"What We Know About the Rise and Fall of Star Wars' " Topic

….New Republic.

"Although it's now been years since Disney wiped the canonical Star Wars slate clean, one of its most fascinating periods—the time between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens—is still mostly left uncovered. But one section of it in particular is still fascinating: the New Republic itself as an organization.

The New Republic—the formal name given to the government system established as a continuation of the democracy seen in Star Wars' prequel era in the wake of the Empire's fall—was a fundamental aspect of the post-original-trilogy saga in the old Star Wars expanded universe that the "Disney Canon" that replaced it held over. But the New Republic that we now know in the realm of "official" Star Wars is a very different beast. It is a lot less long-lasting than the New Republic of the expanded universe, and we only really know how it came to be and how it ended—the middle of its existence is still relatively unexplored. What of the in-between? Here's what we know…."
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Bottom line our heroes failed Thanks Lucas films

Basically the Empire (minus the Emperor) won, they kept the core worlds (richest and most populated region of the galaxy), the Rebels failed to restore the Republic in any meaningful way and all of our heroes turned into failures after the Return of the Jedi.

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