Star Wars Timeline Gold

The Star Wars Timeline Gold (SWT-G) is an extensive chronology developed by Nathan Butler. Butler's content is a comprehensive review of births, deaths, battles and major events from the Star Wars films and Expanded Universe. The chronology contains small descriptions of events and summaries of sources, with the main document exceeding one thousand pages in length, with more pages in a supplementary document.

The Star Wars Timeline Project that began with version 1.0 and led to the current "Gold" version started in 1997 and eventually spawned a tie-in fan-made radio show (podcast), ChronoRadio, which ran five years from May 2002 through May 2007 before being relaunched as a subseries of The Butlerniverse in August 2008.

The newest edition of the SWT-G, #49, was released in July 2011. This is the second edition to include a so-called Clone Wars Supplement document, which details the events of the Clone Wars as two separate chronologies, following the "old" (2002 - 2008) depiction of the Clone Wars era and the "new" (2008 - 2011) depiction of the era that began altering the chronology in late 2008.

Contents

Timeline

• THE STAR WARS TIMELINE GOLD, PRIMARY DOCUMENT
  • SECTION I--INTRODUCTION (no number)
    • 1.1 Banner (no number)
    • 1.2 Website Address Box (no number)
    • 1.3 Opening Quote (no number)
    • 1.4 Dedication (no number)
    • 1.5 Opening Letter (no number)
    • 1.6 Disclaimer/Copyright (no number)
    • 1.7 Outline (no number)
  • SECTION II--HOW TO USE THE TIMELINE
    • 2.1 How to Read Entries
      • 2.1.a Example Key (no number)
      • 2.1.b On Spoilers (no number)
      • 2.1.c On Approximation, Cross-Referencing, Notes, and Births First (no number)
      • 2.1.d On Borrowed Items (no number)
      • 2.1.e. On Time Measurement in the Star Wars Galaxy (no number)
      • 2.1.f On Exact Date Dating (no number)
      • 2.1.g On Clone Wars Dating (no number)
      • 2.1.h On P.E. Dating (no number)
      • 2.1.k On the "Story Chapter/Comic Issue" Line (no number)
      • 2.1.l On Assumed Names (no number)
      • 2.1.m On Forthcoming Releases (no number)
      • 2.1.n On Format Notation (no number)
      • 2.1.o On Special Cases (no number)
      • 2.1.p On RPG Magazine Stories (no number)
      • 2.1.q On Star Wars Tales Stories (no number)
      • 2.1.r On the Two Ongoing Star Wars Titles (no number)
      • 2.1.s On Re-integrated Source Material (no number)
      • 2.1.t On "Our Time" vs. "Star Wars Time" (no number)
    • 2.2 Acronym Key
    • 2.3 Format Notation Key
    • 2.4 Changes from Last Release
  • SECTION III--THE OFFICIAL CONTINUITY TIMELINE
  • SECTION IV--END NOTES
    • 4.1 About the Creator
    • 4.2 Closing Message

Clone Wars

• THE STAR WARS TIMELINE GOLD CLONE WARS SUPPLEMENT
  • INTRODUCTION
    • Banner (no number)
    • Staff Box (no number)
    • Website Address Box (no number)
    • Opening Quote (no number)
    • Dedication (no number)
    • Opening Letter (no number)
    • Disclaimer/Copyright (no number)
    • Outline (no number)
  • SECTION I—THE ORIGINAL CLONE WARS TIMELINE
  • SECTION II—THE NEW CLONE WARS TIMELINE
  • CLOSING MESSAGE

Appendices

• THE STAR WARS TIMELINE GOLD APPENDICES
  • INTRODUCTION
    • Banner (no number)
    • Staff Box (no number)
    • Website Address Box (no number)
    • Opening Quote (no number)
    • Dedication (no number)
    • Opening Letter (no number)
    • Disclaimer/Copyright (no number)
    • Outline (no number)
  • APPENDIX A--LEVELS OF OFFICIALITY DISCUSSION
  • APPENDIX B—G-CANON TIMELINES
    • B.1 G-Canon (First Sub-Level) Timeline
    • B.2 G-Canon (Second Sub-Level) Timeline
    • B.3 G-Canon (Third Sub-Level) Timeline
    • B.4 G-Canon (Fourth Sub-Level) Timeline
    • B.5 G-Canon (Fifth Sub-Level) Timeline
  • APPENDIX C—T-CANON TIMELINE
  • APPENDIX D--APOCRYPHAL TIMELINES
    • D.1 Book-based Timelines
    • D.2 Comic-based Timelines
    • D.3 Game-based Timelines
      • D.3.1 Video Game-based Timelines
    • D.4 Other
  • APPENDIX E--THE STAR WARS PUBLICATION TIMELINE
  • APPENDIX F--THE NATHAN P. BUTLER TIMELINE
  • APPENDIX G--SWT VERSION HISTORY (VITAL STATISTICS)
  • APPENDIX H--SWT PROJECT RELEASE NOTES
  • APPENDIX I--THE STAR WARS TIMELINE VERSION 0
  • APPENDIX J--THE STAR WARS TIMELINE 1.0
  • APPENDIX K--FREQUENT CONTRIBUTOR PROFILES
  • APPENDIX L--STAR WARS VIDEO RELEASE HISTORY
  • APPENDIX M--STAR WARS TELEVISION SERIES GUIDE
  • APPENDIX N--UNDERSTANDING THE LOST EPISODES
  • APPENDIX O--THE EARLY DRAFT TIMELINES
    • O.1 THE STAR WARS STORY SYNOPSIS TIMELINE
    • O.2 THE STAR WARS ROUGH DRAFT TIMELINE
    • O.3 THE STAR WARS FIRST DRAFT TIMELINE
  • APPENDIX P--THE STAR WARS PRIMER
  • APPENDIX Q--FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
    • Q.1 Questions About the SWT's Evolution
    • Q.2 The Future of the SWT
    • Q.3 General SWT Questions
    • Q.4 Getting Your Name or Information on the SWT
  • APPENDIX R--FURTHER END NOTES
    • R.1 Thanks Section
    • R.2 Acclaim for the SWT from Familiar Faces
    • R.3 Acclaim for Star Wars Tales: Equals and Opposites
    • R.4 Also Available
      • R.4.1 Star Wars Comics from Dark Horse
      • R.4.2 Star Wars Fan Radio Show Items
      • R.4.3 Star Wars Fan Audio Drama Items
      • R.4.4 Non-Star Wars Items
    • R.5 In Production (Coming Soon)
      • R.5.1 Official Star Wars Items
      • R.5.2 Star Wars Timeline Items
      • R.5.3 Star Wars Fan Radio Show Items
      • R.5.4 Star Wars Fan Audio Drama Items
      • R.5.5 Non-Star Wars Items
• CLOSING MESSAGE

See also

• TimeTales

External links

• Star Wars Timeline Gold