-uncle Beru and Owen Laws on the planet Tatooine. Leia is sent to live with the family of Senator Bail Organa on the planet Alderaan. Yoda and Obi-Wan go into exile, hiding away on Dagobah and Tatooine, respectively (Revenge of the Sith).
In the aftermath of Order 66, a group of defective Clones, known as The Bad Batch, are ordered to hunt down Caleb Dume (a padawan in training who later goes by the name of Kanan Jarrus). The team leader, Hunter, goes rogue and disobeys commands (Star Wars: The Bad Batch).
Next, The Bad Batch is tasked with killing Saw Gerrera, an Onderonian resistance fighter. They refuse and instead take on their own adventure (Star Wars: The Bad Batch).
17 BBY
Galen Erso has no choice but to develop the Death Star battle station. The rest of his family resides in Lah’mu, in the care of Saw Gerrera (Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel).
14 BBY
Former Jedi Padawan Cal Kestis works as a scrapper on the planet Bracca and cuts himself off from the Force to escape the Great Jedi Purge of Order 66 (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order).
When he is discovered by the Inquisitorius for saving his good friend Prauf, Cal escapes aboard the Stinger Mantis. He joins the crew on a quest to recover a powerful Holocron containing a map of all Force sensitives remaining in the galaxy, all while slowly rebuilding his own connection to the Force (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order).
After finally acquiring the Holocron, Kestis faces Darth Vader. Although the battle was one-sided in favor of the powerful Sith Lord, Cal escapes and destroys the Holocron to protect the Force sensitives from ever being discovered by the Empire (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order).
13 BBY
Krennic, seeking the Ersos, tracks them down on the planet Lah’mu. After the death of Galen’s wife Lyra, Jyn lives with Saw Gerrera (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story).
On the planet Corellia, Han escapes captivity and seeks to enlist in the Imperial Navy under the surname Solo (Solo: A Star Wars Story).
10 BBY
Han Solo discovers Chewbacca, defects from the Imperials, and starts working for a gang of criminals led by Tobias Beckett. A droid uprising is initiated by L3-37 on Kessel. Solo borrows the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissian after stealing some coaxium and successfully makes his way through the treacherous Kessel Run in a record 12 parsecs. In a game of Sabacc, he wins the ship from Calrissian (Solo: A Star Wars Story).
Although Solo aids the proto-Rebels of Enfys Nest, he declines to join their case. Qi’ra manages the operations of the crime syndicate known as the Crimson Dawn, answering only to Maul (Solo: A Star Wars Story).
9 BBY
A young Princess Leia is kidnapped under the orders of Inquisitor Reva. On Tatooine, Obi-Wan Kenobi surfaces from his secluded life to find her. He encounters Darth Vader and battles once again on Mapuzo (Obi-Wan Kenobi).
Obi-Wan suffers burn injuries in the process. Leia is transported to Fortress Inquisitorious, and with the aid of an Imperial defector named Tala, Obi-Wan manages to rescue her. Once the pair escape, Vader tracks down Obi-Wan on a nearby planet, and they engage in battle again (Obi-Wan Kenobi).
Reva discovers Luke on the planet Tatooine but fails to have the strength to murder the young Skywalker. At the end of the mission, Obi-Wan receives a vision from his old master Qui-Gon Jinn (Obi-Wan Kenobi).
The crew of the Stinger Mantis splits up after destroying the Holocron containing a map of all Force sensitives that remain in the galaxy. Cal starts working for Saw Gerrera (Star Wars Jedi: Survivor).
On Koboh, taking refuge from the Empire and repairing the Mantis, Cal discovers an ancient High Republic-era vault containing a droid named ZN-A4 (“Zee”). Cal helps Zee accomplish its long-lost mission to activate a series of arrays across multiple planets to open the Koboh Abyss to a planet called Tanalorr. After achieving this mission, Cal and the crew wonder how to rebuild the Jedi Order (Star Wars Jedi: Survivor).
5 BBY
Syril Karn, a Deputy Inspector, tracks down Cassian Andor after the rebel intelligence officer kills two security personnel. Cassian and Luthen Rael escape from Ferrix, and Cassian is recruited by Rael to raid an Imperial facility (Andor).
Ezra Bridger, a Force-sensitive, joins the crew of the Ghost, a Rebel ship. Jedi Kanan Jarrus, a fugitive, takes Bridger on as a Padawan (Star Wars Rebels).
4 BBY
The Rebel informant going by the name of Fulcrum turns out to be none other than Ahsoka Tano. The Siege of Lothal commences by the Empire. To handle the growing issue of the Rebellion, the Emperor uses Darth Vader. Former Clone Troops Gregor, Rex, and Wolffe join the Rebel cause (Star Wars Rebels).
3 BBY
Kanan Jarrus engages in battle with Maul and is blinded. For the first time since being Anakin’s apprentice, Ahsoka fights Darth Vader in battle (Star Wars Rebels).
2 BBY
Obi-Wan Kenobi finishes off Maul once and for all on Tatooine. In the Imperial Senate, Mon Mothma resigns and calls for the formation of a Rebel Alliance to restore the former Galactic Republic. On Atollon, a Chopper Base is destroyed by the forces of Grand Admiral Thrawn, which forces the Rebels to move their base of operations to Yavin 4 (Star Wars Rebels).
1 BBY
To save the remaining Ghost crew, Kanan Jarrus sacrifices himself. Bridger meets the Emperor prior to him and Thrawn going missing in action.
The Mandalorian throne is seized by Bo-Katan Kryze after she receives the Darksaber by Sabine Wren (Star Wars Rebels).
0 BBY
On Scarif, the Rebels win their first major victory against the Empire. Unfortunately, everyone who was involved in recovering the plans for the Death Star perished (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story).
Aboard the Tantine IV, Princess Leia gets captured by Darth Vader. Obi-Wan Kenobi receives R2-D2, containing the hidden Death Star plans, from Luke Skywalker. Luke starts his training as Jedi and meets Chewbacca and Han Solo (A New Hope).
Grand Moff Tarkin fires the Death Star at Alderaan, completely obliterating the planet and everyone living on it. Leia is rescued by Han and Luke. Obi-Wan becomes one with the Force after sacrificing himself to Vader. The Death Star is destroyed, and the Rebels win the Battle of Yavin (A New Hope).
0-3 ABY
Boba Fett is recruited by Darth Vader to begin the hunt for the young Force-sensitive pilot who managed to blow up the Death Star (Darth Vader comic series).
The Rebel Alliance relocates to the planet Hoth at Echo Base (The Empire Strikes Back).
3 ABY
Vader sends out thousands of Imperial probe droids on the search for Luke. He discovers the hidden Rebel base on Hoth, and the Empire makes its assault. Luke travels to Dagobah to begin training in the ways of the Jedi with former Grand Master Yoda. Darth Vader captures Chewbacca, Han, and Leia in the cloud city of Bespin.
Han is tortured and then frozen in Carbonite. He is subsequently taken in hibernation to Jabba the Hutt by bounty hunter Boba Fett. Luke loses a hand after fighting Darth Vader and discovers the Sith Lord is actually his father (The Empire Strikes Back).
4 ABY
Leia rescues Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, and the massive gastropod crime lord is strangled to death. Boba seemingly dies in a Sarlacc pit. Yoda passes from old age. Luke discovers that Leia is actually his twin sister. On Endor, the secret assault by the Rebellion on the shield generator for the second Death Star is intercepted by the Empire (Return of the Jedi).
Luke confronts Vader once again, this time in front of the Emperor. Watching his own son be tortured by his evil Master, Vader kills the Emperor and redeems himself, fulfilling the prophecy of the Chosen One. The Rebels succeed in destroying the Death Star (Return of the Jedi).
5 ABY
Han Solo and Chewbacca liberate the Wookie homeworld of Kashyyyk from the tyranny of the Empire. On Jakku, the restored Republic defeats the Empire for good. The Galactic Concordance is signed by Mon Mothma, and the Empire is fully dissolved.
Despite everything, Grand Admiral Rae Sloan and Brendol, the father of General Hux, set the stage for the First Order in the Unknown Regions. Leia gives birth to Ben Solo (Star Wars: Aftermath novels).
5-9 ABY
After being eaten alive, Boba Fett manages to escape the Sarlacc pit. Unfortunately, he is then captured by Sand People. He manages to win their favor and learns of their culture. A rival gang of bikers wipes out the Sand People. Fett meets and aids the wounded Fennec Shand. Together, they begin the search for Boba’s stolen armor (The Book of Boba Fett).
9 ABY
Din Djarin, a lone gunfighter, passes through the galaxy’s outer reaches where he discovers a small green creature. The Mandalorian decides to adopt and protect the creature, despite the new dangers it presents him.
Din wants to reunite the creature with members of the Jedi. While on the lookout for Thrawn, Ahsoka Tano ends up running into Din. She tells him to proceed to Tython, the Jedi homeworld, and use a special summoning stone to call out to potential Jedi who could be on the planet. Ahsoka also reveals that the creature’s true name is Grogu.
Grogu makes a call to the Jedi but is captured by Moff Gideon, the current wielder of the Darksaber. Din is provided aid by fellow Mandalorian Boba Fett, who is searching for his missing armor, and Bo-Katan, the former leader of Mandalore, to defeat Moff Gideon. They nearly succeed (The Mandalorian).
Luke Skywalker saves everyone as Grogu’s Jedi call is heard. He then takes Grogu for Jedi training (The Mandalorian).
Boba Fett and Fennec Shand return to Tatooine in order to assume control over the criminal underworld. Plans are thwarted by the Pyke Syndicate, Hutt Twins, and Tatooine’s mayor. Fett begins building a team that includes Djarin to fight these new enemies. Cad Bane shoots Cobb Vanth in a showdown (The Book of Boba Fett).
Luke Skywalker attempts to get a new Jedi temple established while training Grogu. He provides Grogu the choice between staying a Padawan, becoming his pupil, or returning to Djarin. Grogu opts to go back to the Mandalorian, so Luke reunites the two on Tatooine (The Book of Boba Fett).
Fett defeats the various crime syndicates, kills Cad Bane, and manages to regain supremacy over Mos Espa. Vanth heals from his fight with Bane in a bacta tank (The Book of Boba Fett).
Bo-Katan Kryze inherits the Darksaber from Din Djarin and rounds up the exiled Mandalorians across the galaxy in an attempt to finally retake Mandalore from the Empire (The Mandalorian).
21 ABY
The First Order rounds up various crime syndicates to provide military funding (Star Wars: Bloodline book).
28 ABY
Political rivals reveal the truth about Leia’s ancestral ties to the Sith, forcing her resignation from the Senate. Given the threat of the First Order, she begins forming a Resistance (Star Wars: Bloodline book).
28-34 ABY
Ben Solo falls to the Dark Side under the influence of Snoke. He destroys the new Jedi temple created by Luke Skywalker, murders almost all the students, and is rebranded as Kylo Ren. Luke enters exile on the planet Ahch-To and severs his ties with the Force (mentioned in The Force Awakens).
34 ABY
Poe Dameron discovers the whereabouts of Luke Skywalker after finding a map. A stormtrooper by the name of FN-2187, or ‘Finn,’ defects from the First Order, acquires a jacket belonging to Dameron and goes to Jakku to meet Rey. They steal the Millenium Falcon and run into Chewbacca and Han Solo.
The entire Hosnian system is wiped out by Starkiller base, a superweapon of the First Order. This destroys the New Republic government. Kylo Ren murders Han Solo. Starkiller base gets destroyed. On Ahch-To, Rey finds Luke (The Force Awakens).
The Resistance flee from the base station on D’Qar and attempt to escape the First Order. Kylo Ren declares himself the new Supreme Leader after killing Snoke. The First Order was destroyed when Holdo, the Vice-Admiral, navigates the Raddus through Hyperspace. Luke emanates a Force projection to fight Kylo Ren and dies. The few survivors left of the Resistance escape aboard the Millennium Falcon (The Last Jedi).
35 ABY
Palpatine resurfaces after Snoke has been vanquished. The Emperor has been assembling a massive Sith army, and they are growing on an uncharted Sith stronghold known as Exogol (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker).
The Resistance has made progress in the fight against the First Order, which, under the leadership of Palpatine, is called the Final Order. Kylo searches for Rey, who turns out to be Palpatine’s granddaughter. When they meet each other, Rey uses a lightsaber to stab Kylo. However, she uses the Force to maintain his life. General Leia passes on as she sustains Ben, her son (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker).
Once Rey discovers Exogol, she travels to the stronghold using an old X-Wing that belonged to Luke. She sets trackers in place so the Resistance can chart a path to follow her. Then, she faces her grandfather while the Resistance has amassed an army filled with individuals that detest the Final Order (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker).
Palpatine gains the upper hand in the battle. He demands she strikes him down to preserve the legacy of the Sith. Kylo Ren soon comes to her rescue, and the pair engage Palpatine. Unfortunately, the Emperor is too strong and begins to seep away their life force. Every fallen Jedi comes to Rey to help her overthrow Palpatine, and he disintegrates (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker).
The galaxy celebrates its victory in the war against the Final Order. Rey buries the lightsabers of Luke and Leia on Tatooine. Balance is restored to the Force once more (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker).