Star Wars' has treated the separated but inextricable link between the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic as if it was ...

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The Republic’s greatest weakness is the Senate itself. ... The unicameral Galactic Senate elects the Supreme Chancellor from among its ranks, who apparently wields some degree of executive power.

Most of the Galactic Senate fully supported Palpatine, so he was essentially the Emperor in all but name. Just as the late Republic began to resemble the Empire, the early Empire held on to some ...

The Cold War was a very intense stand-off between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic after 3,653 BBY. The Treaty of Coruscant ended the Great Galactic War, sealing the Sith Empire's victory ...