Star Wars fans have a lot to look forward to in terms of new content.
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What’s the problem? The stories all take place at different points in time in the galaxy far, far away. ‘The Mandalorian’ is set between the original trilogy and the latest sequels. ‘Andor’ is a prequel to ‘Rogue One’, itself a prequel to ‘A New Hope’. Meanwhile, ‘Ahsoka’ takes place after the original trilogy. And the newly released Disney+ series ‘The Acolyte’ takes place hundreds of years before the Skywalker saga.
Don’t worry, padawans: CNN put together a complete chronology of Star Wars canon so you can follow all the franchise’s time jumps without getting lost in space.
This information was pulled from official ‘Star Wars’ resources known as ‘Ultimate Star Wars’ and ‘Star Wars Character Encyclopedia,’ as well as experts from media outlets such as USA Today and AV Club. Anthology series such as ‘Star Wars Visions’ and ‘Tales of the Empire’ were omitted.
Many Star Wars fans mark the passage of time in the galaxy with the Battle of Yavin, the fateful battle in ‘A New Hope’ in which the first version of the Death Star is destroyed. “The Phantom Menace takes place more than 30 years before this battle. But for ‘Star Wars’ fans who are still sorting out the differences between the Republic, the Rebellion and the Resistance, let’s measure the chronology in Earth time.
