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- c. 32 BBYPalpatine elected ChancellorA change of chancellor amid the crisis brought to the summit of power a senator who was secretly controlling both sides.
- 32 BBYSidious kills his master Darth PlagueisOn Coruscant, in a residential complex belonging to the Muun Hego Damask, the apprentice strikes at his master. Darth Sidious kills Darth Plagueis in his sleep, completing years of training under the Rule of Two and remaining the sole full Lord of the Sith on the eve of a decisive year for the Republic.
- 29 BBYRaith Sienar develops the battle planetoid designThe designer Raith Sienar prepares plans for an expeditionary battle planetoid, a huge mobile station. This design will become the starting point for the project from which the Death Star later grows.
- c. 24 BBYSeparatist CrisisThe mass secession of systems from the Republic brought it to the brink of collapse even before open war began.
- c. 22 BBYAssassination attempt on Senator AmidalaAn attempt on the senator's life on Coruscant leads to an investigation that uncovers preparations for war.
- c. 22 BBYEmergency powers granted to the ChancellorThe Senate granted the chancellor special powers that allowed him to command the army single-handedly.
- c. 20 BBYAhsoka Tano leaves the Jedi OrderThe falsely accused Padawan was exonerated but refused to return to an Order that had lost her trust.
- c. 19 BBYBattle of CoruscantAn attack on the Republic's capital and the rescue of the Supreme Chancellor from captivity.
- c. 19 BBYProclamation of the Galactic EmpireDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- c. 19 BBYDeath of Count DookuDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- c. 19 BBYCouncil denies Anakin the rank of MasterPlaced on the Council at the chancellor's behest but not granted the rank of master, the Jedi grew fully estranged from the Order.
- c. 19 BBYCouncil's attempt to remove the ChancellorDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- c. 19 BBYAssault on the Jedi TempleDescription hidden: this entry reveals the plot.
- 19 BBYJedi hunt for Darth Sidious in Coruscant's industrial districtThe trail from the captured transmitter leads Mace Windu and Shaak Ti to an abandoned industrial district of the capital. A search party of troopers and Padawans makes its way through the tunnels from Sidious's lair to the Senate District and emerges at the 500 Republica skyscraper, but the operation is cut short by the start of the attack on Coruscant.
- c. 18 BBYCreation of the Inquisitor serviceThe Empire trained former Force-sensitives to hunt their own kind, turning the search for Jedi into a systematic operation.
- c. 18 BBYHunt for the surviving JediThe Empire created the Inquisitorius, which spent years hunting down those who had survived the destruction of the Order.
- c. 5 BBYLuthen Rael's underground networkFor years the antiquities dealer wove scattered cells into a single network, paying for it with other people's lives and his own.
- c. 2 BBYMon Mothma's speech in the SenateFrom the floor of the Senate, the senator called the massacre a massacre, and after that she could never return to her former life.
- c. 3.5 ABYDeath of Prince Xizor and destruction of his skyhookThe Falleen prince Xizor, underworld lord of the Black Sun syndicate, tried to eliminate Luke Skywalker in order to take Darth Vader's place beside the Emperor. While Palpatine was inspecting the second Death Star, Vader intercepted an incriminating message and ordered the Executor to destroy the orbital skyhook station above Coruscant. Xizor died along with the station.
- c. 9 ABYAmnesty program for Imperial personnelThe New Republic offered the regime's former personnel cooperation in exchange for information.