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The basic idea is converting current
timeline placements from months to weeks. However, that’s just opening yet
another can of worms. Things won’t just fit in a compressed timeline, otherwise
the entire Dark Reaper Crisis from the Clone Wars video game, encompassing
battlefields across the galaxy, would only last 7 days. So, for the very early
stories, such as The Clone Wars video game and Star Wars: Republic: The New
Face of War, the original placement stands, as is the case with every event
that fits where it is without inconsistencies. The same goes for the Clone Wars
microseries, which retain their approximate 4 months ABG placement (which now
is 5 months ABG, but, hey, approximate, plus, check out the placement of Fierce
Currents, in Clone Wars Adventures Volume 1, a story contemporaneous with the
cartoon at 5 months ABG), upon which this timeline is largely based.
Internal mentions of time placement
are assumed be converted as well, such as that on page 22 of The Cestus
Deception, hardcover edition. (“When did these Jedi Killers first appear on the
market?” Kit asked. “About a year ago,” Palpatine replied. “Soon after the Clone Wars began.”) We ’re
supposed to read, “about two and a half months ago” or something to that
effect. Another example, from Shatterpoint: “[Depa Billaba] had been onworld
for four standard months. She couldn't communicate regularly; Mace had tracked
her activities by sporadic Republic Intelligence reports of sabotage at the
Separatist starfighter base, and the fruitless expeditions of the Balawai
militias trying --and failing-- to wipe out Depa's guerrillas, or even contain
them. More than a month ago, Republic Intelligence had sent word that the
Separatists had pulled back to the Gevarno Cluster, because they could no
longer maintain and defend their base. Her success could not have been more
brilliant.” I have moved Shatterpoint to 17 weeks ABG, so Deppa would have to
have been on Haruun Kal for about half the amount of time mentioned in the
novel. That’s not that big a problem; in the novel (p. 187 mass market
paperback), Mace says: “I have been on the periphery of this war for barely a
double handful of days, and look what I am on the verge of becoming; she has
been in the thick of it for months.” So she has time to lose it. And the “more
than a month ago” part could work. To me, this makes much more sense, anyway,
makes the early part of the war seem like a race to the finish instead of a
slow and laborious affair.
In this timeline, everything up to
The Clone Wars TV series is moved to the first 5 months of the war. This was
done mainly to preserve the continuity of the Clone Wars microseries, in which
Anakin is knighted a short time after the Battle of Hypori and the appearance
of Grievous (as Ki-Adi-Mundi reports to the Council). This was silenced in
previous incarnations of the Clone Wars timeline, splaying open Chapter 21 of
the microseries and stretching it over the timeline to have the Battle of
Hypori 4 months ABG and Anakin’s knighting 30 months ABG.
Also, Karen Traviss’s The Clone Wars
novelization is placed in 22 BBY, because Anakin is 20 and the clones 10. Since
the Battle of Geonosis took place in the 5th month of the year 13
GrS (22 BBY), the events of The Clone Wars must necessarily take place before
the 7th month ABG, at which point the year changes to 21 BBY.
Moreover, Dooku mentions in the novelization that botched Republic hostage
negotiations have resulted in civilian deaths recently; this is probably a nod
to the hostage crisis on Coruscant described in Traviss’s Omega Squad: Targets,
where a civilian, N'zaet Nir, a member of the neutral in the war Corporate
Sector Authority Direx Board, is killed in a trap set up by terrorists with
Separatist sympathies. This would be just the kind of propaganda Dooku would
use to manipulate potential allies. Omega Squad: Targets is placed 4 months
ABG, sharing the timeline with the original placement of the Clone Wars microseries.
The terrorists in the story are Korunnai who demand that Republic forces
terminate their presence on their homeworld . In the original timeline, the
Republic took Haruun Kal 6 months ABG (the conclusion of Shatterpoint, p. 405
of the mass market paperback edition), and I have moved Shatterpoint from 6 to
3 months ABG, so, now, it could be argued that the actions of the terrorists
make more sense. Despite the fact that Mace reassures us that the Republic will
not occupy Haruun Kal, since he made sure all combat operations are designated
police action, that’s a point of view many Korunnai wouldn’t share, and
Republic presence on Haruun Kal would have dissatisfied many.
Assumptions I have made for this
timeline to work are marked in red, AND ARE NOT CANON, mostly a day count
and some presumed facts to keep the timeline internally consistent and not get
lost in. Everything else comes from a canon source, with “months” taken to mean
“weeks” in the established Clone Wars timeline.
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1st
week: Jedi
Masters Tholme and Sora Bulq follow Dooku to Bakura, where Tholme is defeated
and Bulq turned to the dark side. (Star Wars:
Republic 72: Trackdown, Part 1)
Aayla Secura and Ylenic It’kla are
sent to Corellia by Jedi Master Mace Windu on a mission to prevent important
information from falling on Separatist hands. (Elusion
Illusion – Star Wars Insider 66)
Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and his
Padawan Anakin Skywalker are stationed in the Tion Cluster, away from the
action. (Star Wars: the Clone Wars)
3th
week: Obi-Wan
and Anakin are forced to evacuate Bravo Base on Rhen Var. (Star
Wars: the Clone Wars)
1 month ABG:
3th
week – 6th week: The Dark Reaper Crisis explodes. Obi-Wan and Anakin are sent to Raxus
Prine, where they discover that the Separatists are excavating the Force
Harvester, the power source for the ancient Dark Reaper Sith superweapon.
Anakin is taken prisoner by Dooku, but escapes on Alaris Prime and saves the moon
from the Harvester’s destruction. The Republic, after the Dark Reaper is used
on Dac, Agamar and Bakura, finally destroys the superweapon on Thule. (Star Wars: the Clone Wars)
Concurrently with the events of the
Dark Reaper Crisis, Separatist Droid Army leader Sev’rance Tann and Jedi Master
Echuu Shen-Jon are engaged in the Hunt for the Decimator, a war machine project
stolen from the Separatists by the Republic. (Star
Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns)
PRESUMPTION: Obi-Wan goes to Kamino on a mission
to prevent the Separatists from acquiring Jango Fett’s DNA sample. He faces off
against Vianna D’Pow, the bounty hunter hired for the job, and secures the
sample. (Clone Wars Adventures Volume 8: One of a Kind)[i]
7th
week: 49 days after the Battle of Geonosis, the Separatists attack Kamino,
hoping to cripple the Republic’s source of clones and end the war barely after
it had began, but fail. The Advanced Recon Commando clone troopers see
premature deployment. (Star Wars: Republic
50: The Defense of Kamino)
Count Dooku travels to Rattatak to
recruit a rogue user of the dark side with a deep hatred for the Jedi to the
Separatist cause. Her name is Asajj Ventress, and though she has had Jedi
training, she believes herself to be a Sith. (Star
Wars: Clone Wars: Volume I)
PRESUMPTION: 42 days after
the Battle of Geonosis. Dooku
pits Ventress and the bounty hunter Durge against General Grievous to determine
who will become Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies after the death of Sev’rance
Tann on Krant and the death of Merai on Kamino.
Grievous wins the contest and the position. (Clone
Wars Adventures Volume 3: Rogue’s
Gallery)[ii]
2 months
ABG:
8th
week (moved from 30th week): 56 days
after the Battle of Geonosis, Anakin is sent to Praesitlyn to fight with
Master Nejaa Halcyon. Due to his heroic actions in the battle, Yoda and Mace
Windu decide on knighting him, but they have informed neither him, Obi-Wan or
the rest of the Council yet. (Jedi Trial)[iii]
9th
week (moved from 10th week:): Anakin Skywalker destroys the
cortosis battle droid factory on Metalorn and brings Wat Tambor to Coruscant.
Tambor will not stay in Republic custody for long, however. (Star Wars: The New Droid Army)
K’Kruhk abandons the Republic on Teyr
and joins the dissident Jedi on Ruul. (Jedi: Mace Windu)
10th
week: 70 days after the Battle of Geonosis, Jedi Master Cei Vookto dies winning
the plenet Lianna for the Republic. Yoda, Mace Windu, Tholme and Ki-Adi-Mundi travel
to Lianna to attend Master Vookto’s funeral. (Jedi:
Mace Windu)
Meanwhile, Obi-Wan and Anakin travel
to the Naboo system to investigate possible Separatist interference on
Ohma-D’un, Naboo’s moon, and there they discover that the moon has become a testing
ground for a new biological weapon. Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress and bounty hunter
Durge make themselves known to the Jedi. (Star Wars:
Republic: The New Face of War)
Ventress returns to Dooku’s
fortress, where her master orders her to Ruul. (Star
Wars: Republic: The Defense of Kamino)
72 days after the Battle
of Geonosis, two days
after Cei Vookto’s funeral, Mace Windu goes to Ruul to meet with defecting
Jedi. There he discovers that their leader, Master Sora Bulq, has fallen to the
dark side and works for the Separatists. He also encounters Asajj Ventress.
Upon returning to Coruscant, the Jedi Council corroborates the information they
have on the mysterious Jedi assassin, discovering her true identity.[iv] (Jedi:
Mace Windu)
The Battle of Jabiim
begins.[v] (The
Cestus Deception) (Star Wars:
Republic: The Battle of Jabiim)
12th
week: 84 days after the Battle of Geonosis, Obi-Wan Kenobi
arrives on Queyta, where he has followed the source of the Separatist toxin
tested on Ohma-D’un. There, he meets with a team Jedi nomads consisting of
Masters Fay, Jon Antilles, Knol Ven’nari, Nico Diath. They fight Durge and
Ventress again, and Kenobi is the only survivor on the Republic side. (Star Wars: Republic 53: Blast Radius)
The Battle of Cartao is fought. (Hero of Cartao)
After recuperating on Coruscant,
Obi-Wan is sent with Anakin to Forscan VI on a mission to repel Separatist
infiltrators.[vi] (The
Cestus Deception)
3 months ABG:
13th
week (moved from 12th week): 91 days
after the Battle of Geonosis, after retuning to Coruscant from Forscan
VI, Obi-Wan leaves on a mission to Ord Cestus with Master Kit Fisto and a squad
of clone commandos under ARC trooper A-98 to stop the production of Jedi Killer
droids on the planet. There, Ventress crosses paths and lightsabers with the
Jedi once again. (The Cestus Deception), (The Hive)
14th
week (moved from 17th week): 98 days
after the Battle of Geonosis, Yoda sends Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin
Skywalker to the Separatist stronghold of Null on a mission to spy on Dooku
during a summit on the where the Sith Lord had invited the leaders of the
worlds controlling the strategic Mid Rim spaceport Station 88 to join him
against the Republic. The Jedi succeed, and Station 88 sides with the Republic, which sends troops on Null to fight the Separatists.
(Legacy of the Jedi)
(Moved from 21st week:)
Generals Shaak Ti, Plo Koon, Agen Kolar and Shon Kon Ray fight the Separatist
leader of Brentaal, Shogar Tok, and take the planet for the Republic. (Jedi: Shaak Ti)
Mace Windu retakes Skor II for the
Republic. (Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 14:9:0)
14th
week – 17th week: PRESUMPTION: 102 days after the Battle of
Geonosis. General Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Commander Anakin Skywalker are
sent to fight on Jabiim. They land on the planet in the 20th day of
the Battle, and in the 21st day, Kenobi goes missing after a
Separatist attack results in the explosion of a Republic walker. While he is
considered to be dead by the Republic, he is actually taken prisoner on Rattatak
by Asajj Ventress along with Advanced Recon Commando Alpha. (Star Wars: Republic: The Battle of Jabiim)
Meanwhile,
Agen Kolar attempts to arrest Quinlan Vos on Nar Shaddaa because he is
accused of providing false information during the battle of Brentaal. Vos
escapes him, and Kolar immediately reports his failure to the Mace Windu, Yoda,
Ki-Adi and Tholme. Kolar does not know that the “defection” of Master Vos is
part of their plan to ensure Dooku ‘s trust in him so that he can act as a
double agent. (Star Wars: Republic 54: Double Blind)
PRESUMPTION: 105 days after the
Battle of Geonosis, Vos is sent by Masters Windu and Tholme to seek Dooku in
order to become one of his Dark Jedi, alongside Asajj Ventress, Sora Bulq, Tol
Skorr, Kadrian Sey and others. (Jedi: Count Dooku)
(Moved from 6th
week:) PRESUMPTION: 107 days after the Battle of Geonosis, [vii]Mace Windu travels to his homeworld
of Haruun Kal to investigate reports of his former Padawan, Depa Billaba having
gone to the dark side. (Shatterpoint)[viii]
Quinlan Vos travels to Korriban, on
a contest with fellow Dark Acolyte Tol Skorr to find Darth Andeddu’s holocron,
organized by Dooku. Quinlan is successful, and Dooku sends him to kill senator
Viento. Quinlan succeeds in this new mission as well, defeating fellow Jedi
K’Kruhk. (Star Wars: Republic 63: Striking From the
Shadows)
4 months ABG:
17th
week (moved from 16th week): 119 days after the Battle
of Geonosis, Quinlan Vos goes to Ryloth to murder
Kh’aris Fenn for placing bounties on Jedi using funds from Dooku that he was
supposed to use on a Separatist plan to take Ryloth. (Star
Wars: Republic: Show of Force)
Meanwhile, General A’Sharad Hett
leads his forces to victory on Metalorn. (Star Wars: Republic:
The Battle of Jabiim)
PRESUMPTION: 125 days
after the Battle of Geonosis, the Battle of Jabiim ends, having lasted 43 days all in all. (Star Wars: Republic: The Battle of Jabiim)
18th
week: 127 days after the Battle of Geonosis, Anakin arrives on New Holstice,
where he meets up with A’Sharad Hett, who “took Metalorn well over a week ago.”
He is assigned to Master Ki-Adi Mundi and sent to fight on Aargonar with Bultar
Swan and A’Sharad Hett. (Star Wars:
Republic: The Battle of Jabiim)
PRESUMPTION: 129 days
after the Battle of Geonosis, Anakin and A’Sharad’s gunship is shot down on Aargonar. They hide in a
cave to avoid a sandstorm. They help the Republic forces retreat; Aargonar was
lost to the Separatists. (Star Wars:
Republic 59: Enemy Lines)
PRESUMPTION: 131 days
after the Battle of Geonosis, General Ronhar Kim tries to convince Chancellor Palpatine to measure
the midi-chlorian count of the senators (and himself). The Chancellor says he
will think about it, and Kim leaves for Merson, where he is to establish a
staging area to keep the sector clear of pirates.
PRESUMPTION: 132 days
after the Battle of Geonosis, Anakin, after giving a report in the Senate on Aargonar, but not on
Jabiim, leaves with his new master to fight pirates. He
is supposed to return to Coruscant after this next mission.[ix] The
Republic suffers a terrible loss on Parcelus Minor. (Star
Wars: Republic 61: Dead Ends)
133 days after the Battle
of Geonosis, Former
Supreme Chancellor Valorum is assassinated. (Star
Wars: Republic 61: Dead Ends)
Meanwhile, Darth Sidious orders Dooku to
completely annihilate the Repubic force on Merson. (Star
Wars: Republic 62: Bloodlines)
134 days after the Battle
of Geonosis, the Senate
votes on the Enhanced Security and Enforcement Act. (Star
Wars: Republic 61: Dead Ends)
Meanwhile, Mace Windu lands on Null[x] to rescue Master Tr’a Saa and
Padawan Bariss Offee after receiving reports that bounty hunters trapped them
in a burning forest. Himself, Kit Fisto, Saessee Tiin and Agen Kolar infiltrate
the Bounty Hunters’ Guild to find out who places bounties on Jedi. General
Secura clashes with Mandalorian forces on New Holstice.[xi] (Star
Wars: Republic: Show of Force)
PRESUMPTION: 129 days
after the Battle of Geonosis, A Separatist starship carrying a toxic defoliant developed
from the toxin tested on Ohma-D’un is en route to deploy it on Naboo when
Republic forces intercept it above Honoghr. The ship crashes on the surface,
where Jedi Knight Rii’ke En dies trying to find the storage device containing
all the toxin’s information, which Aaayla Secura, along with clone commander
Bly, one of the first clone commanders, manages to secure. Dooku also wants the
storage device and sends Quinlan Vos, Aayla’s former master, to find it, but
Vos is unsuccessful. The toxin, unleashed during the crash, devastates the
surface Honoghr.
(Star Wars: Repubic 68: Armor)
(Moved from 27th
week, original dating):
PRESUMPTION: 132 days after the Battle of Geonosis,
Kit Fisto, Aayla Secura, the Dark Woman, Tholme and T’ra Saa travel to Devaron
on a mission to destroy a smuggler base harassing Republic ships. After
discovering that this was the work of Devaron’s own senator, who had hired
Aurra Sing to kill the Jedi, Aayla faces the Dark Jedi assassin and defeats
her. Sing is imprisoned on Oovo IV. (Jedi: Aayla Secura)
Soon, however, Aurra Sing is freed
again when she provides information regarding the party that had posted
bounties on Jedi. (The New Essential
Chronology)
Obi-Wan and Alpha steal Asajj’s ship
and escape from Rattatak. (Star Wars:
Republic 60: Hate and Fear)
19th
week: PRESUMPTION: 135 days after the Battle of Geonosis, Anakin, along with Ki-Adi-Mundi,
Plo Koon and Adi Gallia, fights pirates in the Varonat system. He suddenly
senses his former master while in his starship. Obi-Wan is reunited with Anakin
on Riflor. ARC trooper Alpha leaves for Kamino to train clone commanders. (Star Wars: Republic 62: No Man’s Land)
PRESUMPTION: 136 days after the
Battle of Geonosis, Chancellor Palpatine gives a eulogy to his Jedi friend
Ronhar Kim. (Star Wars: Republic 62: Bloodlines)
On Coruscant, the Jedi Council
decides to offer Obi-Wan a seat in the Council to replace Depa Billaba. However,
as a final test of his devotion, they give him command of the Third Systems
Army to go to Zaadja to assist General Tohno instead of coming to Coruscant to
recuperate. Kenobi unquestionably follows the orders of the Council.
PRESUMPTION: 138 days after the Battle
of Geonosis, Obi-Wan and Anakin win the day on Zaadja, destroying its droid
foundry thanks to Tohno’s sacrifice. (Star Wars:
Republic 67: Forever Young)
Obi-Wan and Anakin return to
Coruscant from Zaadja, having won a victory that cost General Tohno’s life. On
account of his devotion to the light in the face of brutal torture and his
unquestionable loyalty to the word of the Council, Obi-Wan is assigned to the
Jedi Council and made a High Jedi General in command of the Third Systems Army.
(Moved from 17th
week:) PRESUMPTION: 141 days after the Battle of Geonosis, Yoda goes to Thustra to negotiate
with King Alaric, an old friend of his, and prevent him from leaving the
Republic. (Jedi: Yoda)
20th
week (moved from 29th week): PRESUMPTION: 142 days
after the Battle of Geonosis, Anakin and Obi-Wan are sent by the Council on mission to secure a code
breaking device for the Republic. They are joined by Siri Tachi and hold off
the Separatist forces on Azure, where the Republic base is under General
Solomahal’s command, before clone reinforcements arrive. Siri Tachi is killed. (Legacy of the Jedi)[xii]
PRESUMPTION: 144 days
after the Battle of Geonosis, Anakin and Obi-Wan go to Nivek in the Expansion Region and destroy a
Separatist base there. (Clone Wars Adventures
Volume 1: Blind Force)
Meanwhile, on Iktoch, also in the
Expansion Region, Masters Tiin and Windu fight in the battle there, where they
destroy a prototype ultra battle droid. (Clone Wars
Adventures Volume 1: Heavy Metal Jedi)
At the same time, Yoda goes to Axion to
single-handedly rescue the sole survivor of the Republic force there, Commander
Brolis. (Duel)[xiii]
PRESUMPTION: 145 days
after the Battle of Geonosis, Anakin and Obi-Wan aid the rebellion of the local militia on Terra Sool
(in the Expansion Region as well), taking the planet for the Repubic. (Clone Wars Adventures Volume 2: Skywalkers)
Anakin and Obi-Wan, while en route
to Coruscant, come across the Separatist Storm Fleet in the Llon Nebulae. (Storm Fleet Warnings)[xiv]
5 months ABG:
21th
week:[xv] 147 days
after the Battle of Geonosis, Master Yoda goes to Vjun
in an attempt to turn Dooku back to the light. It turns out Dooku’s intent was
to tempt Yoda with the dark side, and nothing comes of the mission. Anakin and
Obi-Wan are contacted by Mace Windu from Coruscant, who asks them to go to Vjun
and aid Master Yoda who has been attacked by Asajj Ventress. By this time, they
were supposed to be on Coruscant 3 standard weeks ago (15 days). Anakin was hoping
that he would get his revenge on Ventress, but she gave them the slip.[xvi] Obi-Wan jokes about the two
times he has stolen Ventress’s starship (once on Queyta and once on Rattatak). They
go to Vjun leave with Yoda. Once on Coruscant, Anakin is reunited with Padmé. (Yoda: Dark
Rendezvous)
22st
week: Mace Windu fights on Dantooine and Kit Fisto on Dac. Anakin and Obi-Wan
are sent by Chancellor Palpatine to take the Banking Clan stronghold on
Muunilinst. Anakin says goodbye to Padmé and leaves on the Azure Angel. There, on the surface, Obi-Wan encounters a Gen’dai
bounty hunter, whom he defeats, while Anakin is attacked by Ventress in space
above the planet, and, wishing to exact revenge for his master’s imprisonment
and torture, he relentlessly pursues the Dark Jedi, letting his anger guide his
hand, despite Obi-Wan’s order to let her go before his anger consumes him. Anakin
chases Ventress to the 4th moon of Yavin, engages her in one-on-one
combat and apparently kills her. He returns with her starfighter (a third ship Ventress loses to the Skywalker-Kenobi team,
and, after the loss of the after the Last
Call, the fourth Dooku has given her)[xvii] as the Republic takes Muunilinst. Kenobi
is disappointed with him for falling into her trap,
which was laid out knowing Anakin’s desire for revenge. The Republic
receives the first reports on General Grievous from Hypori. (Star Wars: Clone Wars: Volume I)
23nd
week: Anakin is made a Jedi Knight after returning from Muunilinst, and meets
up with his wife before leaving Coruscant to fight again. (Star
Wars: Clone Wars: Volume II)
Anakin goes to Rendili to aid the
negotiations there, in his first mission as a Jedi Knight. He returns and
fights Asajj Ventress, defeating her once again. Master Quinlan Vos is
acquitted of being a double agent for Count Dooku after gaining information
that the Separatist Council has taken refuge on Alliga and that Jedi defector
Sora Bulq has been making frequent visits to Anzat. Master Tholme takes up the
case, but he will first rest on New Holstice. (Star
Wars: Republic: The Dreadnaughts of Rendili)
Saesee Tiin, Luminara Undili with
her Padawan Barriss Offee, and B’dard Tone with his Padawan Zephata’ru’tor,
fight on Nadiem against the droid forces led by General Grievous. (Clone Wars Adventures Volume 2: Hide in Plain Sight), (Star Wars: General Grievous)
Mace Windu destroys the Planet
Killer, an alleged Separatist superweapon. (Clone Wars
Adventures Volume 2: Run Mace Run)
Saesee Tiin steals a prototype
starfighter from a Separatist weapons factory on the Mid Rim planet Diado. (Clone Wars Adventures Volume 6: It Takes a Thief)[xviii]
24st
week: Anakin and Obi-Wan are sent to deliver supplies to Christophsis, where
senator Organa and his relief effort are trapped. (Star
Wars: The Clone Wars: Cat and Mouse)
Obi-Wan and Anakin encounter Asajj
Ventress once again on Christopshis. (Star Wars: The
Clone Wars: The Hidden Enemy)
Yoda arrives on Christophsis and
assigns Anakin Skywalker a new Padawan, 14-year-old Togruta Ahsoka Tano. The Republic
eventually takes Christophsis. (Star Wars: The
Clone Wars)
Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka are sent
to Teth to rescue Rotta, Jabba the Hutt’s son.
Meanwhile, Jedi Padawan Flynn Kybo
gathers a group of Jedi to assassinate General Grievous without the Council’s
consent. They are all killed by the General on Belsus, where he has taken the
Bergruufta Clan of Jedi younglings to conduct scientific experiments on them. Grievous
is considered dead. (Star Wars: General
Grievous)
6 months ABG:
Two squads of clone commandos
retrieve a package sent to Chancellor Palpatine that was stolen by Trandoshan
bounty hunters. (Clone Wars Adventures Volume 3: The Package)
Master Yoda single-handedly destroys
a Separatist army attempting to confiscate the land in a small town on some
backwater planet. (Clone Wars
Adventures Volume 3: A Stranger in
Town)
Master Plo Koon goes to the planet
Aridka to aid the surviving clone troopers there. (Clone
Wars Adventures Volume 3: One Battle)
(This time is occupied by The Clone
Wars TV series and assorted material, as well as unplaced stories that can fit
with no inconsistencies.)
23 months ABG:
104th week: Barriss Offee is sent to Drongar to
assist the medical staff aboard the medical facilities tending to clone
troopers wounded in the Battle of Drongar, which has been raging for a long
time. (MedStar I: Battle Surgeons)
She is knighted after her mission is
over. (MedStar II: Jedi Healer)[xix]
26
months ABG:
113th
week (PRESUMPTION): Anakin and Obi-Wan storm the Separatist
fortress on Bomis Koori IV, a bulwark planet for a pocket of Koorivar colony
worlds that housed some of the most productive droid factories in the Mid Rim. (Star Wars: Clone Wars: Volume II)
As Republic Star Destroyers engage
Confederacy space forces in some galactic battleground, Anakin helps Saesee
Tiin with three droid tri-fighters that are pursuing him. (Star
Wars: Clone Wars: Volume II)[xx]
Anakin helps Generals Agen Kolar,
Aayla Secura and Voolvif Monn with four giant bubble wort projector-carrying
crab droids on a planet where a Trade Federation core ship had apparently
crashed. (Star Wars: Clone Wars: Volume II)
27
months ABG:
120th
week: PRESUMPTION: The twins Padmé will
give birth to on 16:5:26 GrS are conceived on Naboo.[xxi] (Star Wars: Clone Wars: Volume II)
Anakin and Obi-Wan are sent on a
mission to take a heavily protected city in a rainy area of some planet where
the Republic forces expect it would be four months before the shield fails. One
month into the siege, Anakin discovers a way into the shield generator through
the sewers, and deactivates the shield together with Obi-Wan, allowing the
clone troopers to attack the city. (Star Wars: Clone
Wars: Volume II)
Anakin defeats Ventress sometime
prior to Obi-Wan’s mission to Trigalis. She is believed dead by the Republic,
although her death remains unconfirmed, and some Jedi believe her to be alive.
Obi-Wan Kenobi in particular has become obsessed with her and tirelessly tries
to locate her. (Star
Wars: Obsession)
29 months ABG:
130th
week: Master Tholme finally goes to Anzat, after
resting on New Holstice with T’ra Saa for two years, recovering their energies
together.[xxii] He discovers that Sora Bulq had
been training an army of Murgukai clones using Anzati instructors. He goes
underground to sabotage the cloning facilities on Saleucami. Meanwhile, on
Coruscant, Quinlan Vos discovers Valorum’s assassin and is mistakenly led to
believe that Sora Bulq is a Sith. (Star Wars:
Republic 72: Trackdown, Part 1)
Thome contacts the Jedi letting them
know of the Separatist plan, and the Siege of Saleucami begins, led by Oppo
Rancisis. Quinlan Vos is sent to fight as well, but he has a secret goal of his
own; locate Sora Bulq, who he believes is the second Sith (the other being
Count Dooku), kill him and end the war. (Star Wars:
Republic 73: Trackdown, Part 2)
30 months ABG:
133th
week: As Anakin goes to Naboo to spend his ten-day leave with Padmé, his
former master’s search for Asajj Ventress (considered dead by Anakin’s hand)
takes him to Trigalis along with Aayla Secura. There, in the city of New
Coronet Lord Xist of Black Sun tells him that he knows that Dooku’s “best
assassin” will attempt to assassinate a wealthy Corellian by the name of Drama
Korr. Obi-Wan convinces Anakin to join him in his search, and together, they go
to the Maramere system, where Xist told Obi-Wan that Drama Korr is headed.
There, they discover that the assassin, Durge, has already completed his
mission, but Anakin manages to kill him. They are picked up by senator Organa,
and they head for Boz Pity, a planet blockaded by the Separatists that Anakin
and Obi-Wan discovered that Durge had dropped off an agent the previous week.
Members of the Council join them and they discover that Dooku and Grievous and
Ventress are on Boz Pity. The Republic wins the day on Boz Pity, but both Dooku
and Grievous (who kills Masters Adi Gallia and Soon Bayts) escape. Ventress is
betrayed by her master and is believed dead, though she escapes, leaving the
war behind. (Star Wars: Obsession)
134th
week: A Republic force under General Glynn-Beti besieges Wat Tambor’s citadel
on Xagobah. Boba Fett attempts to collect a Republic bounty on Tambor’s head but
General Grievous makes sure the Techno Union Foreman escapes the planet
unharmed. (Boba Fett: A New Threat)
Boba Fett escapes Xagobah and is
pursued by a Ginivex-class
starfighter that he mistakenly believes is piloted by Asajj Ventress. Anakin
Skywalker helps him and, after the two of them talk, Anakin arranges a meeting
between the young clone and the Supreme Chancellor. (Boba
Fett: A New Threat)
The Mandalorian Protectors under
aberrant ARC clone Spar turn against the Republic. (The
History of the Mandalorians)
31 months ABG:
135th
week: On Kamino, Null and New Bornalex, the Mandalorian Protectors fight the
Republic. (The History of the Mandalorians)
Obi-Wan and Anakin go to Ruhe to
take Dooku’s citadel on the planet, but they discover that the mission was a
trap. They escape and are assigned to Cato Neimoidia. (Brothers
in Arms)
31[xxiii] – 35 months
ABG:
Obi-Wan and Anakin lead a series of
strikes on Neimoidian purse worlds, culminating on Cato Neimoidia.
152nd week: Gunray abandons Cato Neimoidia after
taking most of his belongings, but leaves behind his mechno-chair, which holds
clues to the identity of Darth Sidious. In an attempt to discover the identity
of Sidious, Anakin and Obi-Wan go to Charros IV, where the chair was
constructed. (Labyrinth of Evil)
As Anakin and Obi-Wan follow clues
provided by the Xi Charrian artisan who made Gunray’s mechno-chair from Escarte
to Naos III, another investigation is undertaken on Coruscant by Jedi and
Republic Intelligence. (Labyrinth of Evil)
Master Rancisis is killed by Sora
Bulq; the final assault on the Separatist stronghold on Saleucami begins. (Star Wars: Republic: The Siege of Saleucami)
35 months ABG:
155th
week: On Saleucami, Master Vos fights his demons and emerges devoted to the
light side. Together with Tholme and Aayla Secura, they destroy the Morgukai
cloning facilities. Dark Jedi Tol Skorr and Sora Bulq, along with Morgukai
prime clone Bok, are killed, and the Republic wins on Saleucami. Master Secura
is assigned to Felucia, Master Vos is assigned to Boz Pity, while Tholme is
ordered to get some healing. (Star Wars:
Republic: The Siege of Saleucami)
Aayla Secura, before going to
Felucia to aid Barriss Offee and her Padawan, Zonder, visits the Endor system
to find a Separatist base. (Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 5: What Goes Up...)
Nine days before the Battle of Coruscant,[xxiv] General Grievous chooses Belderone
as the new base of the Separatist Council. However, a Republic military force under
Anakin and Obi-Wan ambushes Grievous on Belderone and forces him to flee. (Labyrinth of Evil), (Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune)
The Separatists capture Barriss
Offee and Zonder, her Padawan, on Felucia. (Evasive Action:
Reversal of Fortune)
155th
week: Five days before the battle of
Coruscant[xxv] Mace Windu presents the Chancellor
with information that Dooku is on Tythe, which has just been occupied by the
Separatists. Mace Windu convinces Palpatine to send aid to Tythe, and it is
decided that Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi will go there immediately.
Anakin feels that he should return to Coruscant (where his wife has been
waiting for him a long time) and confers with the Chancellor on this, but in
the end he chooses to go to Tythe. (Labyrinth of Evil),
(Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune)
Grievous moves the Council to
Utapau. (Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune)
Anakin and Obi-Wan attack the
Confederate forces on Tythe. [xxvi] They find Count Dooku on the
planet, but he escapes them and flees to Coruscant by way of the Koobi system
(as a diversion to lose the Jedi from his tail). (Labyrinth
of Evil)
Chancellor Palpatine and Mace Windu
contact Obi-Wan and Anakin on Tythe, telling them that there are reports of
Grievous being on Nelvaan, only 13 parsecs away from Tythe, which was also
Dooku’s (diversionary) destination after the Separatist defeat on Tythe.
Although Windu considers the reports of Grievous being there to be unreliable,
Palpatine assures them that, according to his intelligence, the information is
“quite accurate.” Nonetheless, hoping that they can
kill two birds with one stone, Windu and Palpatine order Anakin and
Obi-Wan to depart immediately for Nelvaan. Obi-Wan is concerned that they are
sending them on a reconnaissance mission at this point. (Star
Wars: Clone Wars: Volume II)[xxvii]
The Separatists attack Coruscant.
General Grievous abducts Chancellor Palpatine, and the forces of the
Confederacy battle the forces of the Republic above and on the capital planet. (Labyrinth of Evil), (Star Wars: Clone Wars: Volume II)
1,081 days after the Battle of Geonosis:[xxviii] After spending the night in a
Nelvaanian village, Anakin destroys the Separatist laboratory that was
interfering with the planet’s climate. After they return to their Star Destroyer,
R2 receives a message for Palpatine calling for help. Then, Mace Windu contacts
them with news of the invasion. They leave immediately. (Star
Wars: Clone Wars: Volume II), (Labyrinth
of Evil)
1,085 days after the Battle of Geonosis, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker arrive in
the Coruscant system to rescue Chancellor Palpatine from General Grievous. The
Republic successfully repels the Separatists from Coruscant. 31 standard months
have passed since the beginning of the Clone Wars. (Star
Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith)
16:5:20[xxix] (19 BBY): The Battle of Coruscant ends (Star Wars Episode
III: Revenge of the Sith)
[i] I placed this story here for
obvious reasons. It is undated and can be placed anywhere, but it fits quite
nicely with the Battle of Kamino. We know that the Separatists try to steal the
DNA sample again (The Clone Wars: ARC
Troopers), but it wouldn’t fit before that because of Obi-Wan’s hair.
[ii] This is selective retconning,
and I accept the accusation, but if we’re going to be selective about keeping
certain stories where they are because they fit perfectly, why not move other
stories with the same placement to where they fit perfectly? I have kept all
stories in Clone Wars Adventures
where they are, and Volume 3 is
placed 6 months ABG. However, since we moved the General Grievous comic book to that spot as well, having Grievous
become Commander then makes no sense. Having the contest right after Asajj is
recruited, right after Tann and Merai die, it makes perfect sense, so, 6 months
converts to 6 weeks, giving us 1 month ABG. It fits like a glove, and, in it is
my opinion that it would be extremely counter-productive not to move Rogue’s Gallery, so I did.
[iii] This is placed here to
reconcile with the mention in The Clone
Wars: Wild Space that Anakin was knighted one month after the Battle of
Geonosis. While not strictly true, since this was only decided between Yoda and
Mace, it could be considered that, in retrospect, he could be considered to
have been a Knight from that point on. In Yoda:
Dark Rendezvous, it is mentioned that he is no longer technically a
Padawan, although we know that the story takes place before his knighting.
Also, in Jedi Trial, it is mentioned
that Anakin has no experience leading troops, which would be true for this
stage of the war, but not true for 6 months before Episode III.
[iv] Mace does not recognize Asajj
in Jedi: Mace Windu, and Obi-Wan and
Anakin are likewise ignorant as to who she is in Star Wars: Republic 52: The New Face of War, Part 2, yet Obi-Wan
mentions her by name (along with Durge) when talking to Windu in Star Wars: Republic 53: Blast Radius.
[v] In The Cestus Deception, p. 57 of the hardcover edition, Mace Windu
mentions the battles of Jabiim (already an apparent error in the original
timeline, since the Battle of Jabiim is two months after the mission to Cestus,
necessitating in the creation of a “First Battle of Jabiim”) and Antar 4 (the
effects of which we see in Jedi: Count
Dooku). With this timeline, “those grim memories” are days-old, and the
Jabiim situation is just about to get really really grim.
[vi] It would appear that another
mission to the Outer Rim wouldn’t fit within a week, but Forscan VI, according
to The Essential Atlas, is in the
Auril Sector, linked to Coruscant by the Perlemian “super-hyperroute,” meaning
that a journey from Coruscant to Forscan VI would be very quick. The novel
itself implies that the journey back lasted thirty-six hours (p. 4 of the
hardcover edition). The same paragraph mentions that Obi-Wan is a wreck, which
would be consistent with him having had no rest after Queyta.
[vii] The events in the novel take
place over a few weeks, so I paced this immediately after Quinlan’s
“defection.”
[viii] I moved Shatterpoint here because it just wouldn’t work at 6 weeks ABG.
Depa wouldn’t have had enough time to go to Haruun Kal, get dirty and fall to
the dark side, and the couple of weeks that Windu spends on his homeworld
wouldn’t fit anywhere else. Also, by moving it here, Depa’s seat is left vacant
just about two weeks before Obi-Wan gets it.
[ix] This is an assumption based
on Anakin’s “we were supposed to return three weeks ago” in Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, supported by the
fact that Anakin and Obi-Wan would be expected to go to Coruscant after going
through hell.
[x] I have assumed that Mace
leaves Haruun Kal and goes to Null to aid the Jedi there before returning to
Coruscant (perhaps sending the comatose Depa to Corusant on another ship),
placing the scene in Republic between the last chapter and the afterword of Shatterpoint. The ending of Republic: Show of Force, with Mace
reflecting on his failure to bring both Depa and Quinlan from the dark, ties
nicely with Shatterpoint.
[xi] These Mandalorian’s can’t be
Spar’s Protectors, since they do not exist yet. I’m guessing they’re Death
Watch.
[xii] I moved the last part of Secrets of the Jedi here because it was
the only source placed in the between the MedStar
duology (which can’t be moved because Barriss can’t be knighted before the 3D
TV) and Jedi Trial, excluding the Republic Commando series, which are
pretty much immovable because they are precisely dated in days (although I own
none of these books, I know that they don’t feature any of the “big names” like
Anakin and Obi-Wan, so I consider them safe where they stand). From month 20 to
month 30, the timeline is pretty empty, so I chose to move back all the stories
set within that timeframe to allow the big hurdle of the timeline, Anakin’s
knighting, to c. 20 weeks ABG instead of 30. All this was done to preserve the
placement of every source up to TV series in the first 4 months.
[xiii] Axion and Thustra are in the
Expansion Region, actually quite close to one another. Placing the Battle of
Axion here makes sense because Yoda would presumably stop by Axion after
returning Thustra. Yoda is considered dead by this point, which also makes
sense, because he is alone in Duel.
In this timeline, Pix, Clutch and the other Thustra survivors are presumably
waiting in Yoda’s transport mentioned in the story, unless they went to
Coruscant ahead of Yoda, which is unlikely, since they would presumably have
informed the Senate that he was alive and that Navi was a traitor.
[xiv] In Storm Fleet Warnings, we learn that: “Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin
Skywalker were returning from a mission, heading back to the Temple by way of
the Llon Nebulae.” Their missions in the Mid Rim and Expansion Region (Azure,
Nivek, Terra Sool) are the “astrographically” close to the Llon Nebula, so I
presumed that the “mission” referred to in the story was either the Battle of
Terra Sool or a mission immediately after it.
[xv] In the book, p. 279 of the
mass market paperback version, it is mentioned that the destruction at Honoghr
happened six months ago. Perhaps it could be six Vjun months, or some other
method of time measurement, because, in this timeline, the destruction took
place 2.4 standard months before the events of the book.
[xvi] P. 319, mass market
paperback.
[xvii] In Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, p. 234 of the mass market paperback edition,
it is mentioned that the Last Call is
the third ship Asajj has lost to Skywalker and Kenobi. This would have to be
simply foreshadowing for this timeline to work. However, on page 320, Obi-Wan
mentions having stolen two crafts from her. Ironically, Dooku contemplates
ridding himself of Asajj after she loses the appropriately named Last Call. With this timeline placement,
Skywalker steals a fourth Ginivex
about a week after the Count thinks of this and she herself steals Skywalker’s Chryya-class very fast courier.
[xviii] This story has no placement,
but it has to take place some time shortly after Anakin’s knighting because
Saesee’s horn hasn’t fully grown yet.
[xix] No reason to move the
duology. We see that Drongar was already a battlefield in Jedi: Count Dooku, which would mean that the fighting there lasted
1.6 years, but that’s not in any way a problem.
[xx] Saesee Tiin’s horn is almost
regrown here. Just the tip’s missing. Well, the horned Master is stated to
appear in The Clone Wars cartoon
series, and where this short scene can take place will depend on whether his
horn is grown in his new depiction.
[xxi] The conception is implied to
have happened in Chapter 22 of the Clone
Wars microseries, yet it’s undated. I have assumed a gestation period of 36
weeks for Luke and Leia, which is 100% unofficial. I only chose this number
because the Clone Wars lasted 36 months and that somehow made it feel less
arbitrary to me. Besides, without wanting to sound too Pythagorean or esoteric or whatever, 36 is a number with
connections to “perfection,” i.e. 360, the number of the circle, the “divine”
and “perfect” shape.
[xxii] That was the only way I could
make this work. This, or have the siege of Saleucami rage for two and a half
years. But as a subscriber to Republic
for most of its run, I can attest that Tholme does indeed need that rest.
[xxiii] Since they are assigned to
Cato Neimoidia at the end of Brothers in
Arms, which takes place 4.5 months before Episode III yet they fight on Cato Neimoidia in Labyrinth of Evil,
which begins just before Episode III,
I assumed that they fought on the Neimoidian worlds for 4 months. That’s just
an assumption however.
[xxiv] According to Labyrinth of Evil, chapter 33:“For four
standard days they had been awaiting instructions from the Jedi Council...”
Which means that they won on Belderone and then did nothing for four days.
According to Reversal of Fortune,
three days after Grievous orders the Separatist Council members to Belderone,
Mace tells Palpatine that they should send someone to Tythe.
[xxv] This is as precise a dating
as we’ll get up to this point, from Republic
Commando: Order 66. So we know that every Clone Wars story there to be told
must fit within 1085 days. Isn’t it good to know? We have Karen Traviss to
thank for this one.
[xxvi] Anakin and Obi-Wan could be
to Belderone from Tythe relatively quick, as they would presumably take the
Triellus Trade Route. From there, they could be to Nelvaan in just hours or
less, presumably.
[xxvii] I have placed the scene from Clone Wars where Anakin and Obi-Wan are
ordered to Nelvaan between the 49th and 52nd chapters of Labyrinth of Evil. Actually, this is
even more radical than that. The entire Nelvaan section of the cartoon is
supposed to take place between the penultimate and the last phrase in a
paragraph in the 52nd chapter of the novel! The paragraph reads: “Obi-Wan felt
as if someone had knotted his insides. He had failed his apprentice and closest
friend. Anakin was suffering, and the only balm he offered were Jedi
platitudes. His body heaved a stuttering breath.” And then they go to Nelvaan,
because they’ve been assigned to Nelvaan and it’s their duty to go to Nelvaan.
And after they’re done with their mission and return to the ship, it’s time for
the paragraph to end: He had his mouth open to speak when the crew chief
interrupted.” And then they get Palpatine’s message. This way, we have created
a Frankenstein’s monster of a scene that is half in the cartoon (last scene)
and half in the novel (last part of chapter 52, after the “crew chief
interrupted.”) Why? Well, originally, originally, we knew that Lucas Licensing
had an internal timeline according to which Anakin and Obi-Wan went from Tythe
to Nelvaan, a fact even indirectly supported by the novel itself. This is now
ambiguous, with two sources, The New
Essential Chronology and The
Essential Atlas mentioning the visit to Tythe after the visit to Nelvaan.
However, there is no definite mention of the actual sequence of events, i.e.
“after Nelvaan, Anakin and Obi-Wan went to Tythe” or the other way around. The
New Essential Chronology mentions that as Grievous ordered Grievous to
Coruscant, “Anakin Skywalker was preoccupied with events on the Outer Rim
planet of Nelvaan.” And then in the next section, “Both Anakin and Obi-Wan had
been occupied elsewhere per Sidious’s design, pursuing Dooku on the ruined
world of Tythe. They leapt to Coruscant’s defense in their Jedi starfighters.
All The Essential Atlas says is that “Anakin Skywalker and
Obi-Wan Kenobi help free the male warriors of Nelvaan from a Techno Union
cyborging experiment, but fail to capture Dooku on Tythe.” Here is a message
posted in answer to the question “where is the ‘Ew-Anakin-Is-Eating-Bugs’
planet Separatist City siege is placed?” by Leland Chee, continuity supervisor
for Lucas Licensing, on the StarWars.com message boards: “No concrete placement
for this one yet. It's possible that Obi-Wan and Anakin weren't there for every
single day of the month-long siege. Obi-Wan's ‘weather clears’ line suggests
that it takes place right before they get the message from Mace and Palpatine
to go to Nelvaan. Or maybe that scene actually takes place on a different
planet.” I assumed that it did in fact takes place on a different planet, that
the different planet is Tythe, that the “weather clears” line refers to the
ending of the Separatists’ rule, perhaps foreboding a future when Tythe’s
ecosystem will be restored, that the big tent they go into was hastily put
together instead of having been their home for the past month, and, last but
certainly not least, that a short time after Palpatine and Mace cut the
transmission, the Separatist invasion force arrives on Coruscant. That’s a
whole lot of assumptions, but it is a far more elegant solution than the only
other options available, which are, a) discard Labyrinth of Evil, b) discard the last part of the Clone Wars microseries, c) have Obi-Wan
be assigned to Nelvaan prior to the events of Labyrinth of Evil and not go until they are sent there after the
events of Labyrinth of Evil, or d.)
have the mission to Nelvaan take place between their assignment to Tythe and
their actual visit to Tythe. That last solution could work theoretically, but
when you’re assigned to go capture somebody, you don’t stop by a dnearby planet
to capture somebody else. The original solution, which I chose, seems to me to
be the most elegant (a solution for a more civilized age).
[xxviii] The Clone Wars Campaign Guide gives 24 hours as the duration of a
Nelvaan day, same as Coruscant.