New Republic

"Be patient. Be strong. Fight back where you can. The Imperial war machine falls apart one gear, one gun, one stormtrooper at a time. The New Republic is coming. And we want your help to finish the fight."

- Leia Organa

The New Republic, also known as simply the Republic, the Alliance or mistakenly as the Rebel Alliance in the first few months of its existence was a fledgling government formed from the Alliance to Restore the Republic after the Battle of Endor. The New Republic followed in the footsteps of the Galactic Republic, commonly known in that time as the "Old Republic," and fought the shattered forces of the Galactic Empire. The Republic aimed to prevent Imperial forces from regrouping and retaliating against them.

History
"This is Leia Organa, last princess of Alderaan, former member of the Galactic Senate, and a leader in the Alliance to Restore the Republic. I have a message for the galaxy. Emperor Palpatine&mdash;the greatest tyrant civilization has ever known, responsible for death and suffering beyond measure&mdash;is dead. He and a second Death Star battle station were destroyed by Alliance forces earlier today. This does not mark the end of the Empire. The fight will continue. But you must take this opportunity. Join us in the foundation of a new Republic to be shaped by the will of the governed. Claim your freedom and your future. Help is on the way."

- Leia Organa, in a holographic transmission sent to the Anoat sector in the wake of the Battle of Endor

At the end of the Clone Wars with the Confederacy of Independent Systems destroyed, Darth Sidious&mdash;the Dark Lord of the Sith publicly known as Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine&mdash;transformed the Galactic Republic into the Galactic Empire. A group of resistance fighters were organized by such figures as Senators Mon Mothma and Bail Organa into the Alliance to Restore the Republic. These resistance fighters resolved to depose the Emperor from his rule over the galaxy and restore the Old Republic.

Four years after the Battle of Yavin, the Rebel Alliance launched the decisive Battle of Endor against the Empire. By the battle's end, the second Death Star was destroyed. The Emperor was killed by his chief enforcer, Darth Vader, who was redeemed from the dark side of the Force and died shortly thereafter. The Empire suffered a crippling defeat, and the the leadership vacuum left Imperial leaders vying to gain powers for themselves.

Their success in the Battle of Endor led the Rebel Alliance to reorganize into a fledgling new government known as the New Republic. The Republic pressed its advantage against the Empire by pursuing shattered Imperial forces throughout the galaxy, hoping to prevent them from regrouping into a larger foe once more. Several factions of the Empire rose up in the wake of the Emperor's death and several of them retreated to worlds in the Outer Rim to escape the attention of the New Republic. Strategically unimportant worlds such as Naalol also saw heavy fighting in the months following the Emperor's death, with the Imperials using them as fallback positions as other worlds slowly eluded its grasp. Nevertheless, New Republic forces quickly began to swell as propaganda broadcasts featuring the destruction of the second Death Star rallied thousands of individuals to take up arms against the Empire. Wedge Antilles, a New Republic starfighter pilot, eventually tracked a gathering of Imperial forces on the remote world of Akiva, but was captured by the Star Destroyer Vigilant before he could report to the New Republic, necessitating a mission to rescue him.

A few weeks after the Battle of Endor, Naboo was taken by the New Republic. Thane Kyrell and Corona Squadron defended the planet from further Imperial attack.

One year after the Battle of Endor, the New Republic fought Imperial forces during the Battle of Jakku. The New Republic forces intended to capture the Imperial Star Destroyer, Inflictor, sending Thane Kyrell and a number of former Imperials on the mission. Ciena Ree, commander of the vessel, realised their plan and crashed the Star Destroyer into Jakku. This left the landscape of the desert world of Jakku littered with starship remains, including those of an T-65B X-wing starfighter and the Inflictor itself.

Behind the scenes
The New Republic first appeared in the 1991 Star Wars Legends novel Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn. The government appeared in the next two chapters of Zhan's Thrawn Trilogy and went on to appear in a number of Legends stories until it was reorganized into the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances in The New Jedi Order series novel Force Heretic I: Remnant.

In the 2014 canon mobile game Star Wars: Galactic Defense, Tarfful can be seen yelling "hnn-rowr yrroonn nng rarr"&mdash;text that first appeared in the Legends comic Empire's End and meant "long live the New Republic," when translated from Shyriiwook.

In 2015, it was revealed that the New Republic would be part of the official Star Wars canon when it was referenced in a press release for the Star Wars Battlefront Battle of Jakku DLC. Prior to the release of Battlefront, the New Republic appears in the novels Aftermath and Lost Stars by Chuck Wendig and Claudia Gray respectively.

Appearances

 * Aftermath
 * Lost Stars
 * Star Wars Battlefront