Animated anthology series Star Wars: Tales of the Empire explores hitherto unrevealed aspects of Morgan Elsbeth and Barriss Offee’s respective histories. So, where does each Tales of the Empire episode fit on the wider Star Wars timeline?
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Star Wars: Tales of the Empire’s Timeline, Explained
Placing Tales of the Empire on the Star Wars timeline is a tad tricky, given the show’s anthology nature. It doesn’t occupy one spot in the franchise’s chronology, but several. The show is also split into two halves – one focused on Morgan Elsbeth and one on Barriss Offee – that include multiple time jumps. This complicates matters, as does Tales of the Empire‘s lack of on-screen dates. Sure, contextual details peg some episodes to specific years on Star Wars‘ in-universe calendar, however, we’ll have to settle for estimated date ranges for others.
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With that out of the way, here’s when each Star Wars: Tales of the Empire installment takes place:
- Episode 1, “The Path of Fear” – 20 BBY
- Episode 2, “The Path of Anger” – Between 9 BBY and 2 BBY
- Episode 3, “The Path of Hate” – Between 5 ABY and 9 ABY
- Episode 4, “Devoted” – 19 BBY
- Episode 5, “Realization” – Between 19-18 BBY
- Episode 6, “The Way Out” – Between 9 BBY and 0 BBY/0 ABY
Every Tales of the Empire Episode’s Position On the Star Wars Timeline
That’s Tales of the Empire‘s internal chronology sorted – what about its position on the overarching Star Wars timeline? Each episode slots into a galaxy far, far away’s wider history as follows:
- 25,000 BBY – Dawn of the Jedi
- 500-100 BBY – The High Republic
- 232 BBY – Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
- 132 BBY – The Acolyte
- 32 BBY – Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
- 23 BBY – Andor Season 1 (flashbacks)
- 22 BBY – Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
- 22-19 BBY – Star Wars: The Clone Wars Seasons 1-7
- 20 BBY – Star Wars: Tales of the Empire Episode 1
- 19 BBY – Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
- 19 BBY – Star Wars: Tales of the Empire Episode 4
- 19-18 BBY – Star Wars: The Bad Batch Seasons 1-3
- Between 19-18 BBY – Star Wars: Tales of the Empire Episode 5
- 14 BBY – Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- 13-10 BBY – Solo: A Star Wars Story
- 9 BBY – Obi-Wan Kenobi
- 9 BBY – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Between 9 BBY and 2 BBY – Star Wars: Tales of the Empire Episode 2
- Between 9 BBY and 0 BBY/0 ABY – Star Wars: Tales of the Empire Episode 6
- 5-0 BBY – Star Wars Rebels Seasons 1-5
- 5-0 BBY – Andor Seasons 1-2 (main narrative)
- 0 BBY – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- 0 BBY/0 ABY – Star Wars: A New Hope
- 3 ABY – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
- 4 ABY – Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
- Between 5 ABY and 9 ABY – Star Wars: Tales of the Empire Episode 3
- 9 ABY – The Mandalorian Seasons 1-2
- 9-11 ABY – The Book of Boba Fett
- 11 ABY – The Mandalorian Season 3
- 11 ABY – Ahsoka Season 1
- 34-35 ABY – Star Wars Resistance
- 34 ABY – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- 34 ABY – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- 35 ABY – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
- 50 ABY – New Jedi Order
All six episodes of Star Wars: Tales of the Empire are currently streaming on Disney+.
