Galactic Civil War (event)

### Objective

The Alliance to Restore the Republic wages war against ruling Galactic Empire to restore democratic rule to the galaxy

### Outcome

* New Republic victory
	+ Galactic Emperor Darth Sidious is killed by the redeemed Anakin Skywalker
	+ The Sith Order is destroyed
	+ The Galactic Empire disintegrates into several remnants, some which eventually reorganize into the First Order
	+ The Galactic Republic is restored as the New Republic
	+ The Galactic Senate is restored as the New Republic Senate
	+ The New Republic and the Galactic Empire sign the Galactic Concordance
	+ Beginning of the New Republic Era
	+ The New Jedi Order is founded

## Combatants

* Jedi Order
* Sith Order †

## Commanders

* Senator Bail Organa
* Jedi Master Jarik Shan
* Admiral Raddus
* Admiral Gial Ackbar
* General Jan Dodonna
* General Davits Draven
* General Hera Syndulla
* General/Princess Leia Organa
* General Carlist Rieekan
* General Crix Madine
* Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi
* Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker
* Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader †
* Counselor Gallius Rax †
* Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin †
* Grand Admiral Rae Sloane
* General Cassio Tagge
* Admiral Conan Antonio Motti †
* Admiral Kendal Ozzel †
* Admiral Firmus Piett †
* Moff Tiaan Jerjerrod †
* Director Orson Callan Krennic †

The **Galactic Civil War**, also referred to as the **revolution**, was a five-year galactic power struggle in which the Alliance to Restore the Republic waged a rebellion against the ruling Galactic Empire in an attempt to restore democratic rule to the galaxy. The origins of rebellion could be traced to the Clone Wars, when rebel cells were equipped by the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order to resist the Confederacy of Independent Systems. After Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, transformed the Republic into the Empire and destroyed the Jedi Order, many rebel cells began fighting the Empire. A number of these cells eventually joined together and became the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

The outbreak of the war was dated to 0 BBY, when the Alliance scored its first major victory against the Empire by stealing the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's planet-destroying battle station, in the Battle of Scarif. The plans were brought to the Rebel Alliance by Princess Leia Organa, with the help of companions such as Mara Jade, Luke Skywalker, and Han Solo. An analysis of the plans led the Rebels to launch the Battle of Yavin, in which Skywalker, with Solo's assistance, destroyed the Death Star. A series of follow-up attacks by the Alliance, including an assault on the Empire's primary weapons factory, left the Empire reeling from the Alliance's advances. As a result, the Empire hunted the Alliance across the galaxy under the leadership of Darth Vader, a Dark Lord of the Sith and the Emperor's chief enforcer. Vader's forces located the Alliance on the planet Hoth, and the resulting Battle of Hoth forced the Alliance to flee the snow planet and sent its fleet into hiding.

Six months later, in the year 4 ABY, the Emperor allowed the Alliance to learn of the existence of a second Death Star as part of a trap to lure the Alliance to its destruction. The Alliance, believing that they were launching a surprise attack, assembled their entire fleet and attempted to destroy the Death Star. A large Imperial fleet laid in wait, and the two forces met in what would become known as the Battle of Endor. During the battle, Skywalker, who had learned that Vader was his father, confronted the Dark Lord in a final lightsaber duel aboard the Death Star. The Emperor attempted to kill Skywalker, but out of compassion, Vader threw the Emperor down a deep shaft and to his death, fulfilling his destiny as the Chosen One and destroying the Sith. Vader, once again the Jedi Anakin Skywalker, died from injuries sustained during the battle, bringing an end to the Sith's rule over the galaxy. The Alliance, meanwhile, destroyed the second Death Star, leaving the Empire fractured.

As a result of the power vacuum left in the wake of the Emperor's death, many Imperial Moffs and other leaders began jockeying for power, while splintered from the Empire, becoming warlords. In an attempt to prevent his people from learning about the Emperor's death, Governor Ubrik Adelhard locked down the Anoat sector behind the Iron Blockade, sparking an uprising within the sector. One year later, the Empire fought the New Republic, the democratic government established by the Rebel Alliance, in a final stand over the desert world of Jakku. However, the Imperial unit led by Counselor Gallius Rax was defeated, and, facing severe internal unrest, the titular leader of the Empire, Grand Vizier Mas Amedda, surrendered to the Republic. On Chandrila, Amedda signed the Galactic Concordance with the Republic, officially ending the conflict and severely limiting the Empire's military capabilities, effectively ending the Empire.

Although the civil war ended, factionalism arose across the fallen Empire in the form of scattered Imperial remnants controlled by various warlords continuing to exist after the fall of the Empire while the Republic issued another declaration designating all surviving Imperial officers as war criminals, eventually beginning a cold war. Nonetheless, many former Imperial officers, nobles, technologists, warlords, and other loyalists discreetly escaped into the Unknown Regions where they established the First Order; the mysterious figure known only as Snoke would then quickly seize absolute control over the military regime, surprising many of its leaders, including Grand Admiral Rae Sloane.

## **Appearances**

* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 6: Children of the Force* (will appear)
* *Galactic Civil War* (first appearance)