Reign of the Empire

Key events

The most significant entries. The full list is on the timeline.

• ◆Canon19 BBY

  Proclamation of the Galactic Empire

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• ◆Canon19 BBY

  Birth of the Skywalker twins

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• ◇Legendsc. 18 BBY

  Death of Kento Marek and the emergence of the secret apprentice

  Vader arrives on Kashyyyk on the trail of a Jedi protecting the Wookiees and kills Kento Marek. Discovering that the dead man's young son is unusually strong, the Dark Lord kills his own subordinates, takes the boy, and secretly raises him behind the Emperor's back as an apprentice under the name Starkiller.

• ◆Canon5 BBY

  Great Purge of Mandalore

  The Empire scorched the Mandalorians' homeworld, destroying its cities and scattering the clans across the galaxy.

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• ◆Canon4 BBY

  Duel between Ahsoka and Vader on Malachor

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• ◇Legends2 BBY

  Corellian Treaty and the Imperial trap

  On Corellia, scattered groups opposed to the Empire sign a treaty establishing a unified military coalition. As soon as the document is declared ratified, Imperial troops seize the building: the meeting was a staged trap, and the “Jedi” accompanying the conspirators reveals himself as Vader's apprentice.

• ◇Legends19 BBY

  Vader investigates the unexecuted order on Murkhana

  A few weeks after the fall of the Jedi Order, the Emperor sends his apprentice to Murkhana: some of the clones failed to finish exterminating the Jedi. There the Dark Lord duels Master Bol Chatak and kills her, but Roan Shryne and the Padawan Olee Starstone manage to escape the planet.

• ◆Canon19 BBY

  Formation of the Rebel Alliance

  Scattered resistance to Imperial rule coalesces into a single Alliance; the moment of its formation cannot be determined from the available primary sources.

• ◇Legends19 BBY

  Fall of Kashyyyk and death of Roan Shryne

  Imperial assault forces land on Kashyyyk, where the surviving Jedi fight side by side with the Wookiees. Roan Shryne takes on Vader to let Olee Starstone escape and is killed; Chewbacca gets the remaining Jedi away, and the planet falls under the Empire's control.

• ◆Canon19 BBY

  Death of Padmé Amidala

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• ◆Canon19 BBY

  Luke Skywalker hidden on Tatooine

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• ◆Canon18 BBY

  Hunt for the surviving Jedi

  The Empire created the Inquisitorius, which spent years hunting down those who had survived the destruction of the Order.

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