Trade routes blazed over millennia require redevelopment at every stop.
Entire sectors vanish from communications channels, and go for months at a time without any news of their survival reaching the central systems of the Republic. Entire worlds have been blasted back to pre-Hyperspace technology levels. The results of The Great Sith War are devastating. After years of grueling conflict where worlds are leveled and the Republic is placed on the brink of total destruction, the tide turns, and eventually, with the help of The Jedi, the Republic wins the day. While the Republic lets The Jedi deal with their traitorous comrades, the Republic military battles Mandalorians on one front and Krath warriors on another, trying to keep from being torn apart. When The Mandalorians join the war, the Republic nearly finds itself overwhelmed, and attacks on Coruscant and other important worlds drive the real danger of this war home. Though The Great Sith War begins seemingly as an internal conflict within the Empress Teta System, the chaos spreads outward from The Deep Core at an incredible rate. This "Internal squabble over Jedi beliefs," as reporters first characterized it, takes untold lives and damages over 25% of the Republic's infrastructure. And the Republic sees The Jedi Order as a lifeline to the past, as a force for good. Wealth coalesces in the hands of the few, including the Tapani dynasties and families with such names as Adasca, Zentine, Vanjervalis, and Draay. Archaic wardrobe is in vogue during a brief revival that spans much of the Republic. The Republic prior to The Great With War retains trappings of the past, both in fashion and in behavior. But the half century following The Great Sith War is a favorite of historians for a good reason: it has all of those things- often at the same time! The Old Republic has known times of prosperity, of great upheaval, of hopelessness, and of renewal. Main Articles: The Republic ( The Old Republic Era), The Old Republic ( The Great Galactic War) Reference Book: Star Wars Saga Edition Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide