All Stars Burn as One

"This fuel source we're after, the isotope-5&hellip; sergeant said it could change the course of the war." "Something better. Before we end up singing 'All Stars Burn as One.'"

- An Imperial soldier mentions the Republic anthem while discussing the Galactic War with another Imperial soldier on the planet Makeb

"All Stars Burn as One" was the official anthem of the Galactic Republic, and was released at some point before 3642 BBY. The anthem was used till 19 BBY and played as greeting at diplomatic or military meetings. When the Republic was transformed into the Galactic Empire, Imperial Edict 2.33b forbade the playing of All Stars Burn As One.

History
At one point, the song excited the patriotic Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, but the tense political and militaristic situations that permeated the Clone Wars eventually made hearing the song uncomfortable for him. In the war's first year, Kenobi was sent to the prison planet of Ord Cestus to prevent the sale of the Force-sensitive JK-13 security droids, which posed a significant threat to Jedi. Upon his arrival in Ord Cestus's capital, ChikatLik, a band of musician droids greeted the Knight's party with renditions of the Cestian anthem and "All Stars Burn as One." The anthem was also played when a high ranking officer or visiting dignitary would arrive at a Republic site, as seen in 20 BBY when Admiral Tarnese Bleyd inspected the Republic Mobile Surgical Unit 7 on the planet Drongar.

After the Republic became the Galactic Empire, an edict known as Imperial Edict 2.33b was passed that forbade the playing of All Stars Burn as One. In the year 12 BBY, Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan tampered with the PA system during an assembly at the Collegium for Young Ladies in Crevasse City, re-programming the device to play the forbidden anthem. The incident was one of several that prompted the Collegium's Board of Directors to expel the girl from the school and return her father's 30,000 credit bond.

Behind the scenes
The Galactic Republic's anthem was first mentioned in "When the Domino Falls," a 1994 short story written by Patricia A. Jackson for West End Games' third issue of the Star Wars Adventure Journal. In 2004, the Republic anthem was given the name, "All Stars Burn as One" when the anthem made its first appearance in The Cestus Deception, a novel written by Steven Barnes. That same year, the anthem appeared, although unnamed, in MedStar I: Battle Surgeons, a novel written by Steve Perry and Michael Reaves. "All Stars Burn as One" was given its own entry in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia in 2008, and while it has been mentioned in several other sources since then, Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel is the only additional source to have referred to the anthem by its title.

In 2011, the BioWare MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic featured a bonus quest series on the planet Balmorra where the player is tasked with changing the music in the Sith Empire-controlled Sunken Sarlacc cantina to something more patriotic. The music that is played when the player completes that part of the quest is the same as the Republic theme from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. While the game mentions that the music is patriotic in relation to the Galactic Republic, it does not state that the music played is the Republic anthem.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Rise of the Hutt Cartel
 * The Cestus Deception
 * MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II