Second Galactic Civil War

The Second Galactic Civil War, alternatively known as the First Order-Resistance War, New Galactic Civil War, or CivWar Two, lasting from 34 ABY to 35 ABY, was a conflict that erupted between the First Order and the Resistance Reborn, for which two of these factions strived for control over the galaxy. While the First Order, the successor to the fallen Galactic Empire, sought to conquer the known galaxy from the Unknown Regions, the Resistance Reborn sought to preserve the democracy restored by the shattered New Republic after their struggle against the Galactic Empire thirty years ago.

The war officially began in the year 34 ABY when the First Order fired its planet-sized superweapon on Starkiller Base on the Republic capital of Hosnian Prime, destroying the Hosnian System, and with it the Galactic Senate and New Republic Defense Fleet. Shortly afterwards, the Resistance Reborn launched an assault on the stronghold, resulting in its destruction and the beginning of open warfare.

With the New Republic destroyed, the Resistance had to survive on its own. Forced to depart from D'Qar, the Resistance fled across space from the First Order, though both factions suffered from losses. During the pursuit, Supreme Leader Snoke, the leader of the First Order, was killed by his apprentice Kylo Ren, who declared himself the new Supreme Leader. Meanwhile, the Jedi Master Luke Skywalker was convinced to return in the fight for galactic freedom and sacrificed himself at the Battle of Crait to buy time for the Resistance to escape and live to fight another day, though much of its forces had been decimated by the First Order.

In the following year, Supreme Leader Ren found a reborn Sith Lord Darth Sidious, the former Emperor, and Sith cultists on Exegol, where they had constructed a massive fleet of planet-destroying Star Destroyers, the Final Order. Ren ultimately abandoned the First Order, but Allegiant General Enric Pryde, a veteran of the Old Empire, joined forces with Sidious. At the Battle of Exegol, however, the Resistance was joined by a citizens' fleet, and together, they defeated the Final Order while Rey, the last of the Jedi Order, defeated the Dark Lord Darth Sidious with the strength of the past Jedi. A redeemed Ben Solo gave his life to revive Rey, who died destroying the last Sith and the Sith Eternal. Their victory sparked an uprising against the First Order by the people of the galaxy.