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- "It is said that millennia ago, the Chiss adventured into Lesser Space, taking part in wars between two hostile factions over vast and ever-shifting regions."
- ―"Jixtus"
The Sith Wars (c. 5000 BBY–1032 BBY) were a series of conflicts,[2] including the Great Hyperspace War,[8] Great Sith Wars,[9] Great Sith War[11] and the Jedi-Sith War,[4] that were fought for control of the galaxy.[17]
Around 3650 BBY,[2] the Chiss species become involved in the wars of the Galactic Republic[2] and the Sith Empire. The Chiss Ascendancy encountered a number of aliens before retreating to their borders[1] around 3450 BBY.[2]
Cervil the Uncanny, a Jedi who fought in the conflict, left behind testimonies about members of the Jedi Order using lightwhips in order to defend against Forbidden Forms used by the Sith.[18] The Forbidden District located on the planet Exegol housed derelict shipyard forges that dated back to the Sith Wars.[17] Vurk Jedi Master Harli Cogra's book Chronicles of the Jedi, written in the weeks following the destruction of Starlight Beacon[19] in 230 BBY[2] made mention of the ancient wars between the Jedi and Sith.[19]
Behind the scenes[]
The Sith Wars were first mentioned in the new Star Wars canon in the 2016 reference book Nexus of Power.[14]
In Star Wars Legends, the Sith Wars were first mentioned, albeit indirectly, in the 2004 Obsidian Entertainment video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.[20] The struggle first appeared in the 2009 webcomic The Old Republic, Threat of Peace Act 1: Treaty of Coruscant,[21] and was first identified in the 2012 reference book The Essential Guide to Warfare, written by Jason Fry and Paul R. Urquhart.[22]
Appearances[]
"Tales of Enlightenment: Last Orders" — Star Wars Insider 219 (Indirect mention only)- The High Republic: A Test of Courage (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: A Test of Courage audiobook (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: The Rising Storm (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: The Rising Storm audiobook (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower audiobook (Indirect mention only)
- "After the Fall" — The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life (Mentioned only)
- Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
- Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising audiobook (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance) (Picture only)
- Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good (Indirect mention only)
- Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good audiobook (Indirect mention only)
Sources[]
- Nexus of Power (First identified as Sith Wars)
- The Star Wars Book
- Star Wars Complete Vehicles, New Edition
- "Exegol, the Unknown Regions and Wild Space" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi
- Star Wars 100 Objects
- Star Wars: Timelines
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ Star Wars (2015) 9
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy
- ↑ 5.0 5.1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Sacrifice"
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 47 (Secrets of Spaceflight: Hyperspace)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars 100 Objects
- ↑ Tarkin
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 The High Republic: Light of the Jedi
- ↑ The Star Wars Book
- ↑ Knights of Fate
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Nexus of Power
- ↑ Endless Vigil
- ↑ Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Star Wars Complete Vehicles, New Edition
- ↑ The High Republic: A Test of Courage
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi
- ↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- ↑ The Old Republic, Threat of Peace Act 1: Treaty of Coruscant
- ↑ The Essential Guide to Warfare
