19 BBY
• The Galactic Empire is founded with the Declaration of a New Order.
• Anakin Skywalker duels Obi-Wan Kenobi on Mustafar, where he is grievously injured.
• Padmé Amidala dies in childbirth. Luke Skywalker is raised on Tatooine by his stepuncle under the watch of Obi-Wan Kenobi, while Leia Skywalker is adopted by Bail Organa and raised as a Princess of Alderaan.
• The Confederacy of Independent Systems formally surrenders to the Galactic Empire on Cato Neimoidia. The assets of the CIS are officially Imperialized, including the constituent and supporting corporate bodies.
• The Galactic Senate becomes the Imperial Senate.
• Yoda exiles himself on Dagobah.
• The Death Star is moved from Geonosis ot Despayre.
• The First Imperial Games are held. They will eventually be known as the Tenth Galactic Games.
• The Jedi Conclave on Kessel is held. Darth Vader interrupts and kills the collected Jedi.
• The world of Caamas is destroyed.
• The Emperor's Citadel is constructed on Byss, formally as a state retreat facility. In truth it is the site of Darth Sidious' research into immortality.
• Kota's Militia goes rogue.
• The Inquisitorious is founded, dedicated to hunting down the last of the Jedi by either turning them to the Dark Side or killing them.
• The Reconquest of the Rim begins with the Ciutric Offensive, Sy Myrthian Insurrection, and Five Veils Campaign.
• Coruscant becomes known as Imperial Center.
18 BBY
• Galen Marek is taken by Darth Vader on Kashyyyk.
• The Ghorman Massacre occurs.
• Theed suffers military occupation by the 501st, eliminated the Jedi in hiding on Naboo and resulting in the execution of Queen Apailana.
• Kylantha is installed as Queen of Naboo by the Empire.
• The Listehol Campaign occurs.
17 BBY
• Rodia comes under the rule of Navik the Red leading to purges of the opposition.
• M'haeli is occupied by the Empire.
• The Reconquest of the Rim continues with the Western Reaches Operation, Shrouded Offensiev, Nembus Sector Campaign, and Kwymar Suppressions.
16 BBY
• Boba Fett marries Sintas Vel.
15 BBY
• Tammuz-an is united.
• The Great Heep is destroyed.
• The Roonstones are destroyed.
14 BBY
• Barab I becomes part of the Empire.
The Sartran Corporation is Imperialized.
13 BBY
• Renatasia is rediscovered.
12 BBY
• Boba Fett, using the alias Jaster Mereel, is exiled from Concord Dawn following his murder of fellow Journeyman Protector Lenovar.
• The Kamino Uprising occurs.
• The Battle of Renetasia occurs.
11 BBY
• Maridun is discovered by the Empire, resulting in immediate slaving and mining operations.
• Han Solo wins the Junior Corellia Swoop Racing Championship for the third time and the Corellian System Swoop Racing Championship.
• Soontir Fel enters the Academy of Carida.
10 BBY
• Natasi Daala is recruited to Grand Moff Tarkin's staff.
• The Houk-Weequay Conflicts begin.
• Han Solo enters the Academy of Carida. During his time there he will pick up the nickname "Slick" and befriend Soontir Fel.
• The Second Great Droid Revolution occurs.
9 BBY
• The Stormtrooper Corps is no longer a Clone exclusive military branch.
• Dash Rendar entered the Imperial Academy system.
8 BBY
• Darth Sidious discovers a method of transferring his consciousness into a new body.
7 BBY
• The Reslian Purge begins.
• A city on Falleen is orbitally bombarded to contain the outbreak of a biological weapon, leading to the deaths to 200,000 Falleen.
6 BBY
• Pooja Naberrie is elected as Senator of the Chommell Sector, replacing Jar Jar Binks.
• Xizor becomes Underlord of Black Sun.
• The Droid Rebellion occurs.
• The Reslian Purge ends.
• The Garosian Civil War is ended by Imperial occupation.
5 BBY
• Han Solo saves Chewbacca from execution, ending his Imperial military career.
• Kyle Katarn enters the Academy of Carida.
• Rokur Gepta uses the electromagnetic torpedo on Tund, eradicating all life on the planet.
4 BBY
• The Firrerreo Genocide occurs.
• Lando Calrissian acquires the Millenium Falcon.
3 BBY
• Callos is bombed and devastated by the Empire.
• Gallofree Yards, Inc. goes bankrupt.
• Canna Omonda replaced Mon Mothma as Senator of Chandrila. Mon Mothma immediately goes into hiding, orchestrating various resistance movements across the Galaxy.
• Galen Marek is sent on a mission to hunt down and kill various surviving Jedi.
• Kota's Milita is scattered following the incapacitation of Rahm Kota.
• Raxus Prime is claimed by the Empire.
• Felucia is claimed by the Empire.
• Galen Marek is rebuilt following Vader's betrayal aboard the Executor.
2 BBY
• The Ssi-ruuvi Invasions begin with the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium invasion of G'rho.
• Kashyyyk is briefly liberated from the Empire.
• The Corellian Treaty is signed. It is interrupted by Lord Vader's arrival and arrest of the signatories.
• Galen Marek sacrifices himself in a duel aboard the Death Star against Emperor Palpatine and Lord Vader. His sacrifice allows the Rebel Alliance to unit on Kashyyyk.
• The Declaration of Rebellion is made, marking the official beginning of the Galactic Civil War.
• Kota's Militia and the surviving Separatist Holdouts join the Corellian, Chandrillan, and Alderaanian Resistances in forming the Rebel Alliance. Many other resistance groups shortly follow.
• The Sanctuary Base on Dantooine is established in the remains of the Jedi Enclave as the first headquarters of the Rebel Alliance.
• Darth Vader begins a cloning project on Kamino, cloning Galen Marek as a new individual, Starkiller.
• Emperor Palpatine created the rank of Grand Admiral, promoting the twelve most influential military personnel to the position. When some difficulties arise from formerly non-Imperial Navy personnel in their new positions, the rank of Grand General is also created, with twelve surface-based commanders elevated to the position.
• Han Solo wins the Millenium Falcon from Lando Calrissian.
• The Kashyyyk Skyhook is rebuilt during the Empire's reassertion of power on the planet.
1 BBY
• Galen Marek is succesfully cloned as Starkiller.
• Bail Organa retires from the Imperial Senate, replaced by his daughter Leia Organa.
• Lord Vader is defeated by Starkiller on Kamino during a battle that cripples the Empire's clone production capabilities. Vader is captured by the Rebel Alliance, but liberates himself while in transit to Dantooine.
• The Alliance abandons Sanctuary Base on Dantooine, relocating to the Great Temple on Yavin IV.
• The Shadowcast is developed by the Rebel Alliance, using the HoloNet to transmit coded messages to its agents within HoloNet broadcasts.
• The Anti-Sith Conspiracy fails in its attempted coup against Darth Sidious and Darth Vader. The group does succeed in making the larger galaxy aware of Emperor Palpatine's and Lord Vader's status as Sith.
• The Star Destroyer Vector and Prison Barge Purge are contaminated by the Blackwing Virus, a modern version of the Sickness that devestated Odacer-Faustin millenia ago.
• The Calamari rebel, freeing Dac and joining the Rebel Alliance.
• The Rebel Alliance aquires the X-Wing.
• Operation Strike Fear occurs in the Tion Hegemony, cracking down on the previous stronghold of the Rebellion.
• The Death Star Plans are stolen by the Rebel Alliance.
• The Great Jedi Purge comes to an end as the Empire formally announces the end of Order 66.
0 BBY
• The Death Star is officially completed, being marked by the destruction of Despayre.
• Princess Leia Organa is captured by the Empire over Tatooine.
• The Imperial Senate is dissolved by Emperor Palpatine.
• Luke Skywalker, son of Anakin Skywalker, joins the Rebel Alliance.
• Alderaan is destroyed by the Death Star. The Empire first attributed the destruction of the planet to the testing of an Alderaanian superweapon gone wrong. When imagery of the planet's destruction became public, the Empire proceeded to state that the planet was developing biological weapons and the destruction was justified. Ultimately, the incident is an embarassment for the Empire who later attempt to spin the incident as Tarkin going rogue, and serves as a catalyzing moment for the Galactic Civil War.
• The Death Star is destroyed moments before it destroys the Alliance Headquarters on Yavin IV.
0 ABY
• Bakura is annexed by the Empire.
• Candorian Plague appears on Dentaal, leading to its quarantine by the Empire.
• The Empire established the Yavin Blockade.
• The Alliance is able to successfully evacuate Yavin IV before the Empire is able to fully commit to take the mon.
• The Ejolus colony is established by surviving Alderaanians, but later destroyed by the Empire.
• New Alderaan is founded by the Rebel Alliance for the remaining Alderaan survivors.
• Rogue Squadron is formed by the Rebel Alliance as an elite, ace fighter squadron.
• The Conference of Uncommitted Worlds is held.
• Firrerre is devestated by a hive virus.
• General Crix Madine, commander of the Storm Commandos, defects to the Rebel Alliance.
1 ABY
• The Dark Trooper Campaign occurs.
• The Lusankya is buried under Coruscant.
• Echo Base is constructed on Hoth as the new Headquarters of the Rebel Alliance.
• The Empire attempts to crackdown on Kashyyyk and Tatooine.
• A group of spacers destroy the criminal underworld on Naboo, eradicate the black market slave trade on Corellia, eradicate the Arachne on the Sanctuary Moon, kill the reborn General Grievious in N-K Necrosis, stop IG-88 on Lok, stop a rogue Nightsister from escaping Dathomir, and investigate the world of Mustafar while participating on both sides of the Galactic Civil War.
• HK-47 is reactivated and leds a brief rebellion before being converted into a jetpack.
2 ABY
• Vice Admiral Thrawn, formerly known as Mitt'raw'nurudo before his discovery by the Empire, is "exiled" to the Unknown Regions, which he proceeds to map and conquor for the Empire.
• Grand Admiral Rufaan Tigellinus is inducted into the Order of the Canted Circle.
• The Empire cracks down on illegal spice mining on Kessel.
• The Corellian Merchants' Guild is banned from the Corporate Sector.
• Thrawn returns to known space.
• The Executor is unveiled publicly, after two years of operation.
• Thrawn is inducted into the Order of the Canted Circle.
3 ABY
• The Battle of Hoth occurs. Many within the Empire believes it is the end of the Rebellion.
• Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training on Dagobah by Grand Master Yoda.
• After temporarily residing at Golrath Station on Golrath following its escape from Hoth, Alliance Headquarters are established at Haven Base on Arbra.
• The Death Star II is moved from its initial construction point to the Sanctuary Moon over Endor.
• The Empire annexes Cloud City and Bespin.
• The Rebel Alliance is able to gain the plans for the second Death Star.
• Black Sun begins to collapse following the death of Xizor.
• The Empire ends the Sepan Civil War.
• Rascal Squadron is destroyed by the TIE Phantom Project, before its sole surviving member destroys the project.
4 ABY
• Thrawn is promoted to Grand Admiral after stopping the attempted coup of Grand Admiral Demetrius Zaarin.
• The Alliance ends the Virgillian Civil War.
• Jabba the Hutt is killed and his criminal empire fragments.
• The Battle of Endor occurs. The second Death Star is destroyed and the Death Squadron devastated by defeat at the hands of the Rebel Command Fleet.
• IG-88's Droid Revolution ends before it begins with his death at Endor.
