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Whichever age it isn't at war.

Originally posted by Zenwolf
Whichever age it isn't at war.

This.

If you're talking about when the peak of it's military strength was, then apparently it's the early KotOR era.

Swtore says that the early Kotor period was actually fairly weak militarily due to an overreliance on the Jedi. After Kotor they established a massive military that could stand on it's own. In fact, it states that before the Jedi Civil War, most of the Republics military was a loose collection of fleets from each individual member planet. And that they possessed very few infantry that had shitty equipment.

This was why the Mandalorian's and Revan's unified forces crushed the Republic so easily.

The Jedi Order was at it's combative peak, not the Republic itself. Though interestingly the Sith Empire was of the same magnitude as the Galactic Empire

Any time they can go a few millennia without Sith, really.

Militarily, I'm not entirely sure. Maybe TOR, where despite being cut in half it's had a whole lot of time to build up.

Originally posted by Zenwolf
Whichever age it isn't at war.

Pre great sith war pre clone war....

The 1000 years after the seventh battle of Ruusan.

what's so special about the second battle?

Originally posted by Nephthys
Swtore says that the early Kotor period was actually fairly weak militarily due to an overreliance on the Jedi. After Kotor they established a massive military that could stand on it's own. In fact, it states that before the Jedi Civil War, most of the Republics military was a loose collection of fleets from each individual member planet. And that they possessed very few infantry that had shitty equipment.

This was why the Mandalorian's and Revan's unified forces crushed the Republic so easily.

That rings true with Exar Kun's speech, yeah.

Then I suppose either SWTOR era Republic or Clone Wars Republic.

The "Golden Age of the Republic" is probably the golden age of the Republic, yes?

Not sure what there is to discuss really.

Militarily, it seems to be the KotOR era by virtue of KotORCG.

That being said, Lucas did make clear that the PT era was the golden age of the Jedi.

Originally posted by SunRazer
Militarily, it seems to be the KotOR era by virtue of KotORCG.

That being said, Lucas did make clear that the PT era was the golden age of the Jedi.

The Kotor CG stated that Revan's era was even better that.

?

Maybe I missed something, but what puts the OR military over other ones? Last I checked, the Republic military was pretty much in shambles...or well least up till TOR but even there I don't think it's that far and above greater than any other. Infact even still you have later eras having better tech, a wider variety of troops, vehicles and so on.

Originally posted by Nargaroth
The Kotor CG stated that Revan's era was even better that.

I know, but you can't exactly override the creator's intent. To be fair, they only referred to the KotOR Jedi's militaristic superiority, whereas Lucas seemed to refer to the Order just being in its overall prime (though he did reference swordfighting, so eh).

Originally posted by SunRazer
Militarily, it seems to be the KotOR era by virtue of KotORCG.


Which really doesn't make much sense to me.

The KotoR had like half the territory of the PT era and much smaller ships.


Though, I suppose it could be talking most proportionally powerful, i.e. the time it was most militarized, but that still seems kinda off.



Also notably, that campaign guide was written before TOR existed.

Originally posted by Q99
Which really doesn't make much sense to me.

The KotoR had like half the territory of the PT era and much smaller ships.


Though, I suppose it could be talking most proportionally powerful, i.e. the time it was most militarized, but that still seems kinda off.



Also notably, that campaign guide was written before TOR existed.

It doesn't make much sense period, just by comparison you could tell there is a great difference between the OR military of Kotor to later ones.

Even TOR while they are a step up in a few areas, are still lacking.

Heck, the *new* Republic arguably had one of the stronger militaries. An indecisive government once the Empire was gone, but a pretty good-sized force that had experience against a peer foe, and had some sweet capital ships and fighters.

Golden Age of the Galactic Republic = Rise of the Empire
Golden Age of the Jedi Order's combative prowess = TOTJ/KOTOR
Golden Age of the Jedi Order over-all = Rise of the Empire

May someone post all the statements regarding the KOTOR era's military and Jedi strength?

Well here's the thing I was talking about:

http://i62.tinypic.com/qy705l.jpg

Tbh that scan isn't anything special really, it's just standard fare of how the Republic worked up its military again after it being scattered and in shambles. It's good, but it's hardly the peak.

Didn't say it was. I was merely providing evidence that up to Kotor the Republic's military was shit and only afterwards did they get their acts together and git gud.

Never said that you said it was Neph, was more or less just a general statement. :P

Originally posted by Zenwolf
Never said that you said it was Neph, was more or less just a general statement. :P

Yeh well he never said that you said that he said it was! So there!

No but seriously, yeh the Kotor Republic Military was pretty horrendous.

KotOR Republic was still recovering from the wounds inflicted by a series of wars, so obviously it wouldn't be in peak condition (militaristically).

My scan says that the Republic's military was purrty crap for the majority of it's history though. As in, everything before Kotor.

Even in the Kotor CG it says as much, the Navy really being the only good thing and even then the Navy is kinda...meh compared to other eras. The Army is just a bunch of planetary militia's/merc groups and having no real unified commander until Revan, until he came it was mostly the Defense Ministry and the Navy commanding the ground troops...which is really terrible.

The pay and conditions are pretty terrible too.

The navy makes up most of the military, though. The navy is always the only thing that's good in pretty much any era, aside from military secret intelligence.

True enough Fresh, but it's better to have both than one good.

Also true. And the lack of a really good intelligence agency leads to things like the Jedi Civil War becoming much more devastating conflicts than they need to be. I just don't think it's terrible when the navy leads ground troops, just as long as they're trained for it.

In terms of prosperity, it's probably either the first three quarters or so of the post-Ruusan Republic, or some random time period of prolonged peace/no sith wars.

In martial strength, it's obviously the height of the Clone Wars.

In terms of the Jedi, it's explicitly the Prequel Trilogy/the height of the Clone Wars.