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The Sith Wars of the 3600s BBY[2] 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.[3] Sith resurgence in later millennia resulted in the Old Sith Wars, which likewise ended in a Republic victory in 3950 BBY.[5] 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.[3]
The Republic and the Empire returned to battle with the outbreak of the Galactic War,[3] and while Vitiate abandoned his empire to oversee the Eternal Empire conquest of the galaxy,[6] the Eternal Alliance defeated the Eternal Empire,[7] allowing the Republic and the Empire to continue their struggle with a third Galactic War.[4] 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.[8]
After the Sith Wars of the 3600s, continuing militarism in the Axis reinvigorated old tensions in the region, instigating the Seventeenth Alsakan Conflict.[2]
Behind the scenes
The Sith Wars were first mentioned, albeit indirectly, in the 2004 Obsidian Entertainment video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.[1] The struggle first appeared in the 2009 webcomic The Old Republic, Threat of Peace Act 1: Treaty of Coruscant,[9] and was first identified in the 2012 reference book The Essential Guide to Warfare, written by Jason Fry and Paul R. Urquhart.[2]
As opposed to the wars between the Jedi and the Sith depicted in Star Wars Legends media, Star Wars creator George Lucas stated that there has never been a war between the two groups.[10]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (First mentioned) (Indirect mention only)
"Return" on The Old Republic's official website (article) (backup link)- The Old Republic, Blood of the Empire Act 1: Shades of the Sith
- The Old Republic, Blood of the Empire Act 2: The Broken World
- The Old Republic, Blood of the Empire Act 3: Burn the Future
- "Hope" on The Old Republic's official website (article) (backup link)
- "The Old Republic: The Third Lesson" — Star Wars Insider 124 (reprinted in Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 2)
- The Old Republic, Threat of Peace Act 1: Treaty of Coruscant (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught
Sources
- The Essential Guide to Warfare (First identified as Sith Wars)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The Essential Guide to Warfare
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught — Flashpoint: "Objective: Meridian"
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II ("Old Sith Wars")
- ↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire — Chapter I: The Hunt
- ↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire — Chapter IX: The Alliance
- ↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught — Flashpoint: "Secrets of the Enclave"
- ↑ The Old Republic, Threat of Peace Act 1: Treaty of Coruscant
- ↑ The Star Wars Archives: Episodes I–III, 1999–2005