Lit From Yavin To Endor...Is there a day-by-day calender?

Has anyone ever tried to create a day-by-day timeline for the material that is crammed into a series of weeks or months? I'm thinking the Clone Wars era, and between Yavin and Endor. I know it has been talked about before in the past on these boards (like, literally a decade ago or more), but I'm wondering if it was ever actually attempted.

Because if not, I am about to make a go at it. I'm about to read/watch/game (or re-read) everything in these two eras, and I'm wondering if anybody has recommendations on a program that would allow me to visually fill in X amount of days for weeks/months/years, while taking into account holidays and everything else. It would be especially cool if I could do colored highlights across days, to show the span of time for each story, and even multiple highlights for stories that take place concurrently. I want this to be the definitive post-Yavin timeline, taking into account Legends as well as Nu Canon where applicable.

 

I think Sinrebirth might be the best bet for "taking into account both Legends and NuCanon".

 

This is true. I'm a major proponent of his One Canon initiative.

 

There was this, but it sadly died before getting very far.

 

Also, I seem to recall TalonCard having done some work on something like this, though I could be misremembering.

 

I'm doing something like this with the current canon. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-yi4vYekyhTTs-vLIJKsRzwYw9SY0M2dvrPbN-NF3Es/edit?usp=sharing
You can see what I've done so far by clicking the bottom tabs on the page. I have pretty much all of canon 0 BBY/ABY and some 5 BBY stuff. I plan on covering Clone Wars and Rebels later on too, but I'm waiting until its time for me to go over both series for another project of mine.

 

I've tried it a couple of times over the years. Man, there was just a lot less stuff back in 2002. Sturm, PM me if you want a copy of my timeline (I did a lot of work on it, but it's also based on discussions and timelines from Nightowl, Maverick, and Quest.) I never tried going day-by-day for more than the first month or so after Yavin; that's probably the tightest-packed period in all of Legends. I would recommend reading through Quest's thread; I popped in and contributed where I could and it's probably one of the most recent and detailed iterations of the timeline. I do quibble with some of his placements, but what's history without a friendly disagreement or two?

If you want some assistance on the Ewok side of things, let me know--I've been wanting to make an Ewok timeline that one could place parallel to the main timeline with some accuracy for awhile now, but it wasn't until Shadows of Endor came out that such a thing was even possible. It's the Rosetta Stone of Ewok timelines; I just haven't had time to finally make it.

A few general notes for maintaining relative sanity:

I would recommend making two parallel timelines, one for Legends and one for the current "canon". There's enough date-fudging and duplicate stories about the circumstance and timing of certain events (for example, Darth Vader learning Luke's identity) to contend with in Legends without trying to square it with (what we're being told, at least) will be the definitive version of the story across all media in "canon". A parallel timeline would allow for the two to be read simultaneously without muddying already opaque waters.

Stick to whatever version of the calendar you want to use (I liked Quest's notion of a "real time" calendar), but don't be afraid to use any calendar scheme to justify the dates given within the stories. For example, when a character says something like "We ran into bounty hunters two weeks ago on Ord Mantell", this could be anywhere from 9 days (approximating low with the five day week) to 16 days (approximating high with the seven day week), depending on how long you need to square the source with other stories. This allows some wiggle room while maintaining internal consistency.

Make sure to check any and all sources related to the period. The original Essential Guide to Characters was helpful in locking down the date for "Kashyyyk Depths" for example, while the original version of the Star Wars comic strip showed more time passing between stories than the Classic Star Wars version did.

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