VOTD: The Complete Canon Timeline Of The ‘Star Wars’ Universe
With a newStar Warsprequel film set to open in theaters soon, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the decades of films, TV shows, comics, novels, and video games that came before it. But now you don’t have to worry about perusing the deep archives of Wookieepedia to learn about the history of theStar Warsuniverse. A new video compiles the completeStar Warscanon timeline in less than 30 minutes.
The Complete Star Wars Canon Timeline
TheStar Warsuniverse has one of the richest sci-fi timelines in cinematic history, stretching back thousands of years. And it keeps expanding every year.
Solo: A Star Wars Storywill be the latest film to add more detail to theStar Warstimeline, but as an anthology prequel film, it will be merely a blip in the expansive universe. But still, it would be good to know everything that happens before and afterSolo.
The amazing folks atStar Wars Explained, theStar Wars-dedicated YouTube channel, cut together an impressive 30-minute video explaining the entireStar Warscanon timeline. Yes, the entire thing — from the birth of the universe to the final moments ofStar Wars: The Last Jedi. And while the franchise is only 41 years old, that’s several millennia of history to cover in a relatively brief amount of time.
It would take just as long as the video to list all of the properties that thisStar Warscanon timeline video pulls from, but this elaborate list ofStar Warsmovies, TV shows, books, and video games fromIndiewirecan give you an idea.
In short, this video is an astonishing feat, and we can only give kudos to Star Wars Explained for making it. Now they’ll just have to keep making new ones every two years. By 2020, this video will be an hour long.
Solo: A Star Wars Storyopens in theaters onMay 25, 2018.Star Wars Episode 9will continue the next chapter in the galactic saga onDecember 20, 2019.
