Judicial Forces / Legends The Judicial Forces , Judicial Security , Judicial Fleet , or Judicial Starfleet was the military branch of the Judicial Department of the Old Republic . For a thousand years following the Ruusan Reformation and prior to the Clone Wars , it was the closest thing the Republic had to a centralized military . History . The Ruusan Reformation . Following the Ruusan Reformation in 1000 BBY at the end of the New Sith Wars , the entirety of the Republic Military , including the Republic Army , Republic Navy , and the Republic Starfighter Corps branches , were almost entirely downsized . The remainder was placed under the jurisdiction of the new Judicial Department , along with the limited peacekeeping forces that used to be the Army of Light . These were reformed into the Judicial Forces . The Reformation was an unprecedented , voluntary dismantling by the Republic government of centralized authority over economic , political and military power . The once - mighty Republic Navy became a comparatively small collection of task forces and rapid response fleets , intended to patrol the frontier and respond to crises . Local defense would be handled by the Planetary Security Forces , which for fourteen millennia had been little more than an auxiliary of the Navy . The Galactic Senate could authorize the Judicial Forces to requisition military units from systems and sectors , and in the event of a crisis , the Supreme Chancellor had the right to appoint a Governor - General to coordinate a military response with the Senator of that sector . Members of the Judicial Forces wore close - fitting , dark - blue uniforms ( whose design would later become the basis for the uniforms of the Imperial Navy ) , and consequently became known as " bluecoats " . Despite its limitations , the Senate would regularly deploy the Judicial fleet against pirate bands and other threats to the Republic ( such as during the Stark Hyperspace War ) ; as such , along with its police and intelligence capacities , the Judicial Forces were the closest thing to a standing military the Republic had following the Ruusan Reformation . Reunifying the galaxy . The Judicial Forces were , with the rest of the Department , based in the Judicial Arcology on Coruscant . It operated the Republic ' s former military academies ( such as the Raithal Academy and the Academy of Carida ) , as well as its own , the Judicial Academy . It coordinated its various peacekeeping efforts with the Jedi Order and regional planetary or sector defense militias . The Judicial Forces ' first commander was Admiral Lune Banjeer , a distinguished veteran of the Ruusan campaign . The Judicials fought with distinction in the Unification Campaigns of the 900s BBY that brought the galaxy back under Republic control in the aftermath of the Sith Wars , achieving notably victories at Vondarc , D ' rinba IV and the Klina Marches . They fought ably at the surface engagement on Korvaii that ended the Melusi Uprising , and brought the Belderone Contention to an end at the Battle of Dandrian ' s Ring . The Judicial Fleet would later play key roles in the Mandalorian Excision of 738 BBY , the Battles of the Black Delve in the 690s BBY , and the Utor Shock of 602 BBY , with many officers serving with distinction as the galactic frontier pushed Rimward once again . Decline and eclipse . As peace settled over the galaxy however , and the period that would be remembered as the Great Peace of the Republic began , the Judicial Forces slowly began to lose relevance . Periodic bribery scandals and a weakening of central power eroded the Judicials ' funding and standing as many Senators focused more on their sectors ' Planetary Security Forces . Furthermore , the PSFs developed traditions of their own , and took over much of the appeal and glamor of military service from the Judicials , especially after they cooperated to restore the Republic Navy War College on Anaxes as the College of the Planetary Security Forces . As Anaxes once again became the center of naval tradition and pomp , the Judicial Academy on Coruscant was mocked as a factory for court officers who got to fly . The Katana fleet was an attempt to restore the Judicial Forces to some of its old glory , but it turned into an expensive fiasco when the force of 200 " Dreadnaught " - class heavy cruisers fell victim to a hive virus and disappeared without a trace into hyperspace . Following the Trade Federation ' s failed invasion of the Naboo system , many of their security forces were transferred to the Republic ' s Judicial branch , but as the Republic entered its final decades and the Separatist Crisis slowly eroded its authority , Militarist s , Reformist s and Loyalists called for the restoration of the Republic Military , and looked to Anaxes for models , not Coruscant . After the start of the Clone Wars , the Judicial Fleet once more became the Republic Navy , while its ground peacekeeping forces were absorbed into the Grand Army of the Republic . However , the new Navy ' s traditions , leaders and even favored shipyards were drawn from the Planetary Security Forces , not the Judicials . By the time of the Galactic Empire ' s reign , the Judicial Fleet had some degree of reverence , at least in so far as the various Imperial Military branches ultimately having some connection to it . However , the Stormtrooper Corps looked down upon the Judicial Security forces , remarked them as feeble , and stated they do not compare at all to the group .