Lesson Two: The Old Republic Timeline

Year	Event	Source
-25,000	The first hyperdrive is invented. The Old Republic, the first galaxy-wide government is formed; the Jedi Knights appear, and a period of galactic peace and expansion begins.	-
-5,000	Naga Sadow rules as Dark Lord of the Sith	-
-4,990	Fall of the Sith Empire Naga Sadow leads the Sith into hiding on Yavin IV.	-
-4,400	Freedon Nadd comes to Onderon to rule, bringing with him dark Sith power.	-
-4,350	The Beast Wars of Onderon begin.	-
-4,000	Jedi Knights, including Ulic Qel-Droma, intercede in the Beast Wars of Onderon. Andur Sunrider dies.	Tales of the Jedi (c)
-3,998	The Freedon Nadd uprising.	The Freedon Nadd uprising (c)
-3,996	The Krath lead a political coup in the Empress Teta system. An assembly of 10,000 Jedi Knights accurs at Mount Meru on Deneba.	Dark Lords of the Sith (c)
-3,991	Exar Kun becomes a dark Lord of the Sith. The trial of Ulic Qel-Droma. The Sith War and destruction of the Cron system.	The Sith War (c)
-896	Yoda, the Jedi Master, is born.	-
-200	Chewbacca, the Wookie, is born on Kashyyyk.	-
-60	Obi-Wan Kenobi is born.	-
-55	Anakin Skywalker is born.	-
-48	Mon Mothma, Senator and Alliance leader, is born on Chandrila.	-
-46	C-3PO is activacted.	Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (s,n)
-35	The Clone Wars end.	-
-29	Han Solo born in the Corellian star system. The Fall of the Republic- A dark period of corruption and social injustice sweep through the Republic, paving the way for Senator Palpatine's rise to power.	-
-18	Luke and Leia are born.	-
0	Luke Skywalker meets Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Battle of Yavin occurs, resulting in the destruction of the Death Star.	Star Wars: Episode 4: A New Hope (s,n)