Formed in 4 ABY, after the dissolution of the former Alliance of Free Planets, The New Republic was to become the supreme governmental authority of the galaxy. The "New" Republic was to be a reformation of the original Galactic Republic also known as the "Old" Republic. The New Republic was founded on the same premise that the old Galactic Republic was thousands of generations earlier—to have a representative parliamentary body govern the galaxy in a fair and equal manner.