When Does STAR WARS Zero Company Take Place?
Get the official timeline answer for Zero Company, plus the reason this wiki does not invent a BBY calendar date.
STAR WARS Zero Company takes place in the twilight of the Clone Wars. That is the exact era wording used by the official game descriptions, which frame the story as an original, boots-on-the-ground shadow conflict led by former Republic officer Hawks.
Why there is no BBY date here
EA and StarWars.com identify the Clone Wars era but do not give a canonical BBY year in the launch pages. “Twilight” communicates a late-war setting without fixing the story to a specific film event. Converting that phrase into an exact calendar date would add an unsupported fact.
What the setting means for this wiki
The era is reliable enough to explain the Republic-versus-Separatist context and the presence of Clone Troopers, Jedi, and other wartime operators. It is not a license to assign an unannounced mission date or claim that every event occurs immediately before a named film. Sources: StarWars.com game page and EA launch announcement, checked 2026-08-29.
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