So you’ve just finished watching Star Wars: Visions and were wondering just how these tales fit into the overall Star Wars timeline. Well, wonder no more! Here’s a list of the shorts put into a rough chronological order—along with some of the hints that tell us when they take place!
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“The Elder”
Episode 7
When it takes place: Hundreds of years before The Phantom Menace.
How we know: In the episode itself, Taijin mentions that it’s been hundreds of years since the Sith were destroyed. As that event happened approximately 1000 years before The Phantom Menace, that gives us a good hint at where this takes place on the timeline. It also means that the elder is quite old himself to be a survivor from that time.
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“Tatooine Rhapsody”
Episode 2
When it takes place: Between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope
How we know: We see Jay’s flashbacks to the Great Jedi Purge and see him as a Padawan escape from the clone troopers. Beyond that, Jaba is in control of Tatooine and Boba Fett is active as a bounty hunter.
“The Village Bride”
Episode 4
When it takes place: Between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope
How we know: The story follows F, a Padawan in hiding after the Great Jedi Purge at the end of the Clone Wars. The inclusion of an abandoned droid army makes the time period even clearer.
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“T0-B1”
Episode 6
When it takes place: Between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope
How we know: With the presence of an imperial star destroyer, Professor Mitaka being a Jedi in hiding, and T0-B1’s fight against an Imperial Inquisitor, it’s pretty easy to tell when this one takes place.
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Lop and Ochō
Episode 8
When it takes place: Between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope
How we know: This episode is set at the height of the Galactic Empire when the Jedi were extinct and the Rebellion still in its infancy. The entire plot is centered around how Ochō, without any hope of resisting The Empire, would rather side with it to assure a future for her world than fight against it.
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“The Twins”
Episode 3
When it takes place: Shortly after The Rise of Skywalker
How we know: The fact that both the Sith Empire and New Republic are mentioned as opposing forces—and that moderns ships like Star Destroyers and X-Wings are seen in the episode—are solid hints at the time period. But more than that, the director of the episode, Hiroyuki Imaishi, has made the time period explicitly clear in interviews.
Akakiri
Episode 9
When it takes place: After The Rise of Skywalker
How we know: This episode takes place in a time where both the Jedi Order and the Sith exist out in the open. However, what places it in the future rather than the distant past is the fact that Tsubaki’s ship is a B-Wing derivative—a ship type that did not exist until the Galactic Civil War.
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“The Ninth Jedi”
Episode 5
When it takes place: Hundreds (possibly thousands) of years after The Rise of Skywalker
How we know: Not only does the opening narration to the episode make it clear that it is set in the distant future, the director, Kenji Kamiyama, has said so in interviews.
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“The Duel”
Episode 1
Where it takes place: In an alternate timeline.
How we know: While the story could arguably fit into the nebulous future post Rise of Skywalker, the official announcement of the tie-in novel refers to the episode as “an alternate history pulled from Japanese lore.”
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