New Republic (Star Wars)
Emblem of the New Republic
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| Universe | Star Wars |
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| Type | Federal republic |
| Founded | Shortly after the Battle of Endor |
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Capital rotates among member planets
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| Leader | Chancellor (leader of the Galactic Senate) |
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Rebel Alliance Resistance |
Capital rotates among member planets
The New Republic is the main fictional government in the Star Wars universe. The government is a restoration to the Galactic Republic, a democratic state that governed the galaxy, which existed before the rise of the Galactic Empire. It was first portrayed onscreen in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) where it was the ruling government of the galaxy, and as the target of the First Order, a military power that seeks to restore the Old Empire.
Following its decisive victory at the Battle of Endor as depicted in Return of the Jedi (1983), the Rebel Alliance reorganized itself into the New Republic. The goal of the New Republic was to restore the democratic rule of the galaxy that had existed under its predecessor state, the Old Republic. The Republic placed its first capital on the planet Chandrila, but later would decide to rotate its capital among the Republic's many member planets in order to symbolically differentiate itself from the Old Republic, rather than being seated on the planet Coruscant, the capital planet of the Old Republic and later the Galactic Empire.
As depicted in the film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), as well as surrounding published material, which takes place approximately three decades after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983), the New Republic has defeated the Galactic Empire and placed itself as the ruling government of the galaxy. Despite this, thousands of Imperial loyalists, bureaucrats, and military officers retreated into the unexplored regions of the galaxy in hopes of rebuilding the Old Empire, as it was being called, and restoring Imperial rule to the galaxy. These individuals were able to form the First Order, an offshoot of the Empire seeking to destroy the Republic and rule the galaxy. For the three decades preceding the film, the First Order operated secretly in the unexplored regions, rebuilding its army and starfleet, in hopes of resurrecting the Empire.
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