Greetings my fellow Jedi,
I am Bron Jast, Jedi Knight and Historian. This is a place to discuss the history of the Jedi, and the many aspects it involves such as the Sith. However Sith teachings will only be taught to advanced students.
Students may also use the Jedi Archives and Library for resources when learning about the past.
I hope everyone has a good time and learns much about our past.
May the Force be with you.
Dec 5, 2007 8:32 AM | Report Abuse reply
You have to be a level 8+ to learn about the Sith my Apprentice. But if your Master is present and you are ready then it shall be learned. You need to learn from the past in order to survive in the future.
Dec 5, 2007 9:55 AM | Report Abuse reply
Oh I see; then once I reach a level 8 I Would be able to learn Master?
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Yes you shall, but until then if you want to learn about the Jedi then please ask me, Apprentice :)
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OK, heres a outline of the History of the Jedi:
HISTORY OF THE JEDI ORDER
Founding of the Order and early Jedi
It is generally accepted that Jedi Order was formally founded at the same time as the initial incarnation of the Galactic Republic circa 25,000 BBY. Many of the specifics are still shrouded in mystery, though.
Many ancient and semi-legendary organizations have been proposed to be the forerunners of the Jedi Order, including the Order of Dai Bendu, the Followers of Palawa, and the Chatos Academy. No conclusive links have ever been demonstrated, though. Likewise, the birth planet of the order is unknown. Several worlds have been put forth as candidates, including such known worlds as Coruscant, Ossus, Utapau, Corellia, and mythic, lost planets such as Had Abbadon and Ondos.
According to a commonly accepted version, the dawn world of the Jedi was Tython. The Galaxy's best philosophers, priests, scientists, and warriors came together here long ago to discuss their discoveries involving the enigmatic and mystical Ashla.
In the event historians now know as the First Great Schism, dissidents who used the Bogan eventually arose, sparking the Force Wars of Tython. The Dark Jedi General Xendor and his followers allied with the master of Teräs Käsi Arden Lyn and her Followers of Palawa from Bunduki. In a climactic battle, Xendor was slain, Jedi Master Awdrysta Pina stopped Arden's heart with morichro, and Lyn killed Pina with a Kashi Mer talisman. After the war, the rest of these dissidents?known as the Legions of Lettow?were defeated.
From the ashes of these wars arose the early Jedi, and their Jedi Forge initiation ceremony led to the invention of lightsabers after they faced threats from beyond Tython. Through the use of advanced offworld technology, the Jedi were able to "freeze" a laser beam, resulting in the birth of the lightsaber. A proactive group left Tython to liberate other worlds, becoming the Jedi Knights. They founded a philosophical school on Ossus, defining the light side and dark side of the Force (equivalent, respectively, to the ancient Ashla and Bogan) as well as the Living Force and Unifying Force.
In 25,000 BBY, the Galactic Republic formed. The Republic mapped the Perlemian Trade Route, which linked Coruscant with Ossus.
The Second Great Schism, the first Dark Jedi and the Hundred Year Darkness
The Republic and Jedi fortified Ossus, Falang Minor, and Haashimut to protect the Perlemian from the Tionese and Hutts.
In 10,000 BBY, the Jedi created what would later be called the Lost City of the Jedi on Yavin 4. They used the City to terraform Yavin 4 into a rain forest world. Within the next 3,000 years, the Jedi abandoned Yavin 4.
In 7,000 BBY the Jedi suffered the Second Great Schism, resulting in the Hundred-Year Darkness. This conflict ended with the Battle of Corbos 6,900 BBY. The surviving Dark Jedi fled to Ziost and founded the Sith Empire.
The Great Hyperspace War
In 5,000 BBY, the Republic discovered the Sith and the Great Hyperspace War began. Though it ended with Dark Lord of the Sith Naga Sadow in suspended animation on Yavin 4 and his great war fleets destroyed, the Sith Empire survived.
The Sith Empire was believed to have collapsed shortly afterwards due to infighting and attacks by the Republic, but the Sith Empire had retreated into the Unknown Regions where the Lords of the Sith waited patiently for over a millennium for the right moment to return.
The reign of Freedon Nadd
Peace was not easily attained as once again members of the Order began delving into the dark side of the Force. In 4,400 BBY, Jedi Freedon Nadd discovered and was corrupted by the spirit of the ancient Sith Lord Naga Sadow on the world of Yavin 4. Nadd would later go on to the planet of Onderon with hopes of rebuilding a stronger Sith Empire.
The Third Great Schism
In 4,250 BBY the Jedi underwent a civil war on Coruscant which became known as the Third Great Schism. Following their defeat, the Dark Jedi went to Vultar, where they were responsible for the Vultar Cataclysm.
The Old Sith Wars
The Freedon Nadd Uprising
The world of Onderon suffered through the legacy of Freedon Nadd as a cult devoted to his memory, known as the Naddists, wreaked havoc on the people of the planet until the cult was put down by the Jedi.
The Great Sith War
Only 400 years later, in 3,996 BBY, the talented Exar Kun would be corrupted by the spirit of Nadd on Dxun, causing him to give into the dark side.Kun would cause the Cron Cluster explosion that would destroy the former Jedi Archives on Ossus after he and another skilled knight, Ulic Qel-Droma, were denied the ancient Sith holocrons stored there.
The Mandalorian Wars
To prevent the return of the Sith, a mysterious Jedi, known only as the Jedi associate, dedicated herself to training Jedi seers who would be able to foresee any possible Sith threat and nip it in the bud. These seers formed the Covenant, a shadowy organization devoted to spotting and dealing with any @#$%terpoints that could cause the Sith to emerge again.
Forty years would go by before the Mandalorian Wars would start the downfall of the Order. They coincided with a vision by four Jedi Masters, members of the Covenant on Taris, who saw visions of chaos in the Jedi Order and the Republic and signs that the responsible could be one of their Padawans. The Masters decided to strike, but only succeeded in bringing the death of four Padawans who neared knighting, causing massive civil disorders on Taris that later made the planet easy prey for the Mandalorians, and alienating Padawan Zayne Carrick from the Order.
Another and greater rift in the Order was caused when some of their most exceptional Jedi left to aid the Republic in the fight. The most notable were Revan, Malak, and the Jedi Exile. The Jedi master Arren Kae would be exiled ten years before this but she would go on to help with aid from her lover Yusanis of the Echani. Jedi Master Kreia would also be exiled as the Jedi Council felt her 'gray' stance on the Force had lead her students (most notably, Revan) down the path of the dark side.
The Jedi Civil War
At the close of the Mandalorian Wars, the Jedi Revan and Malak mysteriously disappeared into the Unknown Regions, supposedly pursuing the last remnants of the Mandalorian fleet. When the two Jedi and their armies returned, they had changed dramatically. At some point during the journey, Revan encountered the teachings of the Sith, and subsequently turned to the dark side to help the galaxy from what was to come. Together with Malak, Revan assumed the title of Dark Lord of the Sith, and Malak became his Sith apprentice.
Returning to the Republic, Darth Revan and Darth Malak began waging a second war, preying on a Republic already weakened by the Mandalorians and taking full advantage of the immense number of Jedi who were still willing to serve them. This Jedi Civil War pitted masters against students, fathers against sons, and friends against best friends, making it one of the most emotionally powerful wars in all galactic history. While the early stages of the war were indecisive, it soon became apparent that Revan's Sith armada was growing at a steady rate, and in a short time the Republic was overwhelmed with the seemingly limitless forces of the enemy. World after world fell to Revan's vast fleets and masterful strategies, so determined not to make the same mistakes they had in the Mandalorian Wars, the Jedi Council devised a plan to eliminate the enemy at its source: Revan.
During one fateful battle, a small Jedi strike team led by Bastila Shan, a young Jedi Padawan with the remarkable gift of battle meditation, infiltrated Darth Revan's command ship to capture the Dark Lord. During the confrontation, Darth Malak, who was stationed aboard a different ship, realized that his master was in danger, and so in traditional Sith practice fired upon his own master's vessel in the hope of killing both Revan and the Jedi fighting him. The Jedi managed to escape with Revan's body, but Malak had achieved a crucial victory, for he was now the Dark Lord of the Sith and commander of the entire Sith armada.
Malak continued to wage war against the Republic, relying exclusively on brute force as opposed to subtle strategies. As the situation for the Republic and the Jedi became more desperate, they began to rely more and more on the battle meditation of Bastila Shan to gain an advantage over the ever-growing Sith Empire. Consequently, Darth Malak began to target Bastila specifically, hoping to crush the Republic's last chance of standing against his armies. During one battle in orbit above the world of Taris, Bastila's vessel, the Endar Spire, was crippled beyond recovery, and the young Jedi was forced to evacuate to the planet below. As fate would have it, two other important survivors eventually caught up with Bastila on Taris: Carth Onasi, a decorated soldier and war hero of the Republic, and another lowly officer who Bastila had recently had transferred to her command. The key to the rest of the war, however, lied in the identity of this single, insignificant foot soldier.
Carth and Bastila continued to gain more companions and managed to escape the destruction of Taris and fled to Dantooine, where in addition to learning that their third companion was Force sensitive discovered the existence of the Star Forge. The Jedi Council then commissioned their small band to seek out Star Maps from various planets in order to discover the location of the Star Forge, which they believed was the key to Malak's power. During their quest, the group was captured by one of the Sith fleet's command ships, where after a frantic escape attempt, Carth, Bastila, and the new Jedi Padawan encountered Darth Malak himself. This confrontation revealed a startling truth: that Darth Revan had not been killed, but had instead been rendered amnesiac by Malak's attack and saved by the Jedi, specifically Bastila. The Jedi Council had inserted over his destroyed mind a new identity, that of a lowly officer who was now a Jedi Padawan. Darth Revan had been traveling with Carth and Bastila the entire time.
Upon escaping Malak, Revan was determined to complete his mission and destroy his old apprentice. Eventually, he and his companions discovered the location of the Star Forge and launched an attack with the Republic against it. Revan managed to infiltrate the giant factory, which was the source of the Sith's limitless armada, and defeat his old apprentice Malak once and for all. However, even with Malak's death, Revan soon disappeared for reasons unknown, and new Sith Lords rose to take his place. Thus, the Sith continued to annihilate the Jedi and Republic, even without Revan or Malak.
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First Jedi Purge and Aftermath
The Jedi Civil War and other dramatic events to follow it, such as the Jedi Conclave of Katarr, would see the near destruction and death of the order. About a hundred individuals survived throughout the Galaxy. The Jedi Council was disbanded, with the remaining Jedi Masters going in hiding across planets, hoping that this would allow them to discover the true origins of the new Sith threat without endangering everyone around them. The Jedi Temple on Coruscant was completely abandoned, and the badly damaged Jedi Enclave on Dantooine was nothing but a hollow shell.
Eventually, the Jedi Exile trained a new generation of Force users, the Lost Jedi, who, as Darth Traya prophesied, would come together to re-establish another Jedi Order. Apart from them, who were yet to become true Jedi, there were only four known Jedi left in the Republic space by the end of the Battle of Telos IV?Bastila Shan, Jolee Bindo, Juhani, and Atris.
The New Sith Wars
The horrors of the Old Sith Wars and the near extinction of the Jedi Order that had resulted from the conflict were remembered in the Republic for generations. Few could have guessed, however, that a much larger conflict would soon engulf the galaxy.
Phanius was one of the order's brightest stars, a Jedi Master no less. He became entranced with the forbidden knowledge of the Sith and, defying the council, absconded into deep space with a Sith holocron stolen from the Jedi Archives.
Like Exar Kun and Darth Revan before him, Phanius was seduced by the Dark Side. He took up the long vacant title of Dark Lord of the Sith as well as a new name and identity: Darth Ruin.
In the ensuing years, Ruin gathered together a large number of dark side followers, who he dubbed the Brotherhood of Darkness. With this army Ruin planned to bring the Republic, and the Jedi who served it, to their knees.
The Brotherhood attacked the Republic, and conquered vast swathes of the galaxy from a crumbling Republic; however, when total victory was in their grasp, they fell amongst themselves.
Lord Hoth, leader of the Army of Light The Brotherhood splintered, and various high-ranking Sith Lords claimed the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith and began to prosecute vast and cruel campaigns against each other, giving the beleaguered Republic and its Jedi protectors time to recover.
The Jedi regrouped and formed a vast army to oppose the Brotherhood?the Army of Light. Ably led by Lord Hoth, the Jedi took the fight to the Brotherhood's central systems in the Cloak of the Sith. As the decades ground on, the Jedi slowly gained the initiative over their foes?but the Sith would not give in.
Eventually the surviving Sith, after several long and bitter campaigns, regrouped on the world of Ruusan under the leadership of Kaan.
Hoth followed the Sith there, and the Army of Light and Brotherhood of Darkness engaged in seven fierce battles. At the conclusion of the Seventh Battle of Ruusan, Kaan?near defeat and driven insane by the power of the dark side?unleashed the thought bomb and killed every single Force user in the cave.
The New Sith Wars were over. The Jedi Order had survived once again, and the Sith were presumed wiped out to the last individual.
One, however, had survived: Darth Bane. He and his successors would hide from the Republic and the Jedi, planning revenge. This revenge would take a thousand years to come to fruition, but the new Sith had patience.
Post-Ruusan Reformation
With the Sith thought extinct, the Jedi believed that they had at last forged a long-lasting peace in the galaxy. With the Ruusan Reformation, both the Jedi and the Republic renounced militarism, disbanding their vast armies and navies. From that point on, the Galaxy would rely on smaller Judicial forces to help the Jedi keep the peace.
The Jedi were determined that the Sith would not be reborn. Mindful of their own history, the Jedi set about enforcing strict guidelines that the Council hoped would avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. They would renounce all ties to the outside world?to wealth, material possessions and even family. Training would now be undertaken on a strict one-to-one basis and centralized on Coruscant. With the far-flung academies of the past, the temptation of delving into forbidden knowledge was just too great for members of the order.
The Revenge of the Sith
Senator Palpatine of NabooIn 32 BBY, the presence of the Sith once again became known to the Jedi. The Sith Lord, Darth Sidious had secretly contacted members of the Trade Federation, including Nute Gunray and Daultay Dofine, and saw to it that Gunray was made Viceroy of the Trade Federation by using a special battle droid to kill the members of the Federation Ruling Council. He then suggested that Gunray show the Republic that they could not bully him with trade embargos by blockading the remote planet of Naboo. The Supreme Chancellor dispatched Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi, to negotiate a Trade Federation withdrawal. However, the Neimoidians attempted to murder the Jedi, and they were forced to hide on an invasion craft which carried them down to the planet. There Qui-Gon met, and rescued a Gungan called Jar Jar Binks. Jar Jar led them to the Gungan city of Otoh Gunga. The Gungan High Council, while rather difficult at first, at last allowed them to take a Bongo to the Naboo capital city, Theed. There the Jedi rescued the Queen, Padmé Amidala from a droid escort. They then fled to Tatooine, where they repaired their ship, and then to Coruscant.[9] When Amidala realized that the Senate could not solve her problem, she returned to Naboo. There, with the help of the Gungan Grand Army, and a young boy named Anakin Skywalker, they defeated the Federation's Droid Army; however, in a climactic lightsaber duel between Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Sidious' apprentice, Darth Maul, Qui-Gon was killed. Stung by his master's death, Obi-Wan leapt at the Sith, and cut him cleanly in half. After Darth Maul was killed, the Jedi knew that there was still one member of the Sith active, but they were unaware of the identity of Sidious.[9]
The Clone Wars
During the next ten years, former Jedi Count Dooku left the Jedi Order. The reason, unknown to the Jedi, was that Dooku had been found by Darth Sidious and had become his apprentice, Darth Tyr!@#$. Tyr!@#$ and Sidious arranged the Clone Wars as a way of consolidating Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's (who also held the identity of Darth Sidious) hold on the galaxy. In actuality, Sidious secretly governed both sides of the Clone Wars, effectively assuring his rise to power.
Last stand of the Jedi Order
After the Battle of Coruscant, the Jedi learned from Anakin Skywalker that Palpatine was Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith, and had been responsible for the war to begin with. Mace Windu lead a group of Jedi Masters to arrest Sidious, but Sidious managed to kill all four with the help of Anakin Skywalker, who fell to the dark side and became Darth Vader. This was later propagandized by Palpatine as an attempted coup by the Jedi and provided the reason for the start of the Great Jedi Purge in which most of the Jedi were killed. Jedi Masters Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, two of the most notable survivors of Order 66, went on a desperate attempt to destroy the Sith and save the Jedi Order. Obi-Wan went to fight Anakin while Yoda went after Darth Sidious. Anakin undeniably came off worse as he lost about half of his power after suffering grievous injuries necessitating the majority of Anakin's body being kept in a mobile life support system to keep him alive. Yoda and Sidious however ended in a stalemate, but with clone troopers on the way Yoda was forced to flee and the Sith had risen again.
The Dark Times
The Great Jedi Purge
At the onset of the Great Jedi Purge, the Jedi were almost completely wiped out by the clone troopers they had been commanding in the Clone Wars on the side of the Republic. This order had been issued by the newly risen Emperor Palpatine (AKA Darth Sidious). Darth Vader (formerly Anakin Skywalker) then carried out the Purge hunting down and killing the remaining Jedi with help from other Imperial agents. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Anakin's own teacher), and Yoda were among the few survivors. Other survivors of the initial Purge include Empatojayos Brand, Ferus Olin, the Dark Woman, Echuu Shen-Jon, and Vima-Da-Boda. A limited number of Jedi other than Skywalker were turned to the Dark Side and became servants of the Emperor (such as Jerec and the Inquisitors Tremayne and Malorum).
This Purge had two initial parts. One, Order 66, was a subliminal message sent to clone troopers across the galaxy, first by Chancellor-turned-Emperor Palpatine, and then by clone commanders, that told the clone troopers to betray their Jedi leaders and kill them. The other part was Operation: Knight Fall, carried out by Darth Vader and the 501st Legion, was a surprise attack on the Jedi Temple. Gatemaster Jurokk was the first to fall, as the clones stormed the Jedi Temple and killed all that they found. The Holocaust was explained by saying that the Jedi pursued their vendetta against the Republic and kill all Senate members, and Mace Windu disfigured Palpatine's face. Windu did disfigure his face, but there was no vendetta until after the order.
After that, Vader recruited Inquisitors and Executors, Dark Jedi hunters, from former Jedi, the Agricultural Corps, Dark Jedi, and random people strong in the Force. They hunted down and killed all the Jedi they could find. Bounty hunters played a part, and crimelords such as Jabba the Hutt even ordered some Jedi dead.
The Empire
Obi-Wan Kenobi with Luke Skywalker, one of the last hopes of the Jedi Order in the Dark Times of the Galactic Civil WarThe Galactic Empire took steps to eradicate the Jedi and any family members. Corran Horn's grandfather was a Corellian Jedi named Nejaa Halcyon who had died in the Clone Wars. Halcyon's friend Rostek Horn married Halcyon's wife, adopted Corran's father Valin "Hal" Horn, and altered the records concerning the Halcyon family. He did this to protect Hal and his mother from the Empire's Jedi hunters. Hal kept the knowledge of Corran's true grandfather from him because revealing that knowledge would have made Corran a target as well. As a result, Corran only learned of his true heritage when Luke Skywalker discovered his past and shared that discovery with Corran.
The Emperor also trained a number of "Emperor's Hands": those who had the potential to use the Force as his personal agents. Through the Force, he was able to relay orders to his agents. Mara Jade was one such agent. She had been discovered to be Force sensitive at a young age, and she was trained by the Emperor. Several of the Hands were eventually redeemed by Luke Skywalker and became part of the new generation of Jedi.
Obi-Wan had the order to watch Luke Skywalker, Anakin's son, as he grew and teach him about the Force in order to keep the tradition alive and, perhaps, to restore the Order. Luke would become Yoda's last student, and he would come to play a pivotal role in the history of the Order.
The Return of the Jedi
New Jedi Order
After the Galactic Civil War, in which Luke Skywalker with his newly discovered Jedi abilities helped the Rebellion overthrow the Galactic Empire, Luke set out to reestablish the Jedi order by training a new generation of Jedi Knights. Because the Emperor wished to completely destroy the order, almost all of the information on the Jedi was destroyed. Only a few histories remained, and they were propaganda pieces used to paint the Jedi in an unfavorable light. Almost all of the material on instructing Jedi was eliminated except for a few documents on how to turn potential Jedi to the dark side of the force.
Four years after the death of the Emperor at Endor, Luke discovered the wreck of the Chu'unthor on the planet Dathomir. The Chu'unthor was a starship that had served as a mobile Jedi academy that had crashed on Dathomir. Dathomir was the home of Force sensitive "Witches" who were the descendants of a fallen Jedi banished to that world. Master Yoda had left the instruction materials from the ship behind with the rest of the ship. 400 years later, after defeating Witches that had fallen to the Dark Side, one of the natives gave Luke the instruction materials that she had kept safely since the time of the crash.
Luke Skywalker establishes the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin IVDue to Luke's lack of knowledge with the old ways of the Jedi Order, the new generation of Jedi was very unorthodox. He established an academy for teaching many students the way of the Jedi that was very different from the "one student, one master" way used by the old order. The Praxeum was established in the old temples on Yavin 4 that the Rebels once used as a base until the Battle of Yavin. He allowed his students to have personal possessions and had no rule against a Jedi having emotional attachments to friends and family, which the old order had forbade. Students were also taken in at a much older age than previously. Most members were already well in to adulthood before they began training.
Luke was unaware that Yavin 4 had been a base for the Sith Lord Exar Kun during the Great Sith War and that Kun's spirit had been trapped in the temples all that time. Kun was able to influence one of Luke's students, Kyp Durron, who eventually fell to the dark side for a time. Durron destroyed several star systems with the Sun Crusher. The students at the academy were able to finally destroy Kun's spirit. Freed of Kun's influence, Durron surrendered. He returned to the Light Side of the force and became one of the first new Jedi.
Luke eventually turned the academy into a center that would provide basic training for potential Jedi. He began pairing Jedi who had gone through that training with a more experienced Jedi, much like the master-apprentice system used in the old order.
A new generation
This new order grew slowly but steadily. Some Jedi from the first class Luke taught?such as Kyp Durron?became Jedi Masters. The Order eventually become large enough that Luke Skywalker considered reinstating the Jedi Council. During this period, the Solo children along with several other Force-sensitive individuals including Tahiri Veila, Uldir Lochett, Lowbacca, Tenel Ka, Raynar Thul and Zekk would join the Praxeum, thus enlarging the Order.
On one occasion, Anakin Solo (one of the Solo children) and his friend Tahiri Veila discovered the ancient Kushiban Jedi Master Ikrit and helped free the trapped Massassi souls in Exar Kun's Golden Globe. On another occasion, Tionne Solusar, Anakin Solo, Tahiri Veila, Ikrit and Uldir Lochett discovered Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber and an ancient Holocron. These companions would also defeat the "Mage" Orloc, a charlatan who claimed to have Force powers though he actually used advanced technology to deceive others with demonstrations of Force power.
Later, Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade Skywalker would travel to the Unknown Regions to find the remains of the ill-fated Republic/Jedi Outbound Flight Project which lay on a planetoid within the Redoubt. They would be joined by Aristocra Formbi, the Empire of the Hand commander Chak Fel, New Republic envoy Dean Jinzler and several Geroons along with their spherical refugee transport. These Geroons wished to pay tribute to the Outbound Flight Jedi who liberated them from their cruel Vagaari masters. However, arriving at the Redoubt, they discovered that the survivors of the Outbound Flight had formed a colony within the wreckage and that the Geroons were actually the Vagaari themselves. During the battle, the combined Jedi/New Republic/Chiss/Imperial forces defeated the Vagaari.
The Jedi Order would also encounter threats from the Shadow Academy, a Dark Jedi academy established by a former Jedi named Brakiss. The Shadow Academy had aligned itself with a neo-Imperial insurgency group known as the Second Imperium which sought to restore the Galactic Empire. However, their attempts would be foiled by the combined efforts of the Jedi Order including the Solo twins Jacen and Jaina Solo, Tenel Ka, Lowbacca and Zekk. These Young Jedi Knights also defeated the fanatically anti-Human Diversity Alliance and a Black Sun insurgency.
Yuuzhan Vong War
Suddenly, in 25 ABY, an extragalactic Force-absent alien species, the Yuuzhan Vong, declared war on the galaxy. Many Jedi died fighting this new threat, but the order did survive the war and continued to grow in strength. One of the Jedi casualties of this war was Anakin Solo, the youngest son of Han Solo and Leia Organa-Solo. Before his death, many felt that Anakin would eventually become one of the greatest Jedi of his generation and that he would eventually take Luke's place. Since Anakin's death, Luke Skywalker's son, Ben Skywalker, has been presumed to have the most force potential of any living being.
After the war with the Yuuzhan Vong was over, Luke realized that the order would have to further adapt in order to survive. His experiences had led him to believe that the Force was not rigidly divided into a light and a dark side. Strong emotions, including anger, were not intrinsically evil; instead, the intentions of the Force user mattered most. Luke came to believe that nearly everyone, regardless of their heritage, had some ability to touch and use the Force. He also felt that individual Jedi (and other Force users) would need to discover their own paths: some could be called to contemplative life while others would feel a need to take a more active role in galactic affairs. Because the Jedi had no single goal, he felt the Jedi order as a whole should remain carefully aloof in its allegiance to the Galactic Alliance or any succeeding government. In 29 ABY, a new Jedi Praxeum was established on Ossus by Luke Skywalker and Kam Solusar. This Praxeum gave the Jedi a place to meet away from the influence of the Galactic Alliance government on Coruscant.
The Dark Nest threat
In 35 ABY, a mysterious race of insectoid aliens known as the Killiks appeared on the borders of the known galaxy. The Killiks had long been thought to be extinct since they were driven away from Alderaan and Alsakan in 30,000 BBY by the Celestials (possibly to save them from the Rakata, who were reaching the height of their empire). The Killiks were a hive minded species and one aspect of the Killiks which other species sometimes found frightening was that extended contact with them resulted in an individual becoming a Joiner?someone who was influenced and was subject to the control of the Killik Will by pheromones that actually "change the make up of the brain."
Though they had been sequestered in the Unknown Regions for millennia because of their peaceful nature, in 27 ABY a starship called the Tachyon Flier?carrying three Force-sensitive Humans including Raynar Thul?crashed on Yoggoy, a Killik colony. Raynar Thul dragged Lomi Plo and Welk, the two remaining survivors and Dark Jedi, from the burning wreck, though they were all badly burned and mutilated. The Killiks there rescued them and began to heal the survivors.
Eventually, all three were absorbed into the Killik hive mind. Raynar Thul took on the persona UnuThul while Lomi and Welk became the leaders of the Dark Nest or Gorog, a secretive Killik hive. Since Raynar had been absorbed into the Killik hive mind, his values became their values, especially the value on individual life. When Raynar emerged, he was in control of the Yoggoy nest and began changing it to better help the Killiks. In time, the Yoggoy hive spread about local space to provide for itself and share the "gift" of Raynar among the Kind.
The process was not an easy one. While Killiks were peaceful, like most hive based species, they had no value on individual life. At lest one rival nest attacked the Yoggoy hive, but the hive survived, either defeating or absorbing the attacking nest. Then, the cyclical food shortages, which had never faced the Killiks before, forced them to begin trading with other planets and species. They also began absorbing more non-Killiks into their hive mind. Accordingly, in 35 ABY, when the Killiks were rediscovered by the Galactic Alliance, they were still barely surviving. At the same time, the Colony had expanded to 375 nests, though it is unknown how much of the total population of Killiks this represents. The existence of the Dark Nest was unknown to most Killiks, though.
Under the manipulation of the Dark Nest, the Killiks began expanding into the borders of the Chiss Ascendancy, starting a dispute that the Galactic Alliance was forced to mediate. Under the terms of the Qoribu Truce, the Killiks of the Colony agreed to settle Woteba and 13 other planets in the Utegetu Nebula rather than continuing expansion into Chiss space. Woteba was settled by the artistic Saras hive.
Unfortunately for the Killiks, Woteba and all of the other planets in the nebula had an ancient environmental defense system. Whenever the planet was hit by the nova that formed the Utegetu Nebula, all animal life was wiped out, and plant life was restored within two years by the defense system. At first, Woteba seemed a paradise for Killik colonization, but the planet attacked them anytime they interfered with the ecosystem, destroying both structures and living beings with a corrosive substance known as Fizz. As a result, the Killiks believed the Jedi had purposefully sent them to the planet to fall victim to the Fizz, but this was not true, merely a lie of the Dark Nest.
In 36 ABY, the Killiks abandoned the Nebula for fourteen nest ships built in the Tusken's Eye, alongside the nest ship of the Dark Nest. This fleet captured the Galactic Alliance Victory-class Star Destroyer Admiral Ackbar in preparation for their invasion of the Chiss Ascendancy, starting the Swarm War.
Legacy of the Jedi
40 years after the Battle of Yavin, Jacen and his cousin Ben Skywalker were sent on a mission to uncover an illegal missile factory on the planet Adumar. The mission ended in a violent ambush, from which both Jedi narrowly escaped with their lives. The incident sparked political unrest that threatened to ignite into total rebellion that could @#$%ter the young Galactic Alliance. In a desperate attempt to avoid such a fate, the Alliance readied a preemptive display of military might in a bid to bring the rogue worlds to heel. In a display of poor decision-making, Corellia, the Solo home planet, was chosen as target of this exercise.
Torn between his two families, the Jedi and his genetic one, Jacen chose to stand with his uncle, Luke Skywalker, on the side of the Galactic Alliance. But when the Corellians launched a counterstrike, armed conflict was ignited. With a dark shadow looming over everything and the Alliance starting to resemble the Empire in the eyes of galactic denizens, Jacen decided to find the light at the end of this dark tunnel and followed a trail of cryptic clues to a dark rendezvous with the most shocking of revelations.
Solo was led to Lumiya, who convinced him to join the ranks of the Sith Order. After coldly and rationally killing Jedi Knight Nelani Dinn, Jacen Solo returned to Alliance space in a search for an apprentice.
The New Empire
At some point following the Second Corellian Insurrection, divisions began to appear within the New Jedi Order. Some Jedi left the order and became Imperial Knights?offshoots from the order loyal to the Emperor of the Galactic Empire. The Jedi Order saw them as Gray Jedi, as they swore loyalty to the Emperor above all else, including their devotion to the will of the Force.
By around 130 ABY, the Sith Order had returned to prominence. As a result of Darth Krayt's manipulation, the Sith-Imperial War began, and the Galactic Alliance fell apart, only surviving through the Galactic Alliance Core Forces. While widespread and numerous, the Jedi fell to Sith attacks on the Jedi Academy at Ossus and the central Temple on Coruscant. As of 137 ABY, Krayt's campaign had caused the Jedi Order to fall into disarray, with bounty hunters and Sith pursuing the remnants of the order.
The Jedi live on...
Dec 5, 2007 6:13 PM | Report Abuse reply
Oh... that makes good reading! What ever happened to Luke?
Dec 6, 2007 12:26 PM | Report Abuse reply
Good question young, well in the novel The Truce at Bakura, set one day after the battle of Endor, Luke Skywalker and his friend Wedge Antilles recover a message droid from the titular planet, which was being invaded by the Ssi-Ruuk. Luke commands a task force, turning back the enemy army. He also meets Dev Sibwarra, a Force-sensitive human who had been captured by the Ssi-Ruuk, who is killed in the battle after turning against his captors.
In the novel The Courtship of Princess Leia, set four years after the Battle of Endor, Luke travels to the planet Dathomir. There, he discovers a group of Force-sensitive witches called the Witches of Dathomir, banded into two separate groups: a collective of benign, matriarchal clans; the one he is in contact with being the Singing Mountain Clan, and the witches who have turned to the dark side, called the Nightsisters. Discovering a prophecy in which it was told a Jedi would change the way of life on the land, Luke eventually realizes truly what the Force is for the first time in his life. While there, he destroys most of the Nightsisters (including their powerful leader, Gethzirion, and the galaxy's most powerful remaining warlord, Warlord Zsinj). Thanks to the help of the prophecy and witches, Luke recovered old Jedi records left by Yoda about 400 years prior. He decides to start a new Jedi Academy, something he has been trying to do for six months before the start of the novel by finding old Jedi records and archives.
In The Thrawn Trilogy, Luke meets former Emperor's Hand Mara Jade, who is bound by Palpatine's disembodied voice, that repeatedly commands "You will kill Luke Skywalker." Mara Jade is working with her boss, a fringe-of-the-galaxy smuggler named Talon Karrde, who also plays a crucial role in this era. Although she was ready to fulfill that order to stop the voice, circumstances force her to keep him alive long enough to have him help escape a mutual danger. Despite her threats, Luke learns of Mara's curse and vows to free her from it. Meanwhile, the rest of the New Republic is fighting against Grand Admiral Thrawn, and thanks to Leia's help, he is eventually defeated, although Luke tried several times to get near him and his ally, Joruus C'boath. Eventually, the desperate pair fight against Luke's clone, Luuke Skywalker, the apprentice of Joruus C'Baoth. During the fight, Mara Jade destroys the clone and, with Leia's help, destroys C'baoth. This entire time, C'boath has been obsessed with 'molding' Luke and Mara to serve him, perhaps due to the fact that the Spaarti cloning cylinders he was made from have a reputation of turning people insane later in life. Nonetheless, he is defeated along with Luke, and Mara's sacrifice silences her curse and completes her reconciliation with the Jedi, who she later joins.
In the graphic novel Dark Empire, Luke briefly turns to the dark side when he goes undercover as the apprentice of the resurrected Palpatine, who now rules an army of warring agents on the planet Byss. Luke fights nobly, but is bested by the clone Emperor, who forces his former adversary to bow and to call him "Master." Leia, who has let herself be caught, confronts both the Sith Lord and her fallen brother. She finds a Jedi Holocron where a prophecy affirmed that a sister would redeem her fallen brother before defeating the evil sovereign. With little training, the princess disrupts the dark side within her brother. Luke Skywalker turns against the dark side and vows to only serve the Light forever. He later fights and bests the Emperor in a lightsaber duel, reaffirming his commitment to rebuilding the Jedi Order. Also, his enhanced powers allow him to become the first new Jedi Master of the New Jedi Order. In the sequel, Empire's End, Luke and Leia make use of their powers to destroy the Dark Lord of the Sith once and for all.
In the Jedi Academy Trilogy, Luke resigns his commission in the New Republic's starfighter corps to pursue his Jedi studies and rebuild the Jedi Order in the Massassi Temple on Yavin 4, a decision some anti-Jedi politicians use against him. Luke becomes the Order's de facto leader. His students in the ways of the Force include: Gantoris, Dorsk 81, Kam Solusar, Tionne, Streen, Cilghal, Kirana Ti and others.
An older and wiser Luke Skywalker also appears in the Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy video games at the rank of Jedi Master. In Jedi Outcast, Luke helps Kyle Katarn in his fight against Desann and Empire Reborn by driving off Desann and his Reborn forces from Valley of the Jedi.
In the Hand of Thrawn Duology, Luke, now a Jedi Master, works again with Mara Jade, who has learned to better her Force knowledge since her training at Luke's Jedi Academy. He falls in love with her and they eventually marry. Later, in Edge of Victory: Rebirth, they have a son whom they name Ben after Obi-Wan Kenobi, who used Ben as a pseudonym.
In the New Jedi Order series, Luke creates a new Jedi Council. He idealises a new conclave, made up of Jedi, politicians and military officers. Included in this new Jedi Order are Tresina Lobi, Kenth Hammer, Kyle Katarn, Kyp Durron, Cilghal, Saba Sebatynee and himself. From the politicians and military came new Chief of State Cal Omas, Admiral Sienn Sovv (Sullustan male) and four others.
In Force Heretic: Remnant, he spearheads the mission into the Unknown Regions during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion to find the mysterious planet of Zonama Sekot, a planet that creates living starships. After the invasion is defeated with the help of the new Mandalorian Warriors, a Sekotian fleet and a Galactic Alliance-Imperial Remnant fleet, Luke leads the New Jedi Order on Denon, the temporary capital of the Galactic Alliance and the site of the newly rebuilt Jedi Temple on Coruscant.
In The Swarm War, the New Jedi Order moves to Ossus, the site of former famous Jedi temples and libraries that were mostly destroyed 4,000 years prior. Upon the Killik's invasion of Chiss space and the transformation of most of the Myrkr mission survivors into Killik Joiners, Luke determines that the Killik's collective mind is being unconsciously controlled by a hive called the Dark Nest. The Dark Nest is controlled by a former Nightsister named Lomi Plo, who became their Unseen Queen with her ability to become invisible by exploiting the doubts of inferiors. One of the Myrkr mission survivors, Alema Rar, attempted to plant seeds of doubt in Luke's mind by suggesting that his wife, Mara, may be somehow responsible for the death of his mother, Padmé Amidala, which he almost believes because of Mara's previous involvement as the Emperor's Hand. This allows Lomi to escape from Luke. Luke discovers recordings of his father Force-choking his mother on Mustafar, his own birth, and his mother's death. Because of this, he is able to overcome his doubts about Mara and defeat Lomi Plo in the final battle of the Swarm War, cutting her into four pieces. Luke also withdraws the Jedi from Cal Omas' Advisory Council, as he plans to create a Jedi Council that will give aid to the Galactic Alliance when needed. He also becomes the Grand Master of the Jedi Order to give the Jedi a clear sense of direction. He has told the Jedi to either follow his leadership and make the order their priority, or leave. Jedi Danni Quee and Tenel Ka have resigned because of their duties to Zonoma Sekot and Hapes, respectively, while Corran Horn tries to resign, but Luke talks him out of it. Luke is also forced to exile Tahiri, Lowbacca, and Tesar Sebatayne to Dagobah for divulging secret information to people outside the Jedi Order.
In the Legacy of the Force series, Luke begins having visions of a figure cloaked in darkness destroying the galaxy and Jedi Order. In his dreams, this figure's presence is much like that of his father (as he appeared as Darth Vader). Luke has been troubled by the fact that he has been unable to discern the identity of this being. Complicating matters even more is the recent schism that has developed between Luke and his nephew, Jacen Solo. Already a tremendously powerful Jedi Knight, Jacen has begun adopting radical and extreme interpretations of the Force, causing a dramatic change in his personality. Luke fears that Jacen is pursuing the same path that ultimately led to Anakin Skywalker's fall to the dark side.
In Bloodlines, the situation worsens when Luke's son, Ben, becomes Jacen's apprentice. Luke must also battle his wife, Mara, who despite sharing some of Luke's apprehension, refuses to confront Jacen for fear of alienating Ben. In Tempest, Luke determines that the dark figure from his dreams is Lumiya, a former Emperor's Hand now known as the "Dark Lady of the Sith". Luke and Lumiya had fought several times over the years, but when Mara is murdered in Sacrifice, Lumiya deceives Luke into believing that she killed Mara. They battle again, and Luke saves a weaponless Lumiya from falling to her death simply so that he can kill her himself and make sure that she is really dead. Luke returns to Kavan to find Ben standing guard over his mother's body; upon speaking with his son, he realizes that Lumiya could not have killed Mara. Later in his private cabin, Luke breaks down over the death of his wife, knowing that her murderer is still at large. He does not realize that the killer is his own nephew, Jacen, who has now taken the name Darth Caedus, Dark Lord of the Sith.
Dec 7, 2007 10:22 AM | Report Abuse reply
Well he does die but no one knows when, he appears as a force ghost to his great+ Grandson Cade Skywalker. However it may be Jacen who kills Luke but I think it will be unlikely due to the death of Mara Jade who was a main character in canon.
Dec 7, 2007 10:50 AM | Report Abuse reply
What's force ghost? Who's Ssi-Ruuk? Ur knowledge at Star Wars is very good.. How do u know all that?
Dec 7, 2007 4:41 PM | Report Abuse reply
The Force ghost was the soul and essence of a deceased Jedi who became one with the Force, yet was able to interact with the living, albeit not physically. Some Sith Lords learned similar techniques, which in some cases allowed them to physically interact with their environment.
The Ssi-ruuk were a saurian species that invaded from the Unknown Regions of the galaxy and initiated the Battle of Bakura in 4 ABY, shortly after the Battle of Endor.
Hope that helps :-)
Dec 7, 2007 8:14 PM | Report Abuse reply
Tomorrow we learn about the Force Wars of Tython and the Great Hyperspace War :-)
Dec 9, 2007 7:49 PM | Report Abuse reply
Wow that was.....very informative. I learned much. Thank you Master. =)
Dec 10, 2007 7:07 PM | Report Abuse reply
Glad you took the time to read this Matthew. I believe you'll benefit from it. Remember to prepare today for your training with Master Vos.
Dec 11, 2007 10:50 AM | Report Abuse reply
Very well Ben here is the History of the Sith but please be careful not to let it slip into the hands of any Padawans:
The History of the Sith is a long and complex story, spanning tens of thousands of years. The Sith were a dark side organization bent on galactic conquest. The Sith Order existed in many forms and structures throughout history.
Naga Sadow, Darth Sidious, and Darth Bane, three of the most important figures in Sith and galactic historyThe History of the Sith is a long and complex story, spanning tens of thousands of years. The Sith were a dark side organization bent on galactic conquest. The Sith Order existed in many forms and structures throughout history.
The history of the Sith Order begins with the species of that name, a primitive but Force-sensitive group of humanoids, possibly descended from some of the earliest groups of Human colonists that arrived on Korriban many hundreds of thousands of years before the Galactic Empire .
The culture of the Sith dated back to 130,000 BBY and remained virtually free of outside influence until 7,000 BBY, which allowed its people to develop a unique culture.
A warlord named Adas managed to briefly unite the inhabitans of Korriban, becoming King, or Sith'ari, in the language of his people. During Adas's centuries-long reign, an alien race, the Rakata, attempted to conquer Korriban and enslave its people, but Adas fought them off, emerging triumphant?but at the cost of his own life. The technology for Sith holocrons originated from this first contact between the Sith and the Rakata, and King Adas crafted his own holocron before his death.
Sometime during the later history of the Sith people, the story of Adas would merge with other traditions, creating the legend of the Sith'ari, the prophesied savior of the Sith Order. According to this prophecy, the Sith'ari was a perfect being who would rise to power and bring balance to the Force. Allegedly, the Sith'ari would rise up and destroy the Sith, but in the process would return to lead the Sith and make them stronger than ever before. Many have been called Sith'ari, from Darth Revan to Darth Sidious; but none of these truly fulfulled the prophecy, with the exception of Darth Bane who arguably restructured the Sith Order into what would ultimately lead to the temporary destruction of the Jedi and the eventual (temporary) balance in the Force.
After Adas's death, the unity of the Sith splintered, and though many would later claim his title, none would truly rule over the entire world again. Eventually, civil war has so devastated Korriban, that the focus of Sith culture moved to Ziost.
It would be here that the next era of Sith history would begin.
Next we will look at the critical events in the Sith History.
First Great Schism, which occurred around 24,500 BBY was the name given to the original break between dark side and light side Force traditions. Xendor, who some call the first Dark Jedi, began to argue that the Jedi's focus on unemotional meditation was concealing the "true power" of the Force from them. Xendor's students, known as the Legions of Lettow or the Minions of Xendor went to war with the Jedi, but were defeated.
Many more schisms followed in the ensuing centuries, but none would have the consequences of the Hundred-Year Darkness in 7,000 BBY, where the Dark Jedi, once again defeated, were banished from known space.
They arrived on Korriban, the home of the Sith people, a primitive but Force-sensitive species. The Dark Jedi impressed the Sith with displays of Force power, and became the rulers of the planet.
Over time, the Dark Jedi intermarried with the Sith, and the two identities merged. The term ?Sith? would later come to refer to the Dark Jedi who followed the codes of these ancient Jedi, although Dark Jedi individuals and organizations outside the Sith tradition continued to exist, such as that of the Nightsisters of Dathomir. This merging of Dark Jedi and Sith led to the first use of the title "Dark Lord of the Sith," originally awarded by a council of Sith lords to their leader.
Sometime during the early history of the First Sith Empire, the coming of the Sith'ari, the prophesied savior of the Sith Order, was foretold. The Sith'ari was a perfect being who would rise to power and bring balance to the Force. According to prophecy, the Sith'ari would rise up and destroy the Sith, but in the process would return to lead the Sith and make them stronger than ever before, a striking parallel to the Chosen One of Jedi legend, though it is most likely that the Sith'ari and Chosen One are one and the same.
The Fall of the Sith Empire and the Freedon Nadd Uprising
5,000 BBY, the Republic rediscovered the Sith and the Great Hyperspace War began. Though it ended with Dark Lord of the Sith Naga Sadow in suspended animation on Yavin 4 and his great war fleets destroyed, the Sith Empire survived. It was believed to have collapsed shortly afterward due to internecine squabbles and attacks by the Republic, but it was later discovered that the Sith Empire had retreated into the Unknown Regions, where the Lords of the Sith waited patiently for over a millennium for the right moment to return.
Six centuries later, a Jedi Knight named Freedon Nadd felt the calling of the dark side and journeyed to Yavin 4, where he awakened Dark Lord Naga Sadow. Sadow trained the Knight in the ways of the Sith before being killed by him in classic Sith fashion. Freedon Nadd used his newfound powers to conquer the planet Onderon, establishing himself as monarch and spreading Sith darkness in the system. The royal family of Onderon is rumored to be descended from him.
The Great Sith War
Four hundred years after Nadd's death, the Jedi Exar Kun sought out his tomb, a place strong in the dark side. He found Nadd's spirit, who corrupted Kun, but was eventually destroyed by his student. Exar Kun was pronounced the new Dark Lord of the Sith by the ghost of ancient Dark Lord Marka Ragnos. As his first apprentice he took another fallen Jedi, Ulic Qel-Droma, and the Great Sith War began. Although several more Jedi turned to the dark side and many more were killed, Exar Kun was finally defeated when Ulic realized the error of his ways and led Republic forces to Kun's base on Yavin 4. Using the drained life energies of his Massassi warriors, Kun shed his physical body and imprisoned his spirit within the walls of Yavin 4's Massassi temples. His ghost, driven half-mad by millennia of isolation, was eventually destroyed in 11 ABY by a group of Luke Skywalker's students. Most of what remained of Kun's Sith Brotherhood by the end of the Great Sith War was hunted down by the Republic in a purge known as "the Cleansing of the Nine Houses."
The Jedi Civil War
Less than four decades after the death of Exar Kun, the Jedi Knight Revan, hero of the Mandalorian Wars, discovered a deserted academy belonging to the old Sith Empire. He used the teachings there to form a new sect of Sith, taking his friend Malak as his apprentice, and declaring himself Dark Lord of the Sith. Further, the academy revealed to Revan that the silent Sith Empire still lurked in the Unknown Regions, and was likely the instigator of the Mandalorian Wars.
This led Revan to wage war on the Republic, with the aim of either replacing it with a stronger power, or strengthening it through war, securing the galaxy against the ancient Sith. For this purpose, Revan used the remains of his Republic warfleet, along with the ancient Rakatan Star Forge (itself an artifact of the dark side), to build an immense armada. Revan was subtle enough to inflict minimal damage to the Republic's infrastructure, allowing either victor to steel itself against the old Sith. The resulting war was known as the Second Sith War, later the Jedi Civil War (and, still later, the War of the Star Forge).
Revan's conflict proved even more devastating than Exar Kun's war, as more Jedi fell to the dark side, were killed in battle, or were murdered by Sith assassins than in the past two wars combined. Revan was the greatest military genius the Jedi had ever seen. It was through his cunning alone that the Mandalorian Wars were won, as the Republic soon discovered. In light of this new information, the Jedi Council ordered several Jedi Knights, including one Bastila Shan, to board his flagship and capture the Dark Lord. Engaging several Jedi in a fierce lightsaber duel, Revan held the upper hand. However, a coup by Malak resulted in the Dark Lord's near-death ? turning his cruiser's guns against Revan's flagship, Bastila's strike force was able to win, but at a heavy cost. Revan's mind was nearly destroyed by this encounter, but he was re-trained in the ways of the Jedi under a new identity implanted in his brain by the Jedi Council.
Taking up the mantle of Dark Lord, Malak redoubled his empire's offenses against the Republic, with none of the delicate subtlety of Revan?s plans ? caring nothing about preserving his enemy's resources or sparing civilian populations...indeed, how much Malak knew of Revan's ultimate intentions is still in question.
Following a long and arduous quest for the five Star Maps that would lead him to the Sith's stronghold, the newly-reprogrammed learned of his true identity from Malak, but was able not to fall back to the dark side, Revan led a frontal assault on the Star Forge. He battled his way through the Forge's droid army and legions of Sith and Dark Jedi. After redeeming Malak's apprentice, Bastila Shan, he slew Malak himself in a final confrontation between the old friends, allowing the Republic to destroy the Star Forge and win the day.
Despite this great victory for the Republic, the galaxy soon grew even darker. A year after the battle, Revan departed into the Unknown Regions, leaving his friends behind. His motives for going alone to face the ancient Sith were unknown. Few Jedi remained after the Jedi Civil War, and those who did soon found their ranks thinning at an alarming rate. Everywhere Jedi congregated, they were murdered, struck down by an invisible enemy who, incredibly enough, was somehow attacking through the Force itself.
The former Jedi Master Kreia, in search of the reason for Revan's fall, stumbled across the same academy that Revan had used. There, she was corrupted, becoming Darth Traya. Together with her students, Darth Nihilus and Darth Sion, she began a shadow war against the surviving Jedi. Despite their incredible powers, they did not believe themselves strong enough to defeat their enemy in the same kind of open warfare employed by Malak and Revan. Even though Traya had trained them in the ways of the Sith, Nihilus and Sion soon grew tired of her views, and cast her out of the Dark Lord triumvirate. They continued their crusade against the Jedi alone.
Five years after Malak's defeat on the Star Forge, the Jedi Exile who had served as a general under Revan during the Mandalorian Wars returned from the Outer Rim. Thought to be the last of the Jedi by Nihilus and Sion, the Exile was hunted mercilessly by Sith assassins from planet to planet, as the so-called "last of the Jedi" tracked down the surviving members of the Jedi Council. Darth Traya, now simply known as Kreia, bonded with the Exile and helped him along the way, only to use him to destroy her past apprentices, and make her teachings come true in a self-fulfilling prophecy.
In the end, most, if not all, of the Dantooine Jedi Council were killed, but the Exile managed to turn the tide against the insidious "shadow Sith," discovering Kreia's true identity, and slaying her together with Nihilus and Sion... thereby ending their Jedi purge, and giving the Jedi Order a chance to rebuild over the next several centuries.
In modern history texts, the Great Sith War, the Cleansing of the Nine Houses, the Mandalorian Wars, and the Jedi Civil War are often grouped together under the collective appellation of "the Old Sith Wars."
At some point during these years, the Sith stole the secrets behind advanced power-gauntlet construction from the designers of Eriadu, and adapted them to create their own unique form of protection. Such items utilized almost uncomfortable bursts of repulsorlift energy to assist in movement, and are rarely?if ever?seen outside of Sith possession.
The New Sith Wars
The insane Lord KaanSlowly, over the next thousand years, the Jedi Order rebuilt itself back to its former strength.
Around 2,000 BBY yet another Jedi, chafing under the restrictions of the Jedi Council, fell to the dark side, took the name Darth Ruin, and formed a new Sith Order, with himself as the Dark Lord. Ruin began recruiting others to his cause. This spawned a new series of conflicts, called the New Sith Wars, which lasted for a millennium. By 1,466 BBY, the Sith had conquered all of known space outside the Colonies.
However, the Sith very nearly proved to be their own undoing. Hungry for power, they turned on each other, all but destroying their order. The survivors reformed under the leadership of Lord Kaan, calling themselves "the Brotherhood of Darkness." To appease his disheartened minions, Kaan abandoned the millennia-old tradition of one ruling Dark Lord and granted the title to a good number of his followers, though very few of them were deserving of it.
The final conflict of the New Sith Wars - often referred to as the Great Sith War, just as Exar Kun's war had been - came to a head in the titanic seventh Battle of Ruusan, in which the Jedi Lord Hoth and the Army of Light clashed with Lord Kaan and the Brotherhood of Darkness for the last time. In the end, a deranged Kaan activated a thought bomb, an ancient Sith technique that sapped the life forces of all those Force-sensitive in the vicinity. Both armies were all but destroyed, and only one Sith Lord survived: Darth Bane.
To guard against the Sith destroying themselves or losing sight of their "ideals" once again, Bane took only one apprentice, restarting the tradition of the one master, one apprentice and that of passing the name "Darth" to each of his successors. Perhaps in a nod to Kaan's earlier pronouncement, both master and apprentice in Bane's Sith Order held the title "Dark Lord of the Sith", making them, nominally at least, equals. The new tenets of the sinister order would become cunning, stealth, subterfuge and most of all, a virtue borrowed from their worst enemy, patience.
The Revenge of the Sith
Bane's reformed Sith Order went into hiding, though they were soon discovered by the Jedi and hunted until they were believed to be destroyed. The Sith survived, but would not resurface for almost one thousand years, awaiting the birth of one who had the power, intellect, influence, and patience required to return them from hiding. That one was Darth Sidious, who triggered his master plan with the Battle of Naboo.
Though his apprentice, Darth Maul, was slain in that battle at the hands of Jedi Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi, the day proved an unparalleled victory for the Sith; Darth Sidious, as Senator Palpatine of Naboo, was elected to the office of Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic.
More than a decade passed, during which Palpatine manipulated the Senate into granting him more and more powers. His new apprentice, Darth Tyr!@#$, formed the Confederacy of Independent Systems, which seceded from the Galactic Republic, thus beginning a long and bloody conflict known as the Clone Wars.
When the Clone Wars were over, the Jedi ranks had been thinned considerably. At last, the moment had come for the Sith to reclaim their former glory. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine ? Darth Sidious ? crowned himself Galactic Emperor, and replaced the ancient Republic with a "New Order" ? the Galactic Empire ? a galaxy-spanning dark side theocracy disguised as a dictatorship the likes of which had not been seen for millennia.
The Jedi Purge began, led by Palpatine's Dark Jedi underlings (including groups known respectively as the Inquisitorius, the Emperor's Hands, and the Prophets of the Dark Side) and his third and greatest apprentice, Darth Vader. The Purge ensured that what few Jedi remained became even fewer, until only a handful of the original ten thousand remained. It was a dark time for the galaxy..
Eventually, however, the Rebel Alliance arose to threaten the Empire. The Galactic Civil War drew many into its fold, perhaps the most notable of whom was Luke Skywalker, the son of Anakin Skywalker (or as he was better known, Darth Vader). Shortly after Skywalker destroyed the Empire's terrifying Death Star superweapon, the Emperor and Vader became aware of the young man's identity. Both Sith Lords hoped to corrupt Luke to the dark side, but each had a different plan for the future. Vader desired to kill the Emperor and rule the galaxy with his son, but Palpatine wished to replace Vader with the boy. Neither goal was successful, and it appeared that the Sith had finally come to an end, as originally prophesied by the Jedi. With the destruction of the second Death Star at the Battle of Endor, Darth Vader returned to the light side, slaying his master and being slain in return.
The Sith legacy
The Emperor, however, was not truly slain. Six years after the Battle of Endor Palpatine returned to threaten the New Republic. Unbeknownst to the Rebellion, the Emperor had maintained a secret supply of Spaarti cloning cylinders on the planet Byss in the Deep Core. Many years before his death at Endor, Palpatine's body had begun to decay from the ravaging dark side energies it contained and he had been ordered clone bodies of himself to be produced so that he could transfer his soul into them if needed. Vader's treachery, however, had been unexpected, and Palpatine's spirit had been forced to take possession of the body of Emperor's Hand Jeng Droga. Though Droga went mad in the process, he journeyed to Byss, where Palpatine was able to take possession of a new clone. Though he and his loyal Imperial forces managed to briefly retake the galactic capital of Coruscant and wreak havoc on the Galaxy for a year, the resurrected Palpatine's bodies started dying?for the treacherous Sovereign Protector Carnor Jax tampered with their genetic material. Palpatine died a final death on the planet Onderon, when dying Jedi Knight Empatajayos Brand, a survivor of the Jedi Purge, bound Emperor Palpatine's departing life essence to his own, taking the spirit with him as he became one with the Force.
Even with Palpatine's final death, many Jedi continued to fall into darkness. Their next threat was an Emperor's Hand named Lumiya. Darth Vader had passed on to Lumiya some Sith teaching secretly from his master, and the woman adopted the title Dark Lady of the Sith upon her masters' death at Endor. She trained two apprentices: Flint, who was redeemed by Luke Skywalker, and Carnor Jax, who was killed by Palpatine loyalist Kir Kanos shortly after the Emperor's final known death on Onderon. Afterwards, Lady Lumiya went into hiding and it was thought once more that the Sith had disappeared.
Some fourteen years after the Battle of Yavin, a Sith cult rose to threaten the galaxy. Under the leadership of Tavion who had previously been involved in the Dark Jedi Desann's Reborn project, the Disciples of Ragnos sought to resurrect Marka Ragnos and take control of the galaxy. Armies of Ragnos-worshipping Sith Cultists and New Reborn Dark Jedi harried the galaxy in search for locations that were tainted by the Dark Side, trying to siphon enough Dark Side energy to resurrect the spirit of Ragnos. In an epic battle on Korriban, Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order defeated and destroyed the cult.
Following the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, Jedi Knight Kyle Katarn encountered a Force-strong Yuuzhan Vong female in the mysterious Cloak of the Sith region of the galaxy, where it was rumored that post-Palpatine Sith still lived. Powerful though she was, Katarn sensed an even darker hand behind her training. Apparently, this Yuuzhan Vong had a master, presumably Lumiya.
Around 40 ABY, Lumiya returned to the galactic stage, while by 140 ABY the Sith Order was once more flourishing, with the New Jedi Order in disarray. It was during this period of time The Sith chose to enlist two very gifted fallen Jedi for specialized training in the Dark Side to serve has powerful hands. One of these chosen was knighted Sith Lord Hamm the other was made Highpriest of The Sith Temple for a time just before both conspired to overthrow the Sith order but instead chose exile. Little is know of the fate of these special Sith other than they confronted the Sith order just before departing for exile and the frenzy resulted in the deaths of over half the Sith leadership of the time. Leaving rumor that perhaps these two Dark Lords are among the most powerful Sith that ever lived.
There you go I hope this helps you knowledge into the past.
Dec 11, 2007 12:08 PM | Report Abuse reply
Thank you Linc!
If theres anything you need just ask, I love to help :-)
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TIMELINE OF GALACTIC HISTORY
This is a timeline of galactic history. All dates are given according to the Galactic Standard Calendar.
Timeline
Before the Battle of Yavin (BBY)
The Pre-Republic Era
c. 7,500,000,000 BBY
The first star in the Cularin system, named Morasil, is formed.
c. 5,000,000,000 BBY
Korriban is formed.
The Yavin system is formed.
c. 3,000,000,000 BBY
The Sharu race begins to evolve in the Rafa system.
c. 2,000,000,000 BBY
The Oseon system is created. A rogue star is believed to have passed too close to the system, disrupting the planet formation and creating an abnormally large asteroid belt.
c. 10,000,000 BBY
Volcanic activity on Esseles begins to end.
c. 7,500,000 BBY
First sentient species in the galaxy begin to evolve.
c. 4,000,000 BBY
The Valley of the Giant Oysters on Mon Calamari begins to form.
c. 3,000,000 BBY
An asteroid collides with the planet Vinsoth, killing most life on its surface. The remaining survivors evolve into the Chevin.
c. 2,006,200 BBY
The Columi first evolve.
c. 2,004,200 BBY
The Columi take to the trees and begin to develop for arboreal life.
c. 2,002,200 BBY
The Columi learn to use tools.
c. 2,002,000 BBY
The Columi, with their newly acquired skill of mining for minerals, begin building tree spanning cities.
c. 2,000,000 BBY
The Columi achieve interstellar travel.
Wookiees begin to evolve on Kashyyyk.
Beggar's Canyon is formed on Tatooine.
Sullustans evolve underground on Sullust.
c. 1,000,000 BBY
Feeling threatened by the Celestials, the Sharu go underground and hide their cities in order to protect themselves.
The Corellian system is presumably formed by the Architects.
The Hutts leave Varl and settle on the planet they dub Nal Hutta.
The Bith undergo a terrible war.
c.999,989 BBY
By this time, most sentient species have begun keeping historical records, though they prove indecipherable to modern historians.
c. 999,975 BBY
Sernpidal takes Dobido as its moon.
c. 750,000 BBY
Goroth begins to develop intelligent life.
c. 500,000 BBY
The Devaronians achieve space travel.
Naboo undergoes an ice age.
The Gree evolve.
c. 499,989 BBY
By this time, most sentient species have records decipherable to modern historians.
c. 300,000 BBY
The Gree civilization enters its golden age.
c. 200,000 BBY
The Taungs of Coruscant attempt to conquer the 13 baseline Human nations of the Battalions of Zhell.
A volcano on Coruscant erupts, decimating the Zhell.
The Taung flee to the planet Roon.
c. 199,989 BBY
The sky over Coruscant is finally free of ash.
c. 130,000 BBY
Sith society begins.
c. 100,000 BBY
The planet Coruscant is now covered entirely by its principal city, later known as Galactic City.
The Sith race begins to develop their culture and civilization.
The Columi survey Coruscant and Duro, dismissing them as "primitive" disappointments.
The Kwa construct the Infinity Gate and the Star Temples on Dathomir.
Civilization on Goroth begins with an agricultural society.
c. 95,000 BBY
The last time the lower levels of Coruscant see sunlight.
c. 57,000 BBY
Utapau is colonized by humanoid species that would later evolve into the Pau'an and Utai species.
c. 50,000 BBY
The Gree develop hypergates.
c. 49,000 BBY
The Infinite Empire of the Rakata is established using a special form of hyperdrive.
c. 40,000 BBY
Felucia is colonized by the Gossam.
The civilization on Garos IV is wiped out by a groundquake.
c. 35,000 BBY
The Castle Lands of Oroboro are built by the Killiks on Alderaan.
c. 30,000 BBY
The Infinite Empire reaches its peak and constructs the Star Forge.
The Killiks are driven from Alderaan and Alsakan.
c. 29,000 BBY
The Kashi Mer Dynasty reaches its height.
c. 28,000 BBY
The Rakata arrive on Korriban, but are eventually defeated by King Adas.
c. 27,700 BBY
Reign of King Adas over the Sith ends.
c. 27,500 BBY
The first Human colonists land on Alderaan.
c. 27,000 BBY
Human colonists first arrive in the Tion Cluster.
c. 26,000 BBY
The Morodins colonize Varonat.
The Library of Xer is built on Criton's Point.
The Cult of M'dweshuu is formed on the Nikto homeworld of Kintan.
Alsakan is colonized by Humans from Coruscant in the colony ship, Kuat Explorer.
25,970 BBY
Churabba the Hutt takes over Kintan.
c. 25,200 BBY
A Major plague sweeps through the galaxy that kills only Rakata. As a result of this, twinned with subject species rebellions, the Infinite Empire collapses.
The Kitel Phard dynasty is founded on Atrisia.
25,180 BBY
The Verpine colonize the Roche asteroid field.
c. 25,130 BBY
The reign of Xim the Despot begins.
c. 25,105 BBY
The Battle of Ko Vari and the First Battle of Vontor are fought between the Hutt Empire and the empire of Xim the Despot.
c. 25,100 BBY
Both the Second and Third Battles of Vontor are fought between the Hutts and Xim the Despot.
According to Tionese history, Xim the Despot is killed at Vontor, but he is actually captured and later dies as a slave in the dungeons of Kossak on Evocar.
The Treaty of Vontor is signed.
The Hutts gain control of the Si'Klaata Cluster.
The Force Wars on Tython begin.
The Old Republic era
c. 25,000 BBY
The Rakatan Hyperdrive is adapted, manufactured, and widely distributed by the Corellians.
The Unification Wars are fought.
The Galactic Constitution is signed.
The Galactic Republic is founded.
Coruscant becomes the Republic's capital.
The Jedi Order arises from the ashes of the Force Wars of Tython.
Jedi Knights establish a school on Ossus.
The Perlemian Trade Route is founded, linking Coruscant with Ossus.
24,980 BBY
Rana Mas Trehalt, legendary Queen of Duro, dies.
Dassid becomes King of Duro.
c. 24,500 BBY
The first war between the Jedi occurs, when some of their number are drawn to the dark side of the Force, forming the Legions of Lettow.
c. 24,000 BBY
Hosk Station is constructed on the surface of Kalarba's largest moon.
The Tionese War is fought between the Galactic Republic and the Honorable Union of Desevro & Tion.
c. 23,900 BBY
The former worlds of the Union, (with the exception of Desevro), join the Galactic Republic as a member sector with Tion as the capital.
c. 22,000 BBY
The planet Nubia is settled.
c. 20,100 BBY
The Inner Rim is settled.
20,000 BBY
The Galactic Republic's Great Manifest Period begins.
The Etti flee persecution in the Core and eventually settle on Etti IV.
19,997 BBY
An indigenous sentient species of Neona goes extinct.
c. 18,000 BBY
Bureau of Ships and Services is created.
17,522 BBY
Haruun Kal is colonized for the first time.
17,000 BBY
The Alsakan Conflicts begin.
The Great Manifest Period ends.
The Indecta era begins.
16,950 BBY
The Arkanians settle Xexto subjects on Quermia for a genetic experiment.
15,500 BBY
The Duinuogwuin Contention.
The University of Coruscant is founded by Borz'Mat'oh and Supreme Chancellor Fillorean.
15,100 BBY
The Anomids of Yablari develop hyperdrive.
15,000 BBY
The Indecta era ends.
Yablari joins the Galactic Republic.
Neimoidia is finally considered a separate culture from Duro.
Ando joins the Republic.
The planet Dahrtag is settled.
The Aquala and the Quara fight in a civil war.
The Hutts take over Evocar and rename it Nal Hutta.
14,975 BBY
Necropolis is colonized.
14,000 BBY
Vulta joins the Galactic Republic.
c. 13,975 BBY
The Duros discover Sneeve.
c. 13,720 BBY
The Herglic Trade Empire collapses.
13,000 BBY
Lan Barell is discovered.
c. 12,720 BBY
The Herglic establish contact with the Human colonists of the nearby Tapani Sector and join the Galactic Republic soon after.
c. 12,500 BBY
The slave trade becomes an everyday part of life on Ryloth.
12,000 BBY
Ord Mantell is colonized by Corellian colonists as an advanced military outpost for the Republic.
The Pius Dea Crusades begin.
The Galactic Museum is established on Coruscant.
11,975 BBY
Morseer is settled.
11,720 BBY
The Twelve Kingdoms Era in the Tapani Sector begins.
11,708 BBY
First contact between the Mrlssi and Humans occurs.
11,500 BBY
Female Jedi Knight Halbret brings together a contingent of Jedi Knights to defeat a powerful Dark Jedi who has enslaved the Kathol species.
11,000 BBY
End of the Pius Dea Crusades.
10,019 BBY
The Corellians discover New Plympto.
c. 10,000 BBY
Gravlex Med is briefly occupied by Shusugaunt conquerors.
The Lost City of the Jedi is constructed on Yavin IV.
Abregado-rae is discovered by Galactic Republic scouts.
Kinyen recorded history begins.
The Great Library of Ropagi II is built by the Ropagu.
9,997 BBY
Fortress Barlos is built on Pochi.
c. 9,990 BBY
Lightsabers are invented.
9,988 BBY
Adumar is settled.
9,000 BBY
The Rianitus Period begins.
8,296 BBY
Start of the Sullustan Calendar.
c. 8,000 BBY
The Republic establishes an outpost on the planet Malastare's eastern continent. Gran colonists arrive over the following millennia and begin to displace the native Dugs.
The Rianitus Period ends.
7,720 BBY
The Twelve Kingdoms Era in the Tapani Sector ends.
7,700 BBY
The war between the Meris and Teltiors on Merisee begins.
7,600 BBY
Gorothites develop hyperdrive.
7,500 BBY
Goroth Prime joins the Galactic Republic.
c.7,328 BBY
The Tapani Sector joins the Galactic Republic.
The Mrlsst Academy is established on Mrlsst.
7,308 BBY
The Galactic Standard Calendar is developed.
7,299 BBY
Ishanna is colonized.
c. 7,032 BBY
The "Elders" engage in warfare with the Gungans, forcing the Gungans to retreat underwater.
7,003 BBY
The Second Great Schism occurs, and the Hundred-Year Darkness begins.
c. 7,000 BBY
A prophecy tells of a Chosen One who will bring "balance to the Force".
According to legend, the Mandalorian Crusaders were formed on the planet Mandalore by the Taung, Mandalore the First.
6,997 BBY
Mrlsst joins the Galactic Republic.
6,950 BBY
Quermia is rediscovered by the Galactic Republic.
c. 6,900 BBY
End of the Hundred-Year Darkness.
The Dark Jedi lose the war at the Battle of Corbos, and the survivors are exiled from the Republic.
The Dark Jedi found the Sith Empire, which remains unknown to rest of the galaxy for almost two thousand years.
Quermia joins the Galactic Republic.
c. 6,875 BBY
Dathka Graush dies.
6,300 BBY
S'krrr is discovered by the Rabaanites.
c. 6,000 BBY
Manderon Period reaches its height.
The Miraluka migrate to Alpheridies.
Rheshalva Interstellar Armaments is founded.
5,975 BBY
Dorin joins the Galactic Republic.
5,689 BBY
The Sidereal Period begins.
c. 5,500 BBY
The first leg of the Rimma Trade Route is established by Tapani Sector merchants.
c. 5,100 BBY
Marka Ragnos defeats Lord Simus and is crowned Dark Lord of the Sith.
5,033 BBY
A Jedi crashes on Yashuvhu and ultimately establishes a Force tradition there through his descendants.
5,032 BBY
An interstellar race colonizes Kooriva, and becomes known as the Koorivar.
The end of the "Elder" civilization on Naboo.
Future Jedi, Odan-Urr, is born on Draethos.
c.5,020 BBY
Gav and Jori Daragon are born on Koros Major.
5,007 BBY
The symbol of the Republic Navy is carved in a moon.
5,002 BBY
Nazzri's hereditary monarchy is replaced with a theocratic oligarchy.
5,000 BBY
The Great Hyperspace War begins when Gav and Jori Daragon accidentally lead the forces of the Sith Empire to the Republic.
Battle of Coruscant.
Battle of Koros Major.
Battle of Kirrek.
Battle of Primus Goluud.
First Battle of Korriban.
Second Battle of Korriban.
The Republic wins the war, but Dark Lord of the Sith Naga Sadow escapes to Yavin 4.
c. 5,000 BBY
The planet Tatooine is discovered by the Republic.
4,996 BBY
The Great Jedi Library is established by Jedi Master Odan-Urr on Ossus.
4,995 BBY
The Klatooinian Trade Guild is founded on Klatooine.
4,990 BBY
The dissolution of the First Sith Empire.
4,800 BBY
The Gank Massacres take place, resulting in the extinction of the Porporites.
4,700 BBY
A Jedi Assembly is established.
4,519 BBY
Uueg Tching, the fifty-fourth Emperor of Kitel Phard, states three ways on how to defeat an enemy, which ultimately becomes a famous, oft-referenced quote.
4,500 BBY
The Quarren make war on the Mon Calamari.
c. 4,400 BBY
The Jedi Knight Freedon Nadd falls to the dark side, learning the secrets of the Sith from the spirit of Naga Sadow.
4,300 BBY
Taris's golden years begin and it became the Coruscant of the outer rim and riviled the galactic capital itself.
4,350 BBY
The Beast Wars of Onderon begin.
4,250 BBY
The Third Great Schism.
The Vultar Cataclysm.
4,200 BBY
Anchorhead is founded on Tatooine.
4,156 BBY
Taris suffers a civil war.
Non-Humans are banished from the Upper City of Taris.
4,150 BBY
Hapes is settled by raiders from Lorell.
4,050 BBY
The Lorell Raiders are defeated by the Jedi, resulting in the hatred of the Jedi within the Hapes Consortium.
c. 4,048 BBY
Drokko Kira is cast out of the Onderon city of Iziz.
4,024 BBY
Nallastia is settled by colonists from the Darpa Sector.
4,019 BBY
Four Jedi Masters (two Warrior Masters and two Sage Masters) establish the ziggurat of the Jedi Temple over the Force nexus on Coruscant.
4,018 BBY
Ulic Qel-Droma is born on Alderaan.
4,015 BBY
The Great Droid Revolution begins and is ended.
The Old Sith Wars begin.
4,014 BBY
Future Mandalore, Canderous Ordo, is born on Ordo.
c. 4,010 BBY
The Sith holocron of Adas is uncovered by Queen Amanoa of Onderon.
4,002 BBY
Onderon joins the Galactic Republic.
4,000 BBY
Sidrona Diath becomes Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic.
The Beast Wars end, but the Great Sith War begins at the Battle of Onderon.
The Talaani Shipyards are established on Tallaan.
3,998 BBY
Foundation of the Krath cult.
The Freedon Nadd Uprising occurs on Onderon.
3,997 BBY
Former Jedi Exar Kun is crowned the new Dark Lord of the Sith.
The Krath Holy Crusade begins with the Battle of Basilisk.
The Mandalorians, led by Mandalore the Indomitable, engage the Republic and the Basiliskans.
Jedi Knights Ulic Qel-Droma and Nomi Sunrider fight for the Republic at the First Battle of Empress Teta.
Jedi Master Arca Jeth dies at the Battle of Deneba while saving his apprentice, Ulic Qel-Droma.
After the Second Battle of Empress Teta, Ulic Qel-Droma defects to the Krath.
Ulic Qel-Droma becomes the apprentice of Exar Kun.
3,996 BBY
At the Battle of Kuar on the Plains of Harkul, Ulic Qel-Droma defeats Mandalore the Indomitable in combat, winning his loyalty.
Mandalore the Indomitable is defeated by the Republic at the Battle of Onderon and killed by the beasts of Dxun. He is succeeded by Mandalore the Ultimate.
Sith Lord Ulic Qel-Droma turns away from the dark side.
Exar Kun is defeated at the Battle of Yavin IV by Ulic Qel-Droma and the Republic.
Both the Great Sith War and the Krath Holy Crusade end with the Third Battle of Empress Teta.
Mandalore the Ultimate begins secretly summoning clans from across the Galaxy, building up arms and ships on Dxun, working toward the day when a new crusade can be launched.
3,995 BBY
The Great Hunt is started by the Jedi to exterminate the terentateks.
3,994 BBY
Ulic Qel-Droma revisits Yavin IV.
3,993 BBY
The Great Hunt ends.
3,986 BBY
Conclave on Exis Station.
Ulic Qel-Droma dies on Rhen Var.
3,976 BBY
The Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders, led by Mandalore the Ultimate, begin to conquer worlds in the Outer Rim.
Brianna and Mical are born.
Visas Marr is born on Katarr.
3,974 BBY
Mira is born.
3,970 BBY
Beginning of the Kanz Disorders.
3,965 BBY
The Mandalorian Wars begin with the First Battle of Onderon.
The Galactic Republic enters the war, but the Jedi Council forbids involvement by the Jedi until the problem has been assessed.
3,964 BBY
Battle of Flashpoint Station.
First Battle of Suurja.
Second Battle of Suurja.
Third Battle of Suurja.
Fourth Battle of Suurja.
Padawan Massacre of Taris.
Battle of Vanquo.
3,963 BBY
Battle of Cathar.
In response, the Jedi Revan and Malak defy the Jedi Council and lead a large faction of the Jedi, including the Jedi Exile, to war.
3,962 BBY
Eres III is nearly destroyed by Mandalorian hands, while at the same time the Xoxin plains are intentionally set on fire and continue to burn, even twelve years later.
The Mandalorians nearly devastate planet Duro, forcing the Duros to evacuate and relocate.
3,961 BBY
The Exchange is driven off Taris for a time, thanks to Revan's intervention.
Juhani is freed from slavery.
Revan and Malak discover Star Maps on Kashyyyk and Korriban.
Brejik takes command of the Black Vulkar gang on Taris.
Cassus Fett becomes the most wanted man in the Galaxy.
3,960 BBY
Mandalore the Ultimate is killed by Revan at the Battle of Malachor V.
The Mandalorian Wars end.
The Jedi Exile, who was serving as a general, loses all connection to the Force, returns to the Jedi Council, and is exiled from the Order for her crimes.
Revan and Malak disappear into unknown space with a third of the Republic fleet.
3,959 BBY
The Jedi Civil War begins.
Revan and Malak declare themselves Sith and invade the Republic. Only the Battle Meditation of Bastila Shan staves off certain defeat.
Battle of Foerost.
Bombing of Telos IV.
3,958 BBY
Griff Vao leaves Taris with Lena, abandoning his young sister, Mission.
3,957 BBY
Revan is defeated onboard his flagship, after Malak turns against him. Bastila Shan brings Revan back to the Jedi, who use the Force to strip his memories and create a new identity for him.
3,956 BBY
Battle of Taris.
Attack on Dantooine.
At the Battle of Rakata Prime, Revan kills Malak in a lightsaber duel, and the Republic Fleet destroys the Star Forge.
End of the Jedi Civil War.
The First Sith Civil War begins.
3,955 BBY
Revan disappears into the Unknown Regions.
The First Sith Civil War ends.
First Jedi Purge begins.
Supreme Chancellor Cressa starts the Telosian Restoration Project, for which Aratech launches the G0-T0 droid series.
3,952 BBY
The Conclave on Katarr is called to discuss the future of the Jedi Order.
The Sith Lord Darth Nihilus uses his massive Force powers to feed off of the life on Katarr, destroying all life on the planet, (except for the Miraluka Visas Marr), and virtually wipes out the Jedi Order.
3,951 BBY
The Czerka Corporation, through not entirely legal means, attempts to take control over the Telosian Restoration Project.
The Exile is discovered aboard the Ebon Hawk by Kreia.
First Battle of Dantooine.
First Battle of Onderon.
Second Battle of Onderon.
Battle of Telos IV.
The Exile reestablishes connection to the Force, then kills Darth Nihilus, Darth Sion and Darth Traya, who have spent the last five years assassinating Jedi.
Destruction of Malachor V.
First Jedi Purge ends.
The Second Sith Civil War begins.
End of the Old Sith Wars.
The Exile departs to the Unknown Regions to find Revan.
3,946 BBY
Sixteen worlds ruled by G0-T0 droids secede from the Galactic Republic to form the independent territory of 400100500260026.
The Republic, under the directive of Supreme Chancellor Cressa, retakes 400100500260026.
c. 3,900 BBY
The planet Naboo is colonized by settlers from Grizmallt.
3,670 BBY
End of the Kanz Disorders.
3,600 BBY
The Jedi free the Lorrdians from Argazdan control.
3,519 BBY
An expansion to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant is made.
3,500 BBY
The Iktotchi race is discovered by the Galactic Republic.
3,475 BBY
Iktotch joins the Galactic Republic.
3,100 BBY
The Hapan Consortium seals its borders with the rest of the Galaxy.
c. 3,032 BBY
The War of the Gungan Tribes.
The Gungans are unified under Boss Gallo.
Boss Rogoe dies.
Building of Otoh Gunga.
3,000 BBY
Freia Kallea charts the Hydian Way.
Hapes Consortium is founded.
Socorro is colonized by Corellian colonists.
The Alsakan Conflicts end.
2,996 BBY
Saalo Morn fails to become a Jedi Knight and crosses over to the dark side of the Force.
2,992 BBY
The planet Dathomir leaves the Paecian Empire.
2,989 BBY
The Sayings, (an Atrisian reference), is stored in the Atrisian Imperial Historical Library.
c. 2,979 BBY
Jabiim joins the Galactic Republic.
2,973 BBY
The Senate Rotunda is built.
2,700 BBY
The city of Kala'din on Ryloth collapses.
2,519 BBY
An expansion to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant is made, including the addition of the Jedi Archives.
c. 2,200 BBY
The beginning of the height of Saffa painting.
2,032 BBY
Coruscant experiences its last major groundquake.
The Koorivar are expelled from Kooriva by an indigenous species.
2,019 BBY
Durge is born.
c. 2,000 BBY
Jedi Master Phanius absconds from the order with a stolen Holocron.
The departure from the Jedi Order of Phanius and his followers becomes the Fourth Great Schism.
Phanius takes the name Darth Ruin and starts a New Sith Empire.
Darth Ruin is soon betrayed and killed by his followers.
The New Sith War begins.
Sometime between 2,000 BBY & 1,532 BBY
Battle of Uba IV.
1,998 BBY
Ecclessis Figg is born.
1,991 BBY
Jomark is colonized.
1,989 BBY
The planet of Bespin is first colonized.
c. 1,750 BBY
The Dark Underlord becomes Dark Lord of the Sith.
c. 1,550 BBY
The end of the height of Saffa painting.
1,532 BBY
The Koorivar win back control of Kooriva.
Battle of Gap Nine.
c. 1,500 BBY
Jaing and Durge are used as pawns in an unnamed Outer Rim cyberneticist's plot to start a war between the Mandalorians and the Sith.
First Battle of Malrev IV.
1,489 BBY
The Sayings are printed for the Atrisian nobility.
1,466 BBY
Battle of Mizra.
Between 1,466 BBY & 1,250 BBY
Battle of Almas.
1,250 BBY
Belia Darzu becomes Dark Lord of the Sith.
The Sictis Wars begin.
1,230 BBY
Belia Darzu dies.
The Sictis Wars end.
c. 1,196 BBY
The civilization on Hathrox III is destroyed in a biochemical civil war.
1,100 BBY
Tatooine is rediscovered by the Galactic Republic.
Start of the Republic Dark Age.
1,026 BBY
Darth Bane is born.
1,020 BBY
The planet Melida/Daan is colonized.
1,010 BBY
A Sith Lord creates the Behemoth from the World Below on Aduba-3.
Dannik Jerriko is born on Anzat.
Rain, (who would later become Darth Zannah), is born on Somov Rit.
1,006 BBY
Battle of Korriban.
1,003 BBY
Battle of Kashyyyk.
Battle of Hsskhor.
1,002 BBY
Battle of Phaseera.
1,001 BBY
Spira is colonized.
c.1,000 BBY
Battle of Hoth.
Battle of Dromund Kaas.
Battle of Malrev IV.
Battle of Harpori.
Battle of Balowa.
First Battle of Ruusan.
Second Battle of Ruusan.
Third Battle of Ruusan.
Fourth Battle of Ruusan.
Fifth Battle of Ruusan.
Sixth Battle of Ruusan.
Seventh Battle of Ruusan.
Fall of the Republic/Rise of the Empire era
c. 1,000 BBY
The Battle of Ruusan. The remaining Sith are exterminated on Ruusan, with the exception of Darth Bane, who starts a new Sith Order with only one master and one apprentice at a time (this is known as the Rule of Two). Each subsequent Sith would bear the title Darth, with few exceptions. The Senate passes the Ruusan Reformation, setting the year of the Battle of Ruusan to the year zero.
The Republic Dark Age comes to an end.
The Jafan Dynasty begins on Naboo.
990 BBY
Darth Zannah fights and kills Darovit on Ruusan.
965 BBY
Chiss Ascendancy passes the Non-Aggression Law.
920 BBY
Aruk the Hutt is born.
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.
c. 850 BBY
A box containing a 10,000 year old lightsaber is discovered on Ossus.
c. 800 BBY
Yoda begins to train Jedi in the ways of the Force.
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.
596 BBY
First Battle of Zeltros.
Jabba Desilijic Tiure is born on Nal Hutta.
595 BBY
Gandle Ott is colonized by Humans.
c. 571 BBY
The Clatear and the Nhoras begin a large-scale species-based feud.
550 BBY
The Bandit Alkhara moves into what will eventually become Jabba's Palace. His slaughter of a tribe of Sandpeople begins the centuries-long Tusken/Human blood feud.
The 222 fishing trawler is designed and produced by Ubrikkian Transports.
532 BBY
Many Quarren and Mon Calamari were taken as laborers to Lamaredd.
529 BBY
The Atrisian Parliament is formed.
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.
509 BBY
Yaddle is born.
c. 500 BBY
The Jedi training vessel Chu'unthor, is built in orbit around the planet Abhean by Republic Fleet Systems.
500 BBY
The Federation of the Double Worlds is founded.
Plagen is discovered.
Tyvokka is born on Kashyyyk.
495 BBY
Ikrit is born on the Outer Rim world of Kushibah.
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.
482 BBY
Ikrit begins training under Master Yoda.
481 BBY
Using the Force, Ikrit saves his village from xinkra.
475 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.
Yinchorr is first charted by the Galactic Republic.
470 BBY
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.
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 Afarathau cult.
378 BBY
Ikrit discovers the Golden Globe within the Palace of the Woolamander on Yavin IV.
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.
332 BBY
The Sheyfs of Clan Vos begin to rule Kiffu.
322 BBY
The Annoo-dat conquer Gelefil.
321 BBY
Ord Cestus becomes a prison planet.
c. 320 BBY
Rill is born.
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.
c. 300 BBY
The Bothan Spynet is established.
Myrkr is discovered and settled.
The Ho'Din begin to industrialize and move down from the trees.
300 BBY
The Nozho-Weogar War between the Bith city-states of Nozho and Weogar devastates Clak'dor VII.
297 BBY
The Kian'thar begin developing strong ties with Black Sun.
296 BBY
The Tofs conquer the planet Nagi.
292 BBY
Oon Tien is colonized by the Republic.
282 BBY
The Houks colonize Sriluur.
c. 275 BBY
The Janguine language goes extinct, along with its users.
250 BBY
Human colonists from Salliche colonize Varonat, founding the settlements of Tropis-on-Varonat and Edgefields-on-Varonat.
Gelgelar is colonized.
Adarlon is colonized by Alderaanians.
247 BBY
Bosbit Matarcher is born.
232 BBY
The Jedi notice that the Force has begun to "flux", and fear that the dark side is growing again.
Worxer is destroyed when its sun goes supernova.
229 BBY
The Gardaji Rift is surveyed by the Galactic Republic.
222 BBY
A freighter from Geonosis crashes on Tatooine, leading to the domestication of the massifs by the Sandpeople.
c. 220 BBY
The Academy of Carida is founded.
The mining city of Tayana on Duro reaches its height.
Drongar is discovered by Nikto scouts.
219 BBY
Gowix Computers is founded.
212 BBY
Starting from his homeworld of Delemede, Bosbit Matarcher unintentionally time travels 190 years into the future, due to faulty relativistic shielding on his ship.
206 BBY
Oppo Rancisis is born on Thisspias.
Quagga is born on Kashyyyk.
c. 200 BBY
A Wookiee named Chewbacca is born on Kashyyyk.
The Jedi Order feels that the dark side of the Force is growing strong again.
The star Carosi destroys the innermost five planets in the Carosus system.
Yperio Baobab creates Bab-Prime, precursor to Bab-Neo and modern-day droidspeak.
Memory wipes become common droid maintenance following a personality virus unleashed by a member of the Baobab Merchant Fleet.
195 BBY
Glova is colonized.
194 BBY
Birth of the Bab-Prime language.
192 BBY
Recycling bacteria in a manner that revolutionizes waste management develops on Coruscant.
191 BBY
The natives of Fere are wiped out by a plague.
190 BBY
Vima-Da-Boda is born.
189 BBY
Vortex joins the Galactic Republic.
188 BBY
Kibh Jeen falls to the dark side of the Force.
Almas Academy is founded on Almas by the Jedi.
Qornah dies on Almas.
180 BBY
The space station Tatoo III is constructed in orbit around Tatooine.
171 BBY
Yoda travels to Ord Cestus and saves its natives, the X'Ting, from a disaster.
161 BBY
The Tarasin Revolt begins on Cularin.
160 BBY
Orn Belden, future Bakuran senator, is born.
157 BBY
Chalmun is born on Kashyyyk.
155 BBY
Tojjevvuk is born on Kashyyyk.
154 BBY
The Tarasin Revolt on Cularin ends with the Cularin Compact.
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