Forum:CT:Clarifying the Appearances section in the Layout Guide

• Bulleted list of films, novels, comics, cartoons, roleplaying adventures, and computer games that the subject has appeared in
• These are de facto references or sources, but they are listed separately because they are in-universe
• Includes even the smallest mentions in dialogue, narration, or visual appearance
• Should be sorted in order of in-universe chronology
• For novels, make reference to the actual book, not the trilogy.
• Comic books will be listed strictly by individual issue. Do not list comic story arcs, even if a subject appears in every issue of the arc.
• Format: name of title only, e.g.:
  • Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  • Star Wars: Dark Forces

• Bulleted list of films, novels, comics, cartoons, roleplaying adventures, and computer games that the subject has appeared in
• These are de facto references or sources, but they are listed separately because they are in-universe
• Includes even the smallest mentions in dialogue, narration, or visual appearance
• For novels, make reference to the actual book, not the trilogy.
• Comic books will be listed strictly by individual issue. Do not list comic story arcs, even if a subject appears in every issue of the arc.
• Format: name of title only, e.g.:
  • Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  • Star Wars: Dark Forces
• Should be sorted in order of in-universe chronology, with earlier sources listed before later ones.
  • Use the timeframe of the beginning of the source's "main events" (defined below) for this purpose.
  • For sources that take place in a short timeframe, sort by the beginning of the source's events.
    • For example, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope should be sorted by the time of the secret mission to Tatooine, rather than the Royal Award Ceremony following the Battle of Yavin.
  • For sources that span large timeframes in-universe, use the timeframe of the beginning of the source's "main events" (defined below) for this purpose.
  • Even if a subject appears in a source at a date different from its main events, sort the source by the time of its main events in the "Appearances" section.

For the purposes of ordering the narratives chronologically in the "Appearances" section, a source's "main events" is defined as follows:

• For sources without prologues, epilogues, flashbacks, flash-forwards, interludes, or multiple interwoven timeframes; the main events are the events of the narrative.
  • Example: Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope takes place in a short time period, with no prologue, epilogue, or interlude.
• For sources with prologues, epilogues, flashbacks, or flash-forwards, we consider the "main events" to exclude those segments of the narrative.
  • Example: Queen's Shadow has a prologue set in 32 BBY, an epilogue set in 19 BBY, and main events set in 28 BBY. Sort Queen's Shadow as 28 BBY in the Appearances section of articles; even those which were only mentioned or only appeared in its epilogue or prologue.
• For sources with multiple timeframes, a timeframe labeled as "now" or "present" shall be considered to form the "main events" of that narrative over other timeframes.
  • Example: Thrawn: Alliances has a timeframe labeled "then" taking place in 19 BBY and a "now" timeframe taking place around 2 BBY. The "main events" are considered to take place in the "now" timeframe. Therefore, even though Padmé Amidala's appearance in that novel takes place in 19 BBY, Thrawn: Alliances should be sorted as 2 BBY in the Appearances section of her article.
• For sources whose main events span a large time frame, even factoring in the above two stipulations, we use the earliest chronological point of those “main events” for this purpose.
  • Example: Rebel Rising, which begins c. 13 BBY and ends 0 BBY. Sort the novel as 13 BBY in the Appearances section. (Jyn's time in prison on Wobani prior to the end of the novel is considered a "flash-forward" for this purpose.)
  • Example: Star Wars Battlefront II, which portrays events ranging from 32 BBY to c. 34 ABY. Sort the video game as 32 BBY in the Appearances section; even on articles such as Ben Solo (who was born in 5 ABY).