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[Star Wars] The Old Republic had a powerful army, when and why was the republic demilitarized to the extent of the prequel republic?
gpt
About a thousand years before the films was when the last major war was fought, and was when the Sith were thought to have been destroyed. The Mandalorians tried to get a bit uppity a couple times in the interim, but the Republic glassing their home planet made them decide to calm down for a while.