Great Schism was a term used to refer to several different events that led to war between traditional Jedi and Dark Jedi with the final schism being between Jedi and Sith.

Schisms in historyEdit

• First Great Schism—Led to the Legions of Lettow, led by Xendor.
• Second Great Schism—The exile of the Dark Jedi to the worlds that became the Sith Empire.
• Third Great Schism—A Jedi conflict that took place during the Vultar Cataclysm.
• Fourth Great Schism—Led to the New Sith Wars and a large Sith presence for a thousand years.

Behind the scenesEdit

The third and fourth Schisms remain largely untold. Their main appearances have been mostly in source books like The Essential Guides line of books. The fourth was originally based on background notes from George Lucas for the Prequel trilogy.

Although the Great Schisms were started by splits in the Jedi Order, which led to war or a great calamity, neither the Sith War started by Exar Kun, nor the Jedi Civil War started by Darth Revan are listed as Great Schisms, though they are the result of factions from the Second Schism (Naga Sadow and the Sith Emperor, respectively) instigating the conflicts.

SourcesEdit

• The New Essential Chronology
• Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural

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