Both the ending of Rebels and Rogue One are noted as taking place zero years away from the Battle of Yavin (the climactic dogfight at the end of A New Hope). Thus, if fans are trying to watch the movies in chronological order, they should pop Rogue One in right before the first Star Wars movie.
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)...
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.
Star Wars: Rogue One - 10 Ways It Changes A New Hope
Where does Rogue One fit in the timeline?
Both the ending of Rebels and Rogue One are noted as taking place zero years away from the Battle of Yavin (the climactic dogfight at the end of A New Hope). Thus, if fans are trying to watch the movies in chronological order, they should pop Rogue One in right before the first Star Wars movie.
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.
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 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.
Behind the scenes. 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.
Kylo develops a close relationship with Rey and starts feeling genuine affection towards her, so when Snoke reveals that he had manipulated their bond and tortures her in front of Ren, he looks furious at his master. Thus, when Snoke orders Ren to kill Rey, he chooses to save her and kill his master instead.
Another moment in “The Rise of Skywalker” that generated a polarizing response is when Rey and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) share a passionate kiss before his death. Kylo has fully abandoned the dark side at this point and even used his own Force healing powers to resurrect Rey, who appeared to die after defeating Palpatine.
Finally, Rey is Kylo Ren's aunt through Anakin Skywalker. This means that Kylo and Rey's romance is just as genetically awkward as Luke and Leia's kiss on Hoth was. Granted, neither pair knew they were related at the time, but that's no excuse.
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.
Even though Luke tried his best to protect him, Anakin accepted his fate and expressed his love for his son and daughter, Leia, whom he learned about before dying. While it seemed like Anakin had lived a long life, his choices eventually led to his demise at 45.
Where Is Princess Leia During Andor's Timeline? Andor takes place five years before Luke, Leia, Han Solo, and Chewbacca teamed up and took down the Death Star in A New Hope. That would put the princess in her early teenage years in Andor.
