The Alliance of Free Planets, the interim government that legitimized the Rebellion, began to take form in Star Wars #88 (1984, Marvel Comics), the same title that brought Lumiya to the forefront. The Fondor shipyards proved to be supportive of the Alliance in Star Wars #98 (1985, Marvel Comics), a one-shot story entitled "Supply and Demand" that featured Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson, fresh off their run of newspaper strips. This issue was reprinted as one-shot, Classic Star Wars: The Vandelhelm Mission in 1995 by Dark Horse Comics.
The Nagai invasion began with Kashyyyk, as depicted in "Wookiee World," Star Wars #91 (1985, Marvel Comics). "No Zeltrons" Star Wars #95 (1985, Marvel Comics) revealed the Nagai pact with Lumiya. The Nagai invasion begins in force in the following issue, "Duel with a Dark Lady," Star Wars #96 (1985, Marvel Comics). The Tofs entered the picture in "Tai," Star Wars #103 (1986, Marvel Comics). The final confrontation on Saijo is from the last issue of the Marvel run, "All Together Now" Star Wars #107 (1986, Marvel Comics).
For those seeking these stories in trade paperback format, know that issues #82-95 were gathered in A Long Time Ago... Volume 6: Wookiee World (2003, Dark Horse Comics). Issues #96-107 in A Long Time Ago... Volume 7: Far Far Away (2003, Dark Horse Comics).
Lady Lumiya's taking on of Flint and Carnor Jax as apprentices is in "The Emperor's Pawns," an article that appeared in Star Wars Gamer #5 (2001, Wizards of the Coast).
You can read the actual Declaration of a New Republic in the source that created it, the Heir to the Empire Sourcebook (1992, West End Games). That declaration includes a host of signatories, which is where the list compiled in the Chronology comes from. The adherence of Kuat Drive Yards to its Imperial loyalties is expected, given that subsequent sources debut new KDY vehicles designed for the Empire. The suicide of KDY's former CEO is from Hard Merchandise (1998, Bantam Books), and the alignment of the new executive with Sate Pestage was revealed in The Essential Chronology (2000, Del Rey Books).
Palpatine's crossing of the great galactic gulf from Endor to Byss was chronicled in the expository text pages of Dark Empire #2 (1992, Dark Horse Comics).
The parade of warlords that begins in the Imperial Fragmentation segment covers a wide variety of sources. Grand Admiral Teshik's role at Endor was revealed in Star Wars Insider #66 (2003, Paizo Publishing), though the character was actually first introduced in the roleplaying supplement, The Far Orbit Project (1998, West End Games). Captain Pellaeon's commandeering of the fragmented Endor fleet was revealed in Heir to the Empire (1991, Bantam Books), but his destination of Annaj wasn't revealed until The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook (1996, West End Games).
Admiral Harrsk was introduced in Darksaber (1995, Bantam Books), by which time he had adopted the hyperbolic title of Supreme Warlord. His accomplishments as Admiral were detailed in the first edition of The Essential Chronology (2000, Del Rey Books). Likewise, Teradoc and the ludicrously titled Superior General Delvardus were first established in Darksaber.
Gaen Drommel and his Super Star DestroyerGuardian first appeared in the gaming supplement Wanted by Cracken (1993, West End Games). Ardus Kaine and the Pentastar Alignment are from Star Wars Adventure Journal #3 (1994, West End Games), which was collected and reprinted in The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal (1996).
Grunger and Pitta's bitter dispute over the Corellian sector was first described in the original Essential Chronology (2000, Del Rey Books), with more information on these Grand Admirals in Star Wars Insider #66. Zsinj was introduced in The Courtship of Princess Leia (1994, Bantam Books).
Sate Pestage has an interesting history in that he appeared in the draft script of The Empire Strikes Back. He was confirmed as a character in the Star Wars galaxy in A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (1984, Del Rey Books), which cites The Empire Strikes Back: Collector's Edition (1980, Paradise Press) as a source. His egregious loss of Imperial territory following the Battle of Endor -- or rather, the idea that he was at the helm as the Empire spiraled out of control -- is derived from the Dark Empire Sourcebook (1993, West End Games). His collusion with Ysanne Isard began to be chronicled in X-Wing: Rogue Squadron #21 (1997, Dark Horse Comics), and would last several story-arcs starting with In the Empire's Service (#21-24).
The Black Nebula section contains two Dark Horse Comics mini-series. Mara Jade's mission to Svivren is from Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Hand #1-6 (1998-1999, Dark Horse Comics, collected as trade paperback in 1999). The intrigue with Savanand Guri is from Shadows of the Empire: Evolution #1-5 (1998, Dark Horse Comics, collected as trade paperback in 2000).
Isard's Ascension returns us to the X-Wing: Rogue Squadron comics series. In the In the Empire's Service arc, #21-24 (1997, Dark Horse Comics), Brentaal IV is threatened by the New Republic. The fallout from the Brentaal IV debacle as experienced by Pestage, and the secret meeting on Axxila, is told in the Masquerade arc, #28-31 (1998, Dark Horse Comics). His flight to Ciutric and Isard's elimination of the Ruling Circle were part of the final arc in the series, Mandatory Retirement, told in issues #32-35 (1998, Dark Horse Comics). These particular story arcs were gathered into the trade paperbacks In the Empire's Service (1999), Blood and Honor (1999), Masquerade (2000) and Mandatory Retirement (2000).
Grand Admiral Syn was revealed in the first edition of The Essential Chronology (2000, Del Rey Books). The incident in the Koornacht Cluster was originally presented in the books of the Black Fleet Crisis, Before the Storm (1996, Bantam Books). The core of that story is set much later in the chronology, but its opening chapters take place in this timeframe.
The rise of Trioculus and the efforts of SPIN (not to mention the escapades of Zorba the Hutt) are all from an offbeat series of children's book published in the early 1990s. Six in total, they told some very strange tales that, at first glance, do not seem to fit within continuity. However, as revealed originally in The Essential Chronology (2000, Del Rey Books) they do have a place in the order of the things. The books include The Glove of Darth Vader, The Lost City of the Jedi, Zorba the Hutt's Revenge, Mission from Mount Yoda, Queen of the Empire, and Prophets of the Dark Side (1992-1993, Bantam Skylark).
The capture and escape of Tycho Celchu was presented as backstory for the first novel in the X-wing series, Rogue Squadron (1996, Bantam Books).
General Skywalker's mission to Milagro was all new information when it was first revealed in The Essential Chronology (2000, Del Rey Books). Kyle Katarn's tangle with Jerec and his Dark Side Adepts is from Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight (1997, LucasArts), which was also dramatized as the novella, Dark Forces: Jedi Knight (1998, Dark Horse Comics/Boulevard Books). The campaign against Lord Shadowspawn is mostly new information first presented in The Essential Chronology, but it does have a pedigree. A brief mention of Shadowspawn can be found in Dark Empire Sourcebook (1993, West End Games). Most recently, Shadowspawn was referenced in "The History of the Mandalorians" article in Star Wars Insider #80 (2005, IDG Entertainment). Shadowspawn remains ever elusive, though the new Chronology is the first to depict him in artwork.
A single line in Heir to the Empire fueled the imaginations of completist readers. Upon discovery of Grand Admiral Thrawn -- in truth, the first Grand Admiral to be introduced in literature -- the heroes comment that they thought the had accounted for all the Grand Admirals. So, who were the 12 that the New Republic had previously defeated?
This section, The Last Grand Admiral?, when first presented in The New Essential Chronology (2000, Del Rey Books) filled in most of the gaps with new information about Zaarin, Syn, Batch, Pitter, Il-Raz and Grant. Grand Admiral Takel had actually been introduced before in The Glove of Darth Vader (1992, Bantam Skylark). Teshik came from The Far Orbit Project (1998, West End Games) while Tigellinus first appeared in Star Wars Adventure Journal #8 (1995, West End Games). Makati was referenced in Vision of the Future (1998, Bantam Books).
After that, Star Wars Insider #66 (Paizo Publishing, 2003) included a feature article about Grand Admirals that identified the fates of all 12, and introduced Declaan into the mix.
Things heat up for the New Republic in The Battle for Coruscant. The capture of Coruscant became the focus of the early X-Wing novels, with the early stepping-stones being chronicled in Rogue Squadron (1996, Bantam Books). They infiltrate and liberate Coruscant in Wedge's Gamble (1996, Bantam Books). The launch of the Lusankya and the spread of The Krytos Virus is in the novel of the same name, The Krytos Virus (1996, Bantam Books). Likewise the segment The Bacta War is from the fourth novel of the X-wing series, The Bacta War (1996, Bantam Books).
The capture of the Star Destroyer Tyrant was first revealed in The Essential Chronology (2000, Del Rey Books), which revealed its transformation into Rebel Dream.
The Hunt for Zsinj and the introduction of Wraith Squadron occur in the next three novels of the X-wing series, though the character of Zsinj was first introduced in The Courtship of Princess Leia (1994, Bantam Books). Wraith Squadron (1998, Bantam Books), Iron Fist (1998, Bantam Books) and Solo Command (1999, Bantam Books) are all sources for this segment, though it should be noted that these books were all built from backstory originally published in Courtship, which was the source for The Hapans and the Dathomir Nightsisters and The Death of Zsinj segment.
Picking Up the Pieces is fittingly made up of fragments from other tales. The three-sided battle between Teradoc, Rogriss and Ackbar was first revealed in The Essential Chronology (2000, Del Rey Books), though Admiral Rogriss first appeared in Starfighters of Adumar (1999, Bantam Books). The capture of Kuat was likewise revealed in this source, but the momentum was necessary to move the New Republic to its state of controlling three-quarters of the galaxy, which is how Heir to the Empire (1991, Bantam Books) first described it.
Return to Tatooine covers the events of the novel Tatooine Ghost (2003, Del Rey Books), which was published well after the bulk of stories set in this era first came to light. It was able to fill in a gap, as it were, that explained not only Leia's change-of-heart decision to have children, but also benefited from coming out after Episodes I and II, providing a story opportunity to tie both the original and classic trilogies together through the expanded universe.
