Anglo-Jedi War

The **Anglo-Jedi War** was an armed conflict between the British Empire and the Jedi Order. It is a heavily classified topic by the British government, so it is unknown when exactly it took place.

## Synopsis

### Prelude

*Main Article: Anglo-Extraterrestrial Relations*

With the Cold War raging and the United States pressuring Britain to decolonize, the British parliament grew fearful that Britain's position of a superpower would be replaced by that of the US or USSR. As such, parliament enacted the Extraterrestrial Colonization Act (ECA) in secret. This would orchestrate the colonization of the Star Wars galaxy where Britain had, in the past, heavily influenced the spice trade.

With the ECA in act, the British government began to steal NASA technology to once again create the rockets they had used to travel to the Star Wars Galaxy in the past. It is unknown how the British government was able to create these rockets as parliament has classified the topic.

As the Star Wars galaxy was relatively primitive at the time, the British were able to quickly take it using only 38,000 troops as their advanced technology gave them an advantage (as it always did when subjugating native civilizations). Finally, after taking over Coruscant, the galaxy was placed under military administration. The spice trade was legalized and the British generated tons of money from selling spice around the galaxy. Planets that opposed the spice trade were brutally forced into submission.

### Withdrawal of British Troops

Around 20 years after the British colonization of the galaxy, back on Earth, NATO was starting to get suspicious. Britain had been failing to keep up their military quota and as a result a joint investigation was going to be launched in Britain. In an effort to cover up the Star Wars incident, the British quickly recalled the majority of their troops back to Earth, leaving a mere 7,000 troops to defend Coruscant.

### The Uprising

Capitalizing off the weakened British defense, a group of force-sensitive individuals began rebelling against the British administration in Coruscant. This group branded themselves as the Jedi and their force abilities quickly proved to be very effective against the British Army and combined with the new lightsaber technology they were able to eradicate British rule from other planets. Coruscant, however, still remained a British stronghold.

### Battle of Coruscant

In an effort to retake the other planets, the British Army sent a considerable force to attack Hosnian Prime. Unfortunately, rebel spies had relayed the plans for this attack back to Jedi headquarters and the British were intercepted. The British forces were crushed, and the rebels were able to push the British back to Coruscant.

Rebel troops landed on Coruscant soon after and a bloody guerilla campaign ensued with both sides taking heavily losses. The British administration began developing their own lightsabers and they issued these to their officers. However, British lightsabers were faulty and were proven to be less than reliant in battle. Running out of food, supplies and options, the British surrendered 2 months after being besieged by the rebels. The remaining British forces were forced to return to Earth.

### Aftermath

On Earth, nobody except the British government knew of the war. The technology used to get to the galaxy was destroyed by the British government in the fear that Soviet spies might try to steal it.

On the Star Wars galaxy, the rebels and Jedi quickly organized a new nation called the Galactic Republic.