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Based on combined information from multiple sources, the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope can be determined to span five days:
- A New Hope establishes that two nights pass between the Star Destroyer Devastator's capture of Princess Leia Organa's Tantive IV over Tatooine and the deaths of Owen and Beru Lars
- Day 3 ends with Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi spending the night in the Tatooine city of Bestine following the Lars murders, according to The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Day 4, which begins with Skywalker and Kenobi traveling to Mos Eisley and meeting Han Solo, according to The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi, encompasses the rescue of Princess Leia aboard the Death Star as well as the group's arrival on Yavin 4, according to the Star Wars radio drama, and ends with General Jan Dodonna going to sleep while preparing for the following day's assault on the Death Star, according to The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook
- Day 5 begins with Dodonna waking and discovering the thermal exhaust port weakness in the Death Star plans, according to The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook, and ends with the Battle of Yavin, thus concluding the film, according to A New Hope
Given that The Essential Atlas establishes that the events of A New Hope begin on 35:3:3, the Battle of Yavin therefore takes place on 35:3:7.