New Republic

AFTER YEARS OF REBELLION, the death of Emperor Palpatine gave the oppressed peoples of the galaxy undeniable evidence that the Empire could be defeated. A longing for freedom and peace drove a great tide of revolution from sector to sector, to the point where a truce--unthinkable at the height of the Galactic Civil War--was signed between the New Republic and the weakened Empire. As one of its first acts, the restored Senate promptly passed the Military Disarmament Act. Many were convinced that the age of galaxy-wide conflict was over....

Following its great victory against the Empire at the Battle of Endor, the Alliance to Restore the Republic rebranded itself as the New Republic, and shortly afterward a peace treaty--the Galactic Concordance--was signed with the remnants of the Empire. Believing that the Empire was no longer a threat, the New Republic Turned its Attention to reshaping galactic politics.