Quick take
- Hawks is a former Republic officer.
- No exact in-universe date or episode placement is published.
The confirmed era
StarWars.com uses the more specific phrase “twilight of the Clone Wars” and places Hawks, a former Republic officer, at the head of an unconventional squad. This late-war frame explains the Republic, clone, Separatist, Jedi, and droid context visible in the game’s premise.
What the setting helps identify
The era tells players that the campaign belongs to the conflict before the Empire, while still allowing the game to tell an original story from a less familiar perspective. The published setup describes the squad operating in the shadows of the war against the Infinite Coil, rather than retelling the events of a named screen story.
No exact chronology published
Do not use the late-war wording to claim a precise date. The setting is useful for understanding why Clone troopers, Republic officers, Separatist forces, and Jedi fit the game, but it is not a timestamped timeline.
Checked references
Sources and verification
Facts on this page were checked against the following first-party material and named post-launch coverage.