The third season of "The Mandalorian" – the newest offering in the extensive "Star Wars" saga – premiered March 1. But where exactly does the Disney+ series take place in the franchise sequence of movies and other shows?
In the "Star Wars" timeline, "The Mandalorian" begins well after the original 1977 movie "Episode IV: A New Hope," which introduced Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and the original cast to American viewers.
The chronology of all other "Star Wars" stories can be pinpointed from that film, which ends with the destruction of the first Death Star in the pivotal Battle of Yavin. Story events are measured in (BBY) years before and (ABY) years after the battle.
"The Mandalorian" series begins in 9 ABY, or nine years after the events of "New Hope."
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Where do 'The Mandalorian' and 'Ahsoka' fit in the 'Star Wars' timeline?
"The Mandalorian" was the first live-action "Star Wars" series on Disney+ when it began in 2019. Since that time, the streaming platform has fleshed out the franchise's universe with other live-action series like "Obi-Wan Kenobi," "The Book of Boba Fett" and "Andor," and the animated series "Bad Batch," a spinoff of "The Clone Wars."
"Ahsoka," a limited series for Disney+ starring Rosario Dawson, premieres Aug. 22 with a two-episode premiere. The show is a spinoff of "The Mandalorian" and will follow a story arc of former Jedi Ahsoka Tano, whose early years were chronicled in the "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" animated series.
If we focus on the 67 years spanned by movies and TV series, the timeline includes four generations of the Skywalker family bookended by: "Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace" and "Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker."
An animated series called "Tales of the Jedi," released in 2022, explored one-off storylines predating events and characters featured in "The Phantom Menace" and "The Clone Wars."
Here's the accepted timeline of "Star Wars" movies, live-action television shows and animated series.
SOURCES StarWars.com; Wookiepedia