Marchion Ro , Star Wars : The High Republic ’s most horrendous scoundrel , inadvertently set up the destruction of the Jedi Order 200 years before the events ofStar Wars : Episode III – Revenge of the Sith . The High Republic erawas an era of great prosperity for both the Jedi Order and the Republic , though the crack were start to show . Set a few centuries before theStar Warsprequel trilogy , the Jedi and the Republic were betroth in warfare withthe Nihil , a vicious , messy , yet well - equip stripe of marauders capable of pilot the uncharted path of hyperspace .

The Nihil have wreaked mayhem across the galaxy , even annexing part of it to take as their own . At the heart of this violent storm isMarchion Ro , the Nihil ’s mysterious Evereni drawing card , a being hellbent on assure both the Republic and the Jedi destroyed . 100 of Jedi and thousands of innocent civilian are numb because of his and his follower ’ violent attacks and meticulously design effort of destruction . Little does Ro know he wo n’t be the one to oversee the Jedi ’s downfall – though he does act an important part in specify it up .

The High Republic Era is full of pregnant events , both for the Jedi Order and the Republic it search to protect long before the prequels .

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Marchion Ro Targeted The Republic And The Jedi Simultaneously

Marchion Ro and the Nihil have successfully execute several major attacks against the Republic and the Jedi . First , there was the Great Hyperspace Disaster , during which the Nihil do monumental ball of rubble to fall out of hyperspace and attain unsuspicious planets at random . They then attacked a Republic honest on the planet Valo . Next , they brought down Starlight Beacon , a space station meant to do as a bridge between the Outer Rim and the Republic ’s core worlds . at last , they seized control of a immense swathe of the coltsfoot , trap jillion of civilians against their will .

To top it all off , Ro has been collecting creatures know as the Nameless , terrorise brute with the power to give the Jedi as wither chaff . Clearly , the Nihil and Marchion Ro are catch exactly what they want , and they ’ve been able to do so by targeting the Republic and the Jedi simultaneously , as it depart both sides vulnerable and ineffective to lend unimpeded aid . Ro hat both institutions – he think the Republic and the Jedi impose their will on the coltsfoot without self-reproach or repercussions . He want to teach them a deterrent example about freedom and consequences .

To Win Against The Nihil, The Republic And The Jedi Joined Forces

As a issue of Marchion Ro ’s strategy , all the Jedi and the Republic could logically do was link force . Together , they stand a better chance of survive . This cooperation has advertize the Jedi and the Republic together in unprecedented way . What the second phase angle ofStar warfare : The High Republic ’s publishing initiative proved was that before Marchion Ro existed , the Jedi and the Republic were much more independent of one another . Sure , they help each other occasionally , but the Jedi also set out to explore the Galax urceolata on their own and establish temple on hundreds of planets without the tending of the Republic .

Marchion Ro and the Nihil brought the Jedi and the Republic together – forever .

Marchion Ro and the Nihil get the Jedi and the Republic together – forever . In the current phase ofThe High Republic ’s storytelling , the Jedi Council and the Senate are much more in tune with one another , sharing resources and possibility in the hope that they may be able-bodied to defeat the Nihil and absolve the galaxy of their tyranny . The Chancellor often see the Jedi Temple . The Jedi frequently shoot the breeze the Senate . Slowly but surely , they are becoming inextricably tat .

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The Republic’s Reliance On The Jedi Continued Until Palpatine Rose To Power

The mode the Jedi and the Republic interact inThe High RepublicPhase III is eerily similar to how the Jedi and the Republic engage throughout theStar Warsprequel trilogy . One can not function without the other . They were even pulled into another state of war together .

Star Wars : The High Republicis divide into three phases . stage I takes place 200 years before theStar Warsprequel trilogy , Phase II takes home 350 years before theStar Warsprequel trilogy , and Phase III picks up a year after Phase I.

This overreliance on one another , with the Jedi basically becoming soldiers for the Republic – just as they are inThe High Republic , though they would be hesitating to take on it – is precisely what allowed Palpatine to worm his fashion into baron and overthrow the Senate and demolish the Jedi Order . If the Jedi had n’t been so dim by their commitment to the Republic , and the Republic had n’t been so dependent on the Jedi , thing may have deform out differently .

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Marchion Ro require to see the Republic and the Jedi fall from seemliness . He wants to see them in pain in the neck , view them burn , and struggle and give up under his command . Though clearly , the Jedi and the Republic will be triumphant against the Nihil by the end of the High Republic epoch , as evidenced by the fact that both founding still exist inStar war : The Acolyte – which takes seat 100 old age before the prequels – and in the prequels themselves , he did set their death into apparent movement . The so - call Eye just never catch to reap the advantage himself inStar war : The High Republic .

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