It’s unclear exactly when Luke founded his disastrous new Jedi school that Ben Solo totally ruined, but that traumatic event supposedly didn’t happen until sometime between the years of 28 ABY and 33 ABY.

(These events are depicted in the video game Star Wars: Battlefront II and comic Shattered Empire 4, respectively.) My personal dream is that Sebastian Stan will show up in The Mandalorian as a younger Luke Skywalker (the resemblance is uncanny!) We know that in the year that followed the Battle of Endor, Luke traveled the galaxy compelled by the Force to seek relics like a star compass and remnants of a Force-sensitive tree. Luke Skywalker roamed the galaxy after 'Return of the Jedi' hunting relics for years before establishing his new school. In the grand scheme of the Skywalker saga with its three trilogies and two side movies, what does The Mandalorian’s timing mean for the bigger picture? Here’s a quick check-in with every major Star Wars character and where they are during the events of the series. That means Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Yoda are all long-dead Force ghosts drifting through the aether by the time The Mandalorian begins. In many Star Wars circles, this year is referred to as 9 ABY or 9 years “After the Battle of Yavin,” referring to the iconic space battle from A New Hope where Luke destroyed the First Death Star.įor further context, this is four years after the Battle of Jakku, which was the final major showdown between the Empire and the Rebels. The short answer is that The Mandalorian takes place five years after The Return of the Jedi - the third film in the original Star Wars trilogy where Luke Skywalker and his cyborg dad defeat Emperor Palpatine and destroy the second Death Star. Now that we're well into Season 2, it's worth taking stock of where exactly each character during the events of The Mandalorian - you never know, they may cross paths with Mando and Baby Yoda. While it tells original and gripping one-off stories, it also incorporates all sorts of references to the original movies, including entire characters. The Mandalorian is the perfect series for Star Wars fans.

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