A timeline of the “Star Wars” saga compares the entire series of films to events of real life, beginning with “The Phantom Menace” and ending with “The Rise of Skywalker.”
The timeline, which you can see below, begins with “The Phantom Menace” compared to 1953 and “Rise of Skywalker” being in 2019.
- 1952 — “The Phantom Menace”
- 1962 — “Attack of the Clones”
- 1962-1965 — “The Clone Wars”
- 1965 — “Revenge of the Sith”
- 1971-1973 — “Solo: A Star Wars Story”
- 1979 — “Rebels”
- 1984 — “Rogue One”
- 1984 — “A New Hope”
- 1987 — “The Empire Strikes Back”
- 1988 — “Return of the Jedi”
- 1993 — “The Mandalorian”
- 2018 — “The Force Awakens”
- 2018 — “The Last Jedi”
- 2019 — “The Rise of Skywalker”
The timeline reveals how close each of the films actually takes place and puts the entire franchise in perspective. It also calls into question how the entire galaxy would forget about the Jedi since they were wiped away in 1965 and then didn’t return until 1988. That’s the equivalent of people in 1988 forgetting about soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War.