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- c. 19 BBYAssault on the Jedi TempleDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- c. 19 BBYDestruction of the Separatist CouncilDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- c. 19 BBYDuel on MustafarDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- 19 BBYDeath of Senator Fang Zar on AlderaanThe Emperor orders Vader to capture Fang Zar, the troublesome senator from Sern Prime. The Dark Lord catches up with the fugitives on Alderaan just as they are preparing to leave and kills the senator with his lightsaber; his companions manage to save the badly wounded Jula, Roan Shryne's mother.
- 19 BBYFall of Kashyyyk and death of Roan ShryneImperial 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.
- 19 BBYVader investigates the unexecuted order on MurkhanaA 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.
- c. 18 BBYCreation of the Inquisitor serviceThe Empire trained former Force-sensitives to hunt their own kind, turning the search for Jedi into a systematic operation.
- c. 18 BBYDeath of Kento Marek and the emergence of the secret apprenticeVader 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.
- c. 9 BBYKenobi and Vader meet a decade laterDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- c. 4 BBYDuel between Ahsoka and Vader on MalachorDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- 2 BBYCorellian Treaty and the Imperial trapOn 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.
- c. 1 BBYDelivery of the plans to the AllianceDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- c. 1 BBYInterception of the diplomatic shipThe Empire boarded a senator's ship in search of the plans transmitted to the rebels.
- c. 1 BBYRescue of Princess LeiaThe prisoner was taken off the battle station along with the data that made it possible to find its weakness.
- c. 0 ABYDisaster at Deepspace BeshSubjected to Imperial conditioning, the Alliance mathematician Jorin Sol gave away the rebel fleet's retreat algorithms. Darth Vader's fleet, led by the Executor, launched a surprise attack on the rebels, heavily damaging the flagship and wounding Leia Organa. Coming to his senses, Sol persuaded the scout Tungo Li to send the ships into hyperspace at random, which saved the fleet at the cost of heavy losses.
- c. 0 ABYJanek Sunber's feigned defectionImperial Lieutenant Janek Sunber, Luke Skywalker's childhood friend from Tatooine, approached Darth Vader with a plan to lure the young rebel into a trap. Sunber sent word that he wished to defect to the Alliance, Skywalker went after him against orders, and the operation turned into an Imperial strike on the rebel fleet.
- c. 0 ABYSkirmish on Shelkonwa and the execution of Governor ChoardShelsha sector governor Barshnis Choard and his administrator Vilim Disra were preparing to take the sector out of the Empire with the help of pirates. Leia Organa, who had come for negotiations, was betrayed by Disra, and the Executor arrived at the capital, Makrin City, with the 501st Legion. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo got Leia out, and Mara Jade and the Hand of Judgment squad eliminated the traitor Choard.
- c. 2 ABYDuel in the Temple of PomojemaAt the Temple of Pomojema on Mimban, Darth Vader got ahead of the crystal seekers and fought Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker at once. He defeated Organa and knocked Skywalker down, but lost his right arm to a lightsaber strike and lost the fight. After obtaining the crystal, Skywalker healed himself and Organa.
- c. 2 ABYSearch for the Kaiburr crystal on MimbanLuke Skywalker and Leia Organa crash-landed on the swampy planet Mimban, also known as Circarpous V. There, the old seeker Halla showed them a shard of the Kaiburr crystal and a map to the Temple of Pomojema. The crystal, which amplified the abilities of a Force-sensitive near the temple, became the goal of a joint expedition.
- c. 3 ABYTrap in Cloud CityDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- c. 3.5 ABYDeath of Prince Xizor and destruction of his skyhookThe Falleen prince Xizor, underworld lord of the Black Sun syndicate, tried to eliminate Luke Skywalker in order to take Darth Vader's place beside the Emperor. While Palpatine was inspecting the second Death Star, Vader intercepted an incriminating message and ordered the Executor to destroy the orbital skyhook station above Coruscant. Xizor died along with the station.
- c. 4 ABYDuel on the second battle stationDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- c. 4 ABYDeath of the EmperorDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.