The Star Wars galaxy was ruled by a number of interplanetary governments throughout tens
of thousands of years of history.
In this video we’ll be covering all of the major Legends governments in chronological
order.
Please note that I’m not covering every government ever mentioned, just the major
ones that had galactic control for a significant period of time.
The Infinite Empire was the very first galaxy wide government.
It was established at an unknown date more than 36,000 years before the Battle of Yavin
by the Force sensitive, dark side using Rakatan species.
They developed interstellar travel early and enslaved much of the galaxy until an unknown
plague cut off their connection to the Force, which allowed the slaves to rise up and nearly
exterminate them in the year 25,200 BBY.
The Galactic Republic was the predominant galactic government throughout the majority
of history.
It was founded shortly after the fall of the Infinite Empire.
It was ruled over by an elected Supreme Chancellor, protected by the Force-using Jedi Order, and
endured many galactic wars.
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, the secret Sith Lord Darth Sidious, was the final chancellor
who engineered the Clone Wars that allowed him to take complete control of the Republic
and transition it into the Galactic Empire after two hundred and fifty centuries of democracy.
The Sith Empire was created by a group of Dark Jedi in the year 6900 BBY.
Their goal was galactic domination and the destruction of the Jedi Order.
They were originally ruled over by a Dark Lord of the Sith.
Over the millennia their philosophies and organization would change, but the Sith Empire
would control significant galactic space until 1000 BBY and the New Sith Wars, which would
see the near destruction of the entire Order at the Battle of Ruusan.
The Confederacy of Independent Systems was one of the primary factions of the Clone Wars.
It was founded twenty four years before the Battle of Yavin, but was effectively destroyed
five years later at the end of the Clone Wars.
It was led by Count Dooku and made up of a number of systems that had grown disillusioned
by the corruption of the Republic.
Unfortunately they were all pawns in the larger game that Darth Sidious was playing.
The Galactic Empire was a reorganization of the Galactic Republic at the end of the Clone
Wars, nineteen years before the Battle of Yavin.
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine took the title of Emperor and ruled the Empire for twenty
three years until his death at the Battle of Endor.
Following the battle the Empire fragmented but was a constant threat until peace was
achieved in the year 19 ABY and the Empire was reorganized into the Imperial Remnant.
The Rebel Alliance formally began seventeen years after the creation of the Empire with
the signing of the Corellian Treaty.
It was led by Mon Mothma and was insurrection against the tyrannical Empire whose goal was
to restore the Republic.
The New Republic was the official governmental reorganization of the Rebel Alliance created
after the Emperor’s death.
It was founded as a democracy upon the same principles as the Old Republic.
It survived for twenty three years until the Yuuzhan Vong War saw its destruction in the
Battle of Coruscant.
It was replaced by the Galactic Alliance.
The Imperial Remnant remained a significant power in the galaxy after its creation.
While they were peaceful with the New Republic, their relationship was tense.
Although they originally chose not to join the fight against the Yuzzhan Vong, they would
later change their mind and help save the galaxy.
They would also go on to fight in and survive the Second Galactic Civil War.
At some point before 127 ABY the Remnant was reorganized into the Fel Empire.
The Yuuzhan Vong Empire was a theocracy of extragalactic beings that invaded and devastated
the New Republic.
They successfully captured Coruscant and destroyed the New Republic but were eventually defeated
when their Supreme Overlord was defeated.
The Galactic Federation of Free Alliances was found twenty eight years after the Battle
of Yavin near the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War.
The government persevered through the Swarm War and the Second Galactic Civil War, but
was reorganized into the Triumvirate following the Sith-Imperial War.
The Confederation was a group of systems that joined Corellia against the Galactic Alliance
forty years after the Battle of Yavin.
It was one of the major forces in the Second Galactic Civil War, and remained a significant
although peaceful body of government after the war came to a close.
By the time of the Sith-Imperial War it had rejoined with the Alliance.
The Fel Empire was the successor to the Imperial Remnant which was ruled over by the Fel dynasty.
They shared many philosophies with the Galactic Empire, but also had their own Force-using
Imperial Knights.
They joined the New Sith Empire in removing the Galactic Alliance from power before the
Sith turned on them and took power for themselves.
The survivors then joined with the Alliance and the Jedi Order to drive out the Sith and
create the Galactic Federation Triumvirate.
The New Sith Empire made its presence known 130 years after the Battle of Yavin.
Led by Darth Krayt, they took control of Coruscant and ruled for eight years until the other
major galactic powers were able to band together and kill their leader.
The Triumvirate was established in the year 138 ABY and consisted of the Galactic Alliance,
the Jedi Order, and what was left of the Fel Empire and was the last known galactic government
in Legends history.
So that brings this video to a close.
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