

The war began when he, along with his friend and apprentice Darth Malak, led an invasion of the Galactic Republic in the year 3,959 BBY. The Jedi Civil War, also known as the Second Sith War, the Old Republic Insurrection, and by the Mandalorians as the War of the Star Forge, was a devastating conflict that began when the Jedi Knight Revan, who had led the forces of the Galactic Republic to victory in the Mandalorian Wars, founded his own Sith Empire and declared himself the Dark Lord of the Sith. After the conclusion of the purge, the Jedi Surik trained proved essential to the Order's revival. Nihilus's final attack was on the Miraluka world of Katarr nearly all of the remaining hundred Jedi died at a meeting that was being held on the planet.ĭespite the Sith's success against the Jedi, the purge was finally brought to an end by Meetra Surik, who not only trained a new generation of Jedi, but also personally killed all three leaders of the Sith Triumvirate in combat.



After the exile of Traya, Sion utilized his Sith Assassins to assassinate Jedi, while Nihilus would consume the life of an entire planet in search of the Jedi. This purge saw nearly the entire Jedi Order disappear from the galaxy the Order publicly disbanded and most of the survivors were slain by the Sith.ĭuring the Sith Civil War, circa 3,954 BBY, Darth Traya, Darth Nihilus, and Darth Sion took command of the remnants of Revan's Sith Empire. The First Jedi Purge took place some time after the Battle of Rakata Prime, and the end of the Jedi Civil War, from 3,954 BBY until 3,951 BBY.
