Perhaps the greatest franchise in existence. This is the Star Wars Canon timeline, every canonical corner of the Star Wars universe.
What’s in the Star Wars Canon Timeline?
- The Official Films: The original 6 films, and all official films released by Lucasfilm since 2015.
- Star Wars Television: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels and any non-parody animated and live-action shows since then.
- Books: Any adult and junior novels released since September of 2014, starting with A New Dawn.
- Comics: Any official canon comics since Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir.
- Short Stories: Some canon short stories included in various magazines and other outlets.
Where to Start Reading/Watching Star Wars Canon?
Getting into the canon can be daunting, particularly if you have no idea where to start. Thankfully most of the books and comics stand on their own and don’t need much Star Wars knowledge for you to understand what’s going on. If you’re a fan of the new films, we recommend starting with the Aftermath trilogy or Bloodline. Thrawn is another really good book about the origin story of a new character you won’t find in the films. Or you could simply start chronologically and work from there. This timeline basically sums up all of the canon stories and assembles them in an easy-to-follow timeline for your convenience. Enjoy.
How to Use This Star Wars Canon Timeline
For Star Wars canon, you have the following features:
- Titles that link to an expanded page for each item.
- Sorting by Title, Series, Media Type, Writer, and Release Date
- Filtering by Media Type or Writer.
Feel free to click on individual items to see more information! As always, if you have questions or comments about this timeline, we recommend you visit our Contact page for ways to contact us. We hope you enjoy.
Chronological | Time | Buy | Title | Type | Author | Released |
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0.001 | 2019-04-16 | |||||
1 | 33 BBY | 2017-09-19 | ||||
1.001 | 2019-05-14 | |||||
1.002 | 2019-05-21 | |||||
2 | 32 BBY | 1999-05-19 | ||||
3.001 | 32-22 BBY | 2018-05-04 | ||||
3.002 | 2019-03-05 | |||||
3.003 | 2019-05-14 | |||||
4 | 29 BBY | 2016-07-19 | ||||
4.001 | 2019-03-19 | |||||
4.002 | 2019-05-21 | |||||
5 | 22 BBY | 2002-05-16 | ||||
7 | 23 BBY | 2018-03-06 | ||||
7.001 | 23 BBY | 2018-07-25 | ||||
7.002 | 2019-05-14 | |||||
7.003 | 2019-05-21 | |||||
7.004 | 2019-05-21 | |||||
7.005 | 2019-05-14 | |||||
7.006 | 2019-05-21 | |||||
8 | 22 BBY | 2010-03-20 | ||||
9 | 22 BBY | 2009-02-06 | ||||
10 | 22 BBY | 2008-08-15 | ||||
12 | 22 BBY | 2010-09-17 | ||||
13 | 22 BBY | 2010-09-24 | ||||
14 | 22 BBY | 2008-10-03 |
When are you going to add the new episodes of the clone wars Disney is making
As soon as I know more about them. Like episode titles and such.
Next year duh
Are you going to add the Rebel Magazine comics?
Why is it 16 pages now, the old 2 page format was so much easier
You can still expand it to 100 items per page to make it easier. Basically the main reason was that the page speed was very slow and causing problems with Google’s indexing. This will get more traffic. Also, it works better now because originally you could only filter each seperate page. So if you looked at only the films on page one, you wouldn’t see the films on page two. So it would appear incomplete. That problem is now gone. Also this version has a number of other new features. Also from a backend perspective there was actually a lot more effort going into the old version that I don’t have to do now. Overall it’s a much better package.
Is the freemaker adventures canon?
No, though that’s a complicated question. The long answer is that the characters are probably canon, and the Lego show is kind of a silly kids retelling of what happened to them. So…sort of? But ultimately, no. They are not official canon. By that I mean, their story is not set in stone like any other canon story would be.
if they were canon when would they take place?
They would be between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
Can you still enclose them so I can see when they take place?
I will still consider is canon myself.
Does this include combined book releases? What I mean is, if a short story was included in the release of a novel or comic.
The short stories are listed separately.
You’ve forgot to add the VR x wing mission on battlefront (2015) wich is canon
Is the video game Star Wars: commander canon?
No
🙁
Would it still be able to fit into canon tho?
Somewhat, though it’s kind of its own thing. It’s based on canon but not canon itself.
like the freemaker adventures?
Where is battlefront 2015?
Doesn’t have story content, so therefore doesn’t fit anywhere.
when does it take place?
I’ve been trying to find a simple timeline like this for sooooo long. Thank you so much.
Video games you are missing:
Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings
Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions
Star Wars Rebels: Rebel Strike
Star Wars Rebels: Ghost Raid
Star Wars Rebels: Strike Missions
Star Wars Rebels: Team Tactics
Star Wars Rebels: Special Ops
Star Wars: Commander
Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
Please add these OFFICIALLY CANON Video games!
Many of those are not canon. They simply fit with the canon but offer no new story.
Just because they don’t have any story, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t include it.
You should move Kanan Vol. 1 to right before Kanan Vol 2. the only things in Kanan Vol 1 that is 19 BBY are flashbacks.
I think that “Yodas Secret War” should be listed as taking place before episode I since that’s when the story takes place. Also, there’s this short story “A Recipe for Death” that I think takes place before Ep 1 that I didn’t see listed. Regardless, this website is super useful.
Seconded. “Yoda’s Secret War” and “A Recipe for Death” are definitely before TPM.
The main Star Wars comic series also has several issues that are flashbacks. Some of them have framing devices that take place in the “present day,” but the stories themselves happen between RotS and ANH.
Post the Mandalorian. It takes place after Return of The Jedi but before The Force Awakens. I’m sure you can figure out where it takes place.
I’m going to wait until we have more info on the individual episodes. I don’t like to post things if it’s just a placeholder. Usually.
Hi, are you going to add the rebel magazine comics.
Please move Kanan Vol. 1 next to Kanan Vol. 2. The only parts on Kanan Vol. 1 that takes place in 19 BBY are flashbacks.
So I assume the comic releases are listed as their paperback releases? So for example Age of Republic: Qui-Gon Jin won’t be listed but instead it will be listed as Age of Republic: Heroes (I think that’s how they are doing the trade releases for the new series).
A reminder that Colin Trevorrow’s name is still on Episode IX.
But I’m not complaining. This is an amazing resource, thank you so much!!
Why did you list the star wars show resistance at 34-39 ABY?
I was just wondering if you have Excel spreadsheets for the Legends and Canon timelines available to download for personal use. I thought that I saw that a while back when I first found your website and thought that would be a good idea for people interested in starting a serious collection. I actually have the Legends timeline in a spreadsheet and it’s been very helpful, so I’m working on a Canon spreadsheet now, both of them designed to help me keep track of what I have, in what media type, and whether or not it’s been added to a wishlist yet. I would even be willing to email the file to you if you would like to see the way that I’ve formatted them. Call it a collector’s formatted edition. Just a thought.