Editing HoloNet (section)

==History==
Created thanks to the Galactic Senate's efforts many years before the Clone Wars, the HoloNet quickly expanded throughout the galaxy, ending up with at least one emitter/receiver device located on virtually every planet of the Galactic Republic. 

In 22 BBY, plans to expand the HoloNet to the [[Outer Rim]] Territories were delayed due to budgetary restructuring according to the General Ministry Communications Agency. 250,000 worlds in several sectors, including Portmoak, Arkanis, Parmic, Quence, and Kathol, were not to see access for one fiscal year. Where they lacked in primary HoloNet conduits, they made up for with a network of Subspace relay stations for intersector communications, resulting in delayed galactic news reaching those sectors within days or weeks.
 
During the Clone Wars, the Confederacy created the CIS Shadowfeed, a network of hyperwave transceivers similar to the Republic's HoloNet News channel. During this time, both sides used the HoloNet to broadcast propaganda.
 
When Emperor Palpatine assumed power, large portions of the HoloNet were shut down to prevent news of the Empire's atrocities from spreading quickly. During the time of the Empire, the HoloNet was strictly controlled, used mostly for Imperial Military communications. This greatly inhibited the ability of groups like the Alliance to Restore the Republic to communicate, and arguably also had an isolating effect on the many planets over which the Empire held power. During this period, Ebenn Q3 Baobab created an alternative HoloNet since the official HoloNet disseminated only Imperial propaganda without the "complication" of unapproved free speech. After the Empire fell, HoloNet channels were reopened and security was lifted, restoring free speech.
 
Near the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War, the [[Yuuzhan Vong]] succeeded in disabling the entire network. It resumed functioning shortly after the invasion had been thwarted.
 
After the Yuuzhan Vong War, many smaller vessels, such as shuttles were equipped with HoloNet receivers and transmitters, including Jacen Solo's own modified Lambda-class shuttle.