User blog:Brandon Rhea/Star Wars Legacies: a new timeline for TheStarWarsRP.Com

One journey has ended. A new journey is about to begin.

On July 15, 2011, The Star Wars RP (http://www.thestarwarsrp.com) will begin role-playing its fifth role-playing timeline, forging a new era in the Star Wars universe.

The first and second timelines were set in the century following the award-winning  video game and saw the forces of the and the  face off against the likes of the  and the. Further contributing to the two wars, known as the Great Territorial War and the Great Sovereign Crusades, were factions such as the mystical Bendu Order and the alien EbonClaw.

For the third timeline, the story went even further back in time into one of the dark ages of the Old Republic known as the Alsakan Crisis, a conflict between the Republic and the extremist Alsakan Union set 13,000 years before . The timeline saw a schism in the Jedi Order, leading to the creation of the mysterious Ospion Guardians.

The fourth timeline moved forward twenty years and saw the unfolding of the First Hutt War between the Republic and the evil Hutt Empire, while the Jedi faced off against the children of the Ospion&mdash;the Dark Jedi of the Bogan. After a four year time skip, the Second Hutt War broke out and raged throughout the of, while the Jedi did battle with the Bogan Empire, reformed and militarized from four years prior. The war came to a climactic end with an epic battle over the skies of, the central system in the galaxy.

Now, after six years role-playing in the millennia before the blockbuster Star Wars film franchise, the story takes a great leap forward to an untouched point in the Star Wars canon, centuries following the last known canon story. The role-play will take place in a new era for Star Wars set a thousand years after the death of and the fall of the  in the classic film .

The grows stronger than it has for a thousand years. The watches and waits for the outbreak of a war the likes of which have not been seen for a millennium. Will you join the forces of the light...or succumb to the armies of darkness?

Join the struggle. Embrace your destiny. Decide your legacy.

Additional information

 * Click here to write the first write up on Star Wars Legacies, the new timeline for The Star Wars RP