The action of “Rogue One” takes place in the weeks leading up to “A New Hope.” In it, Jyn Erso, whose father was forced by the Empire to develop the Death Star, joins the Rebellion in an effort to retrieve the plans to eventually destroy the Death Star.
The events of Rogue One are set prior to A New Hope, it literally ends where A New Hope begins, with the Imperials boarding Leias ship in search of the DeathStar plans.
For those who need a Star Wars timeline refresher, Andor takes place 14 years after RoTS (Ep. III), 5 years after Solo, 4 years after Kenobi, and coincides with the beginning of Rebels. Also obviously 5 years before Rogue One and ANH (Ep. IV)...
Before the release of Star Wars: Timelines, it was noted that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the end of Star Wars Rebels occurred in 0 BBY. However, Timelines pushed their events into 1 BBY, leaving Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope alone in 0 BBY.
Premise. Beginning five years before the events of Rogue One (2016) and A New Hope (1977), the series follows an ensemble cast of characters during the time that a Rebel Alliance is forming in opposition to the Galactic Empire.
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Is Princess Leia in Andor?
Kleya Probably Isn't Leia, But She Likely Is Very Important
Princess Leia is approximately 14 years old in Andor, which means she's too young to be Elizabeth Dulau's character. Plus, it's a bit too early for Leia to have this level of involvement in the fight against the Empire in the Star Wars timeline.
Andor, therefore, takes place in between Obi-Wan Kenobi—during which the Resistance is only beginning across the galaxy—and Rogue One, when the Resistance is able to mount its first large scale attack on the Empire.
Both Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and A New Hope are set when Darth Vader is 41 years old, with the Dark Lord of the Sith facing Obi-Wan for the last time.
The action of “Rogue One” takes place in the weeks leading up to “A New Hope.” In it, Jyn Erso, whose father was forced by the Empire to develop the Death Star, joins the Rebellion in an effort to retrieve the plans to eventually destroy the Death Star.
Why Rogue One 2 Never Happened. A direct Rogue One: A Star Wars Story sequel never happened simply because there was no Rogue One story left to tell. The events of Rogue One led directly into A New Hope, and the characters the audience had come to know had all bravely sacrificed themselves for the Rebel cause.
In Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, Vader was 41 when he encountered Kenobi for a final duel, and in that battle, Vader was finally the victor as Kenobi became one with the Force. However, this was also the start of his mission to discover what made Luke so special.
The Imperials estimated that Erso was around twenty-two years old, although they were around a year off. Jyn's only luck was that the Imperials thought she really was Liana Hallik, not realizing her true identity, and that they let her keep her kyber crystal necklace, mistaking it for a piece of glass.
With the Shield Gate's destruction, Rogue One was able to transmit the stolen plans to the fleet above, though all remaining Rebel ground forces were eradicated by a low-powered blast from the newly arrived Death Star that destroyed the Citadel and surrounding area.
Events before the Battle of Yavin are marked by BBY ("Before the Battle of Yavin"), and events that occur after are marked by ABY ("After the Battle of Yavin"). After the events of Episode IV: A New Hope, the Rebellion abandons the moon to seek sanctuary elsewhere.
Writer Gary Whitta has previously confirmed that an alternate ending was conceived in very early drafts of the script in case Disney didn't give them the green light to kill all of Rogue One's characters, which would have seen both Cassian and Jyn survive.
As the franchise expands, this 19-year gap is becoming increasingly important: It's where the Star Wars: Rebels animated series takes place (starting 14 years after Episode III), as well as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (which is set 19 years after Episode III, although the prologue takes place just four years after ...
How many years after Revenge of the Sith is Rogue One?
Rogue One takes place about two decades after the events depicted in Revenge of the Sith and just before those in A New Hope—which means 11 years after the Gorse Conflict and four before Operation Cinder.
At this point in the timeline, Ahsoka was 14 years old. As the animated movie took place in the same year as Attack of the Clones, this puts Anakin at 19 years old, creating a five-year age gap between him and Ahsoka. It's easy to forget just how young Ahsoka was when she became a Padawan.
How old was Anakin when Luke and Leia were born? In canon, he was 22 (he was born in 41 BBY, and Luke and Leia were born in 19 BBY). In Legends, accounts vary saying he's either 22 or 23. Interestingly enough, he was around two years younger than Ben Solo was in the TLJ flashback were Luke reads his mind.
Obi-Wan Kenobi and Andor are both set years before The Mandalorian, and before the original Star Wars film trilogy. The Book of Boba Fett is set after The Mandalorian season 1 and season 2 but before season 3.
The Empire of Andor is different. Darth Vader and the Death Star are somewhere off-screen—the former unmentioned, the latter also unacknowledged aside from a stray reference to Scarif. The Emperor is remote and voiceless, the unseen spider at the center of a galaxy-wide web.
