Cold War (LOTOR)

The Cold War was a period of relative pace between Galactic Republic and Sith Empire that started in 3653 BBY, when the Empire captured Coruscant and obliged the Republic to loose the control of many planets in exchange of retaking the captial world. After this event, the two armies was in standby till in some planets (like Taris, Balmorra and Alderaan) new conflicts erupted and in 3642 BBY. The Galactic War started unofficially with this battles.