The position of Republic officer was created as a result of the Clone Wars, the galaxy-wide civil war between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems. Because they had to outsmart pirates prior to the conflict, the Republic officers could work amid dangerous obstacles, which would slag navigators who were less experienced, and knew hyperspace routes. Throughout the war, non-clone commissioned officers served at the side of their Jedi counterparts, commanding clone troopers and warships such as the Venator-class Star Destroyer against the military forces of the Confederacy. However, in the aftermath of the Clone Wars and the subsequent rise of the Galactic Empire, the position of Republic officer was supplanted by the Imperial officer—a class of high-ranking officials who occupied various positions of authority in the Imperial Military.

Several former Republic officers went on to pursue new careers in Emperor Palpatine’s New Order. Wilhuff Tarkin, a former captain who received a promotion to admiral prior to the end of the Clone Wars, received the political title of Grand Moff from the Emperor himself. Yularen became a colonel in the Imperial Security Bureau after resigning his admiral’s commission.^[20] Orson Callan Krennic later became Director of Imperial Military Department of Advanced Weapons Research, the successor of the Republic Special Weapons Group.