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I think it's a vague enough reference that if it ended up conflicting with anything, we could say it's a different situation on Kessel they're talking about. But for now I see no reason why it doesn't fit, so have placed Andor to take place slightly after the first two episodes of RebelsWhat are we thinking?
Explained: Does Andor Take Place at the Same Time as Star Wars Rebels?
Andor Episode 5 featured a reference to Star Wars Rebels that clearly shows that the live-action series takes place at the same time as the animated one.
On my own personal timeline, I include them as separate events, because technically they don't really conflict despite the intention being for the show to override the book. The book is very good, though, and contains a lot of additional material about Ahsoka and Bail, so I hate to erase it from canon. My headcanon is that the episode just takes place shortly following the book, since the book mentions that Ahsoka had never seen an Inquisitor before. Regardless, it is pretty weird that she has two near identical experiences back to back.
I'm absolutely sure this is how Filoni sees it. My question was more about how to treat the episode on the timeline, and whether it's better to fudge it into being two separate events so that we can keep both, or whether I should get rid of one!
Ahh, does it? It's been a long time since I read the book so can't remember specific details like that. I agree it would be a shame to erase it, for a lot of reasons. It's an annoying problem, though, I wish they'd stop doing this! Especially since it would have been so easy to make the details match up with the book (and isn't this exactly what the Story Group is for?)
The Same Rule applies to Dr Who’s Relatively Scrambled Timeline as the TV series overwrites what the events of Audio Dramas all the time because it’s easier for the audience just watching the show on it’s own
Filoni commented that TOTJ Episode 6 is based on the same outline that he gave for the Ahsoka novel and that they were always the same story. So canonically they ARE the same event, but it's like how Bad Batch handled the Kanan comics. I'd just place it after the book since it's short and essentially recaps the end with different characters.
Actually Who is a pretty different situation. Who's writers and showrunners specifically reject the idea of "canon" - there is no story group, you can believe in whatever you want, the show occasionally contradicts itself, and generally any conflicts can be explained away by the effects of time travel.
Couldn't you just hand-wave it away with time travel half the time?
I don't even think it was intended to be canon. There's practically no story.Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies
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When does it take place?
You mean Saw Gerrera
Andor should be all before Rebels because Maarva's brick marks her death date as 7972.216.4 which is the CRC calendar before the BBY/ABY one is utilized. A New Hope is 7977, so the 7972 date lines up. The ".216.4" after it should signify how long into the year according to the subreddit r/StarWarsReference. Going off how they've calculated other released dates from the Scum and Villainy reference book, Maarva passed late March or around March 20th. Going back in the season from there, Andor starts in January which still covers the 5 BBY date at the beginning of the show.
