- Year
- 40 ABY
- Continuity
- Legends (not Canon)
- Setting
- Corellia and Galactic Alliance space
Continuity warning: This event belongs to Star Wars Legends. The Canon events surrounding Rey, the First Order and Exegol do not lead into this storyline. It is organized here by year for research, not presented as the same history.
Former allies argue over autonomy
In 40 ABY tensions between the Galactic Alliance and Corellia developed into a major political dispute. Corellian leaders resisted centralized Alliance authority and engaged in military planning, while Alliance officials argued that a common government needed the power to prevent secessionist threats.
A family is divided by politics
Han Solo identified deeply with Corellia, while Leia and Luke had responsibilities to the larger Alliance and Jedi Order. Disagreement over state loyalty crossed familial lines. For Jacen and Jaina Solo, the crisis was not an abstract debate about federalism but a conflict entangling people they loved.
Security policy becomes an instrument of power
Jacen Solo's growing willingness to use coercive intelligence methods and extraordinary military measures became an increasingly dangerous feature of the conflict. His secret influence from Lumiya helped push him toward a Sith interpretation of order and control.
War changes what counts as loyalty
As the Alliance and opponents attacked one another, public rhetoric framed choices as devotion or betrayal. The situation revealed how the language of loyalty can suppress legitimate disputes about constitutional power while concealing leaders' separate ambitions.
Anthropological assessment
The Second Galactic Civil War shows how a coalition forged against earlier threats can fracture over the division of political authority. Local identity, collective security and personal relationships produce competing definitions of legitimate government.
Interactive history lab
Was the Second Galactic Civil War fought during the 19 BBY Clone Wars?
No. This is a Legends conflict beginning in 40 ABY, decades after the original Imperial era.
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The Second Galactic Civil War begins amid Corellian secession
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The results interpret published events. They do not describe canonical alternate endings.Primary work and further reference
Aaron Allston, Legacy of the Force: Betrayal (2006); Galactic Alliance–Corellia conflict chronology. View publication details / continuity evidence →.