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Star Wars Timeline of Books

 

Fans of the Star Wars fictional universe keep track of the dates of key events with a dating system (or calendar) reckoned at the Battle of Yavin featured in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. In this dating system, BBY stands for Before the Battle of Yavin, and ABY stands for After the Battle of Yavin, so 50 BBY would come before 5 ABY, and 45 BBY would come after 50 BBY, much as in AD and BC. (Occasionally, the defeat of the Empire at the Battle of Endor (four years after Yavin) has been used as an alternate starting year, but has generally been phased out in favor of the current standard system. When Bantam Spectra held the license for Star Wars novels, they described their books as after Endor, but Del Rey, the current license-holder, exclusively uses ABY.) Source

Note: In-universe, this dating system is used almost exclusively by the Rebel Alliance/New Republic. The earlier Galactic Empire preferred to date events from the Great Resynchronization of 35 BBY, or from the Emperor's ascension to the throne (19 BBY). Originally, the Old Republic dated years from the Ruusan Reformation of 1,000 BBY.

A galactic year, based on the length of a year on Coruscant, is 368 standard days, one standard day being a time period of equal length as a day on Coruscant (twenty-four hours). It is composed of 10 months.

Old Republic Era 

This era contains stories taking place 25,000 - 1,000 years before Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

Old Republic Era Books 

Darth Bane: Path of Destruction - A Novel of the Old Republic (Star Wars)

Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/15/2008)

Rise of the Empire Era 

This era contains stories taking place within 1,000 years before Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

The Phantom Menace 

Darth Maul - Shadow Hunter (Star Wars)

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Outbound Flight (Star Wars)

Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/15/2008)

The Clone Wars 

The Clone Wars


Republic Commando Series


MedStar Duology

Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 10/15/2008)

Hard Contact (Star Wars: Republic Commando)

Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/15/2008)

Han and Lando 

The Han Solo Trilogy


The Adventures of Lando Calrissian


The Han Solo Adventures

The Hutt Gambit (Star Wars: The Han Solo Trilogy, Vol. 2)

Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 10/15/2008)

Han Solo and the Lost Legacy (Classic Star Wars)

Amazon Price: (as of 10/15/2008)

Rebellion Era 

This era contains stories taking place within five years after the events of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

Rebellion Era Books 



The Bounty Hunter Wars

Star Wars: Allegiance

Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 10/15/2008)

The Truce at Bakura (Star Wars)

Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 10/15/2008)

New Republic Era 

This era takes place within five to twenty-five years after Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

New Republic Era Books 

X-wing series


The Thrawn Trilogy


The Jedi Academy Trilogy


The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy


The Corellian Trilogy


The Hand of Thrawn Duology

Wraith Squadron (Star Wars: X-Wing Series, Book 5)

Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 10/15/2008)

Tatooine Ghost (Star Wars)

Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/15/2008)

Survivor's Quest (Star Wars)

Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/15/2008)

The New Jedi Order Era 

This era takes place within 25 to 36 years after Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

NJO 

The New Jedi Order


The Dark Nest trilogy

Vector Prime (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 1)

Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/15/2008)

Star by Star (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 9)

Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/15/2008)

The Legacy Era 

This era takes place 40+ years after Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

The Legacy Era 

This era takes place 40+ years after Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

Legacy of the Force



A couple of highlights...

Bloodlines (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 2)

Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 10/15/2008)

Sacrifice (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, Book 5)

Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 10/15/2008)

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