A republic is a system of government in which citizens are ruled by elected officials. The concept of a republic, and by extension, democracy due to the heads of state being appointed by the people and having limited powers before a plurality, is generally considered antithetical to an empire[1] largely because the latter concept has an absolute head-of-state ruling over everything with little input by the citizenry. There have been many republics in galactic history, including:
There have been numerous republics in galactic history:
Canon[]
- The Galactic Republic, a galactic democratic union transformed into the Galactic Empire at the conclusion of the Clone Wars
- The New Republic, reorganised from the Alliance to Restore the Republic in the aftermath of the Battle of Endor during the Galactic Civil War
Legends[]
- The Galactic Republic, also referred to as the Old Republic.
- The Kathol Republic, a government within the Kathol sector
- The New Republic, founded after the collapse of the Galactic Empire at the hands of the Rebel Alliance. It was founded to restore the Old Republic.
- The Ylesian Republic, the Yuuzhan Vong puppet government set up by the Peace Brigade.
- The Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, formed from the New Republic after the Yuuzhan Vong took over Coruscant in 27 ABY, also referred to as the Federal Galactic Republic.
Real life[]
- Star Wars: Republic, originally just known as Star Wars, a comic series published by Dark Horse Comics from 1998-2006
See also[]
- The Old Republic
- The High Republic
- List of publishing eras (for Legends)
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