Republic Military

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Republic Military

General information
Leader(s)	Minister of Defense^[1] (25,053 BBY–1,000 BBY) Galactic Senate/Jedi Council (22 BBY—19 BBY)^[2] Supreme Chancellor (19 BBY)^[2]
Headquarters	Coruscant
Founding	25,053 BBY
Reorganization	19 BBY (as the Imperial Military)^[3]
Dissolution	1,000 BBY (replaced by Judicial Forces)^[4]
Restoration	22 BBY (as the Republic Armed Forces)
Other information
Era(s)	Old Republic Era Rise of the Empire era
Affiliation	Galactic Republic Ministry of Defense Republic High Command

The Republic Military, also known as the Republic Forces and during the Clone Wars as the Republic Armed Forces, was the Army, Naval and Starfighter forces of the Galactic Republic. The Military was lead by the Minister and Ministry of Defense, while Republic Officers, soldiers, troopers, crewmen, and pilots made up the military. They were organized into the Republic Army, the Republic Navy, and the Republic Starfighter Corps. The Republic Senate Guardsmen and their successors the Senate Guards, were not part of the Military. It was dissolved during the Ruusan Reformation and replaced by the Judicial Forces. However, it was reestablished as the Republic Armed Forces—also known as the Grand Army of the Republic—during the Clone Wars.

After the Seventh Battle of Ruusan and the death of Lord Hoth, the Ruusan Reformation disbanded the Republic's military forces and replaced them with the Judicial Forces. It also placed the Jedi Order under the Senate's control.

When the Confederacy of Independent Systems posed a threat to the Republic, the issue of recreating the Republic Military became a large debate and eventually became the Grand Army of the Republic when Supreme Chancellor Palpatine was voted emergency powers by the Senate. The Grand Army was made a part of the Republic Armed Forces ("RAF"), who was headed by Republic High Command, which, until the Battle of Coruscant, was under the command of the Jedi High Council and Galactic Senate, and only afterward came under the total control of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. After the Declaration of a New Order, the Republic Military was formed into the Imperial Military.