796 BBY

796 before the Battle of Yavin (BBY) was part of an time period known as the Great Peace of the Republic. In this era, parts of the Deep Core of the galaxy was opened to the Galactic Republic, and previously unexplored regions of the Outer Rim Territories were settled. In 796, Yoda became a Master of the Jedi Order.

Proem
The conflict known as the New Sith Wars which saw a thousand years of fighting between two major Force-user factions, the Jedi and Sith, was finally ended in 1,000 BBY. The Galactic Republic was in ruins and was reorganized by the Ruusan Reformation, announced by Supreme Chancellor Tarsus Valorum. The winning faction of the previous long war, Jedi Order was codifyed as a branch of the Republic's Judicial Department.

The galaxy in 896 BBY
The era of the Great Peace of the Republic began with the Ruusan Reformation more than one hundred years before the year of 896 BBY. During these years, the Republic opened the Deep Core of the galaxy, and unexplored then Wild Space parts of space were charted by scouts and chartographers. The latter areas later became part of the Outer Rim Territories.

Yoda became a Master of the Jedi Order.

Impact
After 896, the expansion of the Galactic Republic continued during the Great Peace of the Republic, which lasted for nearly nine hundred more years. In the following years, Economic forces acquired more and more power in the Republic, as companies established the Corporate Sector from star systems brought in the Tingel Arm.

Notable events

 * Yoda became a Master of the Jedi Order.