From Create Your Own Story
This is for everything set outside of the films: Figure it is easiest to divide it up into the eras and work from there
- The Old Republic (25,000 - 1,000 BBY):In this era the Jedi are large-numbered, and serve as guardians of peace and justice.
- The Rise of the Empire (1,000 - 0 BBY): In this era takes place after the seemingly final defeat of the Sith. In the waning years of the Republic, the Senate was rife with corruption and scandal, and saddled with a bureaucracy so immense that effective governing was nearly impossible
- The Rebellion (0 BBY - 5 ABY): With the Old Republic gone, an outcry of resistance begins to spread across the galaxy in protest to the new Empire's tyranny. Cells of Rebellion fight back, and the Galactic Civil War begins.
- The New Republic (5 ABY - 25 ABY):Having defeated the Empire at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance must now transform itself from a militant resistance force into a functioning galactic government
- The New Jedi Order (25 - 40 ABY).: With the Jedi Knights now over one hundred strong the New Republic has signed a peace treaty with the remains of the Empire. The galaxy is finally enjoying a peaceful respite from decades of war. It's in this era that a horrible alien menace invades the Republic from beyond known space.
- Legacy (40 - unknown date ABY):Having reached peace with the Yuuzhan Vong, the newly formed Galactic Federation of Free Alliance struggles to keep itself working as a single government