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- "This will be the beginning of a new era for the Republic. We will enter a new age of prosperity and peace."
- ―Tarsus Valorum
The Golden Age of the Old Republic, also known as the Great Reunification, was the period of time that began in 1000 BBY which saw the rebirth of a reformed Galactic Republic after the New Sith Wars which entered into a new age of prosperity and peace with the Sith believed to be all but extinct by the Jedi Order. Supreme Chancellor Tarsus Valorum was seen as its chief architect.
Description[]
The Golden Age of the Old Republic, also known as the Great Reunification, was a period of time that began around 1000 BBY after the Republic Dark Age during when the Galactic Republic enjoyed long-last prosperity and peace as its decline was reversed,[1] and the militarism[4] and wars that had plagued it for centuries were finally over.[1]
The Jedi Order became more influential, forging a long-lasting peace. Adults were banned from entering, as they proved them to be too volatile and susceptible to the dark side's sway.[4] With the Sith presumed extinct, the Order were determined to completely eradicate all memory of them in under five decades to ensure they never returned.[5]
History[]
Rebirth of the Republic[]
Main article: - "The Republic is crumbling. For the past thousand years it has slowly been decaying and rotting away. A rebirth is the only way to reverse this process."
- ―Tarsus Valorum
Tarsus Valorum implemented the Ruusan Reformation and bought about the Golden Age of the Old Republic.
With the end of both the New Sith Wars and the Brotherhood of Darkness in 1000 BBY, Jedi Master Valenthyne Farfalla, as highest ranking surviving Jedi, used his authority to remove the Jedi Order from the position of galactic leadership they had acquired during the past centuries, and hand control back to civilian control. Tarsus Valorum became the first non-Jedi to serve as Supreme Chancellor for six hundred years. Valorum came to power over a Republic in decline, to reverse this. Valorm reached out to the Jedi Order for support, believing that the backing of the Jedi High Council would show a commitment to peace. Valorum then passed the far-reaching reforms known as the Ruusan Reformation,[1] that restructured the Republic and ended the Republic Dark Age.[4][6] One such reform allowed "functional constituencies," which came to include entities such as corporations, to be granted a delegation in the Senate.[6] The Reformation Act was a critical piece of legislation passed during this period.[7] With these reforms, the Golden Age of the Old Republic began.[1]
After the Unification Policies were enacted, the Galactic Senate was allowed to enforce the regulations in the Republic. Efforts to reunite the Republic however was seen as a form of bullying, as they wanted to keep their star systems out of the Republic. As a result, scattered separatist movements across the galaxy rose up against the legal charges in the Republic. Sometime between 1000 BBY and 900 BBY, the Galactic Republic conducted the Unification Campaigns, in an effort to reunite the Republic.[8]
Unifying the galaxy[]
- "To win a world, you must win the hearts and minds of its people."
- ―Valorum to Johun Othone
Valorum's second term concluded in 992 BBY,[9] and his successor pledged that she would continue the work that Valorum had started with the Ruusan Reformation and choosing to remain an advocate for the Republic and its values throughout the galaxy.[1]
Legacy[]
While the Ruusan Reformations repaired many of the declining aspects of the Republic, it fostered the very things it aimed to remove, the Senate found itself faced with gridlock and greed.[4] ultimately paving the way to the First Galactic Empire[10] in 19 BBY.[4]
Timeline[]
- 1000 BBY
- Seventh Battle of Ruusan
- End of the New Sith Wars and the Republic Dark Age.
- The Sith are believed to be extinct following the Ruusan campaign.
- Massacre on the Star-Wake
- Duel on Onderon
- Darth Bane takes "Rain" as his apprentice, dubbing her Darth Zannah.
- Darth Bane, along with Darth Zannah, creates the Order of the Sith Lords, thus continuing the legacy of the Sith Order.
- Tarsus Valorum is Supreme Chancellor.
- The Ruusan Reformation.
- Bodo Baas's Master predicts the birth of Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, and Anakin Skywalker.
- Gran Protectorate is established on Malastare.
- Hok is established as a Gran colony.
- The first settlers arrive on Roon.
- The Khommites achieve a level of cloning technology far surpassing that of the rest of the galaxy.
- The Alsakan Tessent is carved to commemorate the Battle of the Ten Valleys.
- Sapella enters an ice age. (Approximate date)
- Baanu Miir is grown. (Approximate date)
- The Nuknog sell their homeworld Sump to a mining consortium
- Ore and mineral mining on Umnub plays out (Approximate date)[11]
- 998 BBY
- Darth Zannah begins learning Sith sorcery that was extracted from Freedon Nadd's holocron by Darth Bane.[1]
- 997 BBY
- The Jedi Sarro Xaj, apprentice to Raskta Lsu, advances in rank to Jedi Knight.
- 996 BBY
- Darth Zannah constructs her personal double-bladed lightsaber and begins her training in Form III: Soresu combat.[1]
- 995 BBY
- Darth Bane makes his first attempt to create his own Sith holocron, but fails. His second failed attempt may have been in this year or in 994 BBY.[1]
- 992 BBY
- Darth Bane makes his third failed attempt to create his own Sith holocron.[1]
- 990 BBY
- The Khommite believe they have reached the pinnacle of their civilization.
- Duel on Serenno
- Duel on Ambria
- Darth Bane goes to Tython and finds the holocron of Belia Darzu.
- Darth Bane and his apprentice, Darth Zannah, duel Valenthyne Farfalla, Raskta Lsu, Worror, Johun Othone, and Sarro Xaj on Tython.
- Duel on Tython
- Zannah arranges a confrontation that results in the Jedi Order's belief that the Sith have been eliminated from the galaxy.
- Confrontation on Ambria
- 987 BBY
- The Meerian Salto Zendar is hunted down, attacked, and killed in a hospital in Bandomeer.
- Skirmish in the Bandomeer hospital
- Bounty hunter Lucia is nearly killed while attempting to capture Zendar, and is nursed back to health by Serra.
- Lucia becomes Serra's bodyguard.
- 980 BBY
- Prince Gerran of Doan is assassinated.
- Jedi Knight Medd Tandar, mining caste leader Gelba, and five other miners are assassinated.
- Massacre on Doan
- Darth Zannah is sent to Doan to investigate Tandar's death.
- Mission to Doan
- Darth Bane finds the long lost holocron of Darth Andeddu.
- Mission to Prakith
- Set Harth battles Darth Zannah and becomes her new apprentice.
- Duel in Set Harth's mansion
- Princess Serra hires the Huntress to capture Darth Bane.
- Skirmish in Darth Bane's mansion
- Set Harth steals Darth Andeddu's holocron and learns the power of transfer essence.
- Darth Bane and Darth Zannah engage in their first duel on Doan.
- Duel on Doan
- Set Harth and the Huntress engage in a brief skirmish.
- Skirmish in the Stone Prison hangar
- The Huntress submits herself to Darth Bane's teachings, taking the title Darth Cognus.
- Darth Zannah defeats Darth Bane in a duel, taking the title of Dark Lord of the Sith.
- Second Duel on Ambria
- Darth Cognus becomes Darth Zannah's apprentice.
- 965 BBY
- Chiss Ascendancy passes the Non-Aggression Law.
- c. 915 BBY
- Sise Fromm is born.
- 896 BBY
- Yoda is born on an unknown planet, and later begins his training with Hysalrian Jedi Master N'Kata Del Gormo on an unknown swamp planet.
- 796 BBY
- Yoda is granted the title of Jedi Master.
- 700 BBY
- B'omarr Monks construct the monastery on Tatooine that will eventually become Jabba's Palace.
- An Alderaan Biotics operation is established on Borleias.
- c. 620 BBY
- The Antarian Rangers are established.
- 610 BBY
- Dewlannamapia is born on Kashyyyk.
- 600 BBY
- The Jedi Knight Allya is exiled to Dathomir.
- Jabba the Hutt is born on Nal Hutta.[12]
- c. 592 BBY
- Gandle Ott is colonized by Humans.
- 550 BBY
- The Bandit Alkhara moves into what will eventually become Jabba's Palace. His slaughter of a tribe of Sand people begins the centuries-long Tusken/Human blood feud.
- The 222 fishing trawler is designed and produced by Ubrikkian Transports.
- c. 533 BBY
- Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Gravid is slain by his apprentice, Darth Gean, during a duel on Jaguada.[13]
- 532 BBY
- Many Quarren and Mon Calamari were taken as laborers to Lamaredd.
- c. 519 BBY
- The species later known as the Polis Massans begin to investigate the remains of the Eellayin civilization on Polis Massa.
- 516 BBY
- Jabba Desilijic Tiure forces the bandit Alkhara out of his palace.
- c. 500 BBY
- The Jedi training vessel Chu'unthor, is built in orbit around the planet Abhean by Republic Fleet Systems.
- The Botor-Dawferim feud begins.
- 500 BBY
- The Federation of the Double Worlds is founded.
- Plagen is discovered.
- Tyvokka is born on Kashyyyk.
- 491 BBY
- A civilization on Jandoon disappears.
- 490 BBY
- The Corporate Sector Authority, a free-enterprise fiefdom of the galaxy, is founded to free the Galactic Senate and corporate moneymakers from each other.
- 470 BBY
- Corellia unsuccessfully attempts to withdraw from the Galactic Republic, going so far as to utilize the Contemplanys Hermi clause for the first time in history.
- Corellia, Selonia and Drall ally in a failed attempt to takeover the Federation of the Double Worlds.
- 439 BBY
- Spore is created by scientists on Ithor.
- The Ithorian Spore crisis begins[14]
- 400 BBY
- The elitist Nomad's Retreat in the Nomad Mountains on Corellia expands its membership to become a public resort.
- Susevfi is settled by Corporate Sector expatriates.
- 392 BBY
- Kal'Shebbol is first settled by Twi'lek refugees.
- 380 BBY
- Keiran Halcyon defeats the Afarathu cult.
- 378 BBY
- Ikrit discovers the Golden Globe within the Palace of the Woolamander on Yavin 4.
- 350 BBY
- The Trade Federation is founded.
- The Great Cleansing occurs on Fyodos, devastating the planet.
- Attichitcuk is born on Kashyyyk.
- 340 BBY
- The Jedi training vessel Chu'unthor crashes on the surface of Dathomir.
- 321 BBY
- Ord Cestus becomes a prison planet.
- 319 BBY
- An embezzlement scandal results in twelve Cybot Galactica executives being imprisoned on Ord Cestus.
- 312 BBY
- Berethron e Solo establishes a democratic constitutional monarchy on Corellia, replacing the previous absolute monarchy.
Appearances[]
- Darth Bane: Rule of Two (and audiobook) (First appearance, in book)
- Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil (and audiobook)
- Darth Plagueis (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- Death Star (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 7 (PLA 1-6: Planets of the Core Worlds)
"Darth Malak" on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)- Dining at Dex's on Hyperspace (article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force
- Dex's Diner in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Darth Bane: Rule of Two
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ The Essential Guide to Warfare
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 The New Essential Chronology
- ↑ The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ Darth Plagueis
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 280 ("Unification Policies")
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology places the ending of the New Sith Wars, in which Tarsus Valorum was elected Supreme Chancellor, to 1000 BBY. Darth Bane: Rule of Two states that he served eight years as Supreme Chancellor.
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
- ↑ Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- ↑
"Major Character Birth Years" — Keeper of the Holocron — Leland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (content now obsolete; backup link) establishes that Padmé Amidala was born 46 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 46 BBY per The New Essential Chronology. Darth Plagueis (25: The Discreet Charm of the Meritocracy) states that Padmé Amidala "has only just turned thirteen" and that Gravid's reign "elapsed some five centuries earlier" which would place the quote regarding Gravid's death in 33 BBY. Thus, this article assumes that Gravid died around 533 BBY.
- ↑
Today in History — HoloNet News Vol. 531 #52 (content now obsolete; backup link)