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Watching Launch of the High Republic LiveStream I noticed that for the purposes of new canon they divided SW history into different eras than in Legends.


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It probably is old news. I just found it interesting.

Star Wars Canon Limited Publishing Content and Timeline
Last Updated: 5 January 2021

This post presents a comprehensive list of novels, short stories and young adult literature in the Star Wars saga's canon line-up. Please note, this content listing does not include comics, material for junior readers and below (content for readers 12-years-old and younger), or promotional items. The material is presented in the order it occurs in the saga's story line as much as possible, though some stories overlap, or cover long stretches of time or both. The motion pictures are included in bold as a reference relative to literary works.

The High Republic Era
232 BBY Into the Dark young adult novel by Claudia Gray.
232 BBY "Starlight: Part One - Go Together" by Charles Soule in Star Wars Insider 199.
232 BBY Light of the Jedi novel by Charles Soule.
232 BBY The Rising Storm novel by Cavan Scott.
232 BBY Out of the Shadows young adult novel by Justina Ireland.
232 BBY "First Duty" short story by Cavan Scott in Star Wars Insoder 201.
-- "A Recipe for Death" short story from Tales From a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Vol. 1: Aliens .

Fall of the Jedi
82 BBY Dooku: Jedi Lost audiobook by Cavan Scott.
40 BBY Master and Apprentice novel by Claudia Gray.
32 BBY Queen's Peril young adult novel by E.K. Johnston.
32 BBY Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace motion picture.
28 BBY Queen's Shadow young adult novel by E.K. Johnston.
22 BBY Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones motion picture.
22 BBY The Clone Wars animated feature film.
22 to 19 BBY The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark short story anthology.
21 to 17 BBY Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel novel by James Luceno.
19 BBY Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising novel by Timothy Zahn.
-- Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good novel by Timothy Zahn, 2021-04-27.
-- Thrawn Ascendancy: book three novel by Timothy Zahn, 2022.
19 BBY "Kindred Spirits" short story in Star Wars Insider 159.
19 BBY Dark Disciple novel by Christie Golden.
19 BBY Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith motion picture.

Reign of the Empire
18 BBY Ahsoka young adult novel by E.K. Johnston.
17 BBY "The Voice of the Empire" short story in Star Wars Insider 170.
14 BBY "Orientation" a short story in Star Wars Insider 157.
14 BBY Lords of the Sith novel by Paul S. Kemp.
14 BBY "Mercy Mission" a short story in the Rise of the Empire compilation novel.
14 BBY Tarkin novel by James Luceno.
14-4 BBY "TK-462" short story in Star Wars Insider 166.
13 BBY Most Wanted young adult novel by Rae Carson.
13-10 BBY Solo: A Star Wars Story motion picture.
13-10 BBY Solo: A Star Wars Story Expanded Edition novel by Mur Lafferty.
13-0 BBY Rebel Rising novel by Beth Revis.
11-2 BBY Thrawn novel by Timothy Zahn.
11 BBY "Bottleneck" short story in the Rise of the Empire compilation novel.

Age of Rebellion
11 A New Dawn novel by John Jackson Miller.
11 BBY-5 ABY Lost Stars young adult novel by Claudia Gray.
10 BBY "The End of History" short story in Star Wars Insider 154.
6 BBY-3 ABY Battlefront: Twilight Company novel by Alexander Freed.
5 BBY "Rebel Bluff" short story in Star Wars Insider 158.
3 BBY Leia, Princess of Alderaan novel by Claudia Gray.
-- Thrawn: Alliances novel by Timothy Zahn.
1 BBY Thrawn Treason novel by Timothy Zahn.
0 BBY Rogue One: A Star Wars Story motion picture.
0 BBY Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novel by Alexander Freed.
0 BBY "Raymus" short story in From a Certain Point of View.
0 BBY Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope motion picture.
0 BBY From a Certain Point of View short story compilation.
0 ABY Battlefront II: Inferno Squad novel by Christie Golden.
0 ABY "One Thousand Levels Down" short story in Star Wars Insider 151.
0 ABY Heir to the Jedi novel by Kevin Hearne.
0 BBY Doctor Aphra audiobook by Sarah Kuhn.
-- "Last Call at the Zero Angle" in Star Wars Insider 156.
3 ABY "Inbrief" short story in Star Wars Insider 161.
3 ABY Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back motion picture.
0 BBY From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back short story compilation.
4 ABY Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi motion picture.
4 ABY "Blade Squadron" short story in Star Wars Insider 150.
4 ABY "The Levers of Power" short story in Rise of the Empire novel compilation.
4 ABY "Turning Point" short story in Star Wars Insider 169.
4 ABY "Blade Squadron: Zero Hour" short story in Star Wars Insider 160.
4 ABY Alphabet Squadron novel by Alexander Freed.
4 ABY Aftermath novel by Chuck Wendig.
5 ABY Shadow Fall novel by Alexander Freed.
-- Victory's Price novel by Alexander Freed,
5 ABY Aftermath: Life Debt novel.
5 ABY "Blade Squadron: Kuat" short story in Star Wars Insider 168.
5 ABY Aftermath: Empire's End novel.

The New Republic
5 ABY "Blade Squadron: Jakku" short story in Star Wars Insider 171.
7 ABY Last Shot novel by Dan Older.
9 ABY The Mandalorian: An Original Novel novel by Adam Christopher.
18 ABY Poe Dameron: Free Fall young adult novel by Alex Segura.
-- "Scorched" short story in Star Wars Insider 165.
28 ABY Bloodline novel by Claudia Gray, March 29, 2016.
-- The Perfect Weapon short story ebook by Delilah Dawson.
-- High Noon at Jakku short story ebook by Landry Q. Walker.
-- All Creatures Great and Small shorts story ebook by Landry Q. Walker.
-- The Face of Evil short story ebook by Landry Q. Walker.
-- True Love short story ebook by Landry Q. Walker.
-- The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku short story ebook by Landry Q. Walker.

Rise of the First Order
31 ABY Force Collector young adult novel by Kevin Shinick.
34 ABY "Bait" short story in Star Wars Insider 162.
34 ABY Phasma novel by Delilah Swanson.
34 ABY Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens motion picture.
34 ABY Star Wars: The Force Awakens novel by Alan Dean Foster.
34 ABY Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire novel by Delilah S. Dawson.
34 ABY "Rules of the Game" short story from Canto Bight.
34 ABY "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Noting" short story from Canto Bight.
34 ABY "The Wine in Dreams" short story from Canto Bight.
34 ABY "The Ride" short story from Canto Bight.
34 ABY Star Wars Episode VIII The Last Jedi motion picture.
34 ABY The Last Jedi Expanded Edition novel by Jason Fry.
-- Resistance Reborn novel by Rebecca Roanhorse.
34 ABY A Crash of Fate young adult novel by Zoraida Cordova.
35 ABY Star Wars Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker motion picture.
35 ABY The Rise of Skywalker Expanded Edition novel by Rae Carson.

And an untitled Claudia Gray book that she can’t say anything about. High Republic era. 2021 or 2022.

Thrawn ascendancy book 2 is Greater Good, I think.

Don wrote: "Regarding timeline, I can help put meat on the bones of the canon timeline with the below. It is a literary timeline I can curate and we can keep in this folder so our group's members and visitors know what era their canon reading is, if they are curious. Let me know what you think."

Great job, Don. If you're willing then by all means take charge of this thread. Thanks for the help.

Akindle wrote: "And an untitled Claudia Gray book that she can’t say anything about. High Republic era. 2021 or 2022."

Yeah, but you can't file it unless you know when it takes place, can you? So until Disney or Claudia Gray hersef let us know, we'll be in the dark.

I think that she didn't clarify what era the book would belong to. It might not even be a High Republic book. What if it's the sequel that so many fans want - sequel to Lost Stars?

It was revealed at a HR event, so I'm thinking that it is HR, not sequel to Lost Stars.

You as well might be right, Akindle. We'll see.

I've updated the content list and timeline and adjusted the language in the post's preamble. I'll update the list as news and information comes out to include a date so we know how timely our content listing is. I'll check sources and make updates at least once a week at a minimum, but likely more often as time and available information allows.

Please message me or leave a post in the thread if you see needed adjustments, if I missed something, or if I goofed something up. Moderators, of course, can make all the editing changes they feel necessary.

As time allows, I'll get all of the material liked to its related Good Reads page or source.

This is the way.

Thanks, Don. It looks perfect.

And you don't have to update as often. Please, don't forget to have fun! I don't want this to become a chore to you.

Star Wars The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower coming out in summer 2021. Am try to get it as ARC copy.

Akindle wrote: "Star Wars The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower coming out in summer 2021."

Yep, this Junior Novel releases from Disney-Lucasfilm Press on June 29, 2021 It is a Junior Novel for ages 8 to 12. Want me to add it to the timeline above after Star Wars The High Republic: Out of the Shadows ? I was not sure since it's a book for third to seventh grade reading. It might fit better listed HERE. I'll do whatever you guys want.

Thanks for keeping this list updated, Don! So many exciting new books to look forward to!

If anyone is into signed copies, Books A Million currently has Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good, and The Rising Storm (Cavan Scott) as pre-orders. They aren't crazy expensive like some of these exclusive editions have been, so that's nice! Some of the other pre-orders are on sale. My day took an expensive turn!

Goldsboro Books has the Thrawn one for any one in the U.K.

So the first batch of the High Republic books is set 200 years before The Phantom Menace. Interesting.
I'd prefer if they went a bit further into the past, but I'll take it. ;)

I don't get why the canon timeline feels so conflated.

My guess is they don't know what to do with the Old Republic era. Because Dave Filoni's projects mention many characters and events from the old EU and that makes it a nightmare to navigate for authors who'd write in that era.

That makes sense.

As far as the era after ep 6 goes, that's where most of the other new projects (movies, TV shows, PC games) take place. The authors might be hesitant to get too much ahead because those projects could de-canonize anything written in the books unless they deal specifically with characters that are done in the movies (and preferably dead or unlikely to appear in other media again), e.g. Phasma, or Leia (Bloodline).

So the safest way is to either play in the playpen of Ep I (or closely before) to Ep VI period, or the brand new era that collides neither with the Old Republic nor the movie universe - that's why they came up with the High Republic.

That's the way I see it. But that's just my opinion.

Look at the new releases
https://www.starwars.com/news/new-boo...