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"This will be the beginning of a new era for the Republic. We will enter a new age of prosperity and peace."
―Tarsus Valorum[1]

The Golden Age of the Old Republic, also known as the Great Reunification, was the period of time that began in 1000 BBY which saw the rebirth of a reformed Galactic Republic after the New Sith Wars which entered into a new age of prosperity and peace with the Sith believed to be all but extinct by the Jedi Order. Supreme Chancellor Tarsus Valorum was seen as its chief architect.

Description[]

The Golden Age of the Old Republic, also known as the Great Reunification, was a period of time that began around 1000 BBY after the Republic Dark Age during when the Galactic Republic enjoyed long-last prosperity and peace as its decline was reversed,[1] and the militarism[4] and wars that had plagued it for centuries were finally over.[1]

The Jedi Order became more influential, forging a long-lasting peace. Adults were banned from entering, as they proved them to be too volatile and susceptible to the dark side's sway.[4] With the Sith presumed extinct, the Order were determined to completely eradicate all memory of them in under five decades to ensure they never returned.[5]

History[]

Rebirth of the Republic[]

"The Republic is crumbling. For the past thousand years it has slowly been decaying and rotting away. A rebirth is the only way to reverse this process."
―Tarsus Valorum[1]
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Tarsus Valorum implemented the Ruusan Reformation and bought about the Golden Age of the Old Republic.

With the end of both the New Sith Wars and the Brotherhood of Darkness in 1000 BBY, Jedi Master Valenthyne Farfalla, as highest ranking surviving Jedi, used his authority to remove the Jedi Order from the position of galactic leadership they had acquired during the past centuries, and hand control back to civilian control. Tarsus Valorum became the first non-Jedi to serve as Supreme Chancellor for six hundred years. Valorum came to power over a Republic in decline, to reverse this. Valorm reached out to the Jedi Order for support, believing that the backing of the Jedi High Council would show a commitment to peace. Valorum then passed the far-reaching reforms known as the Ruusan Reformation,[1] that restructured the Republic and ended the Republic Dark Age.[4][6] One such reform allowed "functional constituencies," which came to include entities such as corporations, to be granted a delegation in the Senate.[6] The Reformation Act was a critical piece of legislation passed during this period.[7] With these reforms, the Golden Age of the Old Republic began.[1]

After the Unification Policies were enacted, the Galactic Senate was allowed to enforce the regulations in the Republic. Efforts to reunite the Republic however was seen as a form of bullying, as they wanted to keep their star systems out of the Republic. As a result, scattered separatist movements across the galaxy rose up against the legal charges in the Republic. Sometime between 1000 BBY and 900 BBY, the Galactic Republic conducted the Unification Campaigns, in an effort to reunite the Republic.[8]

Unifying the galaxy[]

"To win a world, you must win the hearts and minds of its people."
―Valorum to Johun Othone[1]

Valorum's second term concluded in 992 BBY,[9] and his successor pledged that she would continue the work that Valorum had started with the Ruusan Reformation and choosing to remain an advocate for the Republic and its values throughout the galaxy.[1]

Legacy[]

While the Ruusan Reformations repaired many of the declining aspects of the Republic, it fostered the very things it aimed to remove, the Senate found itself faced with gridlock and greed.[4] ultimately paving the way to the First Galactic Empire[10] in 19 BBY.[4]

Timeline[]

  • c. 571 BBY
    • The Clatear and the Nhoras begin a large-scale species-based feud.
  • 491 BBY
    • A civilization on Jandoon disappears.

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Darth Bane: Rule of Two
  2. Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  3. The Essential Guide to Warfare
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 The New Essential Chronology
  5. The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force
  6. 6.0 6.1 The Essential Atlas
  7. Darth Plagueis
  8. The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 280 ("Unification Policies")
  9. The New Essential Chronology places the ending of the New Sith Wars, in which Tarsus Valorum was elected Supreme Chancellor, to 1000 BBY. Darth Bane: Rule of Two states that he served eight years as Supreme Chancellor.
  10. Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  11. Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
  12. Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide
  13. StarWarsDotComBlogsLogoStacked "Major Character Birth Years" — Keeper of the HolocronLeland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (content now obsolete; backup link) establishes that Padmé Amidala was born 46 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 46 BBY per The New Essential Chronology. Darth Plagueis (25: The Discreet Charm of the Meritocracy) states that Padmé Amidala "has only just turned thirteen" and that Gravid's reign "elapsed some five centuries earlier" which would place the quote regarding Gravid's death in 33 BBY. Thus, this article assumes that Gravid died around 533 BBY.
  14. HNNsmall Today in HistoryHoloNet News Vol. 531 #52 (content now obsolete; backup link)
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Years of the Great Peace of the Republic
1000 BBY · 998 BBY · 997 BBY · 996 BBY · 995 BBY · 992 BBY · 990 BBY
987 BBY · 980 BBY · 902 BBY · 900 BBY · 900s BBY · 899 BBY · 896 BBY
881 BBY · 868 BBY · 832 BBY · 822 BBY · 800 BBY · 796 BBY
750 BBY · 738 BBY · 737 BBY · 722 BBY · 719 BBY · 704 BBY · 700 BBY
690s BBY · 684 BBY · 671 BBY · 654 BBY · 650 BBY · 620 BBY · 610 BBY
602 BBY · 600 BBY · 592 BBY · 590 BBY · 583 BBY · 580 BBY · 553 BBY
550 BBY · 539 BBY · 533 BBY · 532 BBY · 524 BBY · 522 BBY · 520 BBY
519 BBY · 517 BBY · 516 BBY · 509 BBY · 500 BBY · 499 BBY · 490 BBY
470 BBY · 460 BBY · 450 BBY · 440 BBY · 439 BBY · 420 BBY · 405 BBY
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