The story so far…
The Old Republic had stood for thousands of generations, uniting thousands of worlds together across the Galaxy. To protect this noble institution, the Jedi Knights relied on the power of the Force, the energy that links all the beings in the Universe. The Jedi had to face many trouble through time to defend the republic and the light side of the Force against the enemies of light.
For thousands of generations, there had been a Dark Side. People using the power of the Force to Dominate, to oppress others. The fiercest users of the Dark side were the Sith. Born from a schism inside the Jedi Order, the Sith were dark Jedi who had sought refuge on a remote planet called Korriban, after being defeated by the Jedi. Enslaving the local race, called Sith, with their powers, these Dark Jedi created an Empire that stood in the darkness for millennia.
Five thousand years ago, the two sides of the Force clashed against each other once more, in the Great Hyperspace War. The Sith Empire was crippled, but there were survivors, like the followers of the Dark Lord Naga Sadow. The ways of the Sith endured, hiding, waiting for their time to rule over the Galaxy.
In many occurrences, the Jedi had to face the Dark Side in violent conflicts, whether the menace would come from the Sith or from within their own ranks, when Jedi were seduced by the ways of the Dark Side. But never did the Republic yield in front of its enemies.
The Sith Empire was destroyed, its survivors scattered and driven into the Unknown Regions of the Galaxy. Still, this wasn't the end of the Sith.
The ways of the Sith were born again, when a Jedi was seduced by the Dark Side and, becoming Sith Lord Darth Ruin created a new sect of the Sith. It waged a war against the Jedi that lasted over a millennium, later known as the Light and Darkness War. At the end of this conflict, at the battle of Ruusan, the Army of Light destroyed the Brotherhood of Darkness, but at such a price that the republic threatened to collapse after the war. The Republic had to take a fresh start after this war and the date system started again from this point. The wars of the past turned into legends, only remembered by the wisest and the most savant, and the Jedi.
After the Light and Darkness War, the Republic knew another Millenium, but of relative peace, this time. But the darkness had never surrendered, and the Sith were hiding, deceiving, lying and manipulating, in order to take control again over the Galaxy. The Sith were now following the Code of Darth Bane, the last survivor of the Brotherhood of Darkness, with only one Master and one Apprentice.
After a thousand years, the Sith were ready to strike at an unsuspecting Galaxy. Both by treachery and intrigue, a Sith Lord called Darth Sidious succeeded in being elected Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, under the name of Palpatine. From his position, he moved to start a war within the republic. Using pawns and alliances, Sidious triggered the Clone Wars, the first full scale War since the reformation of the Republic. Helped by his apprentices, he dealt many blows to the Jedi Order, weakening its position and reducing their ranks.
Only one Jedi could have stood in his way: a young Jedi Knight who had been prophesized as the Chosen One, as the one who would bring balance to the Force and destroy the Sith. His name was Anakin Skywalker. Taught by the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin was on his way to become the greatest defender of the Republic ever, challenging even the legendary Ulic Qel Droma in power. But Anakin had weaknesses, his mind being too easily distracted by feelings considered dangerous by the Jedi. Sidious used these feelings to slowly turn him to the Dark Side of the Force. Driven into darkness by the Dark Lord, Anakin turned against the Jedi and became Darth Vader. His power, under the control of Darth Sidious, destroyed the Jedi Order, save for a few survivors, who went into exile and hiding, giving up their life as Jedi. Sidious, rid of his enemies, proclaimed himself Emperor, and began to rule the Galaxy with fear and Terror. The Sith were now the rulers of the Galaxy, the Master and the Apprentice.
Soon, a rebellion rose against the rule of Emperor Palpatine. And twenty years later, a new hope was born. Unbeknownst to Anakin, his late wife Padmé Naberrie had given birth to twins, Luke and Leia, before to die in despair. Both had been raised on different worlds, but both were meant to fight the darkness of the Empire. Leia was fighting the dictatorship in the ranks of the Rebel Alliance, and in the Senate alleys, until its dissolution. Luke's part in the war came up by chance, when a message sent by his sister to Old General Obi-Wan Kenobi threw young Luke into the heart of the Galactic Civil War, along with his sister Leia and the smuggler pilot Han Solo. Sent on the path of the Jedi by Kenobi, Luke had to follow the training of Jedi Master Yoda, once the old Knight had found his death by the hand of Darth Vader, his former disciple. Luke became a Jedi at the same time he was learning of his true parentage. His goal was now to turn his father back to the light side.
In a climactic confrontation, Luke defeated Vader and rejected the seduction of the Dark Side, pushing his father to do the same, when Palpatine attempted to kill his son. Vader sacrificed his life to save Luke and died a Jedi again, saving the Galaxy from the Evil of Palpatine.
After the return of the Jedi Anakin Skywalker from the Dark Side of the Force and the victory of the Rebel Alliance over the Emperor over the Forest Moon of Endor, the task was far from over for the Rebels. They had to try and build a new government over the ashes of the Old Republic, while the Remnants of the Empire were struggling to reclaim power. Many foes emerged from the defeat of Endor. But with determination and courage, the Alliance prevailed and retook Coruscant, the centre of the Old Republic. But the Empire hadn't yielded, yet.
At first, Grand Admiral Thrawn, a strategy genius who came from the Unknown Regions, started a Campaign that nearly destroyed the New Republic. But he was defeated again through the efforts of Luke Skywalker and his companions. During this conflict, Luke met a character that would change his life forever: Mara Jade. Once the personal agent of the Emperor Palpatine, Mara was carrying out his orders across the Galaxy using her latent Force abilities to enforce the will of her master. Known as the Emperor's Hand, her life collapsed when Palpatine died. She was programmed by Palpatine to kill Luke. But through their adventures, she freed herself from this implanted order, by killing an evil clone of the Jedi Knight. Slowly, she became a reluctant ally of Skywalker.
After the defeat of Thrawn's forces, the Emperor himself returned in the form of a clone, only to be destroyed by the Jedi rebirth from the will of Luke Skywalker and his sister. The Empire fell into internal conflicts between the different Warlords. But once in a while, they would unite to strike against the New Republic, through admiral Daala or Admiral Pellaeon. But the New Republic was holding on, under the guidance of Mon Mothma, and then Leia Organa Solo.
Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker was gathering new Jedi around him to recreate an Order to protect the Republic, like in the Old days. Settling on the fourth moon of the Planet Yavin, Luke created a Jedi Academy, welcoming many students. But again, the shadow of the Dark Side was far from gone. Even in the sanctuary of the Jedi Academy, Luke and his students had to face the ghost of Exar Kun, shadow of a long forgotten past. One of Luke's students, Kyp Durron, fell to the Dark Side, under the influence of the ghost, and his rampage destroyed a whole Star System. Through the help of his comrades, Durron redeemed himself and the Jedi rose again from their ashes.
Many challenges were faced by the New Republic, but its heroes overcame them. A plot by the Imperials tried to stage a return of Grand Admiral Thrawn, forcing The New Republic on the edge of self destruction. Luke Skywalker and his friends once again rose for the occasion, and during this adventure, while Leia was establishing with Admiral Pellaeon the bass of a peace treaty between the New Republic and the Empire, Luke and Mara Jade were confronted to Thrawn's personal forces, who were waiting on the edge of the Unknown Regions, silently keeping watch over threats that the Old Republic itself couldn't imagine. During this mission, Luke and Mara became aware of their feelings for each other and when they returned, they decided to get married.
The union of the former agent of the Emperor with the Jedi Master was used as a symbol for the Peace between the Empire and what was now called the Galactic Republic. Peace was at hand, finally. Luke and Mara returned to Yavin IV, where Mara completed her training as a Jedi. Luke then decided to study on a personal level along with one of his apprentices. He helped to perfect the mastery of the Force of one of his first recruits at the Academy, a young human named Leger Tcha. Leger and Luke deepened their relationship in the Force before the Knight would set out for a long journey among the stars, while his master would remain on Yavin to finally organize and establish a new Jedi Council, in order to defend this newfound peace.
But Peace is a fragile thing in this Galaxy. The Jedi were now about to face a new menace, coming from the shadows of the past…
