Great Hyperspace War

The Great Hyperspace War was a conflict between the Galactic Republic and Sith Empire that took place just over 5,000 years before the Imperial Era spurred by sith development of the hyperdrive and the faster-than-light travel. By the Imperial Era, the now-mythological conflict was recounted in the quasi-historical Qel-Droma Epics. The Great Sith Wars began around the same time.

According to the Qel-Droma Epics, the Great Hyperspace War took place in approximately 5000 BBY, and was initiated when the Sith Empire invaded the planet Empress Teta, formerly Koros Major, which had recently been conquered by Empress Teta. After the outbreak of the Great Hyperspace War, Teta supposedly worked alongside the Jedi Order to fight against the Sith, successfully driving back the Sith Lord Naga Sadow and scattering the Sith forces across the galaxy. The Jedi Master Ooroo was involved in the Great Hyperspace War, perishing at some point during the conflict. While the inhabitants of Empress Teta presented the events of the Qel-Droma Epics, including the Great Hyperspace War, as historical fact, archaeological expeditions failed to verify the legends. The Great Library of Cinnagar took the view that the Qel-Droma Epics were factual history. To this end, the Great Library featured a vast museum dedicated to the era of the Unification Wars and the subsequent Great Hyperspace War. Artifacts from this era and artistic recreations of many characters and machines of war filled the displays.

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