3946 BBY The year 3946 before the Battle of Yavin ( BBY ) , also known as 293 before the Treaty of Coruscant ( BTC ) , was a standard year during the reign of Supreme Chancellor Tol Cressa and the continued reconstruction after the Jedi Civil War . Ten years after the galaxy - spanning conflict between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic , G0 - T0 droids , created by Aratech to facilitate in planetary administration during the reconstruction efforts , were still in place on systems across the galaxy , including those within the Gordian Reach . In 3946 BBY sixteen rogue droids , which had become autonomous and free of their programming , overthrew the governments on planets in the Gordian Reach . Cutting off all HoloNet communication and blockading the hyperlane s , the droids proclaimed the independent territory of 400100500260026 . The " coup d ' état " resulted in the death of millions of beings . Chancellor Cressa , however , successfully led the campaign to liberate the sector . In the Kanz sector , however , the Kanz Disorders remained unattended to and the subjugation and slavery of planets such as Lorrd continued . Proem . In the wake of the Jedi Civil War , Supreme Chancellor Tol Cressa launched reconstruction initiatives which began with the Telosian Restoration Project , a planet - wide terraforming project to make the world habitable , in 3955 BBY . To facilitate in the rebuilding efforts , the company Aratech launched a series of G0 - T0 droids . These black , spherical droids were designed to facilitate in planetary administration with safeguards in their programming which limited the droids to acting within the bounds of Republic law . The first problem arose , however , with the droid assigned to Telos . The automaton found it impossible to act in the best interests of the Republic and remain within the boundaries of Republic law . Breaking free of its programming , the droid began to act illegally , all in an effort , however , of stabilizing the Republic and its reconstruction initiatives . It eventually became involved in the Exchange , a crime syndicate , and placed bounties on both Jedi and Sith . Over the years thereafter , other G0 - T0 droids gradually became more and more autonomous . The galaxy in 3946 BBY . In 3946 BBY , sixteen G0 - T0 droids in the area of space known as the Gordian Reach unleashed a " coup d ' état " and overthrew the planetary governments . These droids established themselves as dictators , cutting off all HoloNet communication . Aligning together , the sixteen droids blockaded the hyperlane s which accessed the sector and abruptly seceded from the Galactic Republic . Sending out a drone pod , the G0 - T0 droids announced that the sixteen planets had formed the independent territory of 400100500260026 . An intelligence report was filed suggesting the dispatching of the Republic Navy to free the planets . With millions of beings perishing in the " coup " , Supreme Chancellor Cressa ordered the military to action . The liberation campaign was both highly publicized and successful . With the Galactic Republic still recovering from the Jedi Civil War and other prior conflicts , the Kanz Disorders had continued in the Kanz sector . The secessionist conflict that started in 3970 BBY had been ignored by the Republic due to their occupation with a series of wars . By 3946 BBY , the situation had continued unchanged . The separatist Myrialites still had control over the sector and were subjugating the worlds , such as Lorrd , to slavery . As a result , the ongoing creation of kinetic communication continued . Impact . The uprising by G0 - T0 droids in the Gordian Reach greatly effected Aratech . The corporation struggled as it was viewed unfavorably in light of its product . Eventually , the company restructured and focused on manufacturing speeder bikes and other transportation products . The highly - publicized liberation of the Gordian Reach along with his reconstruction initiatives secured Cressa as a legendary leader of the Old Republic . At the same time , however , the Republic ' s lack of intervention in the Kanz Disorders allowed the conflict to continue for nearly three hundred more years , until it was finally resolved in 3670 BBY . Behind the scenes . The year 3946 BBY and the secession of 400100500260026 was first mentioned in " The New Essential Guide to Droids " , released in July of 2006 . The incident later received mention in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " under the entries of Cressa , G0 - T0 , and the Gordian Reach . A minor discrepancy occurs , however , in the " Encyclopedia " . Under the entry for G0 - T0 , the text indicates that sixteen rogue droids acted in the secessionist " coup " , a figure in agreement with " The New Essential Guide to Droids " . The entry on the Gordian Reach , however , states that it was one rogue droid who instigated the event . The ongoing Kanz Disorders received mention in " The Essential Chronology " , although without direct dating of the conflict , and " The New Essential Chronology " . No specific data for the Kanz Disorders , in relation to 3946 BBY , exists in these sources other than that the conflict was ongoing due to a lack of Republic intervention .