EDITOR'S NOTE: All dates given on Great Resynchronization calendar. The Essential Guides do not recognize the Imperial calendar.
ADMIN NOTE: The bold red text below is to indicate that the information so designated is not widely known. This is supposed to be an in-character perspective... but I figured with tweaking the end of ROTS, you as players needed to be informed of all changes to the films. But that's not actually a part of this in-character document, and it is certainly not widely known information.
Table of Contents
1. The Old Republic
2. The Imperial Period
3. The Alliance Era
4. Updates
Essential Guide to History
Essential Guide to History
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The Old Republic
Early Republic
25,018:3:19 BrS - The Galactic Republic is established by the Core Founders with the signing of the Galactic Constitution
24,465 BrS - The First Great Schism, between the Jedi Order and the Legions of Lettow, under the command of Xendor, begins
23,965 BrS - The Tionese War between the Republic and the Honorable Union of Desevero & Tion begins
23,865 BrS - The Tionese War ends after Desevro is sterilized by the Republic. The remaining worlds of the Union surrender and join the Republic
c.22,750 BrS - Illum is discovered
c.21,950 BrS - Nubia is settled.
c.20,000 BrS - The Republic's Expansionist era ends with most of the Inner Rim and Colonies settled. The Great Manifest period begins.
18,7545 BrS - The Shawken Spire is destroyed.
16983 BrS: The First Alsakan Conflict erupts between Coruscant and Alsakan.
16631 BrS: Pressured by the Bureau of Ships and Services, Alsakan and Coruscant make peace.
c.16,150 BrS: The Second Alsakan Conflict begins.
15,465 BrS: The Duinuogwuin Contention.
c. 15,365 BrS: The Second Alsakan Conflict ends.
c. 14,965 BrS: The Hutt Cataclysms come to an end; the Hutts relocate to Evocar (modern: Nal Hutta). Indecta Era ends, Kymoodon Era begins.
c. 14,800 BrS: The short but bloody Aqualish-Corellian War.
14,708 BrS: The Herglic Crush destroys the Caliginous Automaton of Tomo-Reth.
c. 14,450 BrS: Third Alsakan Conflict begins.
14,415 BrS: The Cleansing of Rucapar, a Republic victory over the Alsakani.
14,265 BrS: The Third Alsakan Conflict ends.
c. 13,750 - c. 13,150 BrS: Fourth Alsakan Conflict.
c. 13,000 - c. 12650 BrS: Fifth Alsakan Conflict.
The Pius Dea Era
11962 BrS: Supreme Chancellor Contispex I is elected, ushering the Pius Dea Era.
11,930 BrS: The First Pius Dea Crusade against the Hutts launches with Contispex's infamous cry of, "The Goddess wills it!"
11,898 BrS: The Jedi Order cuts all ties with the Republic in the wake of the first three Pius Dea crusades. Termed the Recusal, most of the Jedi retreat to Ossus.
c. 11,785 BrS: The Sixth Alsakan Conflict sees the Alsakani, Duros, Herglics, and Hutts battle the Pius Dea-controlled Republic.
11,673 BrS: The Twelve Kingdoms Era in the Tapani Sector begins.
c. 11,050 BrS: The Core Inquisitions begin, followed by the Colonies Inquisitions.
10,965 BrS: Republic rocket jumpers first deploy in the Thirty-Ninth Crusade.
10,932 BrS: The Seventh Alsakan Conflict, also known as The Renunciation, breaks out. Republic forces split from within as Renunciates, operating in secret for years, unite with the Alsakani, Caamasi, and Jedi.
10,931 BrS: The Pius Dea dynasty ends as the Bureau of Ships and Services sabotages the navicomputers of Pius Dea cathedral ships, causing them to randomly jump into hyperspace, followed by the Battle of Uquine, where the Renunciate fleet destroyed the remaning Pius Dea vessels and captured Supreme Chancellor Contispex XIX. Jedi Grand Master Biel Ductavis assumes the Chancellorship.
Rebuilding the Republic
10,018 BrS: Vicendi creates his list of the Twenty Wonders of the Galaxy for the Arturum Galactinum.
c.10,000 BrS: The Kumauri Empire engages the Republic. Few records survive, but it is known that the Kumauri employed battleships with asteroid-firing mass drivers for planetary bombardment.
9400s BrS: Planetary shields see general deployment.
9200s BrS: Deployment of planetary turbolasers becomes widespread.
8965 BrS: The Rianitus Period begins.
8,195 BrS: Clak'Dor I is consumed by its star, Colu.
7,776 BrS: The Waymancy Storm.
7293 BrS: Shey Tapani founds the Tapani Empire.
6968 BrS: The Second Great Schism sees several heretic Jedi break away from the Order.
6965 BrS: The Hundred Years' Darkness begins, marking the beginning of the Manderon Period.
6865 BrS: The Hundred Years' Darkness ends with a Jedi victory at the Battle of Corbos. The heretics are exiled from the Republic, and later discover the Sith homeworld of Korriban.
6700s BrS: The Mandalorians, united for over two centuries by rulers claiming the title of Mandalore, wipe out the Fenelar.
6100s BrS: The Mandalorians exterminate the Tlönians after scorching much of the planet's surface.
c. 5450 BrS: The Rimma Trade Route and Corellian Trade Spine are established, greatly expanding trade and exploration of the Galaxy.
5416 BrS: Mandalorian raiders attack several Republic settlements in what becomes known as the Pathandr Fury.
c. 5100 BrS: The Mandalorians instigate the Nakat Incursions border conflict.
The Old Sith Wars
4975 BrS: Newly-crowned Empress Teta begins the Unification Wars to bind all seven worlds of the Koros system to her dominion.
4965 BrS: The Unification Wars end. However, the Great Hyperspace War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith breaks out, with the Republic ultimately victorious but at very high cost. Supreme Chancellor Pultimo orders Republic forces to annihilate the remains of the Sith Empire in the wake of the war.
4765 BrS: The Gank Massacres begin; the Porporites are driven into extinction by Gank mercenaries after the Porporites go insane from exposure to spice.
4740 BrS: The Gank Massacres end with Republic Juggernaut war droids backing up Jedi Knights.
4365 BrS: Former Jedi Freedon Nadd establishes himself as king of Onderon. It has been suggested that he was influenced by ancient Sith teachings.
4215 BrS: The Third Great Schism sees Jedi battling a new wave of heretics on Coruscant. After being driven back, the apostate Jedi attempt to activate the Cosmic Turbine, destroying themselves and the entire Vultar system.
c. 4100 BrS: Navicomputers are miniaturized to where they can be installed on starships instead of jump beacons. The jump beacon networks quickly become obsolete. Bacta is discovered on Thyferra, starting to compete with the leading healing agent of the time, kolto.
4017 BrS: Civil war between Tarisian nobility and the largely non-human lower classes wracks the planet in the wake of widespread famine. Millions died before the nobles crushed the revolutionaries.
3989-3986 BrS: The Nevoota Extinction. Mandalorian raiders attacked the planet Nevoota, and in a three-year struggle, completely wipe out the native insectoid population.
3985 BrS: Kashyyyk is discovered by the Czerka Corporation. They attempt to rename the planet Edean and enslave the local Wookiees.
3980 BrS: The Great Droid Revolution grips the galaxy in chaos for three months before being put down by the Jedi.
3972 BrS: The Quesaya Border Conflict eventually draws in the Republic. Rocket jumpers played a key role in ending the bloodshed.
3965 BrS: The Great Sith War begins. The Beast Wars on Onderon end with the marriage of Princess Galia and Beast Lord Oron Kira.
3962 BrS: The Krath Holy Crusade starts.
3961 BrS: The Holy Crusade ends. Exar Kun murders Supreme Chancellor Sidrona on the floor of the Senate. Kun is later destroyed on Yavin 4, and remaining holdouts in the Empress Teta (formerly Koros) system are attacked and routed.
3941 BrS: The Mandalorian Wars begin with the Battle of Althir.
3938 BrS: Cathar is sacked and the Cathar people are nearly driven to extinction by the Mandalorians.
3935 BrS: The Kanz Disorders begin.
3928 BrS: Serroco's cities are destroyed by Mandalorian nuclear bombardment.
3925 BrS: The Mandalorian Wars end when Mandalor is killed by the Jedi Revan at Malachor V.
3924 BrS: Revan's forces turn on the Republic. Revan declares himself Dark Lord of the Sith in command of a new Sith Empire.
3923 BrS: Telos IV is heavily bombarded by Sith forces. The surface will require many years of intensive terraforming to recover.
3922 BrS: Darth Revan is captured--and believed killed at the time--by a Jedi strike team.
3921 BrS: Taris is bombarded from orbit, destroying the megacity that covered much of the surface. Revan aids the Republic in crippling the Sith Empire, and kills his former apprentice Darth Malak aboard the Empire's superweapon shortly before its destruction. The Jedi Civil War ends. The Sith Civil War begins. EDITOR'S NOTE: Some suggest that Revan had been mind-wiped and was unaware of his nature as the former Dark Lord of the Sith until the last days of the war. For completeness, this theory has been noted, but is in no way endorsed by the publishers or professional historical researchers of the Essential Guides.
3,917 BrS: Katarr is completely stripped of life in the midst of a Jedi Conclave.
3915 BrS: The Sith Civil War ends. Peragus and Malachor V are destroyed.
Interbellum
3915 BrS: Naboo is first discovered by scouts from Grizmallt.
3911 BrS: Sixteen planets under control of G0-T0 series droids secede from the Republic. They are promptly retaken by the Republic.
3,665 BrS: The Hydian Way is discovered by Freia Kallea.
3635 BrS: The Kanz Disorders end.
3065 BrS: The Hapan Consortium seals its borders to the rest of the Galaxy.
2982 BrS: The Seventeenth Alsakan Conflict. This marks the last time Alsakan made a bid for galactic control.
The New Sith Wars
1965 BrS: A Jedi Master and his followers spark the Fourth Great Schism. The Master takes the title of Darth Ruin, founding a new Sith Empire before his followers assassinate him. The New Sith Wars begin. The Republic Army is dissolved. Start of the Draggulch Period.
c. 1350 BrS: The last non-Jedi Supreme Chancellor until Tarsus Valorum finishes her term.
c. 1215 - 1195 BrS: The Sictis Wars.
1065 BrS: The Republic Dark Age begins.
975 BrS: The Sith Empire falls in civil war, with the Brotherhood of Darkness emerging victorious. The Light and Darkness War between Jedi Lords and Sith begins.
967 BrS: Ruusan Campaign begins the endgame for the war.
965 BrS: The Seventh Battle of Ruusan sees the Sith wiped out, with Republic forces under Jedi command taking heavy losses but winning a decisive victory. Shortly after, Tarsus Valorum enacts the Ruusan Reformations. The Jedi are removed from military command, with the Judicials becoming the Republic's pan-galactic response force while Planetary Security Forces are expected to provide for the defense of individual planets. Senate representation changes, with the galaxy divided into 1,024 sectors. The Republic Dark Age ends, and the Golden Age of the Old Republic begins.
The Fall of the Republic
The Antebellum Buildup
11 BrS: The Stark Hyperspace War embroils the Republic in a sharp, short conflict with the Stark Combine. Noted Militarist firebrand, Senator Ranulph Tarkin, was killed in the fighting.
3:3:12 BrS: The Trade Federation, in response to taxes and fees levied in free trade zones, blockades Naboo.
3:4:14 BrS: The Trade Federation invades Naboo with its droid army. The Senate's lethargic response a few days later results in a Vote of No Confidence in Supreme Chancellor Finnis Valorum, paving the way for Palpatine's ascendency.
3:4:32 BrS: An order is placed with Kaminoan cloners for a Grand Army of the Republic. Despite Imperial propaganda suggesting this was done by a Jedi, and though corroborated by Republic records, it is worth noting that the records could easily have been altered.
0:1:1: The Great Resynchronization Calendar goes into effect, replacing the Ruusan calendar on Coruscant and several core worlds, and countless planetary calendars throughout the Republic.
The Clone Wars
7:5:5: The Battle of Geonosis opens the Clone Wars. Republic clones from Kamino rescue a Jedi strike force sent to detain Separatist leader Count Dooku and rescue several Jedi investigating assassination attempts against a prominent anti-military Senator. The Senator herself was rescued from the Geonosian execution arenas as well.
The Clone Wars rage across the galaxy for over eight years, at a staggering cost in credits and sentient beings. For most of the war, neither side seems to gain a decisive edge, with any short-term gains often being squandered or lost.
15:5:20: The Battle of Coruscant sees Chancellor Palpatine kidnapped by and then rescued from General Grievous and Count Dooku. Dooku is killed in the battle.
15:5:22: Chancellor Palpatine activates an emergency contingency order, claiming the Jedi had turned on the Republic. Clone troopers everywhere cut down their Jedi comrades, snuffing out the protectors of peace and justice for over a thousand generations.
Early Republic
25,018:3:19 BrS - The Galactic Republic is established by the Core Founders with the signing of the Galactic Constitution
24,465 BrS - The First Great Schism, between the Jedi Order and the Legions of Lettow, under the command of Xendor, begins
23,965 BrS - The Tionese War between the Republic and the Honorable Union of Desevero & Tion begins
23,865 BrS - The Tionese War ends after Desevro is sterilized by the Republic. The remaining worlds of the Union surrender and join the Republic
c.22,750 BrS - Illum is discovered
c.21,950 BrS - Nubia is settled.
c.20,000 BrS - The Republic's Expansionist era ends with most of the Inner Rim and Colonies settled. The Great Manifest period begins.
18,7545 BrS - The Shawken Spire is destroyed.
16983 BrS: The First Alsakan Conflict erupts between Coruscant and Alsakan.
16631 BrS: Pressured by the Bureau of Ships and Services, Alsakan and Coruscant make peace.
c.16,150 BrS: The Second Alsakan Conflict begins.
15,465 BrS: The Duinuogwuin Contention.
c. 15,365 BrS: The Second Alsakan Conflict ends.
c. 14,965 BrS: The Hutt Cataclysms come to an end; the Hutts relocate to Evocar (modern: Nal Hutta). Indecta Era ends, Kymoodon Era begins.
c. 14,800 BrS: The short but bloody Aqualish-Corellian War.
14,708 BrS: The Herglic Crush destroys the Caliginous Automaton of Tomo-Reth.
c. 14,450 BrS: Third Alsakan Conflict begins.
14,415 BrS: The Cleansing of Rucapar, a Republic victory over the Alsakani.
14,265 BrS: The Third Alsakan Conflict ends.
c. 13,750 - c. 13,150 BrS: Fourth Alsakan Conflict.
c. 13,000 - c. 12650 BrS: Fifth Alsakan Conflict.
The Pius Dea Era
11962 BrS: Supreme Chancellor Contispex I is elected, ushering the Pius Dea Era.
11,930 BrS: The First Pius Dea Crusade against the Hutts launches with Contispex's infamous cry of, "The Goddess wills it!"
11,898 BrS: The Jedi Order cuts all ties with the Republic in the wake of the first three Pius Dea crusades. Termed the Recusal, most of the Jedi retreat to Ossus.
c. 11,785 BrS: The Sixth Alsakan Conflict sees the Alsakani, Duros, Herglics, and Hutts battle the Pius Dea-controlled Republic.
11,673 BrS: The Twelve Kingdoms Era in the Tapani Sector begins.
c. 11,050 BrS: The Core Inquisitions begin, followed by the Colonies Inquisitions.
10,965 BrS: Republic rocket jumpers first deploy in the Thirty-Ninth Crusade.
10,932 BrS: The Seventh Alsakan Conflict, also known as The Renunciation, breaks out. Republic forces split from within as Renunciates, operating in secret for years, unite with the Alsakani, Caamasi, and Jedi.
10,931 BrS: The Pius Dea dynasty ends as the Bureau of Ships and Services sabotages the navicomputers of Pius Dea cathedral ships, causing them to randomly jump into hyperspace, followed by the Battle of Uquine, where the Renunciate fleet destroyed the remaning Pius Dea vessels and captured Supreme Chancellor Contispex XIX. Jedi Grand Master Biel Ductavis assumes the Chancellorship.
Rebuilding the Republic
10,018 BrS: Vicendi creates his list of the Twenty Wonders of the Galaxy for the Arturum Galactinum.
c.10,000 BrS: The Kumauri Empire engages the Republic. Few records survive, but it is known that the Kumauri employed battleships with asteroid-firing mass drivers for planetary bombardment.
9400s BrS: Planetary shields see general deployment.
9200s BrS: Deployment of planetary turbolasers becomes widespread.
8965 BrS: The Rianitus Period begins.
8,195 BrS: Clak'Dor I is consumed by its star, Colu.
7,776 BrS: The Waymancy Storm.
7293 BrS: Shey Tapani founds the Tapani Empire.
6968 BrS: The Second Great Schism sees several heretic Jedi break away from the Order.
6965 BrS: The Hundred Years' Darkness begins, marking the beginning of the Manderon Period.
6865 BrS: The Hundred Years' Darkness ends with a Jedi victory at the Battle of Corbos. The heretics are exiled from the Republic, and later discover the Sith homeworld of Korriban.
6700s BrS: The Mandalorians, united for over two centuries by rulers claiming the title of Mandalore, wipe out the Fenelar.
6100s BrS: The Mandalorians exterminate the Tlönians after scorching much of the planet's surface.
c. 5450 BrS: The Rimma Trade Route and Corellian Trade Spine are established, greatly expanding trade and exploration of the Galaxy.
5416 BrS: Mandalorian raiders attack several Republic settlements in what becomes known as the Pathandr Fury.
c. 5100 BrS: The Mandalorians instigate the Nakat Incursions border conflict.
The Old Sith Wars
4975 BrS: Newly-crowned Empress Teta begins the Unification Wars to bind all seven worlds of the Koros system to her dominion.
4965 BrS: The Unification Wars end. However, the Great Hyperspace War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith breaks out, with the Republic ultimately victorious but at very high cost. Supreme Chancellor Pultimo orders Republic forces to annihilate the remains of the Sith Empire in the wake of the war.
4765 BrS: The Gank Massacres begin; the Porporites are driven into extinction by Gank mercenaries after the Porporites go insane from exposure to spice.
4740 BrS: The Gank Massacres end with Republic Juggernaut war droids backing up Jedi Knights.
4365 BrS: Former Jedi Freedon Nadd establishes himself as king of Onderon. It has been suggested that he was influenced by ancient Sith teachings.
4215 BrS: The Third Great Schism sees Jedi battling a new wave of heretics on Coruscant. After being driven back, the apostate Jedi attempt to activate the Cosmic Turbine, destroying themselves and the entire Vultar system.
c. 4100 BrS: Navicomputers are miniaturized to where they can be installed on starships instead of jump beacons. The jump beacon networks quickly become obsolete. Bacta is discovered on Thyferra, starting to compete with the leading healing agent of the time, kolto.
4017 BrS: Civil war between Tarisian nobility and the largely non-human lower classes wracks the planet in the wake of widespread famine. Millions died before the nobles crushed the revolutionaries.
3989-3986 BrS: The Nevoota Extinction. Mandalorian raiders attacked the planet Nevoota, and in a three-year struggle, completely wipe out the native insectoid population.
3985 BrS: Kashyyyk is discovered by the Czerka Corporation. They attempt to rename the planet Edean and enslave the local Wookiees.
3980 BrS: The Great Droid Revolution grips the galaxy in chaos for three months before being put down by the Jedi.
3972 BrS: The Quesaya Border Conflict eventually draws in the Republic. Rocket jumpers played a key role in ending the bloodshed.
3965 BrS: The Great Sith War begins. The Beast Wars on Onderon end with the marriage of Princess Galia and Beast Lord Oron Kira.
3962 BrS: The Krath Holy Crusade starts.
3961 BrS: The Holy Crusade ends. Exar Kun murders Supreme Chancellor Sidrona on the floor of the Senate. Kun is later destroyed on Yavin 4, and remaining holdouts in the Empress Teta (formerly Koros) system are attacked and routed.
3941 BrS: The Mandalorian Wars begin with the Battle of Althir.
3938 BrS: Cathar is sacked and the Cathar people are nearly driven to extinction by the Mandalorians.
3935 BrS: The Kanz Disorders begin.
3928 BrS: Serroco's cities are destroyed by Mandalorian nuclear bombardment.
3925 BrS: The Mandalorian Wars end when Mandalor is killed by the Jedi Revan at Malachor V.
3924 BrS: Revan's forces turn on the Republic. Revan declares himself Dark Lord of the Sith in command of a new Sith Empire.
3923 BrS: Telos IV is heavily bombarded by Sith forces. The surface will require many years of intensive terraforming to recover.
3922 BrS: Darth Revan is captured--and believed killed at the time--by a Jedi strike team.
3921 BrS: Taris is bombarded from orbit, destroying the megacity that covered much of the surface. Revan aids the Republic in crippling the Sith Empire, and kills his former apprentice Darth Malak aboard the Empire's superweapon shortly before its destruction. The Jedi Civil War ends. The Sith Civil War begins. EDITOR'S NOTE: Some suggest that Revan had been mind-wiped and was unaware of his nature as the former Dark Lord of the Sith until the last days of the war. For completeness, this theory has been noted, but is in no way endorsed by the publishers or professional historical researchers of the Essential Guides.
3,917 BrS: Katarr is completely stripped of life in the midst of a Jedi Conclave.
3915 BrS: The Sith Civil War ends. Peragus and Malachor V are destroyed.
Interbellum
3915 BrS: Naboo is first discovered by scouts from Grizmallt.
3911 BrS: Sixteen planets under control of G0-T0 series droids secede from the Republic. They are promptly retaken by the Republic.
3,665 BrS: The Hydian Way is discovered by Freia Kallea.
3635 BrS: The Kanz Disorders end.
3065 BrS: The Hapan Consortium seals its borders to the rest of the Galaxy.
2982 BrS: The Seventeenth Alsakan Conflict. This marks the last time Alsakan made a bid for galactic control.
The New Sith Wars
1965 BrS: A Jedi Master and his followers spark the Fourth Great Schism. The Master takes the title of Darth Ruin, founding a new Sith Empire before his followers assassinate him. The New Sith Wars begin. The Republic Army is dissolved. Start of the Draggulch Period.
c. 1350 BrS: The last non-Jedi Supreme Chancellor until Tarsus Valorum finishes her term.
c. 1215 - 1195 BrS: The Sictis Wars.
1065 BrS: The Republic Dark Age begins.
975 BrS: The Sith Empire falls in civil war, with the Brotherhood of Darkness emerging victorious. The Light and Darkness War between Jedi Lords and Sith begins.
967 BrS: Ruusan Campaign begins the endgame for the war.
965 BrS: The Seventh Battle of Ruusan sees the Sith wiped out, with Republic forces under Jedi command taking heavy losses but winning a decisive victory. Shortly after, Tarsus Valorum enacts the Ruusan Reformations. The Jedi are removed from military command, with the Judicials becoming the Republic's pan-galactic response force while Planetary Security Forces are expected to provide for the defense of individual planets. Senate representation changes, with the galaxy divided into 1,024 sectors. The Republic Dark Age ends, and the Golden Age of the Old Republic begins.
The Fall of the Republic
The Antebellum Buildup
11 BrS: The Stark Hyperspace War embroils the Republic in a sharp, short conflict with the Stark Combine. Noted Militarist firebrand, Senator Ranulph Tarkin, was killed in the fighting.
3:3:12 BrS: The Trade Federation, in response to taxes and fees levied in free trade zones, blockades Naboo.
3:4:14 BrS: The Trade Federation invades Naboo with its droid army. The Senate's lethargic response a few days later results in a Vote of No Confidence in Supreme Chancellor Finnis Valorum, paving the way for Palpatine's ascendency.
3:4:32 BrS: An order is placed with Kaminoan cloners for a Grand Army of the Republic. Despite Imperial propaganda suggesting this was done by a Jedi, and though corroborated by Republic records, it is worth noting that the records could easily have been altered.
0:1:1: The Great Resynchronization Calendar goes into effect, replacing the Ruusan calendar on Coruscant and several core worlds, and countless planetary calendars throughout the Republic.
The Clone Wars
7:5:5: The Battle of Geonosis opens the Clone Wars. Republic clones from Kamino rescue a Jedi strike force sent to detain Separatist leader Count Dooku and rescue several Jedi investigating assassination attempts against a prominent anti-military Senator. The Senator herself was rescued from the Geonosian execution arenas as well.
The Clone Wars rage across the galaxy for over eight years, at a staggering cost in credits and sentient beings. For most of the war, neither side seems to gain a decisive edge, with any short-term gains often being squandered or lost.
15:5:20: The Battle of Coruscant sees Chancellor Palpatine kidnapped by and then rescued from General Grievous and Count Dooku. Dooku is killed in the battle.
15:5:22: Chancellor Palpatine activates an emergency contingency order, claiming the Jedi had turned on the Republic. Clone troopers everywhere cut down their Jedi comrades, snuffing out the protectors of peace and justice for over a thousand generations.
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The Rise of the Empire
15:5:23: In a speech before the Senate, a disfigured Palpatine presents his wounds and audio evidence of an attempted Jedi assassination plot. The Senate creates Palpatine as the first Galactic Emperor. Shortly after, the droid armies of the Separatists shut down and the Clone Wars are declared to be at an end.
During the special session of the Senate, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Grand Master Yoda battle to the Jedi Temple and shut down a homing signal intended to lure the remaining Jedi into a trap. The two Jedi learn of Anakin Skywalker's betrayal and coronation as Darth Vader, and plot to destroy the Sith and save the Republic. Yoda later attempts to assassinate Palpatine in his offices, but is driven back. Kenobi was unable to determine Anakin's location until the newly-anointed Sith had returned to Coruscant from Mustafar.
16:5:23: Obi-Wan Kenobi lures Darth Vader--formerly Anakin Skywalker--to the Mustafar facility where the latter had murdered the entire Separatist Council. Unfortunately, Anakin is followed by his pregnant wife, Senator Padme Amidala. Not realizing Padme's presence until it's too late, Obi-Wan reveals his survival of Order 66 and presence on the planet to Anakin. Thinking he's been betrayed by his wife, Anakin throttles Padme into unconsciousness before engaging Kenobi in a fierce lightsaber duel. Skywalker loses both legs and his left arm before being severely burned. Kenobi fled the planet with Padme, who had gone into labor.
16:5:24: Delivering her to Polis Massa, he again confronted Yoda. It was decided that her eldest child, Luke, could not be on Coruscant with Padme: the Emperor would surely sense the offspring of his seemingly-late apprentice and seek to corrupt the youth. Amidala reluctantly agreed before having a seizure and going into a coma. During scans to determine what happened, it is discovered that Padme was carrying twins. She is successfully revived, and gives birth to baby Leia. With Obi-Wan having already departed with Luke, Padme is unable to surrender her daughter. Eventually, it is decided that she will come to Alderaan, under a new identity as one of Bail Organa's palace staff, to raise Leia.
16:6:9: The Ciutric Offensive begins, the first campaign of Imperial forces assaulting Separatist holdouts in the Outer Rim.
16:6:35: Citing continuing military operations against the Separatist holdouts, Palpatine forces an expanded spending bill through the Senate. Attached are several provisions that increase the Empire's security powers.
16:7:3: The Empire responds forcibly to the Sy Myrthian Insurrection as the Ciutric Offensive slogs on.
16:8:6 - 9:33: Forces under Grand Moff Octavian Grant destroy the last remnants of the Trade Federation Defense Force. The Trade Federation is dissolved.
17:3:26: Stormtroopers of the 501st Legion, backed by Imperial Army support units, attack the city of Theed and assassinate the fourteen-year old Queen Apailana on charges of treason and harboring Jedi. Imperial forces claimed the child queen was shot while resisting arrest.
17:4:16: The Ghorman Massacre. Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin's Victory-class Star Destroyer deliberately lands on top of peaceful activists protesting Imperial taxation. The death toll is catastrophic, but Tarkin goes unpunished.
17:4:20: The Empire launches the Listehol Campaign. Charges that the new attack on Separatist-backed slavers and pirates was intended to distract from Tarkin's atrocity on Ghorman and the assassination of Naboo's child queen are rejected. New legislation regarding "irresponsible media speculation" is passed a few days later.
17:9:1: The Noolian Crisis is formally declared, with Imperial forces attacking CIS holdouts in the Slice.
18:2:15: The Western Reaches Operation is launched, to great fanfare. Romanticized coverage ensured it would be remembered fondly by pro-Imperial groups.
19:1:1: Emperor Palpatine, in his New Years' Address, declares the "liberation" of the Outer Rim complete.
20:8:6: Padme Amidala is found out by a spy in the ranks of the palace staff. As Imperial forces come to arrest her, she hides Leia in a trunk and draws a weapon on the Imperials. She's mercilessly gunned down. Bail Organa adopts the young Leia as his own daughter after the Imperials leave. Despite dealing with the Stormtroopers who killed Amidala, Vader considers Organa the truly responsible party in her death.
21:5:3: The Empire conquers Barab I.
23:6:7: Imperial forces deploy to Kamino on a classified mission. Afterward, the Empire discontinues the initial clone lineage that fought in the Clone Wars, opting for a wider selection of genetic templates.
25:3:19: The Empire conquers the Dressellian system.
25:9:17: The Desiccation of Gholondreine-β.
27:1:1: The Stormtrooper Corps begins recruiting and conscription of naturally-born humans in lieu of being exclusively populated by clones.
28:5:4: A bioweapon outbreak on Falleen results in local Imperial forces razing a city of over two hundred thousand to contain the pathogen. There were no survivors. The city is notable for producing future Black Sun chief Xizor.
29:7:26: The Garosian Civil War ends at Imperial blasterpoint.
31:3:6: The Firrerreo Genocide.
15:5:23: In a speech before the Senate, a disfigured Palpatine presents his wounds and audio evidence of an attempted Jedi assassination plot. The Senate creates Palpatine as the first Galactic Emperor. Shortly after, the droid armies of the Separatists shut down and the Clone Wars are declared to be at an end.
During the special session of the Senate, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Grand Master Yoda battle to the Jedi Temple and shut down a homing signal intended to lure the remaining Jedi into a trap. The two Jedi learn of Anakin Skywalker's betrayal and coronation as Darth Vader, and plot to destroy the Sith and save the Republic. Yoda later attempts to assassinate Palpatine in his offices, but is driven back. Kenobi was unable to determine Anakin's location until the newly-anointed Sith had returned to Coruscant from Mustafar.
16:5:23: Obi-Wan Kenobi lures Darth Vader--formerly Anakin Skywalker--to the Mustafar facility where the latter had murdered the entire Separatist Council. Unfortunately, Anakin is followed by his pregnant wife, Senator Padme Amidala. Not realizing Padme's presence until it's too late, Obi-Wan reveals his survival of Order 66 and presence on the planet to Anakin. Thinking he's been betrayed by his wife, Anakin throttles Padme into unconsciousness before engaging Kenobi in a fierce lightsaber duel. Skywalker loses both legs and his left arm before being severely burned. Kenobi fled the planet with Padme, who had gone into labor.
16:5:24: Delivering her to Polis Massa, he again confronted Yoda. It was decided that her eldest child, Luke, could not be on Coruscant with Padme: the Emperor would surely sense the offspring of his seemingly-late apprentice and seek to corrupt the youth. Amidala reluctantly agreed before having a seizure and going into a coma. During scans to determine what happened, it is discovered that Padme was carrying twins. She is successfully revived, and gives birth to baby Leia. With Obi-Wan having already departed with Luke, Padme is unable to surrender her daughter. Eventually, it is decided that she will come to Alderaan, under a new identity as one of Bail Organa's palace staff, to raise Leia.
16:6:9: The Ciutric Offensive begins, the first campaign of Imperial forces assaulting Separatist holdouts in the Outer Rim.
16:6:35: Citing continuing military operations against the Separatist holdouts, Palpatine forces an expanded spending bill through the Senate. Attached are several provisions that increase the Empire's security powers.
16:7:3: The Empire responds forcibly to the Sy Myrthian Insurrection as the Ciutric Offensive slogs on.
16:8:6 - 9:33: Forces under Grand Moff Octavian Grant destroy the last remnants of the Trade Federation Defense Force. The Trade Federation is dissolved.
17:3:26: Stormtroopers of the 501st Legion, backed by Imperial Army support units, attack the city of Theed and assassinate the fourteen-year old Queen Apailana on charges of treason and harboring Jedi. Imperial forces claimed the child queen was shot while resisting arrest.
17:4:16: The Ghorman Massacre. Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin's Victory-class Star Destroyer deliberately lands on top of peaceful activists protesting Imperial taxation. The death toll is catastrophic, but Tarkin goes unpunished.
17:4:20: The Empire launches the Listehol Campaign. Charges that the new attack on Separatist-backed slavers and pirates was intended to distract from Tarkin's atrocity on Ghorman and the assassination of Naboo's child queen are rejected. New legislation regarding "irresponsible media speculation" is passed a few days later.
17:9:1: The Noolian Crisis is formally declared, with Imperial forces attacking CIS holdouts in the Slice.
18:2:15: The Western Reaches Operation is launched, to great fanfare. Romanticized coverage ensured it would be remembered fondly by pro-Imperial groups.
19:1:1: Emperor Palpatine, in his New Years' Address, declares the "liberation" of the Outer Rim complete.
20:8:6: Padme Amidala is found out by a spy in the ranks of the palace staff. As Imperial forces come to arrest her, she hides Leia in a trunk and draws a weapon on the Imperials. She's mercilessly gunned down. Bail Organa adopts the young Leia as his own daughter after the Imperials leave. Despite dealing with the Stormtroopers who killed Amidala, Vader considers Organa the truly responsible party in her death.
21:5:3: The Empire conquers Barab I.
23:6:7: Imperial forces deploy to Kamino on a classified mission. Afterward, the Empire discontinues the initial clone lineage that fought in the Clone Wars, opting for a wider selection of genetic templates.
25:3:19: The Empire conquers the Dressellian system.
25:9:17: The Desiccation of Gholondreine-β.
27:1:1: The Stormtrooper Corps begins recruiting and conscription of naturally-born humans in lieu of being exclusively populated by clones.
28:5:4: A bioweapon outbreak on Falleen results in local Imperial forces razing a city of over two hundred thousand to contain the pathogen. There were no survivors. The city is notable for producing future Black Sun chief Xizor.
29:7:26: The Garosian Civil War ends at Imperial blasterpoint.
31:3:6: The Firrerreo Genocide.
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Re: Essential Guide to History
The Alliance Years
Fighting for Freedom
33:6:3 - The Declaration of Rebellion is released after the Corellian Treaty is signed. The Galactic Civil War begins.
33:10:1 - Operation Domino begins with simultaneous uprisings and insurrections on Mon Calamari, Corulag, Mygeeto, Ralltiir, Krant, and numerous other worlds.
34:4:2 - Mon Calamari officially drives off occupying Imperial forces.
34:5:8 - Operation Domino is cancelled after the eradication of numerous Alliance-loyal sector forces and extreme civilian casualties from Imperial reprisal and terror raids. The Alliance adopts the stateless strategy.
35:3:5 - The Imperial Senate is dissolved by Emperor Palpatine.
35:3:7 - Alderaan is destroyed by the Death Star.
35:3:9 - The Death Star is destroyed over Yavin by Luke Skywalker.
35:3:14 - The Empire lays siege to Yavin 4.
35:9:8 - The Rebel Alliance evacuates Yavin Base and slips past the Imperial blockade.
36:2:16 - The Battle of Deep Space Besh sees the Alliance's fleet badly mauled due to traitors and spies in Alliance.
38:6:7: The Battle of Hoth. Imperial forces discovered the hidden Alliance base on the sixth planet of the system and attacked with heavy ground forces. The Alliance made a heroic fighting withdrawal and evacuation.
38:8:21 - Prince Xizor dies over Coruscant in an apparent power struggle against Darth Vader.
38:9:31: The Sepan Civil War is declared at an end by the Imperial Navy after destroying numerous ships on both sides.
39:2:33: Jabba Desilijic Tiure is killed on Tatooine.
39:3:9 - 39:3:10: The Battle of Endor. Alliance forces, upon learning of Emperor Palpatine's presence on the second Death Star over Endor, launched a two-pronged assault against the space station. Despite heavy losses and an Imperial disinformation campaign, the Alliance successfully destroyed the Emperor's station and rescued the ground team before withdrawing.
The Alliance Ascendant
39:3:12: Assault fleets heading to Mon Calamari and Chandrila break up in confusion at the destruction of the Death Star and conflicting reports of the Emperor's death. By the time Palpatine makes an address to the Empire as a whole, several officers had already broken off, some with large commands following them. Most rogue commanders are stopped, but successful breakaways fuel more attempts by ambitious officers. The Imperial Civil War begins.
39:10:35: Warlord-backed slavers and mercenaries attack Zeltros. Alliance forces hold the planet and repel the invaders.
40:5:12-5:22: The Battle of Mindor. The Alliance Rapid Reponse Force takes heavy casualties, while all forces under Cronal--also known as "Blackhole"--perish. Mindor is torn apart by solar disturbances caused by the battle.
40:9:8: Kyle Katan stops a plot by Inquisitor Jerec to find the legendary Valley of the Jedi. Jerec and his entourage are killed by Katarn. Katarn has refused to comment to the Essential Guides on where the Valley is located, or if it either real or mythical.
41:8:1-8:6: Rogue Imperial forces attempt to take Muunilinst. They fail, but cause extensive damage to the planet.
41:8:7: In response to the damage to Muunilinst, galactic markets quickly plummet. The Crash of 41 throws the Galaxy into economic chaos for over three years before a merger between the Intergalactic Banking Clan and the Corporate Sector Authority and massive economic revaluation stabilizes matters.
42:5:11: Alliance forces take Telos IV and Citadel Station, establishing it as their new capital. The assault is led by forces under General Han Solo.
44:3:3: The Battle of Coruscant. The United Warlord Fleets are utterly destroyed by Death Squadron and supporting elements of the Imperial Navy over Coruscant. The Imperial Civil War effectively ends.
45:1:20: Leia Organa of Alderaan is formally sworn in as Chief of State of the Alliance of Free Planets, succeeding Mon Mothma.
45:4:4: At Organa's direction, an Alliance fleet under Admiral Nammo attempts to invade Coruscant via Anaxes. However, they are destroyed by Imperial Navy units commanded by Fleet Admiral Daara Zend.
46 - Current Year
Fighting for Freedom
33:6:3 - The Declaration of Rebellion is released after the Corellian Treaty is signed. The Galactic Civil War begins.
33:10:1 - Operation Domino begins with simultaneous uprisings and insurrections on Mon Calamari, Corulag, Mygeeto, Ralltiir, Krant, and numerous other worlds.
34:4:2 - Mon Calamari officially drives off occupying Imperial forces.
34:5:8 - Operation Domino is cancelled after the eradication of numerous Alliance-loyal sector forces and extreme civilian casualties from Imperial reprisal and terror raids. The Alliance adopts the stateless strategy.
35:3:5 - The Imperial Senate is dissolved by Emperor Palpatine.
35:3:7 - Alderaan is destroyed by the Death Star.
35:3:9 - The Death Star is destroyed over Yavin by Luke Skywalker.
35:3:14 - The Empire lays siege to Yavin 4.
35:9:8 - The Rebel Alliance evacuates Yavin Base and slips past the Imperial blockade.
36:2:16 - The Battle of Deep Space Besh sees the Alliance's fleet badly mauled due to traitors and spies in Alliance.
38:6:7: The Battle of Hoth. Imperial forces discovered the hidden Alliance base on the sixth planet of the system and attacked with heavy ground forces. The Alliance made a heroic fighting withdrawal and evacuation.
38:8:21 - Prince Xizor dies over Coruscant in an apparent power struggle against Darth Vader.
38:9:31: The Sepan Civil War is declared at an end by the Imperial Navy after destroying numerous ships on both sides.
39:2:33: Jabba Desilijic Tiure is killed on Tatooine.
39:3:9 - 39:3:10: The Battle of Endor. Alliance forces, upon learning of Emperor Palpatine's presence on the second Death Star over Endor, launched a two-pronged assault against the space station. Despite heavy losses and an Imperial disinformation campaign, the Alliance successfully destroyed the Emperor's station and rescued the ground team before withdrawing.
The Alliance Ascendant
39:3:12: Assault fleets heading to Mon Calamari and Chandrila break up in confusion at the destruction of the Death Star and conflicting reports of the Emperor's death. By the time Palpatine makes an address to the Empire as a whole, several officers had already broken off, some with large commands following them. Most rogue commanders are stopped, but successful breakaways fuel more attempts by ambitious officers. The Imperial Civil War begins.
39:10:35: Warlord-backed slavers and mercenaries attack Zeltros. Alliance forces hold the planet and repel the invaders.
40:5:12-5:22: The Battle of Mindor. The Alliance Rapid Reponse Force takes heavy casualties, while all forces under Cronal--also known as "Blackhole"--perish. Mindor is torn apart by solar disturbances caused by the battle.
40:9:8: Kyle Katan stops a plot by Inquisitor Jerec to find the legendary Valley of the Jedi. Jerec and his entourage are killed by Katarn. Katarn has refused to comment to the Essential Guides on where the Valley is located, or if it either real or mythical.
41:8:1-8:6: Rogue Imperial forces attempt to take Muunilinst. They fail, but cause extensive damage to the planet.
41:8:7: In response to the damage to Muunilinst, galactic markets quickly plummet. The Crash of 41 throws the Galaxy into economic chaos for over three years before a merger between the Intergalactic Banking Clan and the Corporate Sector Authority and massive economic revaluation stabilizes matters.
42:5:11: Alliance forces take Telos IV and Citadel Station, establishing it as their new capital. The assault is led by forces under General Han Solo.
44:3:3: The Battle of Coruscant. The United Warlord Fleets are utterly destroyed by Death Squadron and supporting elements of the Imperial Navy over Coruscant. The Imperial Civil War effectively ends.
45:1:20: Leia Organa of Alderaan is formally sworn in as Chief of State of the Alliance of Free Planets, succeeding Mon Mothma.
45:4:4: At Organa's direction, an Alliance fleet under Admiral Nammo attempts to invade Coruscant via Anaxes. However, they are destroyed by Imperial Navy units commanded by Fleet Admiral Daara Zend.
46 - Current Year
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