[Buffy's Shadow]

Welcome, student. You've accessed the holocron of the Emperor's Hand, a Jedi Historian. By opening this holocron, you agree to learn about many subjects, including but not limited to Galatic History, Technology readouts, Plantary Data, and much more.

Use the information wisely, and for the betterment of the galaxy.

[Buffy's Shadow]

Lesson 1- The Formation Of The Old Republic- 25,000 B.B.Y. (Before Battle of Yavin)

Before the Republic ever officially began, the Rakatan Empire ruled the galaxy. However, as any place in history will tell you, their slaves soon revolted. With their Empire stretched too far to properly defend, the Rakata retreated to their home planet, Rakata Prime. Soon they fell victim to their own bloodlust, and were all but destroyed themselves in a Civil War.
Around this time, Corellian Scientists perfected the primitive hyperdrive that had been developed by the Rakata. With this technology now in place, travel between planets was far more possible than it had been in the previous years. Travel that would take weeks turned into days. In what is now known as the Galactic Core, these planets (Correlia, Alderaan, Coruscant, and Duro) soon formed a formal domestic government. “The Old Republic”, or in those days, just “The Republic”
As trade routes began to be developed , the planet Ossus , for all notes and purposes the birth-palce of the Jedi, was linked and soon, the Jedi became the official guardians of the Republic.
In reality, Tython was where the Jedi were “formed”. The ancient Jedi used their knowledge of the Force to battle in “Force Wars” which for some reason the Rakata ignored. As light and dark battled for at least a millennia, the “Religion” developed into a full-fledged society. When they found a way to somehow “freeze” a laser blast, it became the iconic weapon of the Jedi, the lightsaber. Seeing the tight hold the Rakata then held on the galaxy, the “Light Sided” faction of the Jedi took it upon themselves to free the galaxy.
With scouts blazing new trails in the hyperspace routes, the Republic soon began to fully develop. For over a millennium, the Republic grew and grew. Most of this was due to independent planets desiring protection from the Hutts, who were, even at that point in time, a brutal and uncaring force.

[Falcon]

Ahhh, a nerd's paradise...

<---- nerd

Good stuff keep it coming!

[jawfin]

Oh hey, informative stuff!
I recall from KOTOR2 game that sith woman who's your ship mate mentions that the force existed and was used long before it was separated into light and dark users as it were. Does that fit in with this history?

[Buffy's Shadow]

Oh hey, informative stuff!
I recall from KOTOR2 game that sith woman who's your ship mate mentions that the force existed and was used long before it was separated into light and dark users as it were. Does that fit in with this history?

Oh, you mean Kreia. Old woman, grey ponytails, turns evil. Yeah. I'll get into that. Gotta discuss the origin of the Jedi and everything. It's complicated. Almost like a College course.

[MasterM]

. Almost like a College course.

Can I major in this?

[Cubin55]

I remember hearing about the living force and how there was that big war between light and dark force users as Jawfin had said.

[Buffy's Shadow]

. Almost like a College course.

Can I major in this?

Yes.

I remember hearing about the living force and how there was that big war between light and dark force users as Jawfin had said.

All in due time

[Clank]

GOU teh u star wars super genius you

[Buffy's Shadow]

Lesson 2- Emergence Of The Sith -7000 B.B.Y.

Dark Jedi. The mere title conjures up images of red lightsabers, yellow eyes, and force lightning. The mere beginnings of the Sith are far more evil though.
Around 7000 BBY, the Jedi discovered that the Force could bend, manipulate, or create life itself. These monstrous creations were called “Sithspawn” in later years. Exiled Jedi, many dark side users, also discovered this, and put it to use when battling the Jedi. However, these small wars ended extremely badly for the now Dark Jedi.
With an army of Sithspawn before them, these exiled Jedi quickly won battles. However, on the planet Corbos, they were all but destroyed. Those few who survived retreated to the Unknown Regions of the galaxy. In these unknown regions of space, they discovered the ancient “Sith” species.
Although they were worshipped as gods by these people, the Dark Jedi treated them terribly and drove them into “willing” slavery. With this, and an almost unending supply of resources, a new Sith empire was established. This empire was completely separated from the Republic. Over time, hyperspace routes were forgotten, and charts lost.
It was in turn, the Republic who brought the Sith back to the galaxy. Two hyperspace mappers, Gav and Jori Daragon, blindly entered hyperspace, relying on “luck” (Most likely unknown Force talent). They emerged right in the middle of Sith space. Today that route is known as the Daragon trail.
When their ship arrived, two powerful Sith warlords were locked in a vicious battle for the title of Dark Lord of the Sith. These warlords, Naga Shadow and Ludo Kressh, had different opinions on what to do with the two explorers. Ludo saw them as a sign of an impending invasion, while Shadow saw a vast new sector to conquer.
Gav and Jori were taken prisoner, and the Sith Council degreed that they would be put to death as spies. Shadow freed them however, and hid them away in his stronghold, surrounded by an army of Massassi warriors. Shadow also planted evidence that showed that Republic agents had freed the Daragons. In reality, he hid them away in his fortress.
Ludo Kressh soon found out about this deception, and attacked Shadow’s fortress with an army of loyal forces. While his raid was quickly defeated by Shadow, Jori escaped back into Republic space during the ensuing chaos. She was completely unaware that the Sith had planted a tracking beacon on her ship. In the Empress Teta System, she exited hyperspace and was quickly arrested under suspicion of numerous things. After a meeting with Empress Teta herself, and her Jedi advisors, her story was believed and the Republic quickly brought up arms.
When the Sith finally invaded, the conflict hit the Republic in full force. Due to an uncaring leadership by Shadow himself, the early battles went poorly for the Republic. The battle tide changed though and soon the Sith were forced to retreat back into their own empire. However, Kressh had taken control, and his own fleet battered the remnants of Shadow’s fleet. During the middle of the battle, the Republic fleet appeared and destroyed both fleets.
Shadow escaped however, and he landed on Yavin 4. His Massassi followers entombed his warship, and Shadow put himself into a suspended animation, waiting for the day when a willing Force user would seek knowledge of the Dark Side.

[MasterM]

The mere title conquers up images of red lightsabers, yellow eyes, and force lightning.

I believe you mean conjures, as I doubt the land of red light saber was seized in a battle.

[Buffy's Shadow]

The mere title conquers up images of red lightsabers, yellow eyes, and force lightning.

I believe you mean conjures, as I doubt the land of red light saber was seized in a battle.

Lol, typo. Thanks for pointing that out to me

[Buffy's Shadow]

Lesson 3- Legendary Figures- Nomi Sunrider- 4000 BBY

Nomi Sunrider was probably one of the most highly regarded Jedi in the Order’s history. Her command of Battle Meditation came into well-known use during the war between Exar Kun and the Republic. In later years, her influence continued when her daughter, Vima Sunrider, became an equally regarded Jedi Knight during the period surrounding the Mandalorian Wars.
Although nothing is known of Nomi’s early life, she eventually met and married Jedi Knight Andur Sunrider, with whom she eventually gave birth to a daughter, Vima. Although Andur could sense that the Force was strong with Nomi, she constantly refused to be trained as a Jedi. Inside, she couldn’t believe that she could wield the same power as her husband.
Eventually, Andur, Nomi, & Vima left their home on H’ratth system, and left so that Andur could receive more training under Jedi Master Thon. Although it went unrealized at the time, actions were being set in motion that would eventually affect the entire galaxy. On the way to meet Master Thon, the family stopped at a hyperspace terminal, a group of thugs attacked and murdered Andur for the rare lightsaber crystals he was carrying. Faced with meeting the same fate as her husband, Nomi picked up his lightsaber, and killed two of the criminals. Horrified with what she had done, she refused to ever wield a lightsaber again.
Returning to their ship, Nomi and Vima continued on to their destination. When they landed on the planet Ambria, they eventually found Master Thon. As Thon trained Nomi, Bogga the Hutt (Whose criminals had been behind Andur’s murder) tracked her down, and made a second attempt to steal the rare lightsaber crystals. During the resulting struggle, Nomi was forced to take up the lightsaber once again. After she had single-handedly defeated Bogga’s group of thugs, she went on to complete her Jedi training under Master Thon, and was then taken to the Jedi Library on Ossus.
Later on in her life, Nomi would fight in and help put down the Freedon Nadd uprising on Onderon, along with fellow Jedi Cray and Ulic Qel-Droma, Oss Wilum, and Tott Doneeta. Ulic, with whom she would later fall in love with, was almost immediately smitten with her, although she most likely was not aware of his feelings at the time.
However, over the next few months, the two developed a strong mental bond, similar to the one that Jedi Knights Bastila Shan and Revan would share later on, and eventually, Nomi admitted her feelings to Ulic, who returned them. The two of them quickly began to fall in love. However, that love was sadly about to be cut short.
During a small conflict with the Krath (A secret society who tried to conquer the entire Empress Teta system) Ulic went undercover and successfully infiltrated the Krath. However, this mission began to bring him close to the Dark Side, which worried Nomi among numerous other Jedi. Nomi came to the Krath, and willingly surrendered herself to them, in order to be brought before Ulic and the other Krath leaders. Rather than give up his cover, Ulic agreed to execute Nomi the following day. After a successfully rescue attempt by Tott Doneeta and Ulic’s brother Cray, Ulic’s cover was blown and he was forced to duel the supreme Krath leader Satal Keto, and when Nomi sensed Ulic strike him down in anger, she was unnerved. Although Nomi and the others tried to take Ulic with them, he unleashed a Dark Side energy which knocked them away from him. Confused and racing against time, Nomi and the others left Ulic behind.
On Cinnagar, Ulic encountered fallen Jedi Exar Kun, and in a duel that followed, the spirit of long-dead Sith Lord Marka Ragnos, and christened them Dark Lords of the Sith. Exar became the Master and Ulic the apprentice. When the Jedi Library on Ossus began to veer close to a black hole, Kun and Qel-Droma ventured there to steal whatever they could. However, Cray was waiting there, along with Nomi.
Cray began combat with his brother, and during the duel , Ulic struck his brother down. Horrified at what he had done, he renounced the Dark Side. Also witnessing the duel, Nomi was equally horrified, and effectively cut off Ulic’s connection to the Force.

“"Ulic, you are forever cursed for what you have done. See what has come from your own pride and your appetite for revenge. You brought this upon yourself. The Jedi Masters were right, Ulic…you must face the consequences of what you have begun. Ulic—I loved you, but this…this! I imprison you in a wall of light. A fortress to block you from the Force…"- Nomi Sunrider

With Ulic taken prisoner by the Jedi, he showed them where Kun’s stronghold was located, and on the moon Yavin 4, Kun was effectively trapped within his own temples. After the war, Ulic disappeared and began wandering the galaxy, with Nomi eventually becoming the Jedi Grand Master. Eventually, her daughter Vima, would seek out Ulic, looking for knowledge of the Force.

But that’s a story for another time…

[Falcon]

Interesting...I never knew this much thought was put into this series. I wonder how much of this is George Lucas? Probably slim to none

Anyway, good stuff thanks for posting

[Archaic]

Awesome job TEH, keep up the great work!

[Buffy's Shadow]

Interesting...I never knew this much thought was put into this series. I wonder how much of this is George Lucas? Probably slim to none

Anyway, good stuff thanks for posting

You're welcome. And yeah, everything has to be approved by George Lucas, but he hardly does anything anymore. Apart from the Clone Wars stuff *Shudder*

Awesome job TEH, keep up the great work!

Thank you!

[Falcon]

Oh really? news to me

[Buffy's Shadow]

Lesson 4- Force Powers- Battle Meditation – 4000 BBY

In any battle, motivation is always a key factor. Motivation can inspire or dishearten a fighting force and lead them to victory or defeat. And because of this, the Jedi ability of Battle Meditation has always been a heavily sought after advantage.
The power was made famous by its use by Jedi Masters Arca Jeth, Nomi Sunrider, and most famously, Bastila Shan. Nomi Sunrider was especially adept at using it, and she used it to her advantage during almost every major conflict she was involved with, most notably the Freedon Nadd Uprising, The Krath Conflict, and the Battle of Koros Major.


(Bastila Shan using Battle Meditation during The Battle of Rakata Prime)

During the Jedi Civil War, Bastila Shan became infamous within the Jedi and Sith Orders for her skill in using the ability. Darth Malak hunted her tirelessly in an attempt to capture her and use her ability for his own ends. Later on, Bastila used the power before and after her return to the Light Side at the Battle Of Rakata Prime. It is also believed that Jedi Grandmaster Satele Shan, Bastila’s descendent, possessed the ability.
During the First Jedi Purge, it is thought that the Jedi Exile used it to her advantage during her participation in the Onderon Civil War, and then later again during her fight against the Sith Lords Darth Sion and Darth Traya on Malachor V.
Later on, decades later, Jedi Master Yoda was known to be quite skilled in the power. After the fall of the Empire, Leia Skywalker Solo used the power to defend her newborn son, Anakin Solo, from the reborn Emperor Palpatine.
Followers of the Dark Side could also use the power, but it was very rare. The Dark Side variant of Battle Meditation was used during the Great Hyperspace War, and then again a thousand years later at the Battle Of Endor.

[Buffy's Shadow]

Lesson 5- Species Profile- Jawas

On the planet Tatooine, the two mains intelligent species are Tusken Raiders (Also known as Sand People) and Jawas. The latter are often considered nothing more than mere scavengers. However, below the surface, they are indeed a well cultured species.
Jawas travel in communes, spending their entire lives hunting for droids in the Tatooine deserts. Due to the planet’s atmosphere and landscape, droid parts, or any metal for the matter, never degrade. And so it is relatively easy for the Jawas to spend generations finding and sell droids. The common human insult to them, that they are scavengers and thieves, are actually considered compliments in Jawa culture.
Because there are different groups of Jawas, they each have their own territory and customs. Male Chiefs lead the sandcrawlers when the clan is out hunting scrap, but overall, the clan is ruled by a female Shaman, often one who can actually use the Force.
The origins of Jawas are more complex. In 25,000 BBY, during the Rakata Empire’s reign, Tatooine was actually a planet with similar composition to Dantooine. However, the one species on the planet rose up against the Rakata, and as punishment, they “…turned the landscape into glass.” Eventually, any grass that was left alive turned to dust, and soon, the entire planet was nothing more than a desert.



Due to this extreme change in environment, the original species split into two factions, the tall ones evolved in Tusken Raiders, and the shorter ones into Jawas. Around 4000 BBY however, the Jedi Knight Revan, who spoke to Jawas during his quest to find the Star Maps, was told by a local Jawa chieftain that his people were not native to Tatooine. It is unknown if this is true or not, because Jawa clans do not take records of their history, and the only evidence that suggests that they are descended from the original settlers of Tatooine, are the oral histories told by Tusken Raiders.
After the Czerka Corporation abandoned their mining of Tatooine, the Jawas took over their sandcrawlers and soon transformed them into mobile bases. Their customs eventually involved even greater, and as such, so did the mysteriousness that surrounded them. It is not known what they look like underneath their hoods, although rumors constantly persist that they are extremely mouse-like in appearance. We may never know, after all, “Jawas are basically afraid of their own shadows.”

[Zabuza]

i <3 THIS LESSON

Edit: Why are Jawas interested in droids? Is it because droids are mechanical or just the luster of the metal?

[Buffy's Shadow]

i <3 THIS LESSON

Edit: Why are Jawas interested in droids? Is it because droids are mechanical or just the luster of the metal?

There is speculation that they might be droids themselves. But that's just a rumor.

For some reason, they know a lot of about droids, and can easily repair them, so that's why they sell them. Easy money.

[Mandalorian]

i <3 THIS LESSON

Edit: Why are Jawas interested in droids? Is it because droids are mechanical or just the luster of the metal?

There is speculation that they might be droids themselves. But that's just a rumor.

For some reason, they know a lot of about droids, and can easily repair them, so that's why they sell them. Easy money.

pffffft, they arent robots, they are little critters. little critters burn good...really good.

[Zabuza]

i <3 THIS LESSON

Edit: Why are Jawas interested in droids? Is it because droids are mechanical or just the luster of the metal?

There is speculation that they might be droids themselves. But that's just a rumor.

For some reason, they know a lot of about droids, and can easily repair them, so that's why they sell them. Easy money.

Jawa gangstaaaaaaaaasssssssss and their chop shop!

[Buffy's Shadow]

Lesson 6- Galactic Timeline – Mandalorian Wars- Around 4000 BBY

“The Mandalorian Wars were a series of massacres that masked another war, a war of conversion; culminating in a final atrocity that no Jedi could walk away from…. save one."- Kreia

Much has been written about the Mandalorian Wars over the decades since its end, with varying opinions on whether or not the war was actually worth fighting, or worth the cost the followed in the years following it.
In reality, the war started much earlier, when the Mandalorians were manipulated into fighting for the Sith during the Great Sith War. Although they were defeated, the Mandalorians continued to soldier on, searching the galaxy for a worthy opponent. Within time, they started to become nothing more than a powerful band of raiders, attacking and capturing planets along the Outer Rim. In 3,976 BBY, the new Mandalore of the clans launched an attack against a weakened Republic, who were quickly defeated by the sheer force and ferocity of the Mandalorians. Among the planets first devastated was Cathar, whose native species were massacred by Mandalorian commander Cassus Fett. In total, more than ninety percent of the Cathar died in the massacre.
Initially, the Republican Senate chose not to intervene in these so called “Border skirmishes”. However, as the Mandalorians began to edge closer and closer to the outer rim of the Republic worlds, many began to cry out for war, among them numerous Jedi Knights. Again, these calls for war were ignored.
Eventually, the Mandalorians annexed Taris, effectively capturing it without a single shot fired, and in response, the Republic unofficially declared war. These early battles ended in defeat for the Republic, who simply did not have the tactical strength to defeat the heavily-organized and prepared Mandalorians. However, the tide was soon to change.
Two Jedi Knights, Revan and Malak, began to organize a force of Jedi Knights to combat the Mandalorians on their own turf. Although the Jedi Council denied them authorization to go into battle with the Republic, the two ignored them and gathered a force of Jedi who were willing to defend the Republic. In time, this faction became known as the “Revanchists”.
Finally, the Mandalorians invaded in full force, and among the first worlds to fall were Taris and Jebble. Completely caught off guard by the attack, the Republic forces eventually yielded and retreated. In the coming months, more planets were either devastated or captured, among them Serroco, who’s surface was effectively destroyed by Mandalorian weapons. An attempt to capture Alderaan failed, due to the Rakghoul disease moving through the Mandalorian forces.



Meanwhile, the Revanchists were in danger of being made exiles in the Jedi Order. During the war, Revan lead an expedition to Cathar, in order to discover what had happened to the planet. A group of anti-war Jedi met them there, and demanded that they disband. However, upon both sides seeing a vision of the massacre that had happened years earlier, the public opinion on the war changed dramatically. When the Council learned of what had happened, they officially degreed that the Jedi Order was to join the war. More Jedi joined Revan’s side.
Revan and Malak proved to be equal matches to the Mandalorians’ commanders, and soon, the tide began to turn against the Mandalorians, and slowly they began to be pushed back.

“Two Jedi Knights, Revan and Malak, defied the Jedi Council. They challenged the Mandalorian fierceness and brutality with a viciousness of their own. Revan's entrance into the conflict marked the true beginning… and end… of the war. It was Revan who drove the Mandalorians back into the Unknown Regions."
―Kreia

The Mandalorians however refused to simply retreat. During the assault on Dxun, they later claimed that for every ten Republic soldiers, there was one Mandalorian slain. Revan however, also refused to give in, and continued to play the war using the Mandalorians’ own tactics against them. However, the Mandalorians were fighting in vain, as the war would soon be over.



While scouting for new outposts for the war, Revan visited the ancient Sith world of Malachor V. The planet beckoned to him, and although Revan did not give in completely to its call, he did fall under the Dark Side’s influence.
When Revan forced the Mandalorians into battle above Malachor, his fleet consisted mostly of those whose loyalties to him were in doubt, among them the Jedi Exile and the Zabrak engineer Bao-Dur. The engineer had created a super-weapon called the Mass Shadow Generator, which used the planet's own gravity and turned it into a weapon of mass destruction.
Revan himself was late coming to the battle, mainly because he was delayed by a Mandalorian scouting party. When he arrived, the Mandalorians were starting to win the battle. Drawing upon Malachor’s dark side energies, he pressed Mandalore into a battle, and defeated him, effectively wiping out the Mandalorians’ chain of command. During the fight, the other Jedi in the fleet also fell to the planet’s call, and continued to press on with new strength.
Meanwhile, the Jedi Exile gave the order to activate the Mass Shadow Generator, and in the blink of an eye, the Mandalorians were effectively destroyed in a single blow. Although both sides suffered heavy casualties and damage, the Mandalorians were almost wiped out. Those who survived gave an unofficial surrender to the Republic forces.
When they returned, Revan and Malak were called heroes. However, they had already fall under the temptation of the Dark Side, and soon it began to spread through their ranks. After Malachor, Revan and Malak’s fleets pursued the remainder of the Mandalorians into the Unknown Regions of space. The Republic eventually feared that they had become lost.
However, they soon returned, at the head of a huge invasion fleet. The heroes had become the conquers, and the war that followed proved to be even more devastating than the previous had been…

[Mandalorian]

They had me outnumbered 20 to 1, not to mention the jedi that fought with them, they had more supplies, and we still made them tremble to their boots.