Great Sith Wars

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The Great Sith Wars were a series of conflicts between the Jedi and the Sith that lasted many centuries,[2] starting between circa 5000 BBY and 4000 BBY.[1] The Great Hyperspace War was said to have begun around the same time as well: circa 5000 BBY.[4]

A frieze depicting a battle from the Great Sith Wars had adorned the chambers of a Sith Emperor[5] during or after around 4000 BBY.[6] The bas-relief later came under the possession of Sheev Palpatine after an archaeological dig on the moon Yavin 4.[7]

Behind the scenes

The Great Sith Wars first appeared in a bas-relief in the film Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.[8] They where identified as such in the 2023 reference book Star Wars 100 Objects.[2] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the conflict depicted on the bas-relief was identified as the Great Hyperspace War.[9]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Timelines states that the wars between the Jedi and the Sith started around 5000 BBY. As Star Wars 100 Objects further states that the Great Sith Wars Bas-Relief, which was constructed after the beginning of the Great Sith Wars, was in existence by around 4000 BBY. Therefore, the Great Sith Wars must have began between those two dates.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Star Wars 100 Objects
  3. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the end of the wars between the Jedi and Sith to 1032 BBY.
  4. ↑ According to Nexus of Power, the Qel-Droma Epics dates the destruction of Ossus to approximately 4000 years before the Imperial Era. The Epics also say that Ossus' destruction took place a one thousand years after the Great Hyperspace War, it could be calculated that the war occurred approximately 5000 years before the Imperial Era.
  5. ↑ "Coruscant" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
  6. ↑ Star Wars 100 Objects establishes that the Great Sith Wars Bas-Relief was created around 4000 BBY. Therefore, the Sith Emperor's chambers must have been constructed during or after around 4000 BBY.
  7. ↑ SWInsider "Art Wars" — Star Wars Insider 226
  8. ↑ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  9. ↑ Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Champions of the Force Card: Great Hyperspace War Bas-Relief (backup link)
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