Which Old Republic elements are current canon, Legends, or shared in altered form?
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The Old Republic
'Old Republic' covers an enormous span and must be handled carefully because current canon and Legends preserve different levels of detail. IDS treats it as a historical field rather than a single event. This hub separates what is established in current continuity from the much richer KOTOR and Legends traditions that shape how fans imagine ancient Jedi and Sith history.
Research orientation
Questions this hub helps answer
Use these questions as a reading strategy. The links below provide evidence from different IDS archives rather than one flattened summary.
How do ancient Jedi and Sith institutions differ from their later versions?
Why do Revan and Bane remain so influential in fan memory?
How do games and books shape the Old Republic more strongly than film and television?
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Open the people, places, and institutions
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Start with chronology and continuity
Begin with the era map and the major lore files that distinguish ancient institutional history from later interpretation.
Old Republic era
IDS chronology for the ancient Republic, Jedi-Sith conflict, and continuity boundaries.
Open →Ancient SithOlder Sith institutions, sacred worlds, political rule, and inherited memory.
Open →Jedi OrderThe longer institutional history within which Old Republic Jedi are situated.
Open →Sith Rule of TwoThe later institutional solution Darth Bane creates after earlier Sith fragmentation.
Open →Editorial StandardsHow IDS marks Canon, Legends, both, and uncertainty.
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People who organize Old Republic memory
These figures anchor different periods and continuity traditions rather than one single ancient storyline.
Darth Revan
KOTOR identity, Jedi and Sith affiliation, memory, and later legacy.
Open →Darth Revan / KOTOR Topic HubThe wider games, institutions, companions, Sith, and Old Republic setting around Revan.
Open →Darth BaneThe later Sith reformer associated with the Rule of Two.
Open →Naga SadowAncient Sith power and one of the older historical names carried into later traditions.
Open →Sith HubPlace these figures inside the longer history of changing Sith institutions.
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Jedi, Sith, and religious institutions
The Old Republic matters because both Jedi and Sith traditions take forms that later eras remember, simplify, or deliberately reorganize.
Jedi Religion
The longer ritual, ethical, material, and institutional tradition.
Open →Sith ReligionAncient worlds, titles, relics, succession, and changes in organization.
Open →Jedi HubCross-archive history of the Jedi beyond one era.
Open →Sith HubCross-archive history of Sith religion, institutions, people, and material culture.
Open →Force TraditionsCompare Jedi and Sith with other interpretations of the Force.
Open →04 · Connected archive
Ancient worlds, relics, and historical memory
Much of Old Republic continuity survives through ruins, names, artifacts, games, archives, and later claims about the ancient past.
Search Korriban / Moraband
Follow one of the central sacred and political landscapes of Sith history.
Open →Technology & ArtifactsHolocrons, lightsabers, relics, armor, and other material carriers of ancient traditions.
Open →Planets & WorldsBrowse the social geography behind ancient institutions.
Open →Jedi Archives & HolocronsHow institutions preserve, restrict, lose, and recover knowledge.
Open →Kyber CrystalsA material tradition that changes meaning across Jedi and Sith histories.
Open →05 · Connected archive
Games as historical world-building
Unlike most IDS eras, the Old Republic is deeply shaped by interactive media and Legends storytelling.
Games
KOTOR, Old Republic games, playable institutions, companions, and ancient conflicts.
Open →Darth Revan / KOTOR Topic HubA focused route into the KOTOR setting and its cultural impact.
Open →BooksNovels that develop ancient Jedi, Sith, wars, and continuity traditions.
Open →ComicsOld Republic-era characters, conflicts, visual world-building, and Legends continuity.
Open →Media ArchiveCompare how the era changes across games, books, comics, and newer canon references.
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Political and military systems
Ancient galactic history contains republics, empires, armies, orders, and conflicts that later institutions invoke as precedent.
Government & Politics
Republican institutions, sovereignty, authoritarianism, and regime change across eras.
Open →War & MilitaryRecruitment, command, logistics, occupation, and military identity.
Open →Galaxy OrganizationsCompare Jedi, Sith, Republic, and later institutions structurally.
Open →Commanders & OfficersUse the command framework for later figures while keeping ancient evidence limits visible.
Open →07 · Connected archive
Collect and compare the Old Republic
Old Republic fandom often crosses games, cards, statues, comics, books, and character-centered collections.
Trading Card Archive
Search Revan, Old Republic subjects, parallels, and modern card appearances.
Open →Comics ArchiveBuild issue-focused Old Republic and Legends collections.
Open →CollectiblesFigures, replicas, statues, and display material beyond cards.
Open →Sith Analysis MatrixCompare Sith figures while preserving historical and continuity differences.
Open →Collecting GuidesPlan character, era, or continuity-focused collections.
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