Clone Wars

The Clone Wars was a military conflict that divided the Triangulum Galaxy into the Galactic Republic and a short-lived government, the Confederacy of Independent Systems. It occured 19 to 29 years ago. The Shi'ar Empire and the Jedi supported the Republic and even participated in the fighting. The Sith and the Mandalorians fought on the side of the CIS. The Clone Wars were so-called because both the Republic and the CIS bred and used clone troopers.

The Clone Wars started when the Republic's chief executive Finis Valorum was forced into action. He was replaced as Republic chief executive by Palpatine 22 years ago, and within three years the CIS was (mostly) defeated.

As a result, the Galactic Republic and the Shi'ar Empire merged into the Intergalactic Empire, in hopes of promoting interstellar and intergalactic peace.