The Second Great Galactic War, also known as the Second Draggulch Period, the Second Great War, and as Darth Sidious' Crusade, was a conflict initiated by the Sith Empire Reborn, led by its Emperor, a Dark Lord of the Sith and a former Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, Darth Sidious, better known as Palpatine, who sought to control the galaxy, and destroy the Jedi Order. Faced with annihilation, the Jedi and the Republic faced the new Sith threat together, in spite of the massive amount of losses suffered during the Clone Wars.