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human
[Star Wars] Before George Lucas made the prequel trilogy, what was the backstory/history of the pre-Trilogy era? (e.g., what was the canonical history of Clone Wars, the Republic, Jedi, etc. and characters like Darth Vader, the Emperor, Yoda, Obi Wan etc. according to the novel/comics/cartoons?)
gpt
There were only a few hints and references - the Thrawn trilogy for instance mentions the clone masters, spaarti cylinders, clone madness etc, but only passing references. It did appear however that the clones were the enemy of the Republic. Coruscant was established before the prequel trilogy (again, by Timothy Zahn) so again the jedi presence and their temple on Coruscant was established, but nothing was really delved into with any level of detail.