Republic (disambiguation)

A republic is a system of government in which citizens are ruled by elected officials. The concept of a republic, and by extension, democracy due to the heads of state being appointed by the people and having limited powers before a plurality, is generally considered antithetical to an empire largely because the latter concept has an absolute head-of-state ruling over everything with little input by the citizenry. There have been many republics in galactic history, including:
There have been numerous republics in galactic history:
== Canon ==
*The Galactic Republic, a galactic democratic union transformed into the Galactic Empire at the conclusion of the Clone Wars
*The New Republic, reorganised from the Alliance to Restore the Republic in the aftermath of the Battle of Endor during the Galactic Civil War
== Legends ==
*The Galactic Republic, also referred to as the Old Republic.
*The Kathol Republic, a government within the Kathol sector
*The New Republic, founded after the collapse of the Galactic Empire at the hands of the Rebel Alliance. It was founded to restore the Old Republic.
*The Ylesian Republic, the Yuuzhan Vong puppet government set up by the Peace Brigade.
*The Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, formed from the New Republic after the Yuuzhan Vong took over Coruscant in 27 ABY, also referred to as the Federal Galactic Republic.
== Real life ==
* Star Wars: Republic, originally just known as Star Wars, a comic series published by Dark Horse Comics from 1998-2006
== See also ==
*The Old Republic (disambiguation)
*The High Republic (disambiguation)
*List of publishing eras (for Legends)
==Notes and references==