War of Tears

"At first, we thought it would be a small war. But then it escalated. Suddenly everybody was part of it. The Mandalorians, the Hutts, the Sith, the Jedi and the Republic all slaughtering each other. The war turned into hell."

- Uhlan Yethar, recalling the War of Tears

The War of Tears was one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the galaxy. It was fought approximately one-thousand years after the and claimed more lives than the  and the  combined.

The conflict traced its origins to the aftermath of the Cold War when the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic used the uneasy truce between the two superpowers to grow. Both powers built up their militaries and restored their people's confidence in their leaders and armies. Because the Galactic Republic was still attempting to rebuild after the events of the Great Galactic War, the Sith Empire was handed the initiative. The forged alliances with the Mandalorians and with the Hutt Cartel and the new coalition prepared for war.

The decisive confrontation came when the Anti-Republic Coalition attacked the Republic border world of. The Republic was forced onto the defensive as their enemies arrayed agaisnt them. The Republic soon pushed back, however, by sending a force to the Sith world of, which was subsequently captured by the Republic.

The conflict continued until each member of the Anti-Republic Coalition had been subjugated. The Sith retreated back into the Unkown Regions, the Mandalorians scattered throughout the galaxy and the Hutts retured to crime rather than war.