Dates are all approximate. - Star Wars measures its calendar using BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin) and ABY (After the Battle of Yavin), centered around the climax of Rogue One and the first Star Wars film (A New Hope). So consider BC = BBY
The Trade Federation blockades and invades Naboo. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan rescue Queen Amidala and discover young Anakin Skywalker on Tatooine.
Anakin destroys the droid control ship while Obi-Wan defeats Darth Maul after Qui-Gon is killed. Palpatine becomes Supreme Chancellor.
Senator Amidala survives multiple assassination attempts. Anakin is assigned as her protector and they fall in love on Naboo.
The first battle of the Clone Wars erupts on Geonosis. Anakin and Padmé secretly marry afterward.
Anakin and Obi-Wan rescue Chancellor Palpatine from General Grievous. Anakin kills Count Dooku and Padmé reveals her pregnancy.
Palpatine executes Order 66, killing most Jedi across the galaxy. Anakin becomes Darth Vader and attacks the Jedi Temple.
Obi-Wan defeats Vader on Mustafar, leaving him burned. Padmé dies giving birth to Luke and Leia. The Empire is declared.
Luke Skywalker finds Princess Leia's message in R2-D2 and meets Obi-Wan Kenobi. They hire Han Solo to reach Alderaan.
The Death Star destroys Alderaan, Leia's home planet. The Millennium Falcon is captured by the Death Star's tractor beam.
Obi-Wan sacrifices himself in a duel with Vader. Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewbacca escape the Death Star.
Luke destroys the Death Star with a proton torpedo down the thermal exhaust port. The Rebel Alliance wins a major victory.
The Empire attacks the Rebel base on Hoth. The Rebels evacuate and Han and Leia escape in the Falcon while Luke goes to Dagobah.
Luke trains as a Jedi with Master Yoda on Dagobah but leaves prematurely to save his friends.
Vader captures Han, Leia, and Chewbacca on Cloud City. Han is frozen in carbonite and given to Boba Fett.
Luke duels Vader on Cloud City and loses his hand. Vader reveals he is Luke's father and Luke refuses to join him.
Luke and the team infiltrate Jabba's palace on Tatooine. Luke defeats the Rancor and Jabba, rescuing Han from carbonite.
Luke returns to Dagobah where Yoda dies after confirming Vader is his father and Leia is his sister.
The Rebel Alliance attacks the second Death Star. The Ewoks help destroy the shield generator on Endor's moon.
Luke confronts the Emperor and refuses to turn. Vader saves Luke by killing the Emperor, redeeming himself before dying.
Lando and Wedge destroy the Death Star's reactor core. The Empire is defeated and the galaxy celebrates.
The First Order uses Starkiller Base to destroy the Hosnian System, including the New Republic capital and fleet.
Han Solo confronts his son Kylo Ren on Starkiller Base and is killed by him, devastating Leia and Chewbacca.
The Resistance destroys Starkiller Base. Rey awakens her Force abilities and defeats Kylo Ren in lightsaber combat.
Rey travels to Ahch-To and finds Luke Skywalker in exile, offering him his old lightsaber.
The First Order attacks the Resistance base on Crait. Luke projects himself across the galaxy to confront Kylo Ren and save the Resistance.
Luke Skywalker dies on Ahch-To after his Force projection, becoming one with the Force like Yoda and Obi-Wan before him.
Rey trains under Leia Organa to become a Jedi while the Resistance rebuilds and searches for allies.
Kylo Ren discovers Emperor Palpatine survived and has been manipulating events from Exegol, commanding the Final Order fleet.
Leia Organa uses the last of her strength to reach out through the Force to her son, then dies peacefully.
Kylo Ren is redeemed by Leia and Han's memory, casting away his dark side persona and becoming Ben Solo again.
The Resistance and citizen fleet confront the Final Order at Exegol. Rey and Ben face Palpatine together.
Rey channels all the Jedi and destroys Palpatine permanently. Ben sacrifices his life to resurrect Rey before becoming one with the Force.
Rey buries Luke and Leia's lightsabers at the Lars homestead on Tatooine and takes the name Rey Skywalker.