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*Preceded by the [[The Old Republic Era]].
*Preceded by the [[Old Republic Era]].
*Succeeded by the [[The Rebellion Era]].
*Succeeded by the [[Rebellion Era]].





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(1,000 - 0 BBY)

After the seemingly final defeat of the Sith, the Republic enters a state of complacency. In the waning years of the Republic, the senate was rife with corruption and scandal, and saddled with a bureaucracy so immense that effective governing was nearly impossible. The ambitious Senator Palpatine caused himself to be elected Supreme Chancellor, and promised to reunite the galaxy under a New Order.

This is the era of the prequel trilogy.