Watch the 2023 version here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eNx8aZuL3L2teIU.html

May the 4th isn't complete without the complete canon timeline at this point. Amazing work as always.

I just want to say thank you for making these videos as it helps a lot of casual Star Wars fans to know more about its lore and history, and not to mention you guys are very unbiased (especially when it comes to the sequel trilogy right now) as it is something which we do not see a lot in the fandom.

THE Star Wars video of the year - and it's over an hour long. This is pure awesomeness

Being a 24 year old working father , I have no time at all to get into & learn about the new High Republic era , or any other content besides the Disney+ Shows , love listening to this in my headphone at work so I can get caught up 🙏🏽 May the 4th to everybody

Time stamps and years of movies/shows: - Ep 1: the Phantom Menace (32 BBY) 15:26 - Ep 2: Attack of the Clones (22 BBY) 17:48 - the Clone Wars (22 - 19 BBY) 18:40 - Ep 3: Revenge of the Sith (19 BBY) 24:18 - Bad Batch (19 BBY) 26:43 - Jedi: Fallen Order (14 BBY) 29:13 - Solo ( 13 - 10 BBY) 30:21 - 32:24 - Obi-Wan Kenobi (9 BBY) 32:59 - Rebels (5 - 1 BBY) 33:46 - Andor (5 - 0 BBY) - Rogue One (0 BBY) 38:17 - Ep4: a New Hope (0 BBY) 38:55 - Ep 5: the Empire Strikes Back (3 ABY) 46:44 - Ep 6: Return of the Jedi (4 ABY) 53:10 - the Book of Boba Fett flashbacks (4 and 5 ABY) 52:59 and 56:46 - the Mandalorian (~9 ABY) 57:14 - the Book of Boba Fett (9 ABY) 57:40 - Ahsoka (~9 ABY) - Ep 7: the Force Awakens (34 ABY) 1:04:12 - Ep 8: the Last Jedi (34 ABY) 1:06:38 - WDW Galactic Starcruiser hotel (34 ABY) 1:09:10 - Ep: 9: the Rise of Skywalker (35 ABY) 1:10:16

yeah, but what about the Droid attack on the Wookies?

This is the true highlight of May the 4th. The ultimate recap of Star Wars canon

This man got straight into it. No "Hey guys, welcome back to the channel." No schilling for likes or subs. Respect.

When it’s all laid out like this, it’s clear how well the entire timeline fits together. It’s beautiful, from the Old Republic, to The Rise Of Skywalker and everything in between. It’s beautiful! Well done, Alex. May the Force be with you.

The quality of this project gets better and better every year. Thank you for your hard work and love of Star Wars and for sharing that love with us!

I just think it's amazing how Hondo ornaka has survived all the way to the first order resistance war he really is the greatest space pirate anyone has ever seen he needs his own show live action or animated I don't care.

I love Star Wars so much. We really need a story showing the Imperial Remnants struggles in the Unknown Regions and something set after TROS!

Love the unbiased approach to the entirety of the timeline. Great stuff

I'm going to binge watch this, just as I have done before. It's incredible how much effort you must sink into these, for a May 4th release.

Apparently I should just pin this comment every year, but yes, Chewie gets a medal for the Battle of Yavin. It’s not in the movie but it is confirmed in books and comics k byyyyye

I can only imagine how much time, effort, and work is required to do this every year. Thank you so much for this yearly project!

I bought my first Star Wars Legion set this week and I am going to be working on that today while watching this. 😁

"...he still hasn't paid off his debts to Jaba" is my favorite line in this entire video

The Kenobi trailer and now this. It's so worth it being a Star Wars fan!

Next year, he'll finally talk about the Kenobi series! I can't wait to see it!

This is a great way of showing how beautifully connected everything in the star wars galaxy is. Thanks for over an hour of high quality entertainment!

This is without a doubt a yearly tradition of mine and I just love that I can just sit down and watch the entire star wars story in one video or perhaps at this point, a short movie lol. Anyway, this video and this franchise are absolutely awesome, and keep up the absolutely amazing work Alex!!! you're doing an excellent job by my standards!!!

Truly truly amazing job. I haven't seen such a comprehensive presentation like this. When I initially saw the run time I thought this is way too long but after having watched it, you could have made it 4 or 5 hours as well. Very very well done, thank you

16:07 mortal wound indeed. you nailed that description.

This was awesome! Looking forward to the updated timeline with the events of the "Obi Wan Kenobi", "Andor", and "Bad Batch Season 2" included!!

This is absolutely amazing! Thanks Alex and Molly for another year! May the force be with us all.

I like the symbolism of a great galactic calamity creating the Unknown regions, only for that darkness to give way to light with the creation of the Jedi in the same region. Clearly not intended but it’s very cool

We can now estimate that Groku and Anakin were born at the same time.

I still cant believe I watched this whole thing and enjoyed every moment of it

I love these timeline videos. So well scripted and read.

Totally worth a years wait! Who would of thought 45 years ago that one movie would amass more historical events than some countries have seen!

Always look forward to this on my birthday! Thanks Star Wars Explained!

Thanks for taking the time to make this I watch it every year incase I missed some novel or comic. And I show it to casual fans that want the full story. May the 4th be with you!

Thank you for my favorite video every year! Great work as always Alex!

Prequel Trilogy Era: ▪︎Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace ▪︎Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones ▪︎Star Wars: The Clone Wars ▪︎Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Post-Prequel/Pre-Original Trilogy Era: ▪︎Star Wars: The Bad Batch ▪︎Solo: A Star Wars Story ▪︎Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Original Trilogy Era: ▪︎Star Wars: Andor ▪︎Star Wars: Rebels ▪︎Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope ▪︎Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back ▪︎Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi Post-Original/Pre-Sequel Trilogy Era: ▪︎Star Wars: Mandalorian ▪︎Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett ▪︎Star Wars: Ahsoka ▪︎Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Sequel Trilogy Era: ▪︎Star Wars: Resistance ▪︎Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens ▪︎Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi ▪︎Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker

Yeses I've been ready for this one! Thanks for all the work and dedication that goes into these videos

Thank you for all the time and effort you pour into these videos, a true highlight of the day is watching these!

I remember when this was under an hour and look forward to it every May 4th. Amazing as ever and thanks for it. May the force be with you.

This deserves a ForceCenter “well said”. In all seriousness, I look forward to this new video every year. Thank you Alex and Mollie!

My head canon is when Sifo Dyas went to the Kaminoans he basically dine-n-dashed and stuck the Republic with the bill. “Uh hang on my wallet is in my ship.” *flies away*

This is so helpful! I am trying to get into reading more books from the star wars Canon, so it's nice to have a comprehensive timeline to reference 😊

Thank you for all the work that goes into this each year. I always enjoy it very much.

One thing important to mention. In ancient times Jedi built up order in outer rim while republic did so in the inner galaxy. They discovered each other and agreed they were both doing the right thing so that is why they teamed up

This is really cool. I had no idea the canon reached so far back. That's a lot of reading, lol.

This is always incredible almost nothing is left. The only thing I wish you included is Yoda mission to the wellspring of life.

I look forward to this every year. I appreciate your work and commitment to this, Alex!

The Force didnt come into existence on the wellspring of life, the midichlorians did

Very late to the party, but I have some thoughts on things you might want to try fitting in next year...not that you aren't killing it as is! And I know you have to make choices given how lengthy this is getting...but just some thoughts! These are in roughly chronological order: • Obi-Wan & Anakin comic miniseries- Anakin first tries to quit the Jedi Order. • Guardians of the Whills/Chirrut/Baze- This gives some more lore around the organizations inspired by the Force as well as introduces movie characters. • Adventures in Wild Space/Graf family- The Grafs/the Starroses/the San Tekkas are the 3 families we know of that propagated all through the High Republic to the OT & the ST. It might be fun to mention that, especially when the Grafs in particular had such an important role in mapping out the Galaxy. • Tam Posla subplot- This is a personal favorite of mine, and not at all necessary, but it would be fun to see the details of this guy’s life laced through the Solo/R1/OT threads. Is he the first/only non-Force user to become a kinda/sorta Force Ghost? Even if by fungus proxy?? • The Grand Inquisitor- Major antagonist of Rebels, has an interesting origin as a Temple Guard and a nasty fate as a cursed apparition. • Zeb/Kallus subplot- The Lasat genocide keeps the evil-depths-of-the-Empire thread going after the Geonosian people are wiped out, then Alderaan, then Cinder. And Kallus is a great example of redemption, the central theme of all the Star Wars stories. • Lost Stars- This is the biggest piece of media left off the list, probably…and it would probably also be the hardest to weave into the larger tapestry given the breadth of the timeline it covers. It’s OK to leave it off, it’s just the one big glaring piece of missing media that stood out to me. • Choose Your Destiny- These are kind of inconsequential kiddie books, I know, but the Luke/Leia one in particular was just fun as heck and it might be nice to have another place for parents to steer their kids to. • Vader Down- A fairly major early comics storyline…including the first confrontation with Vader after he’s found out that Luke is his son. • Uprising- some interesting immediately-post-Empire bits here. • Jace Syndulla- You’ve got to drop mention of him in there after Kanan’s tragic death. • Join the Resistance, Snap’s Fart Wedding- I’m just kidding, don’t include this. Or do. There is not enough talk about how this actually happened in canon. • Rose & Paige Tico - ravaged homeworld, 1st Order atrocities, etc. Rose’s character has been so disrespected elsewhere it would be good to give her some good coverage. • DJ and his whole philosophy could use a sentence or two. I think it’s important to point out that the “both sides are awful” types usually wind up working with the fascists.

This should be taught in schools. People need to know the histories of other galaxies.

I love your timeline videos they're so well made and feels like a journey to watch, i would suggest making full Star Wars timeline by combining Canon and Legends material that still makes sense within the timeline, would love to see the seamless transition from old republic to high republic era

As going to Tolkien's books for answers about LotR lore, so is like watching this video to answers for Star Wars lore. Came to figure when Darth Bane lived because someone mentioned Yoda is old enough to be around when Bane was so that he can know about the Rule of Two when he mentions it in Phantom Menace. Google was giving any definite answers, so I came here

As usual I like to end my May the 4th watching your update on the complete canon Timeline. This is one of the best ways of doing a recap for me and maybe pick up something that I might have forgotten. I also like to use it for those who are either not up to date on the Star Wars Lore or for those who are still learning. It's a great quick history lesson on Star Wars. Excellent job. We detailed and it just gets better every year. Until next year May The 4th Be With You.

really wish there was more youtubers covering the high republic, the high republic era seems super cool!

I think my favorite running gag in these timeline videos is "Han still hasn't paid his debts to Jabba"

I always come back to watch these yearly updates. Great job as always!

This always is the highlight of my May the 4th. I also just want to say I know I've caused some problems for you guys in the past with some of my comments, and I went away for awhile, but I will try to do better. Thank you Alex and Mollie.

“He still hasn’t paid off his debts to Jabba.”Come on, Han. 😂

Thank you for all of the hard work that you did to put this together.

Thank you for constantly updating this cannon timeline.✌

As someone who pretty much only watches the movies and series it's nice to get this video every year to keep up with all the important events in Star Wars canon.

Great work as always! One thing I'd like to see added (unless I missed it in which case sorry) would be a brief mention of Cad Bane taking Boba under his wing and then later his death at Boba's hands

Imagine history lessons in Star Wars schools

Now that was adventure down the timeline of such a storied series. May the 4th be with you!

Dank Ferrik Alex. That was quite a task. Well done to you and Molly for doing this gor us

Thank you for this amazing video! I look forward to it every year and I love that it’s over an hour now :) keep up the great work

I look forward to this video getting longer and longer every year. :P

This is the best videoidea i have ever seen, i wait for this every may. Great video.

Ok, this video is more than 1h long. I am already completely lost and overwhelmed after 3 minutes :D

This is the kinda videos I love. Seeing all come together and see how the galaxy has expanded. I may not have liked a lot of the new stuff but that doesn't mean I disliked everything. Here I can see what catches my eye and expand my experience as well. Thanks for this yearly service. This is the channel that keeps me on the look for new stories in a galaxy far far away.

crazy good timeline, thanks! What happened to Thrawn and Ezra in the end?

I really like this video. Really cool how you covered basically everything

I'm completely honest when I say that this exact video is the main and most exciting thing I expect on may 4th. Yeah, Kenobi trailer was cool but your complete canon timeline has been a staple for me since you first did it.

Thanks for putting together this fantastic canon timeline! May the Fourth be with you!

Holllly crap. Thank you SO much for the hour plus long video. I absolutely love a long SWE video.

Been looking forward to this all year!

I always look forward to this each year.. Had to skip The High Republic as I still haven't finished Phase 1 and wanted to avoid spoilers. Was a bit surprised at the inclusion of some material such as Brotherhood since I don't think everything is released yet or long enough for people without ARCs to have done so. Even so, I am quite happy with this very thorough timeline and how much you still had to leave out just to keep the flow didn't detract from it at all. I'm really glad you keep doing this each year for us. It's really so helpful and entertaining! 😊

I hope we get more on the pre-history in the future!

The fact you did this is impressive! The cannon of Star Wars is just as good as the old.

Star Wars is my life

This is fun, informative, and definitely got me looking into a couple books. Thank you for this.

I would've included the Eiram E'Ronoh Crisis, but still, great video 👍

Gotta admit despite the negative fall out of the ST I’m curious to see what could possibly happen afterwards and what’s next for the future of the Star Wars galaxy and canon timeline. Count me among the folks who believe The Ninth Jedi from Star Wars Visions should be the official continuation. After all that short I believe was made with the intention of being set in the far, far future.

Jeez dude, this was INSANE. Can't even imagine how much work you put into it. Great work. Now exhale (I will too lol).

I look forward to these every year!

Amazing video as always! so much work that you put into it! After seeing this video I realized two things: 1- What happened to SCAR squad and Eneb Ray? 2- When will we get anything set after ep9? Its been almost 3 years and we havent got not even a book or a comic (unless you consider the Lego specials)...

You do an amazing job with these videos! I look forward to the update every year!

Every day i check Star Wars explained praying and hoping for our 2023 version. When is this coming?! Is it even coming?! The suspense is killing me man!!!

It’s a good day when a complete saga vid comes out

even though I'm a diehard star wars fan who keeps up with everything, it's been a tradition of mine watching these videos every year. Thanks for putting these together!

You made Episode 9 sound good with the consistent way you told the story.

Excellent work!! This has become what I plan my May the 4th around! Love the quality as well!!

Just wanna say thank you for doing these! This is my favorite Star Wars tradition

As a wise man once said: I've been looking forward to this.

While Canon is good they still ruined lots of good original Legends backdrops or backgrounds or back ups or backings yeah.

Thanks! I thought I knew a thing or two…. But wow this was fantastic!!! So just to be sure everything in here is canon and not legends???

Great job on these!! Thankyou! Great content, one of the best starwars channels on KZfaq ❤️

It's crazy how Kix was stuck in carbon freezing for nearly 50 years and he's been frozen since the fall of the Republic, just let that soak in and if I was Kix, I would be depressed that I missed out on all of that and that Rex and my fellow soldiers are probably well about dead right now

In my opinion… This is Star Wars

These videos are perfection. I pass the years looking foward for them