The main core of the narrative comes from the eponymous novel, written by Steve Perry. This was Shadows of the Empire, one of the most famous stories in the EU, now Legends. The multimedia project, which encompassed video games, novels, comic books, trading cards, and much more, was designed to fill in the gap between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Now you can try and figure out how old Chewbacca’s son Lumpy is by the time Rey, Finn et al showed up - and whether he’s too old to join them in the still-untitled Episode VIII.Back in the 1990s, before George Lucas started making the prequels but after interest in the saga had been reinvigorated by the burgeoning Expanded Universe, Lucasfilm set out to create what was essentially a story with the scope of a Star Wars movie, but without actually having to make a film. While few at Lucasfilm would even pretend that The Star Wars Holiday Special fits into the official mythology, fans have placed it as happening one year after the 1977 movie. Of course, there is one piece of non-canonical Star Wars that needs placement in the wider timeline of events, for those who know about it. The shadow cast over the galaxy by Palpatine’s fascistic rule lasted longer than the rule itself, turning the mission of the First Order into some kind of creepy version of 1980s nostalgia in the real world. That fact - that the galaxy was under Palpatine’s wrinkly thumb for little more than two decades - makes the next time jump in storytelling all the stranger: After Return of the Jedi, the next onscreen Star Wars story is last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which takes place 30 years later. The Empire Strikes Back takes place three years later, giving the Rebels just enough time to move to Hoth before the Empire discovers them, and then Return of the Jedi takes place just a year after that, which either means that Luke is a very quick study or else it really doesn’t take that much to become a Jedi after all.įor those keeping track, that means that the Empire was in power for just 23 years before Darth Vader saw the light and threw the lightning-throwing Emperor down a deep dark well. TIME BETWEEN RETURN OF THE JEDI AND THE FORCE AWAKENS SERIESAs the franchise expands, this 19-year gap is becoming increasingly important: It’s where the Star Wars: Rebels animated series takes place (starting 14 years after Episode III), as well as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (which is set 19 years after Episode III, although the prologue takes place just four years after Episode III) and the untitled Han Solo stand-alone movie, although its exact placement remains a mystery for now.īy the start of the original 1977 Star Wars, the series has reached the 32-year mark. TIME BETWEEN RETURN OF THE JEDI AND THE FORCE AWAKENS MOVIEIn story terms, there are 19 years between that movie and the original 1977 Star Wars (AKA Episode IV: A New Hope). The gap between Episode II and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith is nowhere near as long - just three years of story time - but in an example of time-twisting magic, that three-year gap is where the entire run of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series (which ran for six seasons) exists.Įpisode III closes out the first trilogy of the big-screen movie, and sets the status quo for what’s to come. Abigail Breslin Opens Up About Past Abusive Relationship: "I Am Still Healing"
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