⚡ Mace Windu's Timeline

72 BBY - Birth on Haruun Kal

Mace Windu is born on the humid jungle world of Haruun Kal, home to the Korunnai people, and is identified as strong in the Force.

~70 BBY - Taken into the Jedi Order

Discovered to be Force-sensitive, the young Windu is brought to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to be trained as a Jedi.

~40 BBY - Rise to Jedi Master and the High Council

Windu becomes one of the most accomplished Jedi of his generation, earning a seat on the Jedi High Council and developing the aggressive lightsaber form known as Vaapad.

32 BBY - The Phantom Menace

As a senior Council member, Windu helps question the captured Sith threat and is present when Qui-Gon Jinn presents Anakin Skywalker; he is skeptical of training the boy but consents after Qui-Gon's death.

22 BBY - Attack of the Clones and the Battle of Geonosis

Windu leads a Jedi strike team to rescue Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin, and Padmé on Geonosis, personally slaying the bounty hunter Jango Fett as the Clone Wars erupt.

22–19 BBY - Jedi General in the Clone Wars

Windu serves as a general in the Grand Army of the Republic, leading campaigns across the galaxy and serving at times as Master of the Order while balancing his duties on the Council.

19 BBY - Revenge of the Sith: exposing Darth Sidious

After Anakin reveals that Chancellor Palpatine is the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, Windu leads a team of Jedi Masters to arrest him and defeats him in a duel in the Chancellor's office.

19 BBY - Death on Coruscant

As Windu prepares to end the Sith threat, Anakin intervenes and severs his hand; Sidious then unleashes Force lightning and hurls Windu from the window to his death, a betrayal that marks Anakin's turn to the dark side.