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| (25,000 - c. 4000 Before Senate Dismisal) |
| There is very little knowledge of the galaxy's Dark Ages, those millenia preceding the founding of the Old Republic. Civilizations rose and fell on a thousand-thousand worlds, the names of most remaining lost to antiquity. What we can learn from history is that eventually, one sentient lifeform after another began looking past the bounds of gravity and sought to explore beyond their own world. This is where history is most unkind: in the eons since one race after another began expanding their territory and meeting one another, the founding culture and even "homeworld" of many races has become lost knowledge (such as is the case with humans). |
| What is known is that, out of the Dark Ages, there would come the greatest civilizing force that history has ever known: the glorious Old Republic. And in it's wake, the noble Jedi Knighthood who served as it's greatest teachers, healers, judges, and protectors... |
| 25,000 + BSD |
| Pre-hyperdrive era. First attempts to establish trade and diplomacy between the various cultures of the galaxy. Earliest records of Alderaan's explorations. |
| 25,000 BSD |
| Beginnings of Old Republic. Order of Jedi Knights begins (presumably on Ossus, in the Adega system). |
| 25,000-4,000 BSD |
| Expansion under Old Republic. Somewhere in this period Xim the Despot conquers much territory before being defeated by Old Republic forces. |
| Dark Jedi are first mentioned. Somewhere in this period is the Great Hyperspace War and the Hundred Years Darkness. |
| The Sith will be conquered and ruled by a Dark Jedi elite who become the first Dark Lords of the Sith. The renegade Sith Naga Sadow flees the Dark Lords and comes to Yavin IV. His followers will degenerate into the Massassi. The Dark Lords and the Sith are defeated, then are destroyed or vanish. |
| 5,000 BSD |
| The Golden Age of the Sith. Sith magic reaches its greatest height. |
| 4,400 BSD |
| Freedon Nadd arrives on Onderon and begins his dark-side rule. His Sith influence will hold Onderon for the next four hundred years. |
| 4,000 BSD |
| Ulic Qel-Droma, Cay Qel-Droma and Tott Doneeta become Jedi under Master Arca. Arca sends them to Onderon to serve as protectors. They are attacked upon arriving at Iziz by the renegade beast-riders. Princess Galia is kidnapped soon after. Queen Amanoa sends the three Jedi out after the riders. Ulic, Cay, and Tott discover from the beast riders that the people of Iziz are under Dark Side influence. Iziz is attacked; Master Arca arrives and turns the tide of battle. Queen Amanoa is confronted in Freedon Nadd's tomb; death of Amanoa, marriage of Galia and Oron Kira, leader of the beast riders. |
| Andur Sunrider takes his wife Nomi and their daughter Vima to visit Master Thon. On a stopover Andur is killed by criminals. Andur's spirit tells Nomi to continue on to Master Thon and to take up the Jedi training meant for him. Nomi Sunrider and Vima find Master Thon and Oss Wilum on Ambria. Bogga the Hutt and his gang follow Nomi and demand the Adegan crystals she is carrying. Thon defeats Bogga's gang and makes Nomi his apprentice. Nomi discovers that Ambria is a Dark-Side planet and that Thon lives there so he may keep the Dark-Side at bay. Bogga attacks again, and Thon forces Nomi to overcome her reluctance to use a lightsaber. Satal and Aleema begin their Dark Side experiments. They and other young aristocrats in the Empress Teta system form a secret group called the Krath. Satal and Aleema travel to Coruscant and steal an ancient book of Sith magic. The Freedon Nadd uprising begins on Onderon. King Ommin strikes from the catacombs beneath Iziz, Tott Doneeta is injured in the first wave of the attack. Doneeta travels to Ambria and asks for Master Thon's help on Onderon. Doneeta returns to Onderon with Oss while goes to the Republic to ask for assistance. Master Arca is captured and brought to King Ommin. It is discovered that Ommin is using forbidden Sith lore to re-take Onderon. Freedon Nadd appears in spirit form to assist Ommin. Satal and Aleema find Ommin and learn more about Sith magic. The joint Republic/Jedi force overcomes the uprising. Ommin is killed; Nadd's spirit retreats. Arca places the remains of Nadd, Ommin, and Queen Amanoa into a tomb on the fourth moon of Onderon. |
| Exar Kun, an apprentice of Master Vodo-Siosk Baas, begins to study the Dark Side. Satal and Aleema stage a coup in the Empress Teta system and murder their parents; very quickly the system and it's rich carbonite production falls to the Krath. Master Arca gathers great Jedi from across the galaxy to join him on Onderon. He is given the task of putting down the Sith-inspired rebellion in the Empress Teta system. Arca also orders all of the Sith artifacts that had been in possession of King Ommin be transported to Ossus. Exar Kun rebels against Baas and leaves Dantooine. He comes to Onderon under false pretense and demands to see the Sith artifacts. Arca turns him down, but Kun is led to the tomb of Freedon Nadd by two Naddist worshippers. A joint Republic/Jedi fleet under Ulic Qel-Droma is defeated at Empress Teta. The fleet retreats and the Jedi begin to gather to discuss the situation. The spirit of Freedon Nadd confronts Kun and gives him Sith scrolls that lead Kun to Korriban, the last world the Sith held. At the Jedi gathering on Mount Meru on Deneba, Ulic announces his plan to infiltrate the Krath. He is met with disapproval, but after the Krath attack the summit and kill Master Arca he is determined to carry out his plan. Kun enters the Sith temple on Korriban and is mortally injured by falling debris. Nadd tempts him with the power to save himself only if Kun turns to the Dark Side. Kun relents, is healed, and begins his journey on the Dark Side. Kun ventures into the temple and learns about Naga Sadow. He travels to Yavin IV to discover what happened to Sadow and is captured by the Sith-degenerate Massassi. On Ossus Ulic prepares himself to go to Empress Teta but Nomi begs him to stay. Kun is offered to the Sith demon in the great temple on Yavin IV but kills the monster; the Massassi honor him as a god thereafter. Ulic arrives at Empress Teta and saves the lives of Satal and Aleema during an assassination attempt. Kun confronts Nadd's spirit; Nadd warns Satal and Aleema before he is obliterated. Ulic is considered an ally by Aleema but a potential menace by Satal. While he is being held prisoner Ulic is given a Sith poison by Satal. Kun orders the Massassi to build great temples so that he can tap into the energies of the Sith. Kun discovers Sadow's starship beneath the great temple and begins experimenting with it's stored knowledge of Sith alchemy. Nomi tries to rescue Ulic, but she fails when Ulic, under the influence of the Sith poison, strikes in anger and kills Satal. Ulic is now on the path to the Dark Side. Kun readies Sadow's ship to leave Yavin IV to find the other Sith followers. Kun comes to Empress Teta as the Jedi task force attacks the Krath. Ulic and Aleema become lovers. Kun arrives at Empress Teta and discovers that Ulic Qel-Droma has become empowered with Sith powers. The Jedi task force arrives and attacks the city. Kun confronts Ulic and they duel. The Jedi are forced to retreat. The spirit of the ancient Lord of the Sith appears and declares Kun to be the true Sith Lord, bestowing power to Ulic as well. Ulic Qel-Droma and Exar Kun forge an alliance. |
| 4,000 - 20 BSD |
| Following the terrible events of the Sith War, the first known truly galactic war, the Republic entered into a Golden Age. The Jedi renewed their strength and continued on in their role of guardians. The Republic continued to gain new members as more systems were discovered and explored. The galactic capital of Coruscant shone as a bright jewel for all the galaxy to see. |
| But if the Republic had little chance of being threatened from the outside again, it was slowly destroying itself from the inside. The movement towards it's end were slow, and difficult to see with foresight, and when all was obvious in the end, it was far too late. The great Republic had become too bureacratic, too centralized, too unwieldly. Then came the Clone Wars, perhaps the bloodiest conflict the galaxy has ever known. The Republic became weakened by this and regional disputes. The Republic Senate began drowning in it's own corruption. The system began breaking down. And then, the Senate believed it had found the answer to it's problems in the form of an unassuming senator named Palpatine. |
| It was not only a time of darkness and chaos, however. The last centuries of the Old Republic were to produce the greatest, and more often than not the most colorful, soldiers and statesmen and heroes that the galaxy has ever known.... |
| 900 BSD |
| Yoda is born, location unknown. |
| 400 BSD |
| Jedi Academy ship Ch'unthor crashes on Dathomir. Yoda leads several Jedi to recover the downed school, but is repulsed by the Witches of Dathomir. |
| 200 BSD |
| Chewbacca is born on Kashyyyk. |
| 132 BSD |
| Jorus C'Baoth is born on Bortras. |
| 112 BSD |
| C-3PO is activated at Cybot Galactica Corporation. |
| 80-70 BSD |
| Palpatine is born, location unknown. |
| 60 BSD |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi is born, location unknown (possibly Alderaan). |
| 60-30 BSD |
| Somewhere in this period, Palpatine begins studying the Dark Side of the Force. |
| 55 BSD |
| Anakin Skywalker is born. |
| 48 BSD |
| Mon Mothma is born. |
| 35 BSD |
| Jorus C'Baoth wins sanctioning of the Outbound Flight Project. He and five other Jedi Masters launch from Yaga Minor. They are destroyed by Thrawn's task force under orders from Palpatine. Clone of C'Baoth created either before the launch or after the attack. The Clone Wars begin. Obi-Wan Kenobi serves under Bail Organa of Alderaan. Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker become friends. Dark Jedi insurrection in Bpfassh system. One of the Dark Jedi flees to Dagobah. He is pursued and stopped by Yoda. Clonemasters defeated by Old Republic and Jedi Knights. Somewhere during the Clone Wars will be the battle above Honoghr, home of the Noghri. End of Clone Wars. |
| 29 BSD |
| Han Solo born (either on Corellia or elsewhere in the Corellian system). |
| 35-18 BSD |
| Fall of the Republic. Corruption, prejudice, and abuse of power throughout the galaxy. Palpatine, long an unassuming senator, begins his rise to power through a combination of promises and alliances. Senators Mon Mothma and Garm Bel-Iblis begin opposing Palpatine. Bail Organa, Viceroy of Alderaan, bans all weapons from Alderaan. |
| 18 BSD |
| The Ghorman Massacre. Mon Mothma begins organizing resistance to Palpatine's "New Order". She goes into hiding. Assassination attempt on Senator Garm Bel-Iblis of Corellia. He goes into hiding and begins his own war. Anakin Skywalker disobeys his Jedi teacher and friend, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and studies the Sith teachings. |
| Anakin Skywalker declares himself Darth Vader, the new Lord of the Sith. His wife goes in hiding and gives birth to Luke and Leia. Luke is placed with Kenobi's brother on Tatooine, Owen Lars. Leia and her mother are placed into the custody of Bail Organa of Alderaan. President Palpatine seizes control of the Republic's military and declares emergency martial law. Palpatine becomes Emperor. Kenobi and Vader have first battle as enemies. Vader falls into a molten pit and is left for dead. Thereafter he relies on machinery to life. Slaughter of Jedi begun throughout the galaxy. Kenobi goes into hiding on Tatooine. |
| (1 year After Senate Dismisal) |
| Kaiburr Crystal found on Mimban by Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. Fearing for his life, Bevel Lemelisk flees the Empire. He is found and the Emperor asks him to design another Death Star. Lemelisk removes the flaw of the first Death Star, improves the superlaser, and asks the Emperor for a place to begin construction. The moon of Endor is chosen. |
| 2 ASD |
| Darth Vader starts construction on his Super Star Destroyer, The Executor. Rebels change bases from Yavin 4 to Hoth. Han Solo is captured by bounty hunters Boba Fett and Bossk on Ord Mantell, but escapes. Ackbar joins the rebellion. Commander Ackbar recruits the insectoid Verpine to join the rebellion. Ackbar aids the Verpine in developing the B-Wing starfighter. The Battle of Hoth. Luke Skywalker trains under Yoda, Jedi Master. Han Solo frozen in carbonite. Lando Calrissian joins Rebellion. Grand Admiral Thrawn departs for the last time to the Unknown Regions. |
| 4 ASD |
| Luke, Leia, Lando, C-3P0, and R2D2 help Han escape from Jabba's Palace, on Tatooine.Yoda, Jedi Master dies. Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine killed on Second Death Star. Second Death Star destroyed at the Battle of Endor. Imperial Fleet in Disarray. Star Destroyer Chimaera escapes under the command of Captain Pellaeon. Emperor Palpatines life-essence escapes to Byss. Lowbacca born on Kashyyyk. |
| The Battle of Bakura. First sightings of the Ssi-Ruuk. New Republic and Imperial forces of the planet Bakura fight together against the Ssi-Rukk. Bakura defects to the New Republic. N'zoth starship repair yards destroyed. |
| 6 ASD |
| Wedge Antilles begins the reappearance of Rogue Squadron, an elit group of X-wing fighter pilots. Rogue Squadron takes Imperial stronghold of Blackmoon. Rogue Squadron inserts some of Black Sun's worst members into Coruscant. Rogue Squadron infiltrates Coruscant. Coruscant is won, and the Rebel Alliance moves in to make Coruscant their seat of power. A New Republic is declared. Palpatines life-essence reforms in the clone labs on Byss. |
| 8 ASD |
| Grand Admiral Thrawn returns from the Unknown regions and finds the fleet under Pellaeon, and takes over. Thrawn finds Spaarti Cloning Cylinders on Wayland. Imperial fleet begins reassembling. Preparations begin on Byss for Palpatine's return to power. Han Solo competes with Prince Isolder of Happes, for the hand of princess Leia. Solo kidnaps Leia to Dathomir, a planet he won in a game of Sabbac. Luke and Prince Isolder leave to Dathomir to rescue Leia. Luke and Isolder helped by the Witches of Dathomir. Luke finds the Chu'unthor. The Nightsisters of Dathomir attack the Witches. Luke, Isolder, Han and Leia all help to defeat the Nightsisters. Warlord Zinj and his fleet are destroyed in the insuing battle. |
| 9 ASD |
| Jacen and Jaina Solo born. Thrawn makes his offensive. Luke captured by Mara Jade. Battle of Sluis Van. Admiral Ackbar is arrested. Empire and New Republic race to find the lost Katana Fleet. Ackbar released. C'baoth and Luuk killed at Mount Tantiss. Pellaeon and fleet flee to the Unknown Regions. |
| 10 ASD |
| Remnants of the Empire rally to make lightning strikes on Republic-held space. Coruscant falls within days of Thrawns death. New Republic moves to Da Soocha V, where it makes new feild headquarters. Imperial Civil War. The Emperor starts his rise to power. Anakin Solo is born and place in hiding with Winter. The Emperor is defeated. |
| 11 ASD |
| Han and Chewbacca are captured and put to work in the spice mines of Kessel. Luke opens his Jedi Academy on Yavin IV, and goes in search of students. Kyp Duron, a promising student turns to the ways of the Sith. Maw Installation found, the Sun-Crusher is released. Luke skywalker is defeated by Kyp Duron and the essence of Exar-Kun, Luke is reduced to being an out-of-body essence as well. Kyp Duron is brought back from the Dark Side. The Battle of the Maw. Luke is saved from being an essence by his nephew and neice, and his students. Kyp Duron flys the Sun Crusher into the Maw but escapes in a message pod before entering the Maw. |
| 14 ASD |
| Jacen, Jaina, and Anikin Solo kidnapped by Hethrir. Hethrir tries to found the Empire Reborn. |
| 18 ASD |
| Thracken Sal-Solo takes credit for the Starbuster plot that strikes durig a trade summit on Corellia. Planetary repulsors found on Corellia, Sellonia, and Drall. System-wide interdiction feild and communications jamming. Han, Leia, Mara, Chewie and the kids seperated. Lando Calrissian in search for a wife, Luke is chaperoning with the two droids. Thracken shot down over Drall by the kids. Centerpoint Station is found to be the source of the Interdiction field, the communications jamming and the star-buster. Gaerial Captison dies at the showdown at Centerpoint with the Triad ships. |
| 23 ASD |
| Jacen and Jaina Solo join Luke Skywalker's Jedi Acadamy on Yavin IV. Lowbacca joins Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy on Yavin IV. Jacen, Jaina, Lowbacca, and Tenel Ka try to repair a downed TIE Fighter that was crashed in the forest. Qorl, tries to take the children hostage, but succedes in capturing only Jacen and Jaina. Finishing all repairs on the TIE, Jacen and Jaina are rescued by Han Solo, Chewbacca, Lowie, and Tenel Ka. Qorl escapes in the TIE with the hyperdrive that Jaina installed on it. |
