THE STAR WARS TIMELINE GOLD The Old Republic. The Galactic Empire. The New Republic. What might have been. Every legend has its historian. By Nathan P. Butler – Gold Release Number 42 – 71st SWT Release – 01/01/07 _________________________________________ Officially hosted on Nathan P. Butler’s website __at http://www.starwarsfanworks.com/timeline ____________ APPENDICES “Look at the size of that thing!” --Wedge Antilles Dedicated to All the loyal SWT readers who have helped keep the project alive since 1997. -----|----- -Fellow Star Wars fans- Now that you’ve spent time exploring the Star Wars Timeline Gold’s primary document, you’re probably curious as to what other “goodies” the project has in store. Here, you’ll find the answer to that query. This file, the Appendices, features numerous small sections, featuring topics ranging from G-Level and Apocryphal (N-Level) Canon timelines, rosters for Rogue Squadron and other groups, information relating to the Star Wars Timeline Project’s growth, and more. This was the fourth file created for the Star Wars Timeline Gold. The project originally began as the primary document with the Official Continuity Timeline, then later spawned a Fan Fiction Supplement (now discontinued) and an Apocrypha Supplement (now merged into this file). The Appendices came last, but with its wide array of different features, it has survived to stand on its own alongside the primary document. I hope you find your time spent reading through it well spent. Welcome to the Star Wars Timeline Gold Appendices. --Nathan Butler January 1, 2007 All titles and storylines below are trademark/copyright their respective publishers and/or creators. This is a non-profit publication for use as a supplement to Star Wars reading and is NOT in any way affiliated with Lucasfilm, Ltd. or any other licensed distributor of Star Wars merchandise. Any items that are property of these sources are not, of course, claimed by this author. All rights are reserved to their original creators. That being said, the Star Wars Timeline is ©1997- 2007 Nathan Patrick Butler. Do not reproduce this document, in part or whole, anywhere without the author's express permission. All rights reserved. Any unauthorized reproduction is prohibited by law without the express permission of the author/compiler/designer. OUTLINE THE STAR WARS TIMELINE GOLD APPENDICES INTRODUCTION Banner (no number) Staff Box (no number) Website Address Box (no number) Opening Quote (no number) Dedication (no number) Opening Letter (no number) Disclaimer/Copyright (no number) Outline (no number) APPENDIX A--LEVELS OF OFFICIALITY DISCUSSION APPENDIX B—G-LEVEL CANON B.1 First G-Level Canonical Timeline B.2 Second G-Level Canonical Timeline B.3 Third G-Level Canonical Timeline B.4 Fourth G-Level Canonical Timeline B.5 Fifth G-Level Canonical Timeline APPENDIX C--APOCRYPHAL TIMELINES C.1 Book-based Timelines C.2 Comic-based Timelines C.3 Game-based Timelines C.3.1 Board Game-based Timelines C.3.2 Card Game-based Timelines C.3.3 Video Game-based Timelines C.3.4 Miscellaneous Game-based Timelines C.4 Other APPENDIX D--THE NATHAN P. BUTLER TIMELINE APPENDIX E--SWT VERSION HISTORY (VITAL STATISTICS) APPENDIX F--SWT PROJECT RELEASE NOTES APPENDIX G--THE STAR WARS TIMELINE VERSION 0 APPENDIX H--THE STAR WARS TIMELINE 1.0 APPENDIX I--CHRONORADIO EPISODE BREAKDOWN APPENDIX J--FREQUENT CONTRIBUTOR PROFILES APPENDIX K--STAR WARS VIDEO RELEASE HISTORY APPENDIX L--STAR WARS TELEVISION SERIES GUIDE APPENDIX M--UNDERSTANDING THE LOST EPISODES APPENDIX N--THE EARLY DRAFT TIMELINES N.1 THE STAR WARS STORY SYNOPSIS TIMELINE N.2 THE STAR WARS ROUGH DRAFT TIMELINE APPENDIX O--THE STAR WARS PRIMER APPENDIX P--FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) P.1 Questions About the SWT's Evolution P.2 The Future of the SWT P.3 General SWT Questions P.4 Getting Your Name or Information on the SWT APPENDIX Q--RECOMMENDED WEBSITES Q.1 Reference Websites Q.2 Message Boards Q.3 General Websites APPENDIX R--FURTHER END NOTES R.1 Thanks Section R.2 Acclaim for the SWT from Familiar Faces R.3 Acclaim for Star Wars Tales: Equals and Opposites R.4 Also Available R.4.1 Star Wars Comics from Dark Horse R.4.2 Star Wars Fan Radio Show Items R.4.3 Star Wars Fan Audio Drama Items R.4.4 Non-Star Wars Items R.5 In Production (Coming Soon) R.5.1 Star Wars Timeline Items R.5.2 Star Wars Fan Radio Show Items R.5.3 Star Wars Fan Audio Drama Items R.5.4 Non-Star Wars Audio Items CLOSING MESSAGE APPENDIX A LEVELS OF OFFICIALITY DISCUSSION Star Wars is a universe of vast, grand tales, but any universe so diverse, chronicled by many different authors, is bound to bring forth contradictions and questions relating to them. Questions arise, such as . 1. Where was Wedge Antilles during the events of Dark Empire? 2. Did Anakin Skywalker really go on the Podracing circuit? 3. Who blew up the Death Star: Luke Skywalker; Keyan Farlander; Rookie One; or someone else? These questions and their answers pose some of the most confusing conundrums in Star Wars media. The reason for the contradictions and confusion is simple: profit from licensing. The solution? Well . there is one. Unfortunately, it’s not very well known, since labeling things automatically as apocryphal and such would be bad for sales. (Even the existance of the relatively new “Infinities” seal doesn’t always help, since so many materials were produced before the seal existed.) A solution does exist, though. So, just what is this magical ladder of “how real things are?” As the old commercial goes, “grab a Snickers; you’re not going anywhere for a while.” Okay, first of all, you need to recognize just what the situation is for stories like Star Wars that appear in several different media. When sagas are made that are in various media, but have begun with a film or a television series, things can get complicated. They become even more complicated when people other than the creators of the films or series get involved in making other stories in books, comics, video games, etc. Confusion arises as to what is really a part of the overall story and what is not. This means that the items have to be divided up, and rules must be applied for what is "real." Sagas like Star Wars, which have such an incredible amount of material available, must be especially picky, and tend to use specific names for specific "levels" of how "real" things are. Sometimes, the creators have enough control over spin-off products that the distinction is easy. Take Babylon 5, for instance. The B5 creator, J. Michael Straczynski, kept enough control over the items allowed to bear the Babylon 5 name, that he has decided that all of the comics and all of the novels are just as "real" or "official" as any episodes of the Babylon 5 television series. He simply declared that any inconsistencies in the stories are to be written-off as being mistakes from the standpoint of history. Other times, the creators have so little control that they are able to make decisions just as easily. Take Timecop, for example. The story exists as a film, TV series, film novelization, novel series, and a sequel film, all of which are so different from each other that they can simply say “eh, they’re all different storylines” and leave it at that. Other times, the creators sell off their rights to their series, like in the case of Stargate, and you end up with a “real” storyline by the people authorized to continue the story, such as Stargate SG-1, and the materials sanctioned by the original creators (who no longer own the rights to the story), such as the Stargate novels by McCay, which become Apocryphal even though they were authorized by the original creators and form a coherent storyline on their own. Needless to say, this can get very, very confusing. (Just please tell me you’re not scratching your head asking what Babylon 5, Timecop, or Stargate might be. I can’t be that old.) In the case of Star Wars,, George Lucas has very rarely taken a major active hand in any of the licensed Star Wars novels, comics, and so on, except in the case of Chewbacca’s death in Vector Prime, which he personally authorized (and even then, he only said “yes,” while a LucasBooks committee, upon a suggestion from Randy Stradley, made the actual call on who would die). Instead, he has only taken control of his actual films, and even then he has deemed several video productions he had a hand in (to an extent), Droids, Ewoks, the two Ewok films, and the Clone Wars cartoon series, to not be a part of his vision, and thus not a part of his timeline, but simply part of his company’s timeline. One television production he had a hand in, the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, has even earned the distinction of having Lucas himself pubicly say that he’d like all copies of it burned or otherwise destroyed forever. (Ouch!) So, the situation in 1976 was that the only Star Wars item on the field was the novelization of Star Wars (that is, A New Hope), followed by the release of the first Star Wars motion picture (Star Wars: Episode IV--"A New Hope" without its subtitle) in 1977. As time went on, though, the popularity of the saga grew incredibly. The public kept asking for more and more Star Wars stories. Lucas decided to let his company, the Star Wars Corporation (now known as Lucasfilm Ltd.), allow items to be created under its license.