The Coup of Sithposting

The Coup of Sithposting was an overthrow of the original Star Wars Sithposting admins and the end of Wotton's reign over SWS.

Coup
The coup happened practically overnight when an SWS admin gave credentials to an Anonymous Turkish hacker. The group underwent a massive purge and lockdown of posting as the hackers ousted leader Stephen Wotton and replaced his set of mods and admins with other Anon hackers.

Result
While the group had remained in lockdown, Wotton founded Star Wars Sithposting: A New Hope as a point of regathering for those exiled or emigrating from the chaos of the original group. Several months later, an attempted overthrow of ANH was thwarted by Wotton's forces. Nonetheless, he sanctioned for a backup sister group, The Confederacy of Independent Shitposting.