HE CURSE o Lisi) eed JeS am een AO ee oo esac es ‘and Cee wo THE OLD REPUBLIC (25,000 -1,000 before the Battle of Yavin) The Old Republic was the legendary government that united a galaxy under the rule of the Senate. In this era, the Jedi are numerous, and serve as guardians of peace and justice. The Tales of the Jedi comics series takes place in this era, chronicling the immense wars fought by the Jedi of old, and the ancient Sith. THE RISE OF THE EMPIRE (1000 - 0 years BBY) For athousand years, the Galactic Republic maintained democracy in the galaxy with the Jedi as its guardians of peace and justice. But a Sith plot, a millennia in the making, engulfs the galaxy in the Clone Wars, leading to the ascendency of the Emperor and the fall of the Jedi, This is the era that contains the prequel trilogy. THE REBELLION (OBBY-5 ABY) ‘An outcry of resistance begins to spread across the galaxy in protest to the new Empire's tyranny. Cells of the Rebellion fight back, and the Galactic Civil War begins. This era begins with the Rebel victory that secured the Death Star plans, and ends a year after the death of the Emperor high over the forest moon of Endor. The Rebellion starts to reform itself into a body of government, first as the Alliance of Free Planets, and later the New Republic. This is the era that contains the classic trilogy. THE NEW REPUBLIC (SABY - 25 ABY) Having defeated the Empire at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance must now transform itself from a militant resistance force into a functioning galactic government. As Imperial territory is reclaimed, the New Republic suffers growing pains, having to fend off insurrections, Imperial loyalists, and wayward warlords. Also, Luke Skywalker, the last of the Jedi, begins training apprentices, rebuilding the Jedi order. THE NEW JEDI ORDER (25+ aBy) The Jedi Knights are now a hundred strong. 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