Complete Star Wars Canon Timeline

This is the Star Wars canon timeline for material that is “official canon.” All licensed material beginning in 2015 and moving forward will be part of this timeline. The only pre-2015 material that is currently included is the films, the Clone Wars, and Rebels, novelizations of the films/show, a few story-group approved novels, and Rebels tie-in material.

We’ve assembled every piece of released material for the new canon in order so you may get the full Star Wars experience.

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Movie 

Young slave Anakin Skywalker is found on Tatooine and identified as the Jedi of prophecy known as the Chosen One. Following his master’s death at Sith hands, Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi is controversially granted permission to train Anakin as a Jedi.

Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin Comic

Three years after The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan and Anakin answer a distress call from a remote planet. Anakin is now a teenager and Obi-Wan is beginning to wonder if his headstrong apprentice is more than he can handle.

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Movie 

 A young adult Anakin Skywalker falls in love with Padme Amidala, despite the Jedi code forbidding emotional attachments. Obi-Wan discovers the existence of a secret army of clones, while galactic conflict with Separatist forces becomes full-scale war.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV & Movie

Animated TV series that tells the story of the Clone Wars, the years-long conflict between the Republic and the Separatists. Anakin gets his own Padawan in the form of impulsive Ahsoka Tano, and the two of them and Obi-Wan Kenobi often find themselves on the front lines.

Star Wars: Dark Disciple Novel

 When Disney canceled The Clone Wars to make room for Star Wars Rebels, over a full season’s worth of stories were left untold. This novel is based on a planned storyline from the show that saw former Sith apprentice Asajj Ventress team up with rogue Jedi Quinlan Vos (with sparks flying between them) on a mission to assassinate Count Dooku and end the war.

Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir Comic

Another lost story arc from The Clone Wars, this comic picks up the story of the resurrected Darth Maul, who plots revenge on his former master. But he unwittingly plays into Palpatine’s hands by drawing rival Mother Talzin out into the open.

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Movie

The Clone Wars end as an increasingly emotional Anakin Skywalker falls to the Dark Side and becomes Darth Vader. Palpatine makes his move, transforming the Republic into his Empire, and he and Vader hunt down and murder the Jedi Order. Padme secretly gives birth to Jedi twins Luke and Leia.

Kanan: The Last Padawan Comic

A young Padawan named Caleb Dume survives the Jedi Purge thanks to his master’s sacrifice. The story traces his journey into adulthood, as he becomes Star Wars Rebels’ “cowboy Jedi,” Kanan Jarrus.

Ahsoka Novel

Ahsoka is an upcoming young adult novel centering on Ahsoka Tano in the period of time after she left the Jedi Order and before she became an operative in the rebellion. [Coming October 2016]

Lords of the Sith Novel

Newly-appointed Sith Lord Darth Vader and his master Darth Sidious crash land on the inhospitable planet Ryloth and must rely on each other to survive, testing their bond like never before.

Tarkin Novel

The story of how Grand Moff Tarkin rises in the ranks and is assigned management of the Death Star project, by mercilessly hunting down Rebels and building a mutual respect with Darth Vader along the way.

A New Dawn Novel

Six years before Star Wars Rebels, loner survivor Kanan Jarrus must decide whether to remain anonymous or stand and fight against the Empire. He gets help from unlikely allies — some of whom will go on to become his Rebel teammates on the TV show.

Lost Stars Novel

Imagine if Romeo and Juliet were Rebel and Imperial soldiers, and wound up on opposite sides of the war. Which wins: love or loyalty? That’s the idea behind this novel from Claudia Gray.

Untitled Han Solo Anthology Movie

Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Written by Lawrence and Jon Kasdan. It’s a story about Han Solo’s early days and how he became the smuggler with a heart of gold we all know and love.

Star Wars Rebels TV

Five years prior to A New Hope, the crew of the Ghost is David to the Empire’s Goliath, guerrilla fighters challenging Imperial oppression on the outer rim world Lothal.

Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy Novel

A prequel book to Rebels following the character of Zare Leonis and how he joins the Imperial academy.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Movie

A ragtag group of Rebel fighters undertake a daring raid to steal the all-important blueprints for the Empire’s ultimate weapon: the Death Star. [Coming December 2016.]

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope Movie

The movie that started it all finds Luke Skywalker whisked away on a wild adventure, rescuing captured Rebel leader Princess Leia and teaming up with smuggler Han Solo on a dangerous mission to destroy the Death Star.

Star Wars: Princess Leia Comic

After the destruction of the Death Star, Leia Organa embarks on a personal mission to find other Alderaanian survivors and protect them from the Empire.

Smuggler’s Run Novel

In this junior readers novel, Princess Leia tasks Han Solo and Chewbacca with a top-secret rescue operation.

Star Wars: Chewbacca Comic

 

When Chewie crash lands on a world occupied by Imperial forces, he can think of nothing but escape. But a young local girl needs his help first…

Heir to the Jedi Novel

Luke Skywalker’s abilities as a Rebel fighter are put to the test when he’s assigned an espionage mission to extract a Rebel sympathizer from behind enemy lines.

The Weapon of a Jedi Novel

Luke is drawn by the Force to a mysterious planet, where a dangerous new foe awaits.

Star Wars Comic

The ongoing comic series that’s been getting rave reviews. Set during the same era as the classic Marvel comics, we get to see the early days of Luke, Han, and Leia’s friendship during the Rebellion’s struggles against the Empire.

Star Wars: Darth Vader Comic

This comic centers on Vader as he deals with the fallout from the Death Star’s destruction. It also runs concurrently with the main Star Wars comic, with events sometimes overlapping. Also tells of Vader’s discovery of the son he never knew he had.

Star Wars: Vader Down Comic

A six issue mini-series taking place inside the events of the ongoing Darth Vader and Star Wars comic series. Vader has been shot down and the Rebel Alliance knows he’s vulnerable, so they throw everything they have against him. A survival story that will show Vader using the full extent of the Force to survive.

Star Wars: Lando Comic

An adventure starring Lando Calrissian and his sidekick Lobot in which they embark on a caper to steal a space yacht, unaware that it is the personal property of Emperor Palpatine.

Battlefront: Twilight Company Novel

Based on the video game Star Wars Battlefront, this novel sends the 61st Mobile Infantry, aka Twilight Company, on a mission against orders to strike at the heart of the Empire’s military.

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back Movie

After escaping from their latest hidden base, the Rebels are separated. Luke travels to meet Yoda, who will train him as a Jedi, while Han and Leia take shelter in a floating city, where Darth Vader has secretly planted a trap.

Moving Target Novel

A young adult novel in which Leia leads a decoy mission while the Rebel fleet licks its wounds after escaping from Hoth.

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi Movie

Luke, Leia, Chewie and Lando rescue Han from Jabba the Hutt before regrouping with the Rebellion, which sends them on a mission against the Empire’s second Death Star. But Luke is haunted by the knowledge that he must face the Emperor alone in a battle for his father’s soul.

Shattered Empire Comic

Tells a story of the days immediately after Return of the Jedi, but from a different perspective than Aftermath.

Star Wars: Uprising Video Game

Yet another look at the immediate post-Jedi galaxy, this video game is about a sector of space that’s been locked down by the Empire — and inside the blockade, they’re maintaining the charade that the Empire is still in control of the galaxy. Gamers play as burgeoning Rebels trying to stop the propaganda and free their sector of space, via episodic content that’s official canon.

Aftermath Novel

A new adventure taking place in the days immediately following the deaths of Vader and Palpatine and the destruction of the Death Star. Concerns a new Rebel character who tries to stop an emergency meeting of Imperial power players who want to regroup for a counterstrike.

Aftermath: Life Debt Novel

Part two of Chuck Wendig’s trilogy bridging Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. Nothing is yet known about the plot, though Wendig says that while all of the characters from the first book will be back, the title refers to the bond between Chewbacca and Han Solo. [Coming May 2016.]

Aftermath: Empire’s End Novel

The finale of Chuck Wendig’s trilogy. [Coming May 2017.]

New Republic: Bloodline Novel

Claudia Gray’s second Star Wars novel is set just six years before The Force Awakens. Whether any of her Lost Stars characters will show up is anybody’s guess.

Before the Awakening Novel

An anthology of three novellas focusing on the lives of Finn, Rey and Poe from before the events of The Force Awakens.

Star Wars: C-3PO Comic

Have you noticed that in The Force Awakens, C-3PO is sporting a new arm? Unlike his usual gold tones, the new arm is red. This comic from Marvel tells the story of how he got that red arm.

Star Wars: Poe Dameron Comic

Resistance General Leia Organa tasks her star pilot Poe Dameron to find Lor San Tekka—an explorer who may know where the last Jedi Luke Skywalker is hiding—before the First Order does. Accompanying Poe and his astromech droidBB-8 are pilots Snap Wexley, Karé Kun, L’ulo, and Jess Pava, collectively known as as Black Squadron. Also on Tekka’s trail is the menacing Agent Terex, an officer in the First Order Security Bureau who soon becomes Poe’s nemesis.

Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens Movie 

Thirty years after the Battle of Endor, the Empire may be no more but the galaxy has once again come under threat, this time to a devastating weapon wielded by the First Order. This dangerous new army is fought by the Resistance, freedom fighters that include galactic heroes both old and new.

Now go and get caught up before the last two movies show in 2017 and 2019.

There will be many more material in the new Star Wars Canon. When those happen we will updated the timeline, so watch out further down the track for more material being added to this list.

The Untold Stories of Ahsoka Tano Broke Our Hearts—And Ahsoka’s, Too

Star Wars Celebration Europe kicked off today, and started with a bang: an entire panel dedicated to the life and times of Ahsoka Tano, from Clone Wars to Rebels, and all the untold moments in between. Huge, emotional secrets were revealed, not just to us, but to Ahsoka herself, actor Ashley Eckstein.

The panel, featuring Clone Wars and Rebels producer Dave Filoni, Lucasfilm story group executive Pablo Hidalgo, and Eckstein, dove deep into three major story arcs planned for Ahsoka after her departure from the Jedi Order at the climax of Clone Wars’ fifth season. These arcs wouldn’t have just followed Ahsoka on her journey out of the Jedi life, but brought the animated series to a close—tying directly into the events of Revenge of the Sith. Here’s what we now know about Ahsoka’s untold stories:

Ahsoka’s Walkabouts

The first arc would’ve focused on Ahsoka’s whereabouts on Coruscant immediately after she walked away from Anakin at the steps of the Jedi Temple, contemplating her monumentous decision while meditating in a nearby park (throughout the panel, the audience was shown concept art directly from Filoni’s notebooks, illustrating ideas and concepts that would ultimately never make it to the big screen). As a teenager, Filoni concluded, Ahsoka would be prone to making such a bold decision to step away from the Jedi, but she still would have been conflicted by her desire to do good in the galaxy and her now almost total distrust of the Jedi council.

That conflict would have set Ahsoka on a journey down to the lower levels of Coruscant—specifically level 1313, the seedy location that was part of the cancelled Star Wars 1313 video game. There she would throw her lot in with a smuggler named Nyx Okami, a similarly young and Han-Solo-y character, as the two tried to live a life in the underworld (and with Ahsoka still tied to her Jedi morale core, doing good where she can). Keeping her past a secret from the young Nyx, the relationship would slowly blossom into something of a romantic arc for Ahsoka. “Ahsoka had a boyfriend for a hot minute,” exclaimed Eckstein, “and his name was Nyx Okami!”

Return to the Jedi

Eventually, Ahsoka would’ve emerged from Coruscant’s underbelly, and returned to the temple—not as a Jedi, but as an advisor on a special mission to rescue Master Yoda from a sinister force lurking beneath Coruscant’s surface. Reunited with Anakin and Obi-Wan, Ahsoka would’ve guided the two Jedi all the way to the base level of Coruscant.

There, right under where the Jedi temple would be miles above, was the true source of the evil the Jedi had felt: an ancient Sith temple, teeming with knowledge and dark side power. At one point, although unbeknownst to her, Ahsoka would have battled a dark side user trying to break into the Soth holocron room, with concept art showing Ahsoka plotting her lightsaber into the door to seal it, only for the perpetrator to shock her with force lightning from the other side of the door. Unbeknown to her or the Jedi, her opponent was none other than Darth Sidious.

The Siege of Mandalore

The final arc revealed today was an emotional one—one that would have brought Clone Wars to its end (before its untimely ending in the wake of Disney’s purchase of Star Wars), and give Anakin and Ahsoka one last meeting before his rise as Vader.

 A plan formulated by Ahsoka and Mandalorian commando Bo Katan would’ve seen the Council dispatch Anakin, Obi-Wan and a clone army to Mandalore, to oust Darth Maul from his position of power in the wake of Duchess Satine’s death. But tragically, before the attack could begin, Yoda urgently recalls Obi-Wan and Anakin back to Coruscant: Grievous has surged the capital and kidnapped Palpatine, aka the opening moments of Revenge of the Sith.

Queue the waterworks: not just from the audience but from Eckstein herself, as Filoni recounted what would have been the last moments between Anakin and Ahsoka. Before the two Jedi departed for Coruscant, Anakin would’ve told Ahsoka how proud he was of her, Jedi or otherwise, before revealing a parting gift—Captain Rex and a battalion of the 501st’s best, their helmets repainted orange and with Ahsoka’s togruta markings. All of this was a surprise to Eckstein, who constantly reminded the audience that she was largely in the dark about Ahsoka’s past, and her reaction was as intense as it was heartwarming, sobbing along with her fans.

Beyond the Clone Wars

Aside from her re-appearance in Rebels, Filoni had one more idea for Ahsoka revealed at the end of the panel: how she survived Order 66. Accompanied by artwork of Ahsoka riding a giant, long-legged wolf (Filoni is, he confesses, a big fan of wolves), the producer revealed that after Ahsoka’s clones turned on her, they would’ve surrounded the former Jedi in a forest clearing, while she was meditating.

Or so they thought—Ahsoka would’ve revealed that the “forest” was actually a pack of these gigantic wolves, which would’ve promptly torn he clones o pieces as Ahsoka rode into battle on one. Filoni stressed this was just a piece of imaginative speculation, mainly due to his love of drawing wolves—so the idea was quickly nixed. So while we still don’t “officially” know how Ahsoka survived the ordeal, you now have one alternate possibility.

But did she survive he events of the Rebels season two finale? Filoni remained tight lipped as to whether Ahsoka survived the destruction of the Sith temple on Malachor, but he gave fans—and Eckstein—a glimmer of hope: There’s a good possibility we’ve not see the last of Ahsoka. There is, of course, still many stories to tell.