Old Republic era

The Old Republic era encompasses the thousands of years between the foundation of the Galactic Republic in 25,000 BBY and the Ruusan Reformations in 1,000 BBY. The Chronicles of the Great War series is set to take place in this era, as is parts of My Father's Dreams.

Timeline

Main article: Timeline of galactic history

• 24,992 BBY
  • Jonathan Bac's two terms as Supreme Chancellor end and he retires to Alderaan.
• 24,980 BBY
  • Rana Mas Trehalt, a legendary Queen of Duro, dies. Dassid becomes King of Duro in her place.
  • Relations between Coruscant and Alsakan worsen after the death of the Alsakan Vicar years earlier.
• Pre-24,500 BBY
  • Xendor is exiled from the Order of the Jedi Bendu—later said to be the Jedi Order—for practicing the dark side of the Force.
  • Xendor discovers the Kaiburr crystal in the Unknown Regions.
• 24,500 BBY
  • Decades later, Xendor organizes the Legions of Lettow and launches an assault against the Jedi Bendu on Coruscant. Xendor and his forces are defeated.
  • One of Xendor's surviving minions takes the late Dark Jedi's Kaiburr crystal to Utapau, where it is adopted by the Gungan people as part of their religion. Xendor's manifesto is taken by another surviving legionarre to Conscio in the Outer Rim Territories.
• 24,000 BBY
  • Hosk Station is constructed on the surface of the largest moon of Kalarba.
  • The Tionese War breaks out between the Republic and the Honorable Union of Desevro & Tion.
• 23,900 BBY
  • With the exception of Desevro, the former worlds of the Honorable Union of Desevro & Tion join the Republic. Tion becomes the capital of the sector.
• 20,100 BBY
  • The Republic begins colonizing the Inner Rim.
• 20,000 BBY
  • The Republic's Great Manifest Period begins.
  • The Tae are exiled from Alsakan after setting foot on the planet's surface, an act considered sacrilegious by the Alsakan people.
• 19,997 BBY
  • The Hidden Art is discovered amongst the Tae.
• c. 18,000 BBY
  • The Bureau of Ships and Services is created as a Republic agency.
  • The Templars of Sha are founded.
• 17,552 BBY
  • Haruun Kal is colonized.
• 17,000 BBY
  • The First Alsakan Conflict begins.
  • The Great Manifest Period ends.
• 16,950 BBY
  • The Alsakans come into contact with the Tae.
• 15,500 BBY
  • The University of Coruscant is founded by Borz'Math'oh and Supreme Chancellor Fillorean.
  • The Jedi Bendu build an early version of the lightsaber.
• 15,000 BBY
  • The Jedi Bendu Schism occurs, breaking the Order of the Jedi Bendu into the Jedi Order and the Bendu Order; the later settled on Kal'Shabbol in the Unknown Regions, while the Jedi became the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy.
  • Zios Malachor becomes the first High Priest of the Bendu Order.
  • The Jedi Bendu Schism is covered up by the Republic and ultimately forgotten.
  • The Hutts take over the planet Evocar and rename it Nal Hutta.
• 14,000 BBY
  • Early blasters, derived from technology leftover from the Infinite Empire, are mass produced.
• 13,720 BBY
  • The Herglic Trade Empire collapses.
  • The Herglic remnants come into contact with the Human colonists in the nearby Tapani sector, ultimately joining the Galactic Republic.
• 13,500 BBY
  • Lightsabers cease to require backpack generators, becoming completely hand-held.
• 13,000 BBY
  • The Alsakan Union invades and takes control of Coruscant from the Republic, beginning the Alsakan Crisis.
  • Jedi Grand Master Banik Kelrada convinces the Alsakan Vicar Lharra to end the war, but she is killed by her own advisers in order to continue the war effort. The Alsakans implicated Kelrada in the assassination.
  • The Alsakans launch attacks against Republic forces on Ruan, Bessimir, and Metellos.
  • A schism in the Jedi Order results in the creation of the Ospion Guardians, a rogue group of Jedi who left the Order following a disastrous Jedi conclave.
  • The Republic re-claims Coruscant from the Alsakan Union.
  • Supreme Chancellor Relana Isolde Tanoor is assassinated by an unknown assassin during a Galactic Senate session.
• 12,999 BBY
  • The Battle of Alsakan marks the end of the Alsakan Crisis; the Republic emerges victorious from the battle, though it is bittersweet as the planet Alsakan is devastated when the Alsakan military leaders crash the orbiting ring city Xenvaer onto the surface.
  • Alsakan refugees who survive the destruction of Xenvaer scatter throughout the galaxy. Some assimilated into the Galactic Republic, whereas others join together in groups such as the Alsakan Restoration Movement.