Galactic Civil War
The Galactic Civil War is a conflict that features in Star Wars.
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History
The Galactic Civil War was a conflict that occurred a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Its origins came as a result of the aftermath of the earlier Clone Wars. Following that war, the ruling Galactic Republic was reformed by Chancellor Palpatine who declared himself Emperor of the first Galactic Empire. This saw him consolidating power whilst bringing about the destruction of the Jedi Order who had served as the guardians and protectors of the Republic. Under the promise of peace and order, the Galactic Empire brought about a tyrannical rule over the galaxy. However, many figures opposed this new government and began establishing rebel groups that fought against the Empire. Under Order 66, the Jedi came to be declared as traitors by Emperor Palpatine led to the devastation of the Jedi Order, as a galaxy-wide purge began. Barely a few hundred of the once ten-thousand strong Order escaped with their lives. Several more fell into a trap set by the Lord Vader who sent out a message to all surviving Jedi to return to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. However, Jedi Masters Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, who had both survived the clones' attempts to kill them, infiltrated the Temple and altered the code to save what Jedi they could. Few in number and spread across the galaxy, the surviving Jedi charted different courses. Some, such as Yoda and Kenobi, hid until they were ready to emerge and defeat the Sith.
As the Empire tightened its grip on the galaxy through oppressive and repressive means and aggressively expanded across the galaxy through military conquests, a number of resistance movements and insurgencies rose up to challenge the Empire across the galaxy as part of an early rebellion against the Galactic Empire. At first, these rebel movements were strictly local, emerging on individual planets, star systems, or sectors and fighting for their own freedom or independence. The Empire's intelligence agents and military forces moved in ruthlessly to deal with any rebellious worlds that showed signs of large-scale resistance to Imperial rule. However, the Empire was unable to stem the coming together of rebel groups across the galaxy, many of which were brought together as rebel cells under a clandestine network organized by figures, such as Senators Bail Organa and Mon Mothma and their allies. Once, a coordinated attack by multiple rebel cells was considered unprecedented, and some Imperial officials doubted any evidence of a larger-scale, galaxy-wide rebel operation. However, the Empire would eventually have to contend with the reality of a growing rebellion against its rule. Despite their attempts to suppress rebel activity, the Empire's great fear of a unified rebellion was secretly growing larger as various rebel groups began to unite against them. One major rebel excursion against the Empire occurred in 4 BBY after Kanan Jarrus, a member of a rebel crew known as the Spectres, was captured while his team was hijacking an Imperial communication tower on Lothal to beam out a transmission to nearby systems in the Outer Rim. Taken to the Mustafar for interrogation, Jarrus was freed by his team while he was in transit aboard Governor Tarkin's flagship, the Sovereign. The escape attempt saw the death of the Empire's Grand Inquisitor as well as the destruction of the Sovereign. But it was as the Spectres made their escape that the truth of the rebellion's scale emerged: a fleet of corvettes jumped out of hyperspace, neutralizing the approaching TIE fighters, and allowing the Spectres to escape. The action also marked an escalation of rebel activity in the Outer Rim, with Tano recognizing that the conflict against the Empire was changing with their activity and the Spectres' broadcast.
Overview
In appearance, the Galactic Civil War was a galaxy wide conflict that erupted between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance.
Participants
- Emperor Palpatine :
- Darth Vader :
- Wilhulf Tarkin :
- Thrawn :
- Orson Krennic :
- Saw Gerrara :
- Bail Organa :
- Leia Organa :
- Cassian Andor :
- Jyn Orso :
- Luke Skywalker :
Notes
- The Galactic Civil War was created by George Lucas and featured in the setting of the Star Wars universe.
Alternate Versions
- In the Star Wars Legends, the Galactic Civil War appeared in the former Star Wars Expanded Universe with a different history of events.
In other media
Video games
- In Star Wars: TIE Fighter, the Galactic Civil War was depicted in the setting of the 1994 space flight simulator and space combat video game.
- In Star Wars: Empire at War, the Galactic Civil War was depicted in the setting of the RTS video game. In the Rebel campaign, the fledgling Rebel Alliance begin with an attack on the shipyards at Kuat introducing the player to basic space combat before infiltrating the planet of Wayland on a basic ground combat mission. The campaign explores how the X-wing fighter is pressed into the service of the Rebel Alliance, the liberation of Kashyyyk, the first whisperings of a brand new Imperial superweapon and ultimately the Battle of Yavin. The Imperial campaign features Darth Vader and his search for the fledgling Rebel Alliance, interspersed with missions to help complete construction of the Death Star. It then transpires that the plans for the Death Star have been stolen so the player has to seek out the traitor who has passed the plans to the Rebels, intercept Princess Leia and then use the Death Star to crush the Alliance once and for all.
Appearances
- Star Wars IV: A New Hope:
- Star Wars V: Empire Strikes Back:
- Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi:
- Rogue One:
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