Summary

Through his hugger-mugger instrumentation of the Clone Wars , Emperor Palpatineall but destroyed the Jedi in theStar Warsprequels , with his sea captain plan being eerily standardised to an ancient war between theJedi and Sith . After nearly being destroyed by the Jedi , the Sith discarded their brutish method and large numbers in favour of the infamousRule of Two , in which theSith Lordswere a master and apprentice , who would operate in enigma to weaken the Jedi . While the Sith evolved and grew deadlier , the Jedi became self-satisfied , make them particularly vulnerable to Sith machinations .

Although the “ Grand Plan ” of Darth Bane ’s Sith Order was multiplication in the fashioning , it was Palpatine ’s genius strategies and masterful handling that brought down the Jedi and the Republic . Although Palpatine is the most powerful and skilled Sith Lord in Bane ’s lineage , he did far more price as a politician than as a warrior , controlling both the Republic and Separatists in secret , move around the Republic against the Jedi and convince them to grant him ever - increase emergency major power . The Clone Wars , in some regard , mirror the last full - scale galactic war , only this time , the Jedi were destroyed .

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The Clone Wars Parallel The “New Sith Wars”

New Sith Wars

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2,000 - 1,000 BBY

Emperor Palpatine laughing maniacally in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.

Beginning

Jedi Master Phanius falls to the sour side and re - establishes the Sith

Ending

Sidious, Tyranus, Maul, and Vader.

The Battle of Ruusan

The New Sith Wars – the last war between the Jedi and Sith before the latter ’s manifest destruction – all but put down the Republic itself . Outside the Core Worlds , the Republic exist in name only , and even in the capital , it was all but completely run by the Jedi . On Coruscant , Jedi serve as senators and even as Supreme Chancellors at times while outside of the Core Worlds , Jedi service as Lords , Barons , and Kings . The Republic ’s war machine was also led by the Jedi , who form the Army of Light to battle the Sith Brotherhood of Darkness in Ruusan .

The New Sith Wars are explored throroughly in Star Wars Legends , which was the official Star Wars timeline until the enfranchisement ’s fond reboot in 2014 .

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The Jedi relinquished their emergency powers once the Sith were seemingly stagnant at the conclusion of the Ruusan campaign . The Ruusan Reformations reestablished the Republic as a functioning , beetleweed - spanning , democracy and removed the Jedi from politics and the war machine . For the next millenary , the Jedi were mostly unpolitical peacekeepers , though they would grow to be used functionally as a paramilitary personnel in the prequel era as the Republic grew more corrupt .

Did Palpatine Deliberately Copy A Past Conflict?

Palpatine ’s prequel - era plot was , of course of action , pragmatic , butthe similarity between the two conflicts could have been knowing . The Clone Wars was the first full - plate astronomic war since the New Sith Wars , and it too led to emergency brake powers being granted to the Supreme Chancellor . The Ruusan Reformation ’s remotion of Jedi from locating of political index was to prevent them from to the full accept over the Republic , which is precisely what Palpatine framed the Jedi Order as attempting to do at the oddment of the Clone Wars . Whether intentional or not , Palpatine ’s scheme impart the ancientStar Warsconflict full circle .

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