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See when 'The Mandalorian' takes place in the overall 'Star Wars' timeline

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Yoda in "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" and the Child in "The Mandalorian." Disney/Lucasfilm
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If you've ever wondered how the sprawling "Star Wars" universe all fits together, look no further than the chronological timeline of movies and TV shows we've made here.

During a 2019 D23 Expo panel, Disney showed audiences a look at the new narrative timeline of events and how the new projects — including the currently untitled shows — will work to tell one massive galactic space opera.

Insider took that timeline and reworked it into an easy-to-scan format, which you can see below. In particular, fans might be curious about seeing the way "The Mandalorian" takes place after the original "Star Wars" trilogy.

"The Mandalorian" centers around a bounty hunter and a 50-year-old being, known simply as the Child. Fans have taken to calling the Child "Baby Yoda," since he's the same unnamed species as the iconic Yoda character from the original movies.

Even if we don't know the Child's species name, the timeline tells us for certain that the Child isn't literally a younger, baby-version of Yoda. "The Mandalorian" takes place in the years after the events of the first three "Star Wars" movies in which Yoda dies.

It's also worth noting that the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series will take place during the span of time covered in "Solo: A Star Wars Story" — which means we could see more of Darth Maul on the coming TV show.

Then there's the Cassian Andor series, which will of course take place before the events of "Rogue One" (when Cassian and all the other Rebels in the movie were killed in the course of their mission). 

We also know there are two other trilogies in the works. The first announced trilogy is coming from Rian Johnson (writer and director of "The Last Jedi"). Disney has yet to announce major details about those sets of films, but we do know Benioff and Weiss' will be the first to debut, and they will take place some time after the events of "The Rise of Skywalker." 

Insider will add those movies (and other "Star Wars" projects) to our timeline once new information is revealed. 

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