796 BBY/Legends

796 before the Battle of Yavin (BBY) was a year in the Galactic Republic's Great Peace of the Republic era. In this period of time, Republic scouts opened the previously unexplored Deep Core and broadened Republic territory into areas of the galaxy that were then considered to be part of Wild Space. Around 796 BBY, Yoda became a Master in the Jedi Order. Following 796 BBY, Yoda went on to become the Grand Master of the Order, serving as its leader.
==Proem==
The year 1000 BBY saw the end of the galaxy-spanning conflict known as the New Sith Wars, a thousand years of fighting between the Jedi and Sith, the two major Force-using factions of the galaxy. As the war ended, the Galactic Republic was left in ruins and in need of reorganization, a restructuring carried out via the Ruusan Reformation, a collection of reforms enacted by Supreme Chancellor Tarsus Valorum.The Essential Atlas The reform codified the Jedi Order, the winning faction of the war, as a branch of the Republic's Judicial Department.The New Essential Chronology Yoda, a green-skinned Force-sensitive non-Human, was born in 896 BBY.Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force In the following years, he was trained in the ways of the Force and became a Jedi.
==The galaxy in 796 BBY==
The year 796 BBY was also known as 2,857 after the Treaty of Coruscant (ATC), a peace agreement that brought an end to the Great Galactic War in 3653 BBY. In addition, 796 BBY was the same as 204 after the Ruusan Reformation and 761 before the Great ReSynchronization (BrS), a year-notation system established in 35 BBY. More than two hundred years before 796 BBY, the Ruusan Reformation became the stating point of a new era, the Great Peace of the Republic. During this time period, Republic scouts opened the previously unexplored Deep Core of the galaxy, and then-designated Wild Space portions of space were charted and settled, broadening the territory of the Republic. Around 796 BBY, Yoda became a Master of the Jedi Order at one hundred years of age.
==Impact==
During the Great Peace of the Republic, which lasted for nearly eight hundred more years, the Galactic Republic continued expanding its territory. In the following years, economic forces acquired more and more power in the galaxy, as companies bought star systems in the Tingel Arm and established the Corporate Sector. Over the next eight centuries, Yoda trained countless Jedi apprentices to Knighthood. His many years of contribution to the Order gained him a seat on the Jedi High Council. Eventually, he ascended to become the Grand Master of the Order, serving as the leader of all Jedi and thus turning into the "face" of the Jedi Council and the embodiment of the Order.Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel
==Notable events==
*Yoda became a Master of the Jedi Order. 
==Behind the scenes==
The year 796 BBY was only indirectly mentioned in Daniel Wallace's 2002 The New Essential Guide to Characters reference book, which stated that Yoda was one hundred years old when he became a Jedi Master. Other sources, such as the 2007 Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force, stated that Yoda was born in 896 BBY, thus indicating that he became a Master around 796 BBY.
==Sources==
*The New Essential Guide to Characters 
==Notes and references==
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Category:Years in the Great Peace of the Republic era