590 BBY

"They took it upon themselves to make a record of Jedi history and teachings&hellip;"

- Palpatine, to Leia Organa Solo, on the actions of a group of Jedi around this year

590 before the Battle of Yavin (BBY) was a year in the Galactic Republic's Republic Classic era. The era, having begun more than 400 years earlier, featured widespread settlement into the unexplored regions of the Outer Rim Territories and the opening of the Deep Core. Around this year, Jedi Master Bodo Baas updated the Tedryn Holocron, a Jedi teaching device.

Proem
After a thousand years of conflict between the Jedi and Sith, the New Sith Wars came to an end in 1,000 BBY. The Galactic Republic narrowly escaped destruction, and Supreme Chancellor Tarsus Valorum announced the Ruusan Reformation, reorganizing the Galactic Senate and codifying the Jedi Order as a branch of the Judicial Department.

Around 600 BBY, the Jedi Bodo Baas was one of a group of Jedi who lived and served in the Adega system and who took it upon themselves to create records of Jedi history and teachings for future Jedi to learn from. After being promoted to the rank of Jedi Master, Baas inherited a Jedi holocron and teaching device, the Tedryn Holocron.

The galaxy in 590 BBY
"A brother and sister born to walk the sky, But reckless brother falls-into dark side's eye! Jedi sister carries hope for future in her womb. Only she can save the Skywalkers from certain doom! A Jedi-killer wants to tame her. Now the Dark Side Lord comes to claim her. She must battle join against this thief, Or the dynasty of all the Jedi will come to grief!"

- The prophecy of Baas's Master was added to the Tedryn Holocron around 590 BBY

By 590 BBY, the Republic Classic era, the period of time that followed the Ruusan Reformation, was more than 400 years in the making. The Republic continued its expansion into the Deep Core and uncharted Wild Space areas that later became part of the Outer Rim Territories.

After completing his records around 590 BBY, Bodo Baas updated and reorganized the Tedryn Holocron, which had once been held by his ancestor, Vodo-Siosk Baas. Bodo Baas added to the holocron the prophecy that had been written by his own Master 400 years earier.

Impact
The Republic Classic era continued for nearly 600 more years, as the Republic continued to expand. Economic forces began to shape the Republic, as companies bought star systems in the Tingel Arm and established the Corporate Sector.

In 10 ABY, the Tedryn Holocron was found by Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order. Skywalker fulfilled the prophecy of Baas's Master when he and his sister, Leia Organa Solo, defeated the ruler of the first Galactic Empire, the Dark Side Lord Palpatine.

Notable events

 * Around this year, Bodo Baas put his records&mdash;including his Master's prophecy&mdash;into the Tedryn Holocron c.

Behind the scenes
The comic Dark Empire 5: Emperor Reborn, written by Tom Veitch, makes only a passing reference to Bobo Baas and his group of Jedi, who collected Jedi knowledge and recorded it six hundred years prior to 10 ABY, in which the story takes place.

Appearances

 * Dark Empire 5: Emperor Reborn

Notes and references
590 ABY