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"We, the Beings of the galaxy, in order to form a free union of planets, establish justice, provide for common peace and prosperity, and to secure liberty for all being, do ordain and establish this New Republic. Let the stars sing! Let the planets shout! Let the Republic begin!"
―Excerpt from the Declaration of a New Republic[11]

The year 4 after the Battle of Yavin, also known as Year 39 after the Great ReSynchronization and Year 1004 after the Ruusan Reformation, was a period of time that saw great upheaval in the galaxy. The first month of the year saw the Battle of Endor, one of the most decisive battles of the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic—the battle saw the destruction of the second Death Star and the death of the Galactic Emperor Palpatine. Palpatine's death largely fragmented the Empire, with many Imperial officers becoming warlords and seizing territory, and the Rebel Alliance established the Alliance of Free Planets as a transitional civilian administration as part of the formal creation of the New Republic in the month after Endor. The first few months after the Battle of Endor also saw the Bakura Incident, the first alliance—albeit a temporary one—between the Empire and the Alliance, and also the Nagai–Tof War as the extra-galactic Nagai and Tof species invaded. Some factions temporarily set this year as 'year 0', until the establishment of the Battle of Yavin-based calendar two decades later.

Events

Battles

The climactic battle over Endor

The climactic battle over Endor

Births

Deaths

39:3

Yoda passed into the Force at 900 years of age.

Yoda passed into the Force at 900 years of age.

39:4

39:5

39:9

39:10

39:11

39:12

40:1

Unknown date

Appearances

Non-canon appearances

Sources

Notes and references

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 The New Essential Chronology
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 The Essential Atlas
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 The Truce at Bakura
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook
  6. 6.0 6.1 The timeline provided in Star Wars: Beware the Sith.
  7. SWTOR mini Galactic History on The Old Republic's official website (article) (backup link) dates the Tho Yor Arrival, as described in Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi 0, to the year BTC 32,800 of the calendar based on the date of the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant. Since the difference between that calendar and the Galactic Standard Calendar—based on the date of the Battle of Yavin—was 3,653 years per the reasoning here, the Tho Yor Arrival must have taken place in the year 36,453 BBY of the latter dating system. Therefore, the difference between the Galactic Standard Calendar and the dating system based on the Tho Yor Arrival that is featured in Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void must be 36,453 years.
  8. Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia places the Treaty of Coruscant, which served as the zero point of a calendar adopted by the Galactic Senate following the conclusion of the Great Galactic War per SWTOR mini Galactic History on The Old Republic's official website (article) (backup link), in the year 3653 BBY of the Galactic Standard Calendar, which was based around the date of the Battle of Yavin. Thus, the difference between the two dating systems is 3,653 years.
  9. The New Essential Chronology establishes that the zero point of the calendar introduced by Tarsus Valorum was the Ruusan Reformations. The book places that event in the year of 1000 BBY of the Galactic Standard Calendar—which was based around the date of the Battle of Yavin—therefore establishing a difference of one thousand years between the two dating systems.
  10. Per the reasoning here, the Battle of Yavin, the zero point in the Galactic Standard Calendar per The New Essential Chronology, can be placed in 35:3:8 under the Great ReSynchronization dating system, thereby confirming the placement of the division between each Galactic Standard Calendar year as the third month in the Great ReSynchronization year. Thus, there is a two-month, seven day gap between the two dating systems, with the first two months of a GrS year being the last two of the preceding Galactic Standard Calendar year, and there is a total difference of 35 years and 2 months between the two systems.
  11. The Essential Chronology
  12. 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16 12.17 Star Wars: Demolition
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 The Essential Guide to Warfare
  14. 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 HyperspaceIcon The Forgotten War: The Nagai and the Tofs on Hyperspace (article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)
  15. Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide
  16. Dark Empire 3
  17. The Official Star Wars Fact File 96 MON 1-2: Mon Remonda dates this event to six months after the Battle of Endor, which The Essential Atlas dates to 39:3.
  18. The Official Star Wars Fact File 96 MON 1-2: Mon Remonda
  19. Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance places the Mission to Zhar shortly before the Battle of Endor, which The New Essential Chronology places in 4 ABY.
  20. WizardsoftheCoast Manaan: Depths of History: Part 4: Blades of Rebellion on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
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  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand
  24. The Mandalorian Armor
  25. 25.0 25.1 25.2 Hard Merchandise
  26. 26.0 26.1 Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
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  28. 28.0 28.1 Star Wars (1977) 84
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 Star Wars (1977) 89
  30. X-Wing: Rogue Leader 1
  31. 31.0 31.1 X-Wing: Rogue Leader 3
  32. StarWarsTales-Icon "Lucky" — Star Wars Tales 23
  33. StarWars.com The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire: Part 2 on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
  34. 34.0 34.1 34.2 Star Wars (1977) 98
  35. 35.0 35.1 Star Wars (1977) 99
  36. 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire: Evolution
  37. X-Wing Rogue Squadron Special
  38. 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.3 Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Rebel Opposition
  39. Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair
  40. 40.0 40.1 40.2 Star Wars (1977) 92
  41. Star Wars (1977) 93
  42. The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I ("Declaration of a New Republic")
  43. 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 StarWarsTales-Icon "Lando's Commandos: On Eagles' Wings" — Star Wars Tales 5
  44. SWAJsmall "Black Curs Blues" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 8
  45. Coruscant and the Core Worlds
  46. 46.0 46.1 46.2 Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Battleground: Tatooine
  47. Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Warrior Princess
  48. Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Requiem for a Rogue
  49. 49.0 49.1 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
  50. Before the Storm
  51. 51.0 51.1 Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Family Ties
  52. SWGamer-icon "The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Marvel Series" — Star Wars Gamer 1
  53. 53.0 53.1 53.2 Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Masquerade
  54. GalaxyCite "Lumiya: Dark Star of the Empire" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 3
  55. 55.0 55.1 55.2 The Official Star Wars Fact File
  56. The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory I: Conquest
  57. Fate of the Jedi: Conviction
  58. "A Time to Mourn, a Time to Dance: Oola's Tale" — Tales from Jabba's Palace
  59. 59.0 59.1 "Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef" — Tales from Jabba's Palace
  60. "A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale" — Tales from Jabba's Palace
  61. SWInsider "Who's Who in the Max Rebo Band" — Star Wars Insider 67
  62. Star Wars: Demolition
  63. "Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees" — Tales from Jabba's Palace
  64. The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 334 ("Wooof")
  65. Databank title Yoxgit in the Databank (original site is defunct)
  66. 66.0 66.1 SWInsider "Who's Who: Imperial Grand Admirals" — Star Wars Insider 66
  67. 2013 Topps Star Wars Galactic Files Series 2 Card: Kren Blista-Vanee (Imperial Dignitary)
  68. 2013 Topps Star Wars Galactic Files Series 2 Card: Sim Aloo (backup link)
  69. "One Last Night in the Mos Eisley Cantina: The Tale of the Wolfman and the Lamproid" — Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
  70. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
  71. The Lost City of the Jedi
  72. 72.0 72.1 "Gathering Shadows" — Tales from the New Republic
  73. StarWarsTales-Icon "A Day in the Life" — Star Wars Tales 12
  74. 74.0 74.1 Star Wars (1977) 85
  75. 75.0 75.1 75.2 Star Wars (1977) 96
  76. Star Wars (1977) 97
  77. Star Wars (1977) 103
  78. 78.0 78.1 Star Wars (1977) 106
  79. SWGamer-icon "Handoff" — Star Wars Gamer 10
  80. 80.0 80.1 80.2 80.3 Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair
  81. Star Wars Handbook 1: X-Wing Rogue Squadron
  82. 82.0 82.1 Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Warrior Princess
  83. 83.0 83.1 83.2 83.3 Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Requiem for a Rogue
  84. 84.0 84.1 84.2 84.3 Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: In the Empire's Service
  85. StarWarsTales-Icon "Mara Jade: A Night on the Town" — Star Wars Tales 1
  86. StarWarsTales-Icon "Three Against the Galaxy" — Star Wars Tales 3
  87. Databank title Shessaun, Silya in the Databank (original site is defunct)
  88. A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker

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11 BBY · 10 BBY · 9 BBY · 8 BBY · 7 BBY · 6 BBY · 5 BBY · 4 BBY · 3 BBY
2 BBY · 1 BBY · 0 BBY · 0 ABY · 1 ABY · 2 ABY · 3 ABY · 4 ABY
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Years of the Post-Imperial period
4 ABY · 5 ABY · 6 ABY · 7 ABY · 8 ABY · 9 ABY · 10 ABY · 11 ABY · 12 ABY
13 ABY · 14 ABY · 15 ABY · 16 ABY · 17 ABY · 18 ABY · 19 ABY · 20 ABY
21 ABY · 22 ABY · 23 ABY · 24 ABY · 25 ABY · 26 ABY · 27 ABY · 28 ABY
29 ABY · 30 ABY · 31 ABY · 32 ABY · 33 ABY · 34 ABY · 35 ABY · 36 ABY
37 ABY · 38 ABY · 39 ABY · 40 ABY · 41 ABY · 42 ABY · 43 ABY · 44 ABY
45 ABY · 55 ABY · 81 ABY · 92 ABY · 104 ABY · 122 ABY · 123 ABY
126 ABY · 127 ABY · 128 ABY · 130 ABY · 132 ABY · 137 ABY · 138 ABY
139 ABY · 140 ABY
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