Republica Galactica

The Republica Galactica was the galactic government brought to an end by trader barons and corrupt politicians, heralding the rise of the First Galactic Empire.

The Republica was founded with the help of a man named The Skywalker, a hundred thousand years before the Empire.

At its height, it consisted of over a million worlds. The leaders of the power and transport guilds suborned the Great Senate as it grew too unwieldy to administer the state. This conspiracy was discovered by the Jedi Bendu, who were counter-accused of treason. Several Jedi were tried and sentenced to death. Members of the Senate then orchestrated civil disorder and terrorism, spurring popular support for the creation of a police state and later the Empire. The Emperor himself was a mere puppet.

The Holy Rebellion of '06 saw the fall of the Republica's guardians, the Jedi Bendu of Ashla in a conflict with the Black Knights of the Sith. The Sith became the bodyguard of the Emperor, led by the Master of the Sith.

The last remnants of the Republica fled to the Outlands systems and the Great Rift to escape the tyranny of the Empire.

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