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25,000 - 1,000 years before the Battle of Yavin

The Old Republic was the legendary government

that united a galaxy under the rule of the Senate.  In this era,

the Jedi are numerous, and serve as guardians of peace and justice.

The Tales of the Jedi comics take place in this era, chronicling the immense

wars fought by the Jedi of old, and the Empire of the Ancient Sith who sought domination.

1,000 - 0 years before the Battle of Yavin

For a thousand years, the Galactic

Republic maintained democracy in the galaxy with

the Jedi as its guardians of peace and justice.  But a Sith plot,

a millennia in the making, engulfs the galaxy in the Clone Wars, leading to

the ascendancy of the Emperor and the fall of the Jedi.  This is the era that contains the prequel trilogy.

0 - 5 years after the Battle of Yavin

An outcry of resistance begins to spread across

the galaxy in protest to the new Empire's tyranny. Cells

of the Rebellion fight back, and the Galactic Civil War begins. 

This era begins with the Rebel victory that secured the Death Star plans,

now known as the Battle of Yavin, and ends a year after the death of the Emperor

high over the forest moon of Endor.  The Rebellion starts to reform itself into a body of government,

first as the Alliance of Free Planets, and later the New Republic.  This is the era that contains the classic trilogy.

5 - 25 years after the Battle of Yavin

Having defeated the Empire at the Battle of Endor,

the Rebel Alliance must now transform itself from a militant resistance

force into a functioning galactic government.  As Imperial territory is reclaimed,

the New Republic suffers growing pains, having to fend off insurrections, Imperial loyalists, and

wayward warlords.  Also, Luke Skywalker, the last of the Jedi, begins training apprentices, rebuilding the Jedi order.

25 - 30 years after the Battle of Yavin

The Jedi Knights are now a hundred strong. 

The New Republic has signed a peace treaty with what little remains

of the Empire.  The galaxy is finally enjoying a peaceful respite from decades of war. 

It's at this time that a horrible alien menace invades the Republic from beyond known space. 

The Yuuzhan Vong lay waste to entire worlds in their scourge, as depicted in the novels of the New Jedi Order.

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Label designated by Lucasfilm to indicate stories

which are not part of continuity.  These include some of the

re-imaginings of the Classic Trilogy published by Dark Horse Comics as well as

some of the shorts in the anthology series, Star Wars Tales.  The designation allows for both serious

and humorous stories to be told without concern for the extensive web of continuity that makes up the Expanded Universe.

25,000 years before the Battle of Yavin - 30 years after the Battle of Yavin

This designation covers the entire history of the Star Wars

Expanded Universe, from the period of the ancient Jedi and the Sith Empire

to the rise of Emperor Palpatine and the Clone Wars, the fall of the Jedi, the period of

Imperial domination, the era of Rebellion which includes the Classic Trilogy, the formation of the

New Republic and the scourge of the Yuuzhan Vong.  Infinities stories are included in a separate section on the bottom.