All Stars Burn as One " All Stars Burn as One " was the official anthem of the Galactic Republic and had been composed by the year 3642 BBY . The anthem was generally played as a greeting at diplomatic and military meetings and was used by the Republic until it was reformed into the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY . At some point after the Empire was formed , Imperial Edict 2 . 33b forbade the playing of " All Stars Burn as One . " Description . " All Stars Burn as One " was a piece of music that was used as the anthem of the Galactic Republic . The anthem could be sung and had multiple stanzas . The piece was considered to have a martial sound by the Sullustan journalist Den Dhur and was thought to be a stirring piece of music by the Human Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi and the Vippit barrister Doolb Snoil . History . The piece of music titled " All Star Burn as One " had been composed by 3642 BBY . During that year , the music was the anthem of the Galactic Republic who was fighting the Galactic War against the Sith Empire . By 22 BBY , at the time of the Clone Wars fought between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , " All Stars Burn as One " was still the anthem of the Republic . While the song excited the Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi at one point in his life , the tense political and militaristic situations that permeated the Clone Wars eventually made hearing the song uncomfortable for him . During the war , around the year 22 BBY , Kenobi was sent to the prison planet Ord Cestus to prevent the sale of the Force - sensitive JK - 13 security droid s , which posed a significant threat to Jedi . Upon his arrival in Ord Cestus ' s capital , ChikatLik , a band of musician droid s greeted the Knight ' s party with renditions of the Cestian anthem and " All Stars Burn as One . " The anthem was also played when a high - ranking officer or visiting dignitary would arrive at a Republic site . In 20 BBY , the anthem was played when Admiral Tarnese Bleyd arrived to inspect Republic Mobile Surgical Unit 7 during a battle on the planet Drongar . At some point after the Republic became the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY , the Empire passed a law known as Imperial Edict 2 . 33b that forbade the playing of " All Stars Burn as One . " Around the year 12 BBY , Princess Leia Organa of the planet Alderaan tampered with the public address system during an assembly at the Collegium for Young Ladies in Crevasse City , re - programming the device to play the forbidden anthem . The incident was one of several that prompted the Collegium ' s Board of Directors to expel the girl from the school and return her father ' s 30 , 000 credit bond . Behind the scenes . The Galactic Republic ' s anthem was first mentioned in " When the Domino Falls , " a 1994 short story written by Patricia A . Jackson for West End Games ' third issue of the " Star Wars Adventure Journal " . In 2004 , the Republic anthem was given the name , " All Stars Burn as One , " when the anthem made its first appearance in " The Cestus Deception " , a novel written by Steven Barnes . That same year , the anthem was featured , although unnamed , in " " , a novel written by Steve Perry and Michael Reaves . " All Stars Burn as One " was given its own entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " in 2008 , and while it has been mentioned in several other sources since then , is the only additional source to have referred to the anthem by its title . In 2011 , the BioWare MMORPG " " featured a bonus quest series on the planet Balmorra where the player is tasked with changing the music in the Sith Empire - controlled Sunken Sarlacc cantina to something more patriotic . The music that is played when the player completes that part of the quest is the same as the Republic theme from " " . While the game mentions that the music is patriotic in relation to the Galactic Republic , it does not state that the music played is the Republic anthem .