Just wanted to start a thread where we could start compiling links to articles and resources detailing the new Disney canon for the period between Return of the Jedi and The Force Unleashed.
I'll try to keep this first post updated, I guess, with a bare-bones timeline.
TIMELINE OF EVENTS (in Disney canon):
Battle of Endor - Palpatine and Vader killed, many Imperial ships destroyed
Crackdown on many Imperial worlds. Many sector Moffs declare martial law, and cut their territories off from the larger Galaxy.
Battle of Jakku - Grand Moff rallies Imperial forces for an offensive. He seeks a victory mostly for propaganda purposes. He chooses the backwater Jakku for the showdown. The New Republic goes all in, and with superior tactics, wins the day. Multiple Star Destroyers - and, by Disney canon's reckoning, the last Executor-class Star Dreadnought (a.k.a., Super Star Destroyer) - are lost in the battle.
The Galactic Concordance - Imperial remnants, reeling from their defeat, sign peace treaty and mutual disarmament pact with the New Republic. They agree to remain in their sphere of influence (The Core and Inner Rim), but relinquish control of Coruscant to the New Republic. They agree to non-aggression in future, and formally pledge to renounce torture. Imperial academies are to be shut down, and stormtrooper recruitment is to cease.
The New Republic disarms itself, and the re-formed Senate is set to meet on a different member world, each session. Coruscant is abandoned as the galactic capital.
Dark Side Force-users and "evil" Imperials withdraw to the Unknown Regions, seeking Palpatine/Vader artifacts, secrets, and power. One of these groups is the nascent First Order, which quickly begins violating the terms of the Concordance.
Leia, afraid of the growing threat posed by these evil Imperials (especially the so-called First Order), forms a private military force, called The Resistance, to fight against them. The Republic gives tacit approval, but is wary of antagonizing the First Order. They do not officially condone the Resistance fighters.
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