Great Sith War
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The Great Sith War was a major ancient conflict in Star Wars lore in which the Sith, led by figures like Exar Kun and Ulic Qel-Droma, waged a devastating war against the Jedi and the Galactic Republic.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Sith War canonical | 3 |
| Fall of Ulic Qel-Droma to the dark side | 1 |
| Jedi–Sith War | 1 |
| Onderon crisis | 1 |
| The Sith War | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4220416 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Sith War Context triple: [Tales of the Jedi, depicts, Great Sith War]
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A.
Battle of Clones
The Battle of Clones was a 1643 engagement in County Monaghan during the Irish Confederate Wars, where Owen Roe O'Neill’s Irish Confederate forces were defeated by Scottish Covenanter and Protestant troops.
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B.
Reapers' War
The Reapers' War was a 17th-century conflict in which Catalan rebels, supported by France, fought against the centralizing policies and military demands of the Spanish monarchy.
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C.
Saur Revolution
The Saur Revolution was the 1978 coup in Afghanistan that brought a communist government to power, triggering internal conflict and ultimately leading to Soviet military intervention.
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D.
Sullan civil war
The Sullan civil war was a conflict in the late Roman Republic in the 80s BC, in which Lucius Cornelius Sulla fought his political and military rivals to seize control of Rome and reshape its constitutional order.
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E.
Rise of the Galactic Empire
The Rise of the Galactic Empire is the pivotal transformation in the Star Wars saga in which the democratic Galactic Republic collapses and is replaced by Emperor Palpatine’s authoritarian regime, setting the stage for the original trilogy’s conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Sith War Target entity description: The Great Sith War was a major ancient conflict in Star Wars lore in which the Sith, led by figures like Exar Kun and Ulic Qel-Droma, waged a devastating war against the Jedi and the Galactic Republic.
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A.
Battle of Clones
The Battle of Clones was a 1643 engagement in County Monaghan during the Irish Confederate Wars, where Owen Roe O'Neill’s Irish Confederate forces were defeated by Scottish Covenanter and Protestant troops.
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B.
Reapers' War
The Reapers' War was a 17th-century conflict in which Catalan rebels, supported by France, fought against the centralizing policies and military demands of the Spanish monarchy.
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C.
Saur Revolution
The Saur Revolution was the 1978 coup in Afghanistan that brought a communist government to power, triggering internal conflict and ultimately leading to Soviet military intervention.
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D.
Sullan civil war
The Sullan civil war was a conflict in the late Roman Republic in the 80s BC, in which Lucius Cornelius Sulla fought his political and military rivals to seize control of Rome and reshape its constitutional order.
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E.
Rise of the Galactic Empire
The Rise of the Galactic Empire is the pivotal transformation in the Star Wars saga in which the democratic Galactic Republic collapses and is replaced by Emperor Palpatine’s authoritarian regime, setting the stage for the original trilogy’s conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Star Wars Legends event
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fictional war ⓘ |
| aftermath |
Exar Kun’s spirit bound to Yavin 4
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rise of future Sith conflicts ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Exar Kun War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause |
corruption of Jedi by Sith lore
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power struggle within the Galactic Republic ⓘ resurgence of the Sith ⓘ |
| chronology | occurs thousands of years before the Skywalker saga ⓘ |
| conflictIn | Star Wars Legends continuity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
Star Wars reference books
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surface form:
Star Wars reference books (Legends)
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi comic series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Old Republic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| faction |
Galactic Republic
NERFINISHED
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Jedi Order NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandalorians NERFINISHED ⓘ Sith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involves |
Sith alchemy and dark side rituals
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mass Jedi casualties ⓘ |
| leader |
Aleema Keto
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Cay Qel-Droma NERFINISHED ⓘ Crado ⓘ Exar Kun NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandalore the Indomitable NERFINISHED ⓘ Nomi Sunrider NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvar ⓘ Ulic Qel-Droma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Cinnagar
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Coruscant NERFINISHED ⓘ Dxun ⓘ Korriban NERFINISHED ⓘ Onderon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ossus ⓘ Yavin 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Cinnagar
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Battle of Coruscant NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Onderon NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Ossus NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Yavin 4 (Exar Kun’s stronghold) ⓘ |
| opponent |
Galactic Republic
NERFINISHED
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Jedi Order NERFINISHED ⓘ Sith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Old Sith Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
death of Exar Kun’s physical form
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defeat of the Sith forces ⓘ destabilization of the Galactic Republic ⓘ devastation of Ossus ⓘ redemption of Ulic Qel-Droma ⓘ weakening of the Jedi Order ⓘ |
| startEvent |
Exar Kun’s discovery of Sith teachings on Korriban
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Great Sith War self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Fall of Ulic Qel-Droma to the dark side
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Subject: Great Sith War Description of subject: The Great Sith War was a major ancient conflict in Star Wars lore in which the Sith, led by figures like Exar Kun and Ulic Qel-Droma, waged a devastating war against the Jedi and the Galactic Republic.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Sith War
this entity surface form:
Jedi–Sith War
this entity surface form:
Onderon crisis
this entity surface form:
Fall of Ulic Qel-Droma to the dark side