896 BBY
Yoda
Galactic era(s)	Great Peace of the Republic[1]
Approximate dates in other dating systems
Year 2,757[2][3] after the Treaty of Coruscant (ATC)
Year 104[4][5] after the Ruusan Reformation
Year 861[6][7] before the Great ReSynchronization (BrS)
Facts and statistics
Important events	Birth of Yoda[8]
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era[9]

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896 before the Battle of Yavin (BBY) was part of a time period known as the Great Peace of the Republic. In this era, parts of the Deep Core of the galaxy were opened to the Galactic Republic, and previously unexplored regions of the Outer Rim Territories were settled. 896 is the birth year of Yoda, future Grand Master of the Jedi Order.

ProemEdit

The conflict known as the New Sith Wars which saw a thousand years of fighting between two major Force-user factions, the Jedi and Sith, was finally ended in 1,000 BBY. The Galactic Republic was in ruins and was reorganized by the Ruusan Reformation, announced by Supreme Chancellor Tarsus Valorum.^[10] The winning faction of the previous long war, Jedi Order was codified as a branch of the Republic's Judicial Department.^[11]

The galaxy in 896 BBYEdit

The era of the Great Peace of the Republic began with the Ruusan Reformation more than one hundred years before the year of 896 BBY.^[1] During these years, the Republic opened the Deep Core of the galaxy, and unexplored then Wild Space parts of space were charted by scouts and chartographers. The latter areas later became part of the Outer Rim Territories.^[10]

Yoda, a Force-sensitive member of a green-skinned species was born in the first quarter of the year.^[12]

ImpactEdit

After 896, the expansion of the Galactic Republic continued during the Great Peace of the Republic, which lasted for nearly nine hundred more years. In the following years, Economic forces acquired more and more power in the Republic, as companies established the Corporate Sector from star systems brought in the Tingel Arm.^[11]

At one hundred years of age, Yoda became a Jedi Master. In the later centuries, he trained countless Jedi apprentices until they reached knighthood. His many years of contribution to the Order gained him a seat on the Jedi Council. Eventually, he ascended to become Grand Master of the Jedi Order.^[13] For centuries, he served as the leader of all Jedi, thus turning him into the "face" of the Council and the embodiment of the Order.^[14]

Notable eventsEdit

• Birth of Yoda, future Grand Master of the Jedi Order.^{[8][15][16][17][18][11]}

Behind the scenesEdit

In Return of the Jedi, Yoda implied to his apprentice, Luke Skywalker that he was nine hundred years old.^[19] The movie was set to happen four years after the Battle of Yavin, featured in the first Star Wars film, A New Hope. In 1998, LucasArts released the Star Wars: Behind the Magic, an interactive database on CD-ROM, which was the first to state that Yoda was born in 896 BBY.^[8]

SourcesEdit

• Star Wars: Behind the Magic (First mentioned)
• Vader: The Ultimate Guide
• Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide
•  "Major Character Birth Years" – "Keeper of the Holocron's Blog," Leland Chee's StarWars.com Blog (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
• The New Essential Chronology
• Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force

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