0 ABY. The Battle of Yavin was the “line-in-the-sand” clash between the Empire and Rebellion that formally plunged the galaxy into civil war. Intended to be a military effort to destroy the DS-1 battle station (“Death Star”), it became a rallying event for worlds and forces against Imperial rule and signaled the end of the […]
0 BBY. Known as The Disaster, Alderaan was destroyed by Imperial forces using the DS-1 (Death Star) battle station. Following the destruction of the planet, the Empire began an unofficial, but systematic purge of Alderaanians from Imperial worlds. The rescue of Alderannians became a focus of Rebel efforts.
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19 BBY. With the end of the Clone Wars, declaration of Jedi as enemies of the Republic and the execution of Order 66 to purge the Jedi from the galaxy, Chancellor Palpatine dissolved the Imperial Senate and elevated himself to Galactic Emperor.
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22 BBY. The establishment of the Confederacy of Independent Systems across mid-rim and outer-rim worlds ignited into the Clone Wars. The Clone Wars are now understood to have been a politically-motivated war designed to create the conditions for the rise of the Galactic Empire.
32 BBY. Trade Federation begins a blockade, invasion and occupation of Naboo, which ends in the destruction of occupying forces by coordinated actions across Naboo, intervention of the Republic and the Jedi.
500 BBY. The High Republic Era was a golden age of peace and expansion for the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order. Jedi Knights explored the frontier, fostering unity and justice. The period lasted approximately 400 years.
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1000 BBY. Following the Russian Reformation was a period of relative peace and prosperity in the galaxy, marked by the rise of the Galactic Republic. The Jedi Order served as guardians of peace.
1000 BBY. Following the end of the New Sith Wars and the Seventh Battle of Ruusan, the Ruusan Reformation restructured the entire Galactic Republic, stripping power away from the Supreme Chancellor and reinvesting it in the Galactic Senate.
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2000 BBY. In the twilight of the Old Republic, the Jedi-Sith War (New Sith Wars) erupted, plunging the galaxy into chaos. Ancient rivalries resurfaced and legendary warriors clashed in a battle for supremacy.
