This is the timeline that my long-running Star Wars-ish game uses. It's my personal headcanon, so not at all official. I have lengthened the time between the Clone Wars and the Rebellion, with Luke and Leia no longer children of Padme Amidala; drastically shortened the length of time hyperspace has been available; made the more human-seeming aliens actually human offshoots; made midiclorians an infection with genetic consequences, and a few other changes. The technology is still fairly static, but no longer mind-numbingly so.
 
Before 2000 years BBY humans expand into the galaxy using sleeper and generation ships. Many are genetically tampered with, eventually forming most of the humanoid species - Twilek, Togruta, Wookiee, Chiss, Zabrak, etc. On various worlds non-human alien species evolve. Along the way, humans meet various aliens, and also are infected by Midiclorians, which sensitizes humanity to the Force.

c. 2000 BBY precursors to the Jedi order form on various worlds, as people attempt to deal with the Force. They discover hyperspace in their experiments, and a few ships were created using these pre-Jedi as living hyperspace drives.

c. 1800 BBY Duros create artificial hyperspace drives and begin expanding into neighboring systems. Tey eventually run into Humans who somehow acquire the technology - buy or steal - and in a cascade, the hyperdrive is spread across the galaxy. At this point, hyperdrives would be rated at 20 or so on the current scale.

c. 1600 BBY the Jedi Order takes form on Jiddha, Atch-To, Tython, and other worlds. At this time most Jeddi are Gray, and Light or Dark Jedi were treated as unbalanced.

c. 1500 BBY the Old Republic is formed. It is one of several moderate sized empires founded about this time.

c. 1400 BBY the Sith Order splits from the Jedi. The Jedi order purges itself of any use of the Dark side, and begins a reformation process.

c. 1350-1050 BBY the Old Republic, which soon allies itself with the Jedi order, engages in a series of devastating galactic wars with the mandelorians, the Sith Empire, and other star empires. By this time, Hyperspace drives would be rated about 10 on the current scale.

c. 1050-1032 BBY the Old Republic is almost defeated when the allied Sith and Mandalorians Empires take Coruscant, but the occupation is short-lived, and in 1032 BBY, the Old Republic is transformed into the Galactic Republic after finally defeating the Sith and Mandelorians. The Sith Empire is utterly destroyed. Darth Bane, last Surviving Sith Lord, institutes the Rule of Two.

112 BBY Invasion of Naboo. The fastest hyperdrives are rated 1

104 BBY The Clone Wars begin with the founding of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

99 BBY Empire Founded. Jedi driven into hiding or killed. Massacre of the younglings.

20 BBY Construction of the first Death Star begins.

19 BBY Ezra Bridger, Luke Skywalker, and Leia Organa born. Luke and Leia stolen from their mother, Darth Vader's concubine, by Obi-wan Kenobi. Vader finds Obi-Wan on Mustafar. In a duel, Obi-Wan defeats Vader and leaves him helpless, but he lives, sealed in his armor from this point on.

11 BBY Hera Syndulla and Kanan Jarrus join forces

5 BBY Kanan Jarrus takes on Ezra Bridger as a Padawan.

~4 BBY the Alliance begins to form from separate Rebel groups

0 BBY. Jedha City destroyed by Death Star. Battle of Scarif. Luke Skywalker leaves Tatooine with Obi Wan and Han Solo. Alderaan destroyed. Leia rescued. Battle of Yavin.

2 ABY Poe Dameron born.

3 ABY Battle of Hoth. Luke trains with Yoda. Han Solo encased in Carbonite.

4 ABY Han Solo rescued. Jabba killed. Battle of Endor. Second Death Star destroyed. New Republic established.

5 ABY Battle of Jakku. Empire defeated. Both sides disarm. Much of Imperial Navy retreats into Unknown Regions. Ben Solo Born

c. 6-10 ABY First Order begins taking shape in UR.

11 ABY Finn born.

15 ABY Rey born.

28 ABY Leia Organ leaves Senate, forms Resistance.

c. 32 ABY New Jedi Order destroyed. Luke goes into exile, Ben Solo becomes Kylo Ren.

34 ABY Rey meets Finn on Jakku. Hosnian System, New Republic capital, and all Hosnian wolds destroyed by Starkiller Base. Han Solo killed by Kylo Ren. Starkiller Base destroyed by Resistance. Stellar Knights Order created. Battle of Crait. Death of Luke Skywalker. Current year.

You can tell its a Flying Mice Joint because there's sleeper ships.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1024876You can tell its a Flying Mice Joint because there's sleeper ships.

That's actually canon Star Wars - I just moved the time frame up. So let's let this thread die with dignity, shall we?

Quote from: flyingmice;1025103That's actually canon Star Wars - I just moved the time frame up. So let's let this thread die with dignity, shall we?

Hah, fair enough. It's just that all your sci-fi seems to have them.