Galactic Republic (LAASWS)

The Galactic Republic was the governing body for nearly twenty five thousand years and stood as a symbol of peace and order to the people's of the galaxy.

History
After twenty five thousand years the Republic came under the grip of the tyrannical Supreme Chancellor Signet Mezzileen, who tried to enforce his will across the whole galaxy. Although originally democratically elected and a very popular Chancellor, Mezzileen used every method he could to stay in power and prolong his life. His actions brought him into conflict with the Jedi Order and although the Jedi originally went along with him, after his troops violently suppressed an uprising on Coruscant, tensions became strained.

The Jedi tried to talk Mezzileen into backing down but he refused, denouncing the Jedi as traitors and ordering their arrests. However the Jedi fled to their Temple on Coruscant and withstood the seige long enough to flee to Ossus, where the Republic fleet trapped them there. However an alliance of rebel forces allied together and broke the seige and, together with the Jedi, formed the Jedi Coalition and thrust the galacxy into war.