| “ | In order to ensure the security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the FIRST GALACTIC EMPIRE! For a safe and secure society! | „ |
| ~ Emperor Palpatine, on the birth of the New Order. |
| “ | Long live the Empire. | „ |
| ~ The Galactic Empire's motto. |
The Galactic Empire, also known as the First Galactic Empire under Darth Sidious, the Second Galactic Empire under Darth Krayt and simply as The Empire, are the secondary antagonists of the Star Wars franchise.
It is a powerful and authoritarian intergalactic empire that rules the Star Wars galaxy, and was originally the Galactic Republic before it was rebuilt into an autocratic dictatorship in the end of Clone Wars by Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, who started these wars to increase political power and was secretly the sith lord Darth Sidious that supports Republic's enemy, Confederacy of Independet Systems.
They ruled most of the galaxy until they were defeated and overthrown by the Rebel Alliance, which was reorganized into the New Republic after the Battle of Endor, one of the Empire's greatest defeats and, subsequently, the beginning of the Empire's collapse. The fragments of the Empire have turned into many organizations that continue to fight. In the Canon timeline, the most famous of them is the First Order that starts new Galactic War after 30 years of Empire's collapse.
In the Legends timeline, they would face an internal armed conflict until their formal reunification as the Imperial Remnant, during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, the Imperial Remnant were forced to unite with the New Republic against a common threat. Several years later, the Imperial Remnant would be reorganized into the Fel Empire under the Fel Dynasty until the One Sith overthrowed them and established the Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire, the Darth Krayt's Empire would eventually collapsed at the end of the Second Imperial Civil War, allowing the Fel Empire to be restored and becoming an integral part of the newly formed Galactic Federation Triumvirate alongside the Galactic Alliance Remnant and the New Jedi Order.
Canon[]
Galactic Empire[]
The Galactic Empire, which was the first to be an interplanetary empire, was founded in 19 BBY, the final year and final days of the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order, as well as the Clone Wars, after Clone Order 66 was enacted by Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, which ordered all clone troopers to turn on their Jedi Generals and execute them. Order 66 took place immediately after Jedi Master Mace Windu and three other Jedi Masters went and attempted to arrest the now-revealed Darth Sidious but were killed by the Sith Lord with the help of Jedi Knight now-turned Sith apprentice Darth Vader. Sidious ordered his new apprentice to go to the Jedi Temple with a great many of the 501st Clone Battalion and kill all Jedi within the Temple, including the younglings.
To ensure "Peace and Security" to the galaxy, the Republic was reorganized into an oppressive Empire based on tyranny and brutality. Funds were diverted from social programs into a massive military buildup, most notably the Stormtroopers. The Empire was also the creator of the Death Star, which they used to destroy Alderaan.
After the destruction of their second Death Star, and the death of Galactic Emperor Palpatine at the hands of Darth Vader, though the latter had been converted from the dark side back to the light side due to the actions of his son Luke Skywalker, the Empire had begun to collapse into smaller fragments of what it used to be, and the Rebellion had reorganized into the New Republic to protect the galaxy, just as its predecessor did before the rise of the Empire.
Palpatine had not planned for succession and instead planned a last vindictive strike against not only Rebel worlds but the Empire as well for failing to protect him. Called Operation Cinder part of the Contingency, worlds such as Naboo and Vardos were targeted for destruction. The Imperial forces carrying out this mission were defeated by the Rebels.
In 5 ABY, a year after the Battle of Endor, the rest of the Imperial remnant forces in the Anoat sector, Kashyyyk, Velcar sector, Malastare, and Jakku were defeated by the New Republic after attempting a final stand at Counselor Rax's home desert planet Jakku. The Imperials were dealt a decisive blow at Jakku, with the remains of many of their Star Destroyers crashed in the deserts of that world. A short time after the Battle of Jakku, Grand Vizier Mas Amedda signed a peace treaty called the Galactic Concordance and a document called Imperial Instruments of Surrender with the New Republic that imposed harsh terms on what was left of the Galactic Empire.
Legacy[]
After the signing of the concordance, a couple of Imperial remnants: the Cold War Imperial remnant and the Queluhan Nebula Imperial remnant jumps into hyperspace to the Unknown Regions except for the Core Worlds and Inner Rim Imperial remnant. There, Snoke (created by Palpatine) began to reestablish the remnants of the Galactic Empire into the First Order and took leadership.
Legends[]
Imperial Remnant[]
The Remnent and the Republic put their differences aside to save the galaxy.
The deaths of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader, caused the downfall of the Empire, as Palpatine did not plan for succession of rule. Various imperial figures became warlords in an attempt to claim the Empire for themselves, while the rebels grew into the New Republic. Despite the efforts of Grand Admiral Thrawn and a resurrected Emperor Palpatine causing temporary Imperial victories, the Empire was unable to sustain its momentum after the deaths of Thrawn over Bilbringi, and the final death of Palpatine at Byss.
After the final death of Palpatine, the Empire fell back into warlordism as various factions divided up the Empire into personal fiefdoms and often fought more against other Imperial factions than the New Republic. Admiral Natasi Daala attempted to bring the warlords together into a cohesive state to take the war back to the New Republic. When she found the warlords unwilling to put aside their own squabbles, she had them killed and took control of the various factions, uniting them as the Imperial Remnant. After she failed to destroy the Jedi Academy at Yavin IV, Daala resigned her commission and handed over command to Gilad Pellaeon.
By the time the Empire had been restructured, its economy was weak, and it only ruled a small handful of planets, reducing the Empire to the Imperial Remnant. Nineteen years after the Battle of Yavin it became obvious to Pellaeon and a few others in the Imperial hierarchy that to continue the war was hopeless, that all it would accomplish was the eventual total destruction of the Empire. These officers believed if they made peace with the New Republic they could survive and perhaps thrive again if the New Republic turned out to not be viable over the long term. The Remnant signed a peace treaty with the New Republic ending the Galactic Civil War. The Remnant was not a dictatorship, but a confederacy that did not enlist in xenophobia or slavery as the Galactic Empire historically had. When the Yuuzhan Vong invaded the Galaxy, the Remnant fought alongside the New Republic and defeated the invaders.
Fel Empire[]
For the first time, aliens and women were allowed to fight for the Empire.
When Jagged Fel became the Head of State for the Imperial Remnant, the Remnant began to grow once more. Eventually, the Remnant was once again an Empire, but the new Empire was quite sympathetic. Aliens were treated just as humans were treated, funds went to social programs and its military protected the innocent. It even trained its own branch of Force-sensitives, the Imperial Knights. At the same time, the One Sith lead by Darth Krayt began manipulating events throughout the Galaxy. They sabotaged the Ossus recovery project, which would help worlds devastated by the Yuuzhan Vong. The Galactic Alliance blamed the Vong and soon the Alliance was in chaos. As the Galactic Alliance threatened the lives of the people of the Fel Empire, the Empire reluctantly declared war on its former ally. The Fel Empire emerged victoriously and briefly ruled the Galaxy.
Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire and Empire-in Exile[]
Darth Krayt, the usurper of the Imperial throne.
The reign of the Fel Empire was short. Darth Krayt staged a coup against Emperor Roan Fel and crowned himself Emperor. The Fel Empire then became Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire. Emperor Krayt waged a genocidal war against the planet, Mon Cala. This rendered the planet was uninhabitable, and millions of life-forms became extinct.
The Empire, the Galactic Alliance and the Jedi merge.
But Roan Fel was not dead and formed the Empire-in-Exile, a rebel faction determined to restore the Glory of the Fel Empire. They were joined by the Alliance Remnant, another rebel faction determined to restore the Galactic Alliance. After a long war, the two factions emerged victoriously, but Fel died in the final battle (He fell to the dark side and was killed by Antares Draco). In the end, the Empire merged with the Alliance and the Jedi Order to form the Galactic Federation Triumvirate, a peaceful government that united every single planet in the galaxy.
Military[]
The Galactic Empire's Armed Forces were the successor of the Republic Military, and was responsible for carrying out military operations and maintaining control over the Empire's planets and outposts. It is divided into 4 sections.
- Imperial Army
- Imperial Navy
- Imperial Military Police
- Stormtrooper Corps
Known Members[]
Sith[]
- Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious - Founder / Galactic Emperor / Founder of the Imperial Ruling Council, the Imperial Senate, the Imperial Security Bureau, the Inquisitorius, the New Order, the Imperial Cloning Program, the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps, Project Harvester, Project Stardust, Project Auger, and the Death Star II Project / Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Military / Owner of the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Eclipse and the Death Star II / Master of Darth Vader / Dark Lord of the Sith (deceased)
- Darth Vader - The Emperor's Fist / Warlord / Ruler of Mustafar / Governor of the Inquisitorius / Informal Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Military / Member of the Imperial Ruling Council, the Joint Chiefs, and Imperial High Command / Commanding Officer of the 501st Legion, the First Legion, the Death Squadron, and the Black Squadron / Head of Project Harvester / Aide to Grand Moff Tarkin / Crewmember of the Death Star / Owner of the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor and the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Devastator / Apprentice of Darth Sidious / Sith Lord (betrayed Palpatine; deceased)
Officials and Military Officers[]
- Mas Amedda - Grand Vizier / Head of the Imperial Ruling Council / Proxy Galactic Emperor / Aide to Emperor Palpatine
- Sate Pestage - Grand Vizier / Member of the Imperial Ruling Council / Advisor of Emperor Palpatine (deceased)
- Wilhuff Tarkin - Grand Moff / Governor of the Outer Rim Territories / Member of Imperial High Command / Head of Battle Station Command / Founder of the Tarkin Initiative / Head of Project Stardust / Current Commander of the Death Star / Owner of the Imperial I-class Star Destroyers Executrix and Sovereign (deceased)
- Galli/Gallius Rax - Counselor to the Empire / De-Facto Galactic Emperor-in-Effect / Founder and Previous Head of the Shadow Council / Officer of the Naval Intelligence Agency / Current Chief of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Navy / Fleet Admiral in the Imperial Navy / Owner of the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Ravager (deceased)
- Tiann Jerjerrod - Moff / Director of Imperial Energy Systems / Member of the Joint Chiefs / Officer of the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order / Head of the Death Star II Project / Commander of the Death Star II (deceased)
- Rae Sloane - Grand Admiral and Current Chief of the Imperial Navy / Public Figurehead of the Empire / Head-by-Proxy of the Shadow Council / Member of the Imperial Future Council / Commander of the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Ravager and the Imperial II-class Star Destroyers Ultimatum and Vigilance
- Savit - Grand Admiral in the Imperial Navy / Commanding Officer of the 3rd Fleet (arrested)
- Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Thrawn - Grand Admiral in the Imperial Navy / Warlord / Current Head of the Shadow Council / Member of Imperial High Command / Founder and Head of the TIE Defender Project / Commanding Officer of the 7th Fleet / Owner of the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Chimaera (missing-in-action; revealed to still be alive but in hiding)
- Arihnda Pryce - Moff / Governor of the Lothal Sector / Planetary Governor of Lothal / Commanding Officer of the Lothal Garrison / Political Advisor to Grand Admiral Thrawn / Crewmember of the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Chimaera (deceased)
- Orson Callan Krennic - Director of the Imperial Military Department of Advanced Weapons Research / Member of Imperial High Command / Head of the Tarkin Initiative, Project Stardust, and Project Celestial Power / Previous Commander of the Death Star (deceased)
- Cassio Tagge - Grand General (demoted to General) and Previous Chief of the Imperial Army / Temporary Supreme Commander of the Imperial Military / Member of the Joint Chiefs / Member and Temporary Head of Imperial High Command / Commanding Officer of the Death Star's Imperial Army Garrison / Crewmember of the Death Star / Temporary Owner of the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor (deceased)
- Conan Antonio Motti - Admiral of the Fleet and Previous Chief of the Imperial Navy / Member of the Joint Chiefs / Head of Imperial Navy High Command / Commanding Officer of the Death Star's Imperial Navy Garrison / Crewmember of the Death Star (deceased)
- Garrick Versio - Admiral in the Imperial Security Bureau and the Imperial Navy / Commanding Officer of the Inferno Squad / Commander of the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Eviscerator (deceased)
- Gideon - Moff / Officer of the Imperial Security Bureau / Member of the Shadow Council (deceased)
- Kendal Ozzel - Fleet Admiral in the Imperial Navy / Member of the Joint Chiefs / Former Commanding Officer of the Death Squadron / Former Commander of the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor (deceased)
- Firmus Piett - Fleet Admiral in the Imperial Navy / Member of Imperial Navy High Command / Commanding Officer of the Death Squadron / Commander of the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor (deceased)
- Rampart - Vice Admiral in the Imperial Navy / Head of Project War-Mantle / Commanding Officer of the Lessu Battalion / Founder of Commander CT-9904's Elite Squad (arrested for orchestrating the destruction of Kamino and trying to cover up all evidence of the act; deceased)
- Kassius Konstantine - Admiral in the Imperial Navy / Commanding Officer of the Lothal Sector Fleet / Commander of the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Relentless / Officer of the 7th Fleet / Temporary Commanding Officer of the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Sovereign / Crewmember of the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Chimaera (deceased)
- Maximilian Veers - General in the Imperial Army / Commanding Officer of the Blizzard Force / Officer of the Death Squadron / Head of Project Swarm / Crewmember of the Death Star and the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor (deceased)
- Valin Hess - General in the Imperial Army (deceased)
- Starck - Colonel in the Imperial Army / Officer of the Blizzard Force / Commander of the AT-AT Blizzard Four (deceased)
- Lorth Needa - Captain in the Imperial Navy / Officer of the Death Squadron / Commanding Officer of the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Avenger (deceased)
- Vanis Tigo - Prefect / Captain in the Imperial Army / Commanding Officer of the Ferrix Garrison
- Gilad Pellaeon - Captain in the Imperial Navy / Member of the Shadow Council / Officer of the Third and 7th Fleets / Commander of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Harbinger (missing-in-action)
- Moden Canady - Officer of the Imperial Navy / Commander of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Solicitude (deceased)
- Enric Pryde - Captain in the Imperial Navy / Commander of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Steadfast (deceased)
- Cumberlayne Aresko/LRC-01 - Officer of the Imperial Military / Commandant in the Imperial Academy / Headmaster of the Academy for Young Imperials / Deputy Commanding Officer of the Lothal Garrison (deceased)
- Myles Grint - Sergeant Major in the Imperial Military / Taskmaster in the Imperial Academy / Headmaster of the Academy for Young Imperials / Deputy Commanding Officer of the Lothal Garrison / Aide to Commandant Aresko (deceased)
- Brom Titus - Admiral (demoted to Commander) in the Imperial Navy / Commander of the Prototype Interdictor-class Star Destroyer, Reklam Station, and the Arquitens-class Command Cruiser Marauder (deceased)
- Mod Terrik - Captain in the Imperial Army / Commanding Officer of the Zeta Squadron / Desert Stormtrooper (deceased)
- Bragg - Captain in the Imperial Army / Commanding Officer of the Raxus Secundus Garrison
- Nolan - Lieutenant in the Imperial Army (deceased)
Operatives and Other Officials[]
- Partagaz - Major in the Imperial Security Bureau / Chairman of the ISB Board of Supervisors
- Dedra Meero - Lieutenant in the Imperial Security Bureau / Member of the ISB Board of Supervisors / ISB Supervisor of the Free Trade, Steergard, and Sev Tok sectors
- Alexsandr Kallus/ISB-021 - Agent and Commander in the Imperial Security Bureau / Officer of the ISB's Internal Affairs and Investigations branches / Owner of the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Lawbringer (defected to the Rebel Alliance)
- Iden Versio - Commander in the Imperial Security Bureau and the Imperial Special Forces / Former Commanding Officer of the Inferno Squad / TIE Fighter Pilot in the Imperial Starfighter Corps / Commander of the Raider II-class Corvette Corvus / Crewmember of the Death Star (defected to the Rebel Alliance; deceased)
- Gideon Hask - Commander in the Imperial Security Bureau and the Imperial Special Forces / Member of the Inferno Squad / TIE Fighter Pilot in the Imperial Starfighter Corps / Crewmember of the Raider II-class Corvette Corvus (deceased)
- Corv - Officer of the Imperial Security Bureau / ISB Attendant for Lieutenant Supervisor Meero (deceased)
- Gorst - Interrogator in the Imperial Security Bureau / Officer of the ISB's Interrogation branch
- Bode Akuna - Agent of the Imperial Security Bureau (deserted; deceased)
- Rukh - Bodyguard and Assassin of Grand Admiral Thrawn (deceased)
- Lama Su - Prime Minister of Kamino / Head of the Ruling Council on Kamino (arrested for treason)
- Taun We - Aide to Prime Minister Su / Member of the Ruling Council on Kamino (deceased)
- Nala Se - Chief Medical Scientist of Kamino / Scientist of the Advanced Science Division and the Imperial Cloning Program (deceased)
- Royce Hemlock - Founder and Chief Scientist of the Advanced Science Division / Head of the Imperial Cloning Program (deceased)
- Penn Pershing - Scientist of the Imperial Cloning Program
- Maketh Tua - Assistant Minister of Lothal / Minister of Industrial Production on Lothal (attempted to defect to the Phoenix Squadron; deceased)
- Orn Free Taa - Senator of Ryloth / Member of the Imperial Senate
- Daho Sejan - Senator of Utapau / Member of the Imperial Senate (deceased)
- CC-1010/"Fox" - Clone Commander in the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps / Commanding Officer of the Coruscant Guard (deceased)
- CC-1119/"Appo" - Clone Commander in the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps / Commanding Officer of the 501st Legion (deceased)
- CC-2224/"Cody" - Clone Commander in the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps / Commanding Officer of the 212th Attack Battalion (deserted)
- CT-9904/"Crosshair" - Clone Commander in the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps and the Imperial Special Forces / Member of Project War-Mantle / Officer of the Lessu Battalion / Commanding Officer of the Empire's first Elite Squad (arrested for killing Lieutenant Nolan on Barton-4 and subjected to experimentation under Doctor Hemlock's supervision at the Weyland Facility)
- RC-1262/"Scorch" - Clone Commander in the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps / Commanding Officer of the Imperial Cloning Program's Royal Guard / Instructor at the Daro Training Facility (deceased)
- "Wilco" - Clone Captain in the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps / Commanding Officer of the Serenno Battalion (deceased)
- Gar Saxon - Founder and Previous Commanding Officer of the Imperial Super Commandos / Previous Governor and Viceroy of Mandalore (deceased)
- Tiber Saxon - Current Commanding Officer of the Imperial Super Commandos / Current Governor of Mandalore (deceased)
- Brendol Hux - Commandant in the Imperial Academy / Member of the Shadow Council / Head of Project Necromancer / Headmaster of the Arkanis Academy / Founder and Leader of the Commandant's Cadets (deceased)
- Terex/TK-603 - Stormtrooper in the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps
- Vult Skerris - Captain and Commander in the Imperial Navy / TIE Fighter Pilot in the Imperial Starfighter Corps / Flight Instructor at the Skystrike Academy / Officer of the 7th Fleet / Crewmember of the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Chimaera / Commanding Officer of Defender Squadron One (deceased)
- Endo Frant - Chief Gunner in the Imperial Navy / Crewmember of the Death Star (deceased)
- Elia Kane/TK-2755 - Officer of the Imperial Navy
- Gleb - Protectorate of Jinata Security / Headmistress of the Future Imperial Leaders Military Preparatory School (deceased)
- Vaneé - Inspector of Imperial High Command / Servant of Darth Vader
Elite Squad Troopers
- ES-01 - Member of Commander CT-9904's Elite Squad and Project War-Mantle (deceased)
- ES-02 - Member of Commander CT-9904's Elite Squad and Project War-Mantle
- ES-03 - Member of Commander CT-9904's Elite Squad and Project War-Mantle (deceased)
- ES-04 - Member of Commander CT-9904's Elite Squad and Project War-Mantle (deceased)
Inquisitorius[]
- The Grand Inquisitor - Leader of the Inquisitorius / Deputy Head of Project Harvester (deceased)
- The Second Sister (deceased)
- The Third Brother
- The Third Sister - Temporary Grand Inquisitor (deserted)
- The Fourth Sister
- The Fifth Brother (deceased)
- The Sixth Brother (deceased)
- The Seventh Sister (deceased)
- The Eighth Brother (deceased)
- The Ninth Sister (deceased)
- The Tenth Brother (deceased)
- The Thirteenth Sister (deceased)
- Two unnamed Inquisitors (deceased)
Audio[]
The Imperial March[]
Glory to the Empire[]
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Hutts (sometimes)
- Jabba the Hutt (sometimes)
- Jabba's criminal empire (sometimes)
- Clone Troopers (formerly)
- Geonosians (formerly)
- Kaminoans (formerly)
- Trade Federation (formerly)
- Techno Union (formerly)
Enemies[]
- Hutts (sometimes)
- Jabba the Hutt (sometimes)
- Jabba's criminal empire (sometimes)
- Jedi Order
- Galactic Republic
- Rebel Alliance
- Clone troopers
- Wookies
- Ewoks
- Gungans
- Geonosians
- Kaminoans
- Twi'leks
- Trade Federation
- Techno Union
- Black Sun
- Pyke Syndicate
- Death Watch
- Shadow Collective
- Crimson Dawn
- Mandalorians
- Haxian Brood
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The Galactic Empire was primarily based on America during the Vietnam War, as a massive superpower fighting against a guerrilla rebel army. Elements of the Roman Empire (which was even the Roman Republic before), Nazi Germany, and the USSR were also thrown into the mix.
