The Ruusan Reformation

I feel that the ?Ruusan Reformation? is one of the most important things in Star Wars history, and therefore should be given much more evidence. Most of what I have written here is simply inference. What do you think of my infered facts? and what are your ideas for how the Ruusan Reformation changed the Republic.

In 1466 BBY the Sith defeated the Republic in the Battle of Mizra, causing the Republic to fall into a social and economic dark age (which explains how much of the history before this period is unknown to those after it, as well as how Blaster and Laser technology is lost). The Sith conquered all of the galaxy but the Core Worlds and some of the Colonies, but a combination of using barbarians from the outer rim and conquering the devastated planets brought the Sith Empire into a dark age as well.

There is great technological decline, while hyperspace travel is still around; ships have become nothing more than dilapidated transports. Blaster and laser technology has disappeared. All the fighting is done with Lightsabers (by Jedi and Sith), swords/ axes/ spears made with a cortosis weave, or bows. There is no longer space combat, all combat is primitive ground combat.

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To prevent the Republic from falling apart, the Sentate gives the Jedi almost control of the government. While there is still a Senate, the Supreme Chancellor (who was given almost all the power in the Republic) is now a Jedi, appointed by the Jedi Council, with the Jedi Council as the true legislative body of the government. The armed forces of both the Republic and Sith Empire are led by Jedi/Sith officers, as they had been throughout the history of the Republic and Sith. Of course, the Sith use the non-force users as canon-fodder, while the Jedi fight alongside their troops as equals.

When the Sith are entirely destroyed (with the exception of Darth Bane and his apprentice Zannah), it for the first time in centuries creates a galaxy of peace, and launches it into a Renaissance. A new constitution creates an essentially new Galactic Republic. The Supreme Chancellor?s power is limited; the Senate is given most of the power. The Jedi separate themselves entirely from the government, and are now a division of the Judicial branch of the Republic. Under the new constitution, the Republic is allowed to have only a token army/navy, with local systems? defense forces making up most the armed forces. The Jedi feared that if a Jedi in power ever fell to the dark side, the situation would be disastrous.

The Jedi reform themselves as well. Throughout the history of the Jedi Order, the Jedi had been allowed to have relationships, each system had several Jedi assigned to it as ?Watchmen?, adults could become Jedi, masters had multiple padawans, and Jedi weren?t expected to be in control of emotions, only from keeping any dark emotions from leading to hate. To prevent the Sith from ever returning, the Jedi institute huge reforms. Jedi are no longer allowed to have relationships, adults are no longer allowed to become Jedi. there is now only one padawan to each master (those who aren?t chosen by a Knight/Master as a padawan enter one of the Jedi Auxiliary Corps: such as the Jedi AgriCorps, Jedi Explorer Corps, Jedi Healer Corps, and others), and the Jedi now attempted to suppress all emotion from their order, staying as far away from normal people as possible, as they felt they were too emotional. The Jedi also recalled their Watchmen, and centered all their activities from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Those Jedi not on missions now spent their time secluded in the Temple.

This reformation is known as the Ruusan Reformation. While it may have ushered in a golden age for the Republic, it eventually led to its downfall. With the Senate having so much power, it eventually led to a state in which nothing got done, and a corrupt bureaucracy ruled the government. Furthermore, the Jedi no longer were n

 

Sorry, but you seem to be off on some key facts.

In 1466 BBY the Sith defeated the Republic in the Battle of Mizra, causing the Republic to fall into a social and economic dark age (which explains how much of the history before this period is unknown to those after it, as well as how Blaster and Laser technology is lost). The Sith conquered all of the galaxy but the Core Worlds and some of the Colonies, but a combination of using barbarians from the outer rim and conquering the devastated planets brought the Sith Empire into a dark age as well.

Technology is not lost during the New Sith Wars - blasters and lasers are still used (see Jedi vs. Sith). The Dark Age is an economic and cultural dark age, not a technological one.

And history is NOT lost. The Jedi of the Clone Wars know their entire history very well - Eeth Koth is able to recall from memory a minor quote from a Jedi over 4,000 years before.

Blaster and laser technology has disappeared.

No it hasn't.

All the fighting is done with Lightsabers (by Jedi and Sith), swords/ axes/ spears made with a cortosis weave, or bows. There is no longer space combat, all combat is primitive ground combat.

Also incorrect. Sith Warlords hold sway over most of the galaxy and conduct vast campaigns against each other, including space combat.

The Jedi reform themselves as well. Throughout the history of the Jedi Order, the Jedi had been allowed to have relationships, each system had several Jedi assigned to it as ?Watchmen?, adults could become Jedi, masters had multiple padawans, and Jedi weren?t expected to be in control of emotions, only from keeping any dark emotions from leading to hate. To prevent the Sith from ever returning, the Jedi institute huge reforms. Jedi are no longer allowed to have relationships, adults are no longer allowed to become Jedi. there is now only one padawan to each master (those who aren?t chosen by a Knight/Master as a padawan enter one of the Jedi Auxiliary Corps: such as the Jedi AgriCorps, Jedi Explorer Corps, Jedi Healer Corps, and others),

The Jedi also recalled their Watchmen, and centered all their activities from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Those Jedi not on missions now spent their time secluded in the Temple.

Incorrect. There are still Jedi Watchmen, even up until the Clone Wars. The other restrictions you speak of where already well on their way to being institutionalised long before the New Sith Wars. Even as far back as the Mandalorian Wars, the Order preferred young apprentices. The Order was centralised from Coruscant as early as 2,500 BBY.

and the Jedi now attempted to suppress all emotion from their order, staying as far away from normal people as possible, as they felt they were too emotional.

Uh....WHAT? No, sorry, there's no indication that the Jedi cloistered themselves because non-Jedi were "too emotional".

Furthermore, when the Jedi did finally come, they treated the non-force uses as below them, and refused to fight along side them, viewing them as a burden.

No indication that this was any more the case than it was under the previous millenia. In fact, most sources point to the opposite (consider Obi-Wan on Ord Cestus, Mace Windu and Depa Billaba on Haruun Kal, Yoda on Thrusta).

 

Isn't there a novel on Darth Bane coming out soon. that would most likely cover this era, at least from the Sith point of view, and judging by the multiple viewpoints we usually get from SW books we should probably get some information on the republic from that time.

 

thanks galor. I didn't know anything about this era before but really wanted to!

 

I am quite interested in the period of Jedi Lords ruling the fragments of the Republic, opposed by the Sith Lords fighting each other and the Jedi at the same time.

It is certainly a different spin than the CPOV ruminations of the Sith in the TPM novelization.