Sith Wars

The Sith Wars of the 3600s BBY were a galaxy-wide struggle between the Galactic Republic and the reconstituted Sith Empire, which had vowed revenge against the Republic after the Sith defeat in the Great Hyperspace War of 5000 BBY. Sith resurgence in earlier millennia resulted in the Old Sith Wars, which likewise ended in a Republic victory in 3950 BBY. Under Sith Emperor Vitiate, the Empire launched the Great Galactic War on the Republic in 3681 BBY, and while the two factions negotiated a ceasefire with the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant in 3653 BBY, a Cold War persisted until around 3640 BBY.

The Republic and the Empire returned to battle with the outbreak of the Galactic War, and while Vitiate abandoned his empire to oversee the Eternal Empire conquest of the galaxy, the Eternal Alliance defeated the Eternal Empire, allowing the Republic and the Empire to continue their struggle with a third Galactic War. In that war, Darth Malgus came into conflict with Emperor Darth Vowrawn and the Dark Council, as well as the Alliance Commander, who had sided with the Republic.

After the Sith Wars of the 3600s, continuing militarism in the Axis reinvigorated old tensions in the region, instigating the Seventeenth Alsakan Conflict.

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