Star Wars category
Galactic Republic
28 entries tagged Galactic Republic. Every entry is sourced from the Star Wars films, the novels, the comics, or Lucasfilm’s published canon.
- Aayla SecuraAayla Secura was a Rutian Twi'lek Jedi Master and Clone Wars general who commanded the 327th Star Corps alongside Commander Bly. She fell on Felucia during Order 66, shot in the back by the clones she had led.
- Anakin SkywalkerAnakin Skywalker was a Jedi Knight of the Galactic Republic and the prophesied Chosen One destined to bring balance to the Force. He fell to the dark side and became the Sith Lord Darth Vader, then found redemption at the cost of his life by destroying the Emperor.
- Aurra SingAurra Sing was a Force-sensitive Palliduvan who left the Jedi Order to become a feared bounty hunter and assassin. A renowned sharpshooter, she trained the young Boba Fett before her long career ended at the hands of Tobias Beckett.
- C-3POC-3PO was a 3PO-series protocol droid built by Anakin Skywalker as a boy on Tatooine. Fluent in millions of forms of communication, he served the Skywalker family, the Galactic Republic, the Rebel Alliance, and the Resistance, and was the lifelong, often anxious companion of the astromech R2-D2.
- Captain RexRex was a clone trooper captain of the 501st Legion who served under Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano through the Clone Wars. He resisted his inhibitor chip during Order 66 and later joined the rebellion against the Empire.
- Clone WarsThe Clone Wars was a galaxy-spanning conflict fought from 22 to 19 BBY between the Galactic Republic and the breakaway Confederacy of Independent Systems. Secretly engineered on both sides by the Sith, it ended with the Jedi purged and the Republic reformed into the Galactic Empire.
- Confederacy of Independent SystemsThe Confederacy of Independent Systems was the secessionist government of star systems that broke away from the Galactic Republic, sparking the Clone Wars. Led publicly by Count Dooku and backed by corporate powers, it was secretly controlled by Darth Sidious.
- CoruscantCoruscant was a city-covered world in the Core, the political heart of the galaxy for thousands of years. Capital of the Galactic Republic, the Empire, and for a time the New Republic, it was home to the Galactic Senate and the Jedi Temple, with a teeming underworld buried beneath its towers.
- Galactic RepublicThe Galactic Republic was the democratic government that ruled much of the galaxy for over a thousand generations from its capital on Coruscant, served by the Jedi Order. After the Clone Wars it was reorganized by Palpatine into the Galactic Empire.
- GeonosisGeonosis was a harsh, rocky planet in the Outer Rim, home to the insectoid Geonosians and their vast droid foundries. It was the hub of Separatist industry and the site of the battle that opened the Clone Wars.
- Grand Moff TarkinWilhuff Tarkin was an ambitious officer who rose to become the first Grand Moff of the Galactic Empire and Governor of the Outer Rim Territories. A ruthless advocate of rule through fear, he oversaw the Death Star and met his end aboard it at the Battle of Yavin.
- Hondo OhnakaHondo Ohnaka was a Weequay pirate who led the Ohnaka Gang from his stronghold on Florrum. Equal parts opportunist and rogue, he captured Count Dooku, tangled with Jedi and Sith alike, and lived long enough to ply his trade into the era of the New Republic.
- Jedi OrderThe Jedi Order was a monastic, nontheistic religious order devoted to the light side of the Force, serving for over a thousand generations as the guardians of peace and justice in the Galactic Republic. Nearly annihilated by Order 66, the Order endured through scattered survivors and was rebuilt, however briefly, by Luke Skywalker.
- KaminoKamino was a remote, ocean-covered planet in Wild Space, home to the cloner Kaminoans. There the Grand Army of the Republic was bred, and there the Galactic Empire later destroyed Tipoca City in an orbital bombardment.
- Ki-Adi-MundiKi-Adi-Mundi was a Cerean Jedi Master and member of the Jedi High Council who fought through the Clone Wars as a general. He was shot down by his own clone troopers on Mygeeto when Order 66 was issued.
- Kit FistoKit Fisto was a Nautolan Jedi Master and one of the finest duelists in the Order, a Clone Wars general and High Council member. He died in seconds when he tried to arrest the Sith Lord Darth Sidious in his office on Coruscant.
- Luminara UnduliLuminara Unduli was a Mirialan Jedi Master who commanded the 41st Elite Corps and trained Barriss Offee. Arrested and executed after Order 66, her remains were later used by the Empire as bait to lure surviving Jedi to their deaths.
- Mace WinduMace Windu was a human Jedi Master and senior member of the Jedi High Council during the final years of the Republic. A renowned warrior and general of the Clone Wars, he uncovered Palpatine as a Sith Lord and was killed when Anakin Skywalker betrayed him.
- NabooNaboo was a lush, pastoral planet in the Mid Rim shared by two peoples, the human Naboo and the amphibious Gungans. Birthplace of Sheev Palpatine and home of Padme Amidala, it was the site of a Trade Federation invasion that launched Palpatine toward supreme power.
- Obi-Wan KenobiObi-Wan Kenobi was a Jedi Master who trained Anakin Skywalker, served as a general in the Clone Wars, and survived Order 66. In hiding on Tatooine he guarded Luke Skywalker before guiding him into the Rebellion.
- OmegaOmega was an enhanced human clone created from the genetic template of Jango Fett. Raised on Kamino, she joined the renegade squad Clone Force 99 and became a prime target of the Empire's cloning program.
- Padme AmidalaPadme Amidala was the elected Queen of Naboo and later its senator, a leading voice for democracy in the final years of the Republic. Her secret marriage to Anakin Skywalker shaped the fate of the galaxy for decades.
- PalpatineSheev Palpatine was the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, who rose through the Galactic Senate to become Supreme Chancellor and then self-proclaimed Emperor. He orchestrated the fall of the Republic and the Jedi Order, ruled the galaxy for decades, and sought to cheat death itself.
- Plo KoonPlo Koon was a Kel Dor Jedi Master and High Council member who discovered Ahsoka Tano and commanded the 104th Battalion in the Clone Wars. He was shot down by his own clone pilots over Cato Neimoidia during Order 66.
- Qui-Gon JinnQui-Gon Jinn was a human Jedi Master, the apprentice of Dooku and the master of Obi-Wan Kenobi. A defiant follower of the living Force, he discovered Anakin Skywalker and died on Naboo at the hands of Darth Maul, later returning as one of the first to learn how to persist as a Force spirit.
- R2-D2R2-D2 was an R2-series astromech droid manufactured by Industrial Automaton who served the Royal House of Naboo, the Jedi, the Rebel Alliance, and the Resistance across decades of galactic conflict. Never given a full memory wipe, he developed an adventurous, independent character and repeatedly turned the tide of history, most famously by carrying the stolen Death Star plans.
- Shaak TiShaak Ti was a Togruta Jedi Master and High Council member who spent much of the Clone Wars overseeing clone training on Kamino. She was killed in the Jedi Temple by the newly fallen Darth Vader during Order 66.
- YodaYoda was the Grand Master of the Jedi Order, a teacher of younglings for centuries who led the Order through the Clone Wars. After Order 66 he went into exile on Dagobah, where he trained Luke Skywalker.