| Era Name | Time Span | Key Focus | |----------|-----------|------------| | | c. 36,000 – 25,000 BBY | Je’daii Order on Tython, Force Wars, first lightsabers (proto-sabers). | | Old Republic Era | c. 25,000 – 1,000 BBY | Great Hyperspace War, Mandalorian Wars, Jedi Civil War (Knights of the Old Republic), Sith Empires. | | Rise of the Empire | c. 1,000 – 19 BBY | Darth Bane’s Rule of Two, Clone Wars, Prequel-era stories. | | Rebellion Era | 19 – 4 BBY | Dark Times, early Rebel Alliance, rise of Darth Vader. | | Galactic Civil War | 4 BBY – 5 ABY | Original Trilogy events, plus major campaigns like the Battle of Endor. | | New Republic Era | 5 – 25 ABY | Rebuilding the Republic, Thrawn campaign, Luke’s Jedi Academy. | | New Jedi Order | 25 – 36 ABY | Invasion of the Yuuzhan Vong, massive galactic war. | | Legacy Era | 40 – 140 ABY | Second Galactic Civil War, rise of Darth Krayt’s One Sith, descendants of Skywalker. |
The timeline begins not with lightsabers, but with the discovery of the Force itself. Star Wars Legends Timeline
This is the heart of post-Return of the Jedi Legends. Forget the First Order; here, the Empire scatters into warlord fiefdoms. | Era Name | Time Span | Key
The original Marvel Star Wars comics, written between 1977 and 1986, introduced bizarre elements like Jaxxon the green rabbit and the Hoojibs. While some elements have been retconned or ignored, they were the first to explore what happened to the heroes immediately after A New Hope . 25,000 – 1,000 BBY | Great Hyperspace War,
In 2014, Lucasfilm rebranded this massive continuity as , setting its stories in an alternate timeline parallel to the new canonical films. While no longer considered "official" backstory for new projects, Legends remains a beloved goldmine of epic storytelling, complex characters, and galactic history spanning over 25,000 years.