We… Don’t Exactly Know When Ahsoka Is Set
Here’s the thing about a lot of contemporary Star Wars, especially on the TV side of things: our real understanding of exactly when things are happening in relation to each other, and what we do have is largely couched in guesses and vague suggestions. We know, for example, that The Mandalorian takes place roughly five years after the events of Return of the Jedi, which takes place in 4ABY—that’s After the Battle of Yavin, the standard chronological reckoning we have for events in the Star Wars timeline that places the events of A New Hope as the focal before/after event. We also know that the Star Wars sequel trilogy is far off from this point in time too, with The Force Awakens taking place 30 years after Return in 34ABY.
The current Star Wars canon has not done an entirely too focused job on filling in this three-decade period of time with any specificity. We know a lot of events that happen in the immediate run up to The Force Awakens, we know a lot events that happen in the immediate aftermath of Return of the Jedi, and the existence of The Mandalorian—even if that show’s own grasp of time is… let’s diplomatically say fast and loose—has slowly inched that former time period forward.
