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Great Schism referred to several different events that led to wars between traditional Jedi and Dark Jedi.
Schisms in history
- First Great Schism — Led to the Legions of Lettow[1]
- Second Great Schism — Led to the Hundred-Year Darkness and the exile of the Dark Jedi to the worlds that became the Sith Empire[1]
- Third Great Schism — Led to the Vultar Cataclysm[1]
- Fourth Great Schism — Led to the New Sith Wars and a large Sith presence for a thousand years[2]
Although the Great Schisms were started by splits in the Jedi Order, which led to war or a great calamity, neither the Great Sith War started by Exar Kun nor the Jedi Civil War started by Darth Revan were termed Great Schisms, though they were instigated by factions from the Second Great Schism (Marka Ragnos[1] and the Sith Emperor,[3] respectively).[1]
Behind the scenes
The third and fourth schisms remain largely untold. Their main appearances have been mostly in reference books such as the Essential Guide series. The fourth was first mentioned in the novelization of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and was originally based on background notes from George Lucas for the prequel trilogy.
Sources
- The Essential Chronology
- Star Wars: Secrets of the Sith
"The Emperor's Pawns" — Star Wars Gamer 5- The New Essential Guide to Characters
- Power of the Jedi Sourcebook
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 75 JED 1-4: The Jedi
- The New Essential Chronology
"Heritage of the Sith" — Star Wars Insider 88
Evil Never Dies: The Sith Dynasties on Hyperspace (backup link) (original site is defunct)
The Emperor's Pawns Endnotes, Part 4: Mistress of Teräs Käsi on Only Sith Deal In Absolutes! — Abel G. Peña's StarWars.com Blog (original site is defunct)- Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Essential Atlas
- The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force
- The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural
- Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
- Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia
- The Essential Guide to Warfare
- Nexus of Power