Slowly over the course of many years, the Rebel alliance grew, gaining more momentum
with every passing atrocity committed by the Empire.
The construction of the Death Star and annihilation of the planet Alderaan than led to the first
major rebel victory at the battle of Yavin.
Thanks to a fatal flaw built into the superweapon by Galen Erso, lead Imperial scientist on
the project and secret rebel sympathizer, Luke Skywalker and alliance forces were able
to destroy the space station.
The next major milestone for the rebellion came at the battle of Endor, where they destroyed
a second death star being constructed, resuting in the deaths of both Darth Sidious and Vader,
devastating the Imperial government.
Unable to rally their forces after such a momentous loss, Admiral Rae Sloane ordered
the retreat of their ships to the Anaaj system, granting the rebels victory.
After the battle of Endor, the Empire lay in ruins, and so most of the Imperial navy
retreated to the outer rim of the galaxy, allowing for the Rebel Alliance to become
the New Republic, rising to take the place of the former government and slowly building
a new galactic community reflecting the values of freedom, equality and democracy.
During the period of provisional government, Mon Mothma became Chancellor with Chandrilla
serving as their temporary capital, though they eventually chose to rotate that privledge,
with the senate electing a new location for the seat of government every few years.
Meanwhile, the remnants of the empire continued to descend into chaos, with many former officers,
admirals and moffs fighting amongst themselves for leadership, with some forming their own
empires, carving out territories where their rule was absolute.
Some even used propaganda to convince their populations Palpatine was still alive, and
the New Republic was on the brink of collapse.
With so many imperial factions fighting for control, Admiral Rae Sloane, acting under
the orders of a shadowy figure known as Fleet Admiral Gallius Rax, organized above the planet
of Akiva, where the remaining leadership of the Empire might select a new leader and begin
to re-establish their power.
Yet they were betrayed by the Grand Admiral who alerted the new Republic to the meeting,
allowing them to send a fleet and kill or capture those in attendance.
Rae Sloane however managed to get away and return to her master.
Upon the throne world of Coruscant, Grand Vizer Mos Amida, who served as one of Palpatine’s
closest advisers, technically inherited leadership of the Empire, becoming a proxy emperor attempting
to reorganize and administer the collapsing government in a galaxy of factional chaos.
Yet his impossible task was made even harder when Coruscant itself erupted into rebellion
and war, with remaining imperial forces on the planet barely able to maintain their territories.
As a result Mos Amida was the head of government in name only, with no real authority outside
of Coruscant.
His position became such a burden to him that he attempted to surrender to the New Republic,
but was rejected by Princess Leia and Mon Mothma, who demanded he return to the Empire
and not return until he had the power to offer terms of unconditional surrender, and a treaty
that would officially end the war and recognize the New republic as the legitimate government
of the galaxy.
Mos Amida, finding the task impossible, considered killing himself once returned to Coruscant,
but instead entered into an alliance with the now Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, who was
working to cut the strings held by her puppet master Gallius Rax, in order to become the
sole leader of the largest Imperial faction remaining.
But ultimately the Empire was not able to recuperate what they lost, eventually defeated
in the battle of Jakku, ending Imperial reign across the galaxy through their formal surrender
and signing of the Galactic Concordance.
With the New Republic victorious, the many fleets and armies of the old empire, fled
into the unknown regions, slowly rebuilding their forces to one day return and reclaim
the galaxy.
However the New Republic proved ignorant of this remaining threat, and so began the difficult
process of re-establishing peace and prosperity across the many world pledging themselves
to the government.
Yet the reach and resources of the New Republic were no where near that of the Empire or former
Republic, and so many worlds, especially in the outer rim, were neglected, becoming centers
of piracy and organized crime, with many cartels like the Hutts re-emerging to prominence and
power.
Meanwhile, Chancellor Mon Mothma, who was holding together the New Republic through
her charisma and the respect she commanded as a leader of the rebellion, pushed through
the military disarmament act, drastically reducing the size of the republic army and
navy.
Although Leia Organa greatly disagreed with this move, Chancellor Mothma feared what a
grand army might do in the future, instead focusing their resources on empowering individual
member worlds to raise their own planetary defenses and rebuilding trade networks.
In addition, Mon Mothma voluntarily abolished many of the emergency powers Palpatine had
gathered for himself and after several years steped down from the position, passing gracefully
into retirement.
* However, with no one else similarly able to
unify the government, future Chancellors proved unsuccessful, and the Senate soon became mired
in political gridlock between the Centrist faction which wanted more centralized authority
under a single powerful leader, and the populist faction who wanted more autonomy for member
worlds, and the decentralization of power.