Every Era of Star Wars FULLY EXPLAINED

Star Wars is growing outside of the Skywalker Saga more and more. There are nine distinct eras of the Star Wars timeline, so today I'm going to go over each one of them. When they take place, the major events that happened, the defining characters, and more!

0:00 Intro
0:22 Dawn of the Jedi
2:05 The Old Republic
3:33 The High Republic
5:54 The Fall of the Jedi
7:00 The Reign of the Empire
8:08 The Age of Rebellion
9:15 The New Republic
10:16 The Rise of the First Order
11:19 The New Jedi Order

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[rightmunted]

So let's get this straight, the first three eras cover thousands of years, but the last 6 cover like 50 years

[PatrickWDunne]

The Old Republic is one of the most fascinating time periods for me

[simmyjester]

I love how succinct and no-nonsense your explainer videos are.

[GuanoLad]

People keep saying they wish there were more stories that have nothing to do with the Skywalker saga, conveniently ignoring just how many stories there have been set outside that era, albeit in books and comics and the Legends EU. But finally, now we're getting a TV series and a movie (trilogy?) set in those far distant times. It's something that had to be introduced in careful steps (start with the familiar, test the waters, then introduce new elements that can be expanded upon), all they had to do was be patient.

[kyleroussel]

I feel like LFL is staying out of the Old Republic era not to avoid confusion, but because they are utterly terrified of the diehard fans of that era that tend to be a little....unhinged.

[gianmarcozampella]

I can't believe you dropped the Yuuzhan Vong almost being in TCW insight just like that, it was a bomb dropping for me! Now we need a video about it!

[thesharpercoder]

Alex really enjoyed this one. You can hear the joy in his voice as he shares his knowledge.

[stevensmith]

Thank you for being such a wonderful channel! It’s so lovely to have a page that focuses on lore and history rather than needing to result to click/rage-bait.

[mitwhitgaming]

After reading Plaguis, I would love to see more stories set just before the Phantom Menace up through Attack of the Clones.
A film or TV adaptation of the book would be amazing.

[lernaean]

Dude what the hell man?? Spoilers much. You can't just tell me Darth Vader was actually Anakin Skywalker and expect me to just believe that?? What are you gonna tell me next? Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader are related or something??

[chaosfire]

Love to see all these era's laid out. Wouldn't be surprised if we got some new ones or existing ones demarcated some more. The window between the Dawn of the Jedi and the Old Republic might need some.

Also, hell yeah, SWTOR!

[FindingTheForce]

You guys have really outdone yourselves, excellent job 👍🏻

[MercuryPin]

It’s really nice seeing Star Wars:The Old Republic mentioned, you don’t really hear about it a lot

[marshalllatta]

I love these star wars timeline videos they are so cool you guys do a great job May the Force be with you

[flamingbunnyrabbits]

It would be kinda interesting if perhaps the nameless return in the New Jedi Order 👀

[knifer]

This is a great Fully Explained of Star Wars Eras. Thank you.

[ormapa]

I'm really excited for dawn of the Jedi. All the mystical things can be an incredible story. Hopefully we will see more of Ahch-To, Jedha, Tython.

[derekmak]

A nice timeline. An Old Republic movie exploring the Hundred Year Darkness would be awesome.

[DerKurfuerst]

The Star Wars Eras Tour - I'm up for it

[MCLegoboy]

But what about the Time before the Jedi? That big walker thing in Bad Batch is suggested to be even older than the Jedi.

And then there's the Time Before Time when the Great Spirit Mata Nui descended from the heavens carrying the Matoran to Aqua Magna, and instilling in them the Three Virtues of Unity, Duty, and Destiny. But that's a story for another time...