"From what I understand, when the Clone Wars ended and the Jedi were, well, called traitors and purged from the galaxy, the Republic became the Empire. Around five or six years ago we found out about the superweapon and that got the war started in earnest, somewhere in the middle of finding out about the weapon and destroying it, Palpatine dissolved the senate and made it a true Empire. There's more, of course. A lot more." She explained.
She shifted a little, now folding her arms in front of her. She didn't see Alderaan exploding in the back of her mind now, that had to be progress, especially as she hadn't had anything to drink yet that day.
"We lost a few billion people but in the end we were able to force the Empire to surrender and our rebellion became the New Republic. The Empire isn't completely gone, the missions I was working on before I arrived here were primarily taking out imperial installations that refused to abide by the terms of surrender. No such thing as complete peace in the galaxy, I'm sure you know that but it feels like things were starting to get better."