96 BSW4 Inevitably, as the number of member worlds increased, the Republic found itself saddled with too massive a bureaucracy. It had grown too large, gotten too old, and corruption had set in. A few unscrupulous, greedy Senators had started a destructive chain reaction of malaise. They saw the first lingering problems as cracks in the system of government that could be exploited for personal gain. These beings found that their colleagues were far too occupied by the day to day running of the Republic to monitor their activities adequately. The corruption was too small to be noticed at first. But as soon as the opportunities grew, so did the number of Senators who were seduced by the lure of illegitimate power and wealth. These Senators found an easy alliance with some of the mammoth corporate interests which constantly were on the lookout for easier ways to make a profit. A few arrogant, self - serving bureaucrats fell to seduction, and suddenly, a virus was in the stars. Every instance of instability, each uncertainty in government action, every wrinkle in senatorial policy and procedure became a means to foster larger opportunities. Senator turned on Senator, values eroded, trusts were broken, and fear gripped the Republic. What was once thought to be immortal suddenly saw the approach of its own destruction, and the Old Republic was afraid. Corruption and fear spread like a disease, quickly reaching epidemic proportions without any visible cause. The Old Republic's troubles multiplied, and no one seemed to know what was happening - or why. The planet Danoor, located in the Nah'Malis System of the Kathol Outback, is colonized. The colonists are scientists who want to dedicate their research to studying the Kathol Rift. When word reached other planets in Kathol Sector of Danoor's natural beauty and resources, other groups established settlements there as well. 92 BSW4 The mining industry of the Outer Rim world Halmud, which includes ground, lunar and asteroid belt - fails, leaving the facilities abandoned. Halmud was the trade center at the hub of several well traveled trade routes. Ki-Adi-Mundi is born on Cerea. Qui-Gon Jinn, a future Jedi Master, is born (on Malastare?). 89 BSW4 Eol Sha is settled by the Old Republic, by entrepreneurs who intended to use ramjet mining ships to plow through the Cauldron Nebula and scoop up valuable gasses. With the collapse of the Old Republic more than half a century later, Eol Sha was just one of thousands of forgotten colony worlds. 88 BSW4 A female Jedi Knight known only as "The Dark Woman" comes to Cerea to see four-year old Ki-Adi-Mundi, who has shown signs of Force sensitivity. His father refuses to allow Ki to go to Coruscant for testing by the Jedi Council -- but an attack by raider Bin-Gardazon changes his mind. The Council approves Ki as a Jedi Padawan Learner, and he begins his training under Master Yoda. The Jedi Master Plett builds his house and laboratory in the Plawal rift on the planet Belsavis that serves as a safe haven for the Jedi and their families. He names it Plett's Well. 87 BSW4 When a Garosian grain-processing factory is destroyed, full scale civil war breaks out between Sundari and Garos IV. 84 BSW4 Jorus C'Baoth is born on the planet Bortras. 82 BSW4 The future Emperor Palpatine is born on Naboo, the planet he will later represent in the Senate. 81 BSW4 Nejaa Halcyon (forefather of Corran Horn) is born on the planet Corellia. He would later become a Jedi Master and an unsung hero of the Clone Wars. 80 BSW4 Nejaa Halcyon begins his Jedi training. 73 BSW4 Nara Damaris, Caton's Master-to-be, is born 72 BSW4 Mace Windu, a future Jedi Master, is born. Shmi Skywalker, is born. Birthplace unknown. 70 BSW4 The Haik expedition discovers a reliable hyperlane through the Kira system, which they name the Kira Run. The Kira Run connects the Lazerian and Ropagi systems, and also links the Harrin Trade Corridor with the Enarc Run. It was originally seen as a risky, uncertain route, but recently small shipping companies have begun servicing the Run and bringing it into the company of established trade routes. 67 BSW4 Jorus C'Baoth attends Mirnic University. Ki-Adi-Mundi completes his training under Master Yoda in the ways of the Jedi, and returns to Cerea to bring Bin-Garda-Zon to justice -- or perhaps to kill him. 66 BSW4 Future Captain Gilad Pellaeon is born on Coruscant. On a voyage in the Outer Rim, the Skywalker family's ship is boarded by pirates. The family is separated and (including 6-year old Shmi) sold into slavery. 64 BSW4 Wilhuff Tarkin is born on the planet Eriadu in the Seswenna sector. 61 BSW4 Followers of the H'kig Religion, in the face of religious persecution, prejudice and open hatred, purchase two colony ships and go in search of a suitable Rim world to settle on. They found the planet Rishi. 60 BSW4 The Millenium Falcon is constructed. Jorus C'Baoth begins a two-year study at the Jedi academy on the planet Kamparas, and then begins private training under an unknown master. 59 BSW4 Future Jedi-to-be Caton is born on Coruscant. Also in this illustrious year, Tiegan Nwython is born. 58 BSW4 One of the other 1/4th of the Padawan Brigade, Rax Midosea is born. Jorus C'Baoth is declared a Jedi Knight. 57 BSW4 Obi-Wan (Ben) Kenobi is born on Tatooine. 56 BSW4 At the tender age of one, Obi-Wan begins his Jedi training at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, under Master Yoda. A pair of Duinuogwuin star dragons decide to reproduce on the planet Shatuun, a largely uninhabited world found in the Kathol Outback between the Uukaablis and Nah'Malis systems. The star dragons create a home for themselves, but were quite reclusive in their ways. They would accept visitors they believe they can trust, since they didn't want the rest of the Outback to know they were there. 52 BSW4 Caton pickpockets Nara's lightsaber, and is brought into the Jedi order. 50 BSW4 A conflict arises between two Bith cities, Nozho and Weogar, concerning the patent rights to a new stardrive. In accordance with the laws of their society, the two cities submitted their claims to a neutral arbitrator. However, an agent from Nozho uncovered some compromising information about the arbitrator and blackmailed him. Subsequently, Weogar's mayor learned of the blackmail and refused to honor the arbitrator's decision, and soon both cities were producing the stardrive, resulting in severe trade competition and the first Bith war in nearly a million years. Unfortunately, when sophisticated technology such as that available to the Bith is involved, wars are almost always of a genocidal level. Nozho launched a chemical attack against Weogar, wiping out 90 percent of the city's population and garunteeing that the Weogar industries would no longer be capable of producing stardrives. In retaliation, Weogar unleashed against Nozho a biological agent that altered the basic DNA structure of anything it contacted. The unforeseen result was a planet - wide wave of evolutionary degeneration and mutation that turned their garden world into a monster - filled wasteland. The surviving, untainted Bith were forced to contruct and retreat into hermetically sealed domes, where they live to this day, afraid to venture onto the surface of their own planet. The m'Yalfor'ac is a native military service of the planet Guiteica, home of the Bitthaevrian species. Bitthaevrians are naturally and culturally inclined to use direct conflict to resolve disputes. This has led to a warrior ethos and intense dislike of aliens who use diplomacy, political process or indirect methods. This led to a military confrontation between the Order and the Republic. This short war was settled by the efforts of a band of Jedi, who used their powers to the Republic's advantage. The Republic and Jedi were therefore condemned by the Order and declared perpetual enemies of the Bitthaevrian people. This was regarded as a formality by the Republic, since the Bitthaevrians rarely ventured offworld and lacked the military technology to be a real threat. Fabritech becomes a leader in starship sensor technology. 49 BSW4 Jorus C'Baoth plays an instrumental role in quelling a Dark Jedi insurrection in the Bpfassh system. A quarter of a million people are killed when the mining dome on Varristad is damaged. The culprit, a Hutt named Jemba (who works for Offworld Mining) buys up the mineral rights and makes a fortune when the mine's owner goes bankrupt. 48 BSW4 Mon Mothma is born on Chandrila. Her father is Arbiter-General of the Republic, and her mother is Chandrilan governor. 47 BSW4 The Z-95 Headhunter, the immediate predecessor to the X-Wing, is designed and built by Seti Ashgad for Incom Corporation and Subpro Corporation. Jedi Knight Sharad Hett, increasingly haunted by the lack of a family in his life, turns to his old master Eeth Koth for guidance. Koth arranges for Hett to visit his parents. He finds upon his arrival that his entire family was murdered by an alliance of offworld rivals who devastated the planet. Shattered by this tragedy, Hett flees into the Outer Rim and crashes his cruiser on Tatooine. He wanders out into the Jundland Wastes to become a hermit. He is eventually found and taken in by the Sandpeople, who accepts him as one of their own. The Jedi are unaware of this, and eventually presumes Sharad dead. 46 BSW4 Padme Naberrie Amidala, future wife of Anakin Skywalker is born on Naboo to a pair of humble villagers in a small mountain village, where her exceptional abilities are recognized early in life. The Bandorian Colonies are wiped out by an outbreak of the Candorian plague. The epidemic was contained before it reached beyond the colonies, and the plague was thought to have been eradicated. Jorus C'Baoth assumes the title of Jedi Master. 45 BSW4 Senator Palpatine funds and promotes long range exploration into the Deep Core. He commissions the launch of thousands of probots programmed to chart safe hyperspace routes into and through the Deep Core. Jorus C'Baoth is sent to help determine the proper line for Viceroy of Alderaan. It takes less than a month for C'Baoth and the other Jedi to decide that Bail Organa's father has the proper claim. 44 BSW4 The Victory-class Star Destroyer is designed by Walex Blissex. Jedi student Obi-Wan Kenobi is finally accepted by Qui-Gon as his Padawaan Learner. 42 BSW4 The Drighton Terminus is finally incorporated into the Republic. A team of Jedi Masters and their Padawans are assigned to the sector in an effort to bring order out of the chaos. 41 BSW4 A fleet of two hundred Dreadnaughts, slave-circuited together, is launched, called the Katana fleet after its commanding vessel. (It was also known as the 'Dark Force.') Due to a hive virus that infiltrates the crew, the Katana fleet jumps into hyperspace and vanishes for the next half-century. Anakin Skywalker is born and raised by his mother, Shmi Skywalker, perhaps on Tatooine. Gilad Pellaeon joins the Republic Navy. 40 BSW4 The ore veins in the planet Dega of the Elrood Sector dry out, leaving Radell Mining Corporation little choice but to close operations on the planet. The Koqus Design Syndic starship class goes into production. It is based on an old Republic Seinar Systems design, created as a short-route liner capable of carrying 58 passengers. The Outbound Flight Project, a space voyage outside the galaxy, is launched. One of the six Jedi Masters aboard is Jorus C'Baoth. 15 Republic vessels with hand-picked units are sent under the secret orders of Senator Palpatine to destroy the Outbound Flight-- and then are themselves destroyed by 12 Chiss vessels led by then-Commander Thrawn. The First Clone War begins [Note: it has always been refered to as Clone WARS, not Clone War. This earlier conflict apparently was the start of a series of conflicts, heading up to and including the time of the Naboo Crisis. 39 BSW4 As the result of an orbital battle of the Clone Wars, the planet Honoghr is devastated by chemical poisoning. 38 BSW4 Anakin and Shmi are sold under Gardulla the Hutt. Some time later, Gardulla loses a bet on the Boonta pod races on Tatooine, and is forced to sell the slaves to the Toydarian junk collector Watto. 37 BSW4 Gilad Pellaeon graduates from the Academy in the top third of his class. Ensign Pellaeon's first command assignment is to take a squadron of transport vessels to the planet Garvyn. They are stopped by pirates, but Pellaeon manages to trick and destroy the pirate vessel. A part of the First Clone War, the Battle of Drighton occurs in the Drighton Terminous. The long, intense space battle in which many soldiers and Jedi died later spawned many superstitions and is avoided by many space travelers because of mysterious happenings there. Ever since the battle strange ghostly ships and disappearing starships were reported in the area. Spacers and casual travelers alike have dubbed it 'The Drighton Triangle.' Soon after the Battle of Hoth the Empire used this sector as a testing ground for a top - secret project which failed due to an intrusion on the part of the Rebel Alliance. 36 BSW4 The Tonheld Mining Corporation buys the rights to mine ores and minerals from the asteroids within the Halmad System. They efficiently stripped all the marketable material from the asteroids and then left, taking their machinery by leaving hollowed - out balls of rock in their place. 35 BSW4 Ebe Endocott, an arrogant rotund humanoid Tiffian of small stature, finishes first in the semi - pro Pod racing tournament on Malastare. Even as the first Clone War ends, more wars and battles spring up across the galaxy. Already weary from their previous battles, Nejaa Halcyon and his Caamasi Jedi friend, Y'lenic It'kla, as well as other Jedi warriors are called again to serve. Moving from one battle to the next, the Jedi quell unrest and save billions of lives across the galaxy. This, however, prevents them from returning home to their loved ones. The wars continue to spring up until the end of the second Clone War. In the wake of the first Clone War, the Old Republic Navy desperately needs to standardize and economize its' starfighter branch. Republic Sienar Systems responds with the Twin Ion Engine starfighter - the T.I.E. Fighter. The small, fast and inexpensive short-range fighter soon becomes a fixture on Republic ships. Over the millennia, beings involved in commerce and trade found it useful to create organizations to further their interests. Whether in the form of trade unions, labor collectives, merchant's associations, or one of the countless guilds, these groups have promoted their interests in the various legislative bodies of the Republic. While their have been occasional cases of corruption, for the most part these associations have been law - abiding and responsive to their consumers. Some groups and individuals had grand visions of the future of the galactic economy. These individuals joined to form the innocuously named Galactic Corporate Policy League. Few suspected it was, in fact, a cabal of plutocrats with ties to Palpatine and his New Order vision. Not content with the vast trillions in wealth they had gained legally, or the uncountable sums netted in their shadier dealings, they hungered for more. They resented prohibitions against slavery, world - gouge mining and other "altruistic idiocies". They longed for a free hand in the outer fringes, where less advanced worlds and civilizations couldn't stand against the might of greed. They found a new ally in Palpatine. As the ambitious Senator secretly devised his plans of conquest, he enlisted amoral factions in the Transport and Power ministries and those long tired of Republic meddling in their economic plundering. He used his position to award contracts and funding to those secretly sympathetic to his cause. 34 BSW4 For the second year in a row, Ebe Endocott finishes first in the semi - pro Pod racing tournament on Malastare. Ebe pilots a sleek rust and silver Pod with large 10 meter long JAK Racing J930 Dash 8 split X configured engines, sporting angular cooling. The corrupt King Veruna of Naboo abdicates his throne, resulting in a general election for the planet's next leader. At the tender age of 12, and by an overwhelming majority vote, Padme Amidala is crowned princess. 33 BSW4 Increasingly, Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum is influenced by Senators such as Palpatine to compromise what he knows is right for the sake of approved procedure. Sebulba the Dug purchases the expensive blue Rutian Twi'lek twins Ann and Tann Gella as masseuses, partly to put him in best form for the race, but mostly to irritate his fellow racers and steep them in jealousy. This tactic has been resoundingly effective. Ebe Endocott wins the semi - pro Pod racing tournament on Malastare for the third year in a row.third row. With his cumulative winnings, he purchases a new Corellian freighter to take him to Tatooine so he can enter the professional Boonta Eve Pod race the following year. A mystery attacker starts to plague the Tusken Raiders of Tattooine. Several camps are attacked outright, wells are poisoned, food and toys are poisoned. Over the next year, at least a hundred Sandpeople die. Furious over the chain of events, the Tuskens discover evidence that a Hutt, possibly Jabba, is behind the assaults. Determined to keep events from spiralling out of control, Jedi - turned - Tusken Sharad Hett takes control of the Sandpeople and starts a controlled attack against Jabba's interests. 32 BSW4 As of this time, there are only 10,000 Jedi Knights left in the galaxy serving the Galactic Republic. The Tapani Sector enters into what is later known as the Imperial Era (12,689 - 12,724 by their domestic calendar). Padme Amidala is coronated queen of Naboo. During her coronation, Amidala meets Senator Palpatine for the first time. On Coruscant, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn is called before the Jedi Council, where he learns that Council member Adi Gallia has vanished on the planet Esseles while investigating an anonymous report that Trinkatta Starships has been commissioned by an unknown party to build fifty experimental, hyperdrive - bearing droid starfighters. Once on Esseles, Qui-Gon Jedi discovers that the Neimoidian Trade Federation contracted the company to build the droid starfighters, against their exclusive contract with the Xi Charrians. When the CEO Trinkatta objected to creating starfighters that were obviously intended for hit and run hyperspace warfare, Trinkatta's test pilot "vanished" at the hands of the Trade Federation. Trinkatta then completed the starfighters out of fear. Podracer Wan Sandage hires Aldar Beedo, a Glymphid hitman to assassinate Sebulba. Beedo enters into the upcoming Boonta Eve Classic. Kam Nale enters into the Boonta Eve Classic under an assumed name, "Elan Mak", in the hopes of exacting revenge against Aldar Beedo, who had murdered his father. Mars Guo, infatuated with Ann Gella, one of Sebulba's masseuses, promises to help her escape Tatooine while he is drunk. Sebulba learns of Guo's plans, and vents his rage by ensuring that Mars would never finish the upcoming race. Darth Sidious sets into motion the final stages of his order's 2,000 year old plan to destroy the Jedi. Working patiently, Sidious has extended his power and influence deep into the galactic government. Using his grasp on psychology and bureaucracy to stifle justice, he brings about the crisis he needs to make his move for domination. The shadowy figure incites key individuals within the Neimoidian Inner Circle to take drastic measures in pursuit of profit. When the Galactic Senate imposes taxation on the former Free Trade Zones of the outlying systems, Sidious goads the greedy and bullying Trade Federation into aggressively blockading the planet Naboo in retaliation, one of the oldest, most revered planets in the Republic - a measure by which he intends to force an end to the new regulations. A standard month passes, and the situation on Naboo rapidly reaches crisis proportions. With no food being imported, the entire Naboo race is afflicted by starvation. Queen Amidala viciously harangues Chancellor Valorum over holochannel for his inaction, declaring him personally responsible for the suffering of her people. Shamed by Amidala's bitter accusation, and alerted to possible war - like actions from the Federation by Jedi Knight Adi Gallia, Valorum takes the biggest political risk of his career - without the consent or even the knowledge of the Senate, he calls on the Jedi Council for help. . . The Naboo Crisis A war - clan of Tusken Raiders attacks Anchorhead. Shortly thereafter, other clans join in - 13 clans all under one warleader. All in all, they killed six militia men, set fire to the armory, smashed the central vaporator-cistern and escaped with a large amount of water. Tatooine's natives are in a panic of gun-buying, because the Sandpeople are on the loose. Three days earlier, the Tusken Raiders smashed into Anchorhead in a fury, wiping out everything in sight. Even worse is their mysterious leader, a red-eyed Sandperson with a lightsaber. He seems the most fierce of all, but when they attack a trading post at Mochot Steep, he spares a young mother he just widowed a moment before. On Coruscant, the Jedi think they know who this mystery man is - a Jedi Knight named Sharad Hett, who disappeared fifteen years ago. The new Council member, Ki-Adi Mundi, is ordered to go to Tatooine to find Hett and either bring him back to the Jedi -- or, if he has fallen to the Dark Side, kill him. In the wake of the battle of Naboo, the Gungan underwater cities are facing dangerous overpopulation. As a way of cementing the relationship with the Gungans, Queen Amidala helps Boss Nass and the Gungans establish a colony on Naboo's outer moon. Due to the effectiveness of their attack on Naboo, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine orders all battle droids and assassin droids outlawed. Upon his election as Chancellor of the Republic, Palpatine already had wealth and connections enough to guarantee himself unlimited power. With support falling in line in the Senate, the Galactic Corporate Policy League threw its support behind New Order policies and gave credibility to its empty promises of restored glory and prosperity. Through contacts with powerful businesses outside the League, many other companies endorsed Palpatine's plans. Payback came easily enough once Palpatine had complete control over the budgets of a galaxy. With the enormous military buildup Palpatine planned, the most lucrative contracts could be awarded to those captains of industry who had already proven their "loyalty". Of course, even these incalculable sums proved too small for the greed of these mega - corporate titans. It was then that the GCPL conceived its boldest gamble yet. It wished to develop and expand the Corporate Sector. The League members realized how much potential there was if these countless riches could be given their unrestricted attentions. COMPNOR, the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order, is formed. Initially little more than a social group, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine aids it covertly, building it into a major political movement to help in the transition of the Republic into a Empire. 31 BSW4 Vima-da-Boda's daughter Neema falls in with rebellious Jedi who turns the young woman to the Dark Side. Neema ends up marrying an Ottethan warlord who mistreats her. She attempts to harm him with the Dark Side, but is unsuccessful and is imprisoned. Vima rushes to her aid, but finds her daughter already dead. Momentarily insane with rage, Vima kills the warlord. Horrified by what she had done, Vima regresses and loses contact with the Force, which saves her from the Great Jedi Purge. 30 BSW4 The Old Republic funds an archaeological expedition to Dagobah. The expedition is lost, and the records themselves are lost for decades. The Lant Mining Corporation closes its last mine in the Demar system, on the planet Gart. The philosophy Tyia is brought to the planet Revyia by a trader. The Tyia holds a strong regard for life and peace, which struck a chord with the Revwien race. It has been described as an alterate method of coming to know The Force, as the Tyia teaches that introspective reflection is the way to learn the true way of the universe. Students learn to control their own personal Force (known as the Tyia) through meditation and ceremony. 27 BSW4 Seti Ashgad the First, a political opponent of Chancellor Palpatine, is kidnapped and stranded on the prison world Nam Chorios by Palpatine's agents. 26 BSW4 Near the end of the Clone Wars, a series of Dark Jedi attack the area of space that includes the Bpfassh system and the planet Dagobah. The last of these Dark Jedi steals smuggler Jorj Car'das's ship and flees to Dagobah. He attacks and is killed by Yoda, who nurses Car'das back to life and decides to live near the cave where he was killed, as his dark aura cloaked Yoda's own. 23 BSW4 The Virgillian Civil War begins. The Jedi Knights destroy the Iridium space pirates, raiders who were using "power gems" to disrupt Republic convoys' shields. One, Laskar, goes into hiding with the last power gem. Hell's Hammers, an elite squad created from the armor units of the Old Republic, is used by President Palpatine to crush his political opposition. The Directors of the four organizations which gather and analyze intelligence for the Senate and other agencies of the Republic (Republican Security Organization, Senate Bureau of Intelligence, Interstellar Consortium on Technology, and Special Acquisitions Branch of the Library of the Republic) meet in unprecedented negotiations in order to maintain an effective intelligence organization for the government. But which government - The Directors felt the Republic to be unsalvageable. In their opinion, the rot had gone too far, a strong central government was needed - exactly the sort of government which Palpatine and his New Order promised. They agreed to merge their organizations. The Ubiqtorate was born. 22 BSW4 STAR WARS: EPISODE II -- THE CLONE WARS The Clone Wars continue, as cloning technology is stolen and used by Mandalorian warriors, under the secret orders of the Sith and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. In response to the direct assaults on the outer rim, the senate asked the Jedi to institute the process of cloning Jedi to match the Mandalorian's numbers. The Jedi council refuses - the cloneing process corrupts the clone Jedi's Midichlorians. This leaves them open to madness and suceptable to the Dark Side. Instead, the Jedi Knights use all of their resources to defeat the Mandalorians, several of whom (including Boba Fett?) escape justice. The Jedi are left badly weakened and depleted. Mon Mothma becomes the last Senior Senator, and with Bail Organa attempts to stabilize the Republic. Palpatine, who has managed to eliminate almost all of his political enemies, begins to corrupt Anakin Skywalker, who marries Queen Padme. It becomes far easier for him to do so when Anakin leads a rescue mission to Tatooine to free his mother Shmi -- a mission that goes catastrophically wrong and gives Anakin a murderous grudge against all Jedi. Fighting alongside future Viceroy of Alderaan Bail Prestor Organa, General Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are instrumental in the successful victory for the Old Republic in the Clone Wars. Citing the increasingly unstable situation of the Republic, Palpatine declares himself Emperor. The Republic is renamed the Galactic Empire, the Senate is scaled down in power, and Palpatine begins a massive build-up of the military. He also steps up the smear campaign that against the Jedi, started during the clone wars. Public opinion turns against the Jedi, allowing Palpatine to exterminate them in secret. He also orders that all mention of the Jedi in galactic records be erased, as well as all Jedi relics be destroyed. During his service in the Clone Wars, Nejaa Halcyon meets many famous individuals, including Jan Dodonna, Bail Organa, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. 21 BSW4 Jedi Master Nejaa Halcyon is killed in the Clone Wars as he fights against three Dark Jedi, beside his friend Y'lenic It'kla and the great Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi. Y'lenic delivers his things to his family, lacking only Nejaa's lightsaber, which he donated to the Galactic Museum's Jedi collection. His wife, Scerra, remarries, (and his son is adopted by) Corellian Security officer Rostek Horn. Nejaa's son Valin changes his name to Hal Horn, and Rostek erases his new family's connection to the Jedi. The Outer Rim planet Bakura is colonized. A virus strikes the settlers of the Outer Rim world of Minavar, just as palpatine was taking control of the galaxy, and their calls for help went unnoticed in the turnover. The majority of the population was wiped out. A stray asteroid from the Duhrib Belt smashes into the planet Danoor, killing much of its native population and destroying large areas of the settlements. Contact with Danoor is cut off for several years. STAR WARS: EPISODE III -- FALL OF THE JEDI Now entirely corrupted, Anakin Skywalker renounces his name and renames himself Darth Vader, becoming Palpatine's Sith apprentice and put in charge of killing the Jedi. Obi-Wan Kenobi battles him to attempt to win him back, only succeeding in hideously injuring Vader by throwing him into a lava pit. Encased in body armor and an artificial respiration system, Vader redoubles his evil efforts. Unbeknownst to him, his twin children, Luke and Leia, are born. Kenobi and Padme act to hide the children from Vader and Palpatine. Padme takes Leia to Alderaan, where she is adopted by Viceroy Bail Organa and raised as his daughter. Kenobi takes Luke to Tatooine (with a brief stop-over at Dagobah), where Kenobi's brother Owen Lars raises Luke. Kenobi himself goes into hiding in the Jundland Wastes of Tatooine. Emperor Palpatine shuts down large portions of the Holonet and nationalizes the rest to prevent news of his more evil activities from spreading throughout the Galaxy. He officially renames Coruscant "Imperial Center." When the Emperor overthrew the Old Republic and declared the Empire, he removed a number of nobles from power. Instead of killing them and creating a whole new pantheon of martyrs, he made a bargain with them. If they agreed to permanent exile, he would allow them to keep much of their wealth. Though many chose to flee or chose death, a large number of the families accepted. In a mass exodus of around 300,000 nobles, they were relocated to Eliad, and to other planets like it in the Minos Cluster. The Alien Protection Zone, an area of Coruscant's Imperial City is set aside for the habitation of non-human labor during the New Order. It was set up to appease many Old Republic Senators who felt that the New Order unfairly treated aliens. Republic Fleet Systems is formally disbanded by decree of the Senate and most of the company's resources are absorbed by the Republic's Navy. The rise of Emperor Palpatine brings about the rise of "High Human Culture": the ideology that humans were inherently superior to aliens. While this philosophy was not supported by all humans - most found the idea of "High Human Culture" repugnant - many aliens found their rights and freedoms restricted under Imperial law and faced a high degree of prejudice that was formally encouraged by Imperial dictates. The Republic T.I.E. Fighter is upgraded into the Imperial TIE Fighter by the renamed Sienar Fleet Systems. The revised vessel is longer-ranged, but not equipped with a hyperdrive as some military personnel wished. Deflector shields are also eschewed as too expensive. At roughly the same time, a much larger version of the Star Destroyer, the Imperial-class, is designed and commissioned in part as a TIE carrier as well as a super-dreadnaught class warship. Sickened of war, the government of Alderaan places all of the planet's weaponry aboard a huge unmanned military transport labeled "Another Chance." The ship is sent into a perpetual state of hyperspace until such time as the Council of Elders summons it back. Alderaan becomes a pacifist world, where peace and learning become the pastimes. A colony is established on Belsavis in the Senex Sector. Sate Pestage is made Grand Vizier of the Empire by Emperor Palpatine. He is put in charge of the Imperial Personal Archives, the preparation and testing of the Emperor's meals, holder of the Imperial Seal, and scheduling of official functions. Unbeknownst to anyone, Emperor Palpatine authorizes the construction of the "Eye of Palpatine," an asteroid-shaped ship that is the largest of its' time, and completely automated. The ship is built to help exterminate the Jedi. The Jedi Knight Callista and her husband Geith boards the asteroid, to find it only too able to defend itself. Geith flies off the Eye to get help, only to be blown to bits. Given no choice, Callista makes a suicide run at the Eye's computer. As she dies, Callista's spirit takes over the ship to keep it from launching. An angry Palpatine sentences the Eye of Palpatine's designers to the sand mines of Neelgalmon. Imperial forces enter the Tapani Sector. Upon arrival at Pelagon, three Imperial Star Destroyers are faced with the Pelagia Star, which withstands their firepower. It is damaged beyond repair, but still is not damaged enough to send it crashing to Pelagon. After the Imperials have taken control of the planet, the ship, now in a standard orbit, is re-christened Pelagia's Moon and used as a space station, though the nobility of Pelagon still desire to one day fix the ship/station and make it the flagship of a Pelagian battle fleet once again.