Line #77 Main/ContinuityOverlap


1	Events in one series also impact continuity in another series. This is an element that may go into defining a [[TheVerse 'Verse]].
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3	Immensely common in American [[ComicBookTropes comic books]], to the point where some series essentially merged into one during the '90s.
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5	See also {{Crossover}}, IntercontinuityCrossover, and MassiveMultiplayerCrossover.
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13	* In ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'', after the events of ''Anode Tamer'' and ''Cathode Tamer'' for the Wonderswan - sorry, NoExportForYou - Ryo Akiyama dimension-hops to the ''Adventure'' universe. He witnesses the battle with Diablomon from the second movie and meets with Ken Ichijouji. Ryo and Ken defeated Milleniummon in ''Tag Tamers'' and Ken is infected with a Dark Spore, setting events in motion for ''Adventure 02'' and confusing the ''hell'' out of anyone who had to take Ken's flashbacks to those events at face value with no knowledge of the games. Later in ''Brave Tamer'', his partner Monodramon merges with Milleniummon resulting in Cyberdramon. Ryo then appears in ''Tamers'', a universe separate from Adventure, and he has Cyberdramon with him who is aggressive and uncontrollable due to Milleniummon's half of his being. So this is basically three (or more) very separate continuities all connected through Ryo.
14	** It should be noted that Ryo's movie and 02 scenes go unnoticed by American viewers because he resembles Wonderswan Ryo far more than Tamers Ryo because of the art style (even once Tamers Ryo leaves the Digital World and gets the shirt he has in Anode/Cathode.) Once you know what he looks like, there's no mistaking his movie and 02 flashback appearances for anyone else.
15	* All of Creator/KenAkamatsu's manga series seem to have this, especially ''Manga/LoveHina'' and ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''. Specifically, both series have identical characters named Mei, who appear to be the same person, WordOfGod states that the inn that Keitaro and Naru stayed at in ''Love Hina'' was the same inn that several characters from ''Negima'' stayed at, and the Shinmeiryu sword school is used by characters in both series. In one ''Negima'' chapter, Motoko's family name was explicitly mentioned in relation to Shinmeiryu techniques, and a specific technique ("Zanmaken: Ni No Tachi") used in ''Love Hina'' has minor plot relevance in ''Negima''.
16	** ''Negima'' also has a shout out to his first manga, ''Manga/AILoveYou'', when the subject of sentient A.I. comes up; it's hinted that part of [[RobotGirl Chachamaru]]'s programming may have been written by ''A.I. Love You'''s protagonist.
17	** [[http://vetus.wordpress.com/nazenani/#v30 Akamatsu himself]] has confirmed that the Nitta-sensei from ''Manga/AILoveYou'' and the Nitta-sensei from ''Negima'' are the same person, as well as the fact that ''Love Hina''[='s=] Motoko Aoyama and ''Negima'''s Eishun [[http://vetus.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/vol-31-qa-partial/ are related somehow]].
18	* ''Manga/XxxHolic'':
19	** Yuuko who is often represented by a butterfly, which [[ButterflyOfTransformation symbolizes change]] and how she changes her customers, including the main characters. It also symbolizes [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth life and death]], [[spoiler:to reflect her undead nature]] and fate.
20	** Watanuki is often represented by Foxes and/or birds. However, he selects the bird to be his signature, which is representative of his connection to [[Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle Tsubasa]], as well as his being Yuuko's successor (because birds can go farther than butterflies) and ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' both merge at numerous times, and characters in one series are often seen in another. The anime for both series, due to unfortunate copyright issues, don't cross over as much.
21	* Kiyohiko Azuma's original series (''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'', and ''Wallaby'') all appear to take place in the same continuity, but aren't quite a 'verse because there's little direct overlap other than minor nods; given that they're all SliceOfLife series, there are no major events that impact each series' storyline.
22	** Kokoro Kousaka, the main protagonist of ''Wallaby'', appears as a cameo in one scene of ''Azumanga Daioh'', visiting the stuffed animal café at the school festival; in the manga, she has the eponymous Wallaby in her pocket, but not in the anime. In turn, the last chapter of ''Wallaby'' sets up this cameo by having Kokoro tell Wallaby about a school festival she's planning to visit. (Due to ''Wallaby''[='s=] early cancelation and relative obscurity, it hasn't crossed over with ''Yotsuba&!''.)
23	** Since no characters from one series have directly appeared in the other, the overlap between ''Azumanga'' and ''Yotsuba&!'' is mostly limited to other aspects, such as merchandise of Chiyo-chichi (the "father cat") and Nekokoneko stuffed dolls. In one chapter of ''Yotsuba&!'', a girl is seen wearing ''Azumanga''[='s=] distinctive high school uniform, while in the 10th anniversary chapters of ''Azumanga'', Tomo is seen wearing the same "Kodomo Usagi" shirt that Yotsuba normally does.
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27	* Clearly the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, which includes characters from the ComicBook/FantasticFour, ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk, ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/IronMan, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/GhostRider, The ComicBook/XMen, ComicBook/ThePunisher and many more.
28	* Creator/DCComics has done this as well, like with Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/{{Superman}}.
29	** At one time this was the exception rather than the rule... each story was set in its own continuity and it was rare for one costumed hero to even be aware that others existed. It wasn't until the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica title in 1940 that heroes interacted with each other on a regular basis, and it proved so popular that DC eventually attempted to weave pretty much ''all'' its titles into a single overarching continuity (things that couldn't be made to conform were assigned to alternate universes in the "multiverse" concept, and it was possible to cross even those over if a writer really wanted to... the first such crossover involved Barry Allen and Jay Garrick (both "The Flash" in different universes).
30	* It's not uncommon for a main character in one ''ComicBook/SinCity'' story to play a minor role or even a cameo in a different story. Many stories have also been shown to happen at the same time, such as ''Hard Goodbye'' and ''A Dame To Kill For''.
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33	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
34	* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is one of the very rare movie examples; while all movies are self-contained, there are lots and lots of references to the other ones.
35	** Nick Fury has appeared in ''Film/IronMan1'', ''Film/IronMan2'', ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', while Tony Stark made an appearance at the end of ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk\|2008}}''. In ''The Avengers'', the main characters from all the mentioned movies join forces.
36	** And now, of course, we have ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}'' tying it together, along with the TV Series ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', which tends to reference every movie that has occurred in the MCU, including movies that only came out a week before the episode containing the reference aired.
37	** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' had a ''huge'' impact on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', far moreso than any other movie in the verse, given that [[spoiler: the big reveal of ''Winter Soldier'' concerns HYDRA's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]
38	** While there’s no interaction between the characters in the Netflix shows and the MCU movies, the aftereffects of the Battle of New York factor into the plots.
39	* Behind-the-scenes pictures of some of the maintenance panels on the X-Jet in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' reveal that some systems were built by Stark Enterprises (and that there were no user serviceable parts inside!), but they're far too small to be seen onscreen. An intercontinuity/[[TheMultiverse multiverse]] nod?
40	* The events of both ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' started many of the plot lines for Films and TV Shows in Phases 4 & 5 of the MCU: Namely:
41	** [[spoiler: The repercussions of Thanos wiping out half of the Universe's population out for 5 years, and the sudden return of those said individuals.]]
42	** [[spoiler: Different characters being affected by the deaths of Tony, Natasha, Gamora, Vision, Loki and Heimdall.]]
43	** [[spoiler: The Avengers causing ripples in the timeline, and leading to alternate versions of Gamora and Loki, with the latter affecting the multiverse.]]
44	** [[spoiler: Steve Rogers retiring as Captain America, and Sam Wilson being chosen as the intended succesor]].
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46	* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
47	** The arrival of Kryptonians and destructions in Metropolis in ''Film/ManOfSteel'' directly impact ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', triggering both polarized public opinions and Bruce Wayne/Batman's anger.
48	** The death of Superman in ''Batman v Superman'' is the reason behind the creation of Task Force X in ''Film/{{Suicide Squad\|2016}}''.
49	** ''Film/{{Wonder Woman\|2017}}'' is very much a standalone story by comparison, but it stills ties in with ''Batman v Superman'' via the 1918 group photo, and to ''Justice League'' via the death of the old gods and a Mother Box in the home video stinger.
50	** Superman's death also facilitates Steppenwolf's arrival on Earth in ''Film/{{Justice\|League 2017}} [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague League]]'', and the eponymous SuperTeam is formed in response.
51	* Film/TheViewAskewniverse, TheVerse in which Creator/KevinSmith has set 6 films, several comic books, and an AnimatedAdaptation. Several characters will be heard about in one movie, only to be seen in a later film.
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55	* In the [[Literature/HonorHarrington Honorverse]] the novels ''Ashes of Victory''/''Mission of Honor'', ''Crown of Slaves''/''Torch of Freedom'' and ''Shadow of Saganami''/''Storm from the Shadows'' all take place concurrently, so we get three different looks at the same sequence of events, and often have entire chapters duplicated across books.
56	* In the ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' novels, the events of ''Dragonquest'', the second Lessa novel, affect the events of ''Dragonsinger'', the second Menolly novel. Also many other cases, since all the Pern novels are explicitly set in the same universe and it's very common for the main characters in one novel to be minor characters in another and for there to be considerable chronological overlap (''Dragonquest'' and ''Dragonsinger'' cover roughly the same time period as experienced by two different people). This is complicated even more by the (somewhat risky) draconic ability to time travel.
57	* All of Creator/BrandonSanderson's adult fantasy novels (''Literature/{{Elantris}}'', ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'', ''Literature/{{Warbreaker}}'' and ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' so far, with others forthcoming) are set in [[Literature/TheCosmere the same universe]], with at least one character (Hoid) appearing or being referenced in every one, and hints of a broader MythArc on the horizon.
58	* Almost all of David Walliams' children's novels take place in the same universe, and in fact in the same town, but the only crossover character is Raj the newsagent. The only exception so far takes place about a hundred years ago.
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62	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' did this as well with the 24th century-era shows, ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', along with the TNG films were all running at the same time.
63	** Miles O'Brien passed over from the ''Enterprise'' on TNG to the titular ''Deep Space Nine'' in its pilot episode. After the destruction of the ''Enterprise'' in the ''[[Film/StarTrekGenerations Generations]]'' movie, Worf joined the station as well. The Deep Space Nine crew changed uniforms after ''[[Film/StarTrekFirstContact First Contact]]''.
64	** This also meant that Worf's presence in the movies following ''Generations'' had to be continuously HandWaved, as he was not assigned to the ''Enterprise''-E. In ''First Contact'', Worf was commanding the ''Defiant'' during the battle against the Borg when the ''Enterprise'' arrives and saves them.
65	** In season 7 of TNG, a demilitarized zone between the Federation and the Cardassians was created; then in the concurrent season 2 of [=DS9=] the Maquis was formed in response to that; and then back on TNG a recurring character joined the Maquis.
66	*** It should be noted that the Maquis were originally written into [=DS9=] specifically to be used as a setup for Voyager, but barring a couple later episodes, Voyager forgot about the mixed crew dynamic after about the 3rd episode and [=DS9=] ended up using the Maquis more than Voyager.
67	** The season 2 ''Voyager'' episode "Projections" has [[MindScrew the Doctor seeing Reginald Barclay, who was first introduced on TNG, who tells the Doctor that he's really Starfleet holo-programmer Dr. Lewis Zimmerman, and that all of his adventures in space have been a holoprogram testing the effects of long-term space exploration]].
68	** The season 4 ''Voyager'' episode "Message In A Bottle" overlaps with mid-Season Six of ''Deep Space Nine'', as the Doctor gets transmitted to a Starfleet ship in the Alpha Quadrant and learns that the Federation is currently embroiled in the Dominion War. As the Alpha Quadrant scenes are taking place in the post-''First Contact'' era, this episode also marks the first appearance of the new black-and-gray uniforms on ''Voyager''. After the Doctor successfully stops Romulans trying to take over the ship he was aboard, the USS ''Prometheus'', with the help of the ''Prometheus'''s own EMH, the Doctor tells Starfleet that his own ship and crew are alive and well.
69	** In "Hunters" also from season 4 of ''Voyager'', the Doctor's successful mission means ''Voyager'' gets messages from home for the first time since getting stranded in the Delta Quadrant. Thus, the former Maquis crewmembers find out about the destruction of the Maquis by the Dominion/Cardassian alliance during ''Deep Space Nine''. The season 5 ''Voyager'' episode "Extreme Risk" has B'Elanna struggling with depression from losing her friends in the Maquis.
70	** The season 6 ''Voyager'' episode "Pathfinder", Barclay returns, this time heading a project aimed at establishing a permanent means of interstellar communication with ''Voyager''. During one scene, Barclay speaks with TNG's Deanna Troi.
71	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' interacted so much during their respective fourth and first seasons that watching them in concert is almost a necessity to understand what's going on in either. This would continue to a lesser degree in later seasons; in particular season four of ''Angel'' had several hints about the events of ''Buffy'''s seventh (and final) season.
72	* There is ContinuityOverlap between the last seasons of ''Series/StargateSG1'' and the start of ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', as well as between the end of the fourth season of ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' and the ''Film/StargateContinuum'' movie.
73	* The new series of ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' and ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' have the occasional continuation between them. For example, the Sontaran invasion in ''Doctor Who'' leads to a stranded Sontaran soldier in ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''.
74	* Bryan Fuller's works -- ''Series/DeadLikeMe'', ''Series/PushingDaisies'' and ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}'' -- are all apparently set in the same universe. ''Pushing Daisies'' and ''Wonderfalls'' share a character (a one-timer) and ''Pushing Daisies'' also refers to Happy Time Temp Agency, which is where George worked in ''Dead Like Me''.
75	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'', ''Series/{{Mad About You}}'' and ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'' are all in the same universe, although they don't have a major impact on one another, just cameos by characters in each work.
76	** ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' also exists in this universe (Paul Buchman was the original owner of Kramer's apartment), which is weird because George's fiancee, Susan, enjoys watching ''Series/MadAboutYou''.
77	* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' hosted the PoorlyDisguisedPilot of ''Series/CSIMiami'', which in turn launched ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', so the teams exist in the same universe, and even a killer that was featured first in Miami was caught in the NY show. Later, Langston followed a trail from Vegas to Miami to New York and back home before he found who he was looking for. In New York's final season, Mac goes to Vegas to surprise his girlfriend, only to discover she's been kidnapped. He and DB end up searching for her back in NYC.
78	* Similarly, ''Series/{{JAG}}'' spawned ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' which spawned ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' and ''Series/NCISNewOrleans''.
79	** ''Series/{{JAG}}'' had the fewest crossovers into the other series; other than the PoorlyDisguisedPilot, there was one minor cross-over of a JAG lawyer appearing on NCIS.
80	** ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'' seems to ''invite'' a lot of crossovers, with no fewer than five major ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' characters appearing in the first three episodes alone.
81	** Abby Sciuto and Tony [=DiNozzo=] are the only characters to appear on all four shows.
82	* The entire ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' universe, with guest appearances by many actors on other shows.
83	** ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' had a few cross over episodes with ''Law & Order''.
84	** Detective JustForFun/JohnMunch (Richard Belzer) started out on ''Homicide'' -- and has also played the character in no less than eight different shows, for at least four different networks.
85	*** and he appeared in [[Film/AVeryBradySequel the Brady Bunch sequel]].
86	* The Creator/{{Syfy}} Channel's played this game, with crossovers between ''Series/{{Eureka}}'', ''Series/Warehouse13'', and ''Series/{{Alphas}}''.
87	** This requires some mental gymnastics for the latter two, as they have vaguely similar premises of 'find weird things happening, investigate weird things, deal with weird things', only one had the weird things caused by objects and the other by people. FridgeLogic kicks in when you realize that the cause of the weirdness is not always (or even usually) immediately apparent, so by all rights the two casts should run into each other on a semi-weekly basis.
88	* When Bobby Ewing was killed off on ''Series/{{Dallas}}'', it was mentioned in SpinOff ''Series/KnotsLanding'', and Gary Ewing named his newborn son after his late brother. After the infamous ''AllJustADream'' ResetButton that brought Bobby back, ''Knots Landing'' stopped referencing its parent show.
89	* The ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' brings up a few of these. Crossovers between the shows are paired (''Series/{{Arrow}}'' characters show up on ''[[Series/TheFlash2014 The Flash]]'' the same week that ''Flash'' characters show up on ''Arrow''), and as such the first crossover tends to lead into the second. There is also a notable case with Deathbolt, a VillainOfTheWeek on ''Arrow'' who was locked up in Star Labs: a later episode of Flash made heavy use of him, with no explanation of where he came from.
90	** After Barry's meddling with the timeline at the beginning of ''The Flash'''s third season, he visited Felicity to explain himself and inform her that Diggle and Lyla's sohn John Jr had replaced their child in the previous timeline, Sara. But this happens on an episode of ''The Flash'', so ''Arrow'' viewers wouldn't know why Diggle and Lyla have a different baby. Eventually the couple themselves find out during the later [[Series/Invasion2016 crossover event]], technically still in an episode of ''The Flash'', but at least during a time where ''Arrow'' viewers are probably tuning in.
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94	* For most of his Wrestling/RingOfHonor career, Chris Sabin did very little in the company itself and was most significant for his feuds with Wrestling/AJStyles in Wrestling/{{N\|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA[=-=]Wrestling/{{TNA}}. Similarly, his conspiracy with Alex Shelley against the Knights Of The Rising Dawn and boasts that they innovated the junior heavyweight style make little sense in the context of ROH itself, as it doesn't even have weight classes but makes perfect sense in the context of their Wrestling/{{New Japan\|ProWrestling}} run. Despite Sabin's betrayal of them in ROH, Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels and Wrestling/FrankieKazarian hated Wrestling/TheYoungBucks more over an event two years ago in Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla. In turn, most of Erik Stevens's run in Full Impact Pro would be uneventful if not for his FIP title defenses in ROH and War Machine received a shot at the GHC Heavyweight TagTeam Champions Killer Elite Squad based on their ROH exploits rather than anything they ever did in [[Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH NOAH]].
95	* Vanessa Kraven had never interacted with Jessicka Havok in SHINE prior to show 28 but called her out in the lead up over a year's past encounter in Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}. Cherry Bomb was the first wrestler in SHIMMER to lose to Wrestling/CandiceLeRae but volume 80 revealed Bomb was more upset about the collar bone [=LeRae=] had broken at a Wrestling/{{WSU}} event.[[/folder]]
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98	* All of Volition's games take place in the same continuity, where the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series serves as a prequel to the ''VideoGame/RedFaction'' series, taking place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture. Volition no longer have the rights to the ''VideoGame/FreeSpace'' series, but a "Subach Industries" shows up in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'', referencing the Subach-Innes corporation from the former.
99	* Valve's ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' and ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' videogame series canonically exist in the same universe.
100	** ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' was introduced in the "Orange Box" compilation as a GaidenGame borrowing elements of the ''Half-Life'' universe -- specifically, it mentions Black Mesa as a competitor to Aperture Science for government funding, and WordOfGod says that [=GLaDOS=] awakening and subsequently [[AIIsACrapshoot going berserk]] coincided with the Combine invasion of Earth, preventing the scientists from getting help.
101	** ''VideoGame/HalfLife2: Episode 2'', for its part, introduces a ship called the Borealis as a major plot element; said ship was built by Aperture as part of an early teleportation experiment and "vanished, along with part of the dry-dock".
102	** ''VideoGame/Portal2'' continues the gag with an EasterEgg where you actually find the other part of the dry-dock, complete with a life preserver labeled "Borealis", and Cave Johnson directly mentions Black Mesa in the [[PosthumousCharacter pre-recorded messages]] you find in Old Aperture.
103	* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', and ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'' are all in the same universe. Several characters from ''Final Fight'' have become a regular part of ''Street Fighter'', most notably Cody, Guy, and Rolento, and Sakura was playable in the first ''Rival Schools''. Since ''VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters'' is in the Final Fight timeline (Haggar is in the cast, and canonically it's what he did before he became mayor), that puts it in the same setting as well.
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107	* ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'''s Junpei has shown up in ''Webcomic/{{Applegeeks}}'', and they cross over from time to time. Mostly though, they stay apart, mainly because one set of characters in in Japan and the other is in America. Plus, time passes much slower in ''Megatokyo'' than in ''Applegeeks''.
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111	* Almost all of the Literature/WhateleyUniverse stories take place among a small group of kids who go to [[SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy]] together, so there's phenomenal amounts of Continuity Overlap, to the point that it looks like the authors have to coordinate character schedules down to the day.
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115	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'' was part of a multimedia project, now part of ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', depicting events following ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''. Much like what would later be done in the film ''Film/RogueOne'', its third and final season was made to lead straight into ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', featuring events which formed that movie's OpeningScroll. This was eventually overwritten by ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.
116	* Following the cancellation of ''The Clone Wars'', ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' started off five years prior to ''Film/ANewHope'' and caught up with characters from the former series, calling back to events which were to be shown in the then unproduced series finale. ''Rogue One'', which aired in the middle of the third season of ''Rebels'', led straight into ''A New Hope'' timeline-wise, and even included a character who originated in ''The Clone Wars'', confirmed the continuing presence of the show's CoolShip and two of its main characters. Ultimately, the fourth and final season, while coming to a close before ''Rogue One'', provided some {{Call Forward}}s to that movie, most notably the return of the aforementioned character from ''The Clone Wars''. In addition, a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue caught up with the surviving protagonists following ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', while [[SequelHook setting up a search for one who went missing]].
117	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'' starts off some six months prior to ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', catching up by the time of its first season finale. ''The Force Awakens'' was followed immediately by ''Film/TheLastJedi'' timeline-wise, and so the heroes of ''Resistance'' come across the aftermath of the battle which opened the latter movie early on in their second and final season. Finally, ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', released prior to the series finale of ''Resistance'' which of course ended with the gang living to fight another day, confirms that their ships joined in TheCavalry for the [[FinalBattle Battle of Exegol]], with the novelization counting their characters amongst the comm chatter.
118	* Having been UnCancelled after some years, ''The Clone Wars'' was granted a final season which at last shown the battle which had been mentioned in ''Rebels''. In addition, it featured cameos from a couple of ''Rebels'' characters, plus a villain from the film ''Film/{{Solo}}''.
119	* Both the final arc of ''The Clone Wars'' and the opening of SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'' take place concurrently to the galaxy-shaking events of ''Revenge of the Sith'', most notably [[ThePurge Order 66]].
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Context Main / ContinuityOverlap