First Free Sith War

The First Free Sith War was a massive conflict between the Jedi and Sith of the galaxy and the Free Sith Empire. The war lasted for 240 years, from 407 ABY to 647 ABY and took the lives of over 2.3 billion people, as many other empires and republics were forced to choose sides. It was the first and least violent of the Free Sith Wars, each being more violent and catastrophic than the last. The First Free Sith War ended with a stalemate and eventually a peace treaty, only to be broken 26 years later. The First Free Sith War may have taken billions of lives, but neither side got anything out of it. Because of this fact, the war was sometimes called the Pointless War.

Storyline
In 407 ABY aggression between the Jedi, Sith and Free Sith broke out into war. The Free Sith Empire was the first to strike, quickly overwhelming enemy forces. As battle drew ever closer to territories of uninvolved civilizations, they were forced to choose sides for when it was on their doorstep. At first, most chose to join the Free Sith Empire, seeing that they were winning. The Outer Rim Territories fell first as the mighty Free Sith Empire worked its way inward. The Mid-Rim was not so easily decimated because by that time the Jedi and Sith were ready.

Meanwhile, battles in the Mid-Rim and Core Worlds broke out between the Jedi and Sith. They were blind to the upcoming threat of the Free Sith and therefore let the Outer Rim fall. When the Free Sith Empire started to dig into the Mid-Rim the Jedi became alert and started to defend against their vast threat. This spread them too thin in the Core Worlds and the Sith started to use that weakness by conquering it, world by world. This was stopped by the armies of civilizations not willing to let the Sith rule. It was already too late. The Sith had already had spread the Jedi so thin that the Free Sith Empire and its allies were able to slowly beat their ways into the Mid-Rim.

By 550 ABY there had already been over a century of 3-way warfare between the Sith, Jedi and Free Sith. The Sith controlled some worlds in the Core Worlds and the Mid-Rim but had no solid territories of their own. The Jedi controlled the rest of the Core Worlds and most of the Mid-Rim. The Free Sith controlled the Outer Rim and about 20 percent of the Mid-Rim. The war was currently a stalemate with no forces able to secure any new ground for 34 years. It was then that a large draft brought even those who weren’t force-sensitives from their homes in the Free Sith Empire to the front lines as foot soldiers using blasters. All 3 forces had already been doing so but this draft called billions more to wipe out the Jedi and Sith. The Mid-Rim was decimated as the Free Sith took over. As their forces spread through their new lands billions were killed by ambushes, guerilla warfare and bombings by civilians who resisted control. The Free Sith Empire had to deal with these uprisings and rebellions by pulling front line soldiers away from their posts and stationing them in the Mid-Rim. With the assault on the Core Worlds lifting, The Jedi crushed all forces in the Core Worlds and spread outward into the Mid-Rim. It took until 643 but the Jedi managed to secure large amounts of the Mid-Rim and in some places, even invade the Outer Rim Territories. Another draft pulled millions more into combat as the Free Sith Empire fought back. Their forces were evenly matched, making a stalemate that lasted until 647 ABY. In 647 ABY they finally agreed to sign a treaty between the 3 sides, ending the 240-year-long war.