Declaration of the Rebel Alliance

The Declaration of the Rebel Alliance was a declaration by Senator Mon Mothma to rally the various rebel cells that formed the early rebellion into the Alliance to Restore the Republic. It was considered to be the official beginning of the Galactic Civil War. After a daring pursuit by the Galactic Empire forces, Mon Mothma made a speech from the rebel VCX-100 light freighter Ghost, on all rebel communications channels and on HoloNet broadcasts where rebel forces could slice into, in which she resigned from the Imperial Senate and condemned the actions of the Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine.

She continued the speech and called for an alliance to restore the Galactic Republic, vowing to not rest until the Empire had been defeated. Following the speech, dozens of rebel starships emerged from hyperspace above the planet Dantooine, answering the call to action.

In the time following the Declaration of the Rebel Alliance, the newly created Alliance to Restore the Republic sent the Declaration of Rebellion to Emperor Palpatine, formally declaring the rebellion against the Empire. Subsequently, the Galactic Civil War erupted, and by its end the Empire was defeated, Emperor Palpatine was dead, and the Alliance had reorganized into the New Republic.

During the New Republic Era, the First Order, formed from remnants of the Galactic Empire in the Unknown Regions in the decades following the end of the war, revealed itself, and was countered by the Resistance, an organization determined to protect the New Republic. It was during this time that the Rebel Files, a central archive depository, was recovered, which contained highly sensitive Alliance documents and notes, including Mothma's account of the moments prior to the Declaration of the Rebel Alliance.

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