How much do we know about the Old Republic?

The Republic was one of the de facto major powers in the sociopolitical makeup of Star Wars galaxy.

For the most part current Star Wars continuity has kept the past of the Republic in the confines of legend.

But as the franchise becomes more and more keen about plunging into its distant past, how much do we actually know about what the Republic was like?.

The final Jedi-Sith War of this period saw a dominant Sith Empire effectively overwhelm much of the Republic’s holdings across the galaxy.

The liberation of Coruscant marked a significant turning point for the Jedi Order and Galactic Republic .

The High Republic was a period defined by expansionist policies throughout the Galactic Republic's reach and power in the wider galaxy known as the era of the High Republic .

As the Republic spread further and further into the Outer Rim , commerce and trade found itself increasingly drawn from the lucrative fringes of Republic space.

The Separatist Crisis was the climactic act of Palpatine ’s manipulations of galactic events to align himself as both the usurper of political power within the Republic (emboldened through a series of dictatorial powers granted through emergency acts) and the architect of the Sith 's revenge on the Jedi Order .

Nearly 25,000 years after it had been founded, the strife that had once defined and then reformed the Republic shattered it entirely.