Key facts
- Type
- Totalitarian dictatorship , ( de facto 19 BBY to 0 BBY // de jure 0 BBY to 4 ABY)
- Founded
- 19 BBY from the Galactic Republic
- Defunct
- 4 ABY: fractured into the Imperial remnants during the Battle of Endor 5 ABY: dissolved after the Battle of Jakku , succeeded by the New Republic By 21 ABY: partly reorganized (29 ABY: publicly formed) into the First Order
- Location
- Galaxy
- Key people
- Sheev Palpatine Darth Vader Mas Amedda Grand Moff Tarkin Orson Krennic Grand Admiral Thrawn The Grand Inquisitor Moff Gideon
- Affiliations
- Sith Order Sith Empire (precursor) Stormtroopers
- Enemies
- Jedi Order Rebel Alliance Grysk
- Currency
- Galactic Standard Credit (Imperial Dataries)
- Capital
- Coruscant (Senate District, Imperial Center)
- Official language
- Imperial Basic
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Galactic Empire
- Participant in
- Galactic Civil War
- Capital
- Coruscant
- Official language
- languages in Star Wars
- Head of government
- Palpatine
- Head of state
- Palpatine
- Form of government
- constitutional monarchy
- Legislature
- Galactic Senate
- Followed by
- New Republic
- Creator
- George Lucas
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- media franchise
- Star Wars
- different from
- Galactic Empire
- Commons category
- Galactic Empire (Star Wars)
- present in work
- Star Wars original trilogy
- enemy
- Rebel Alliance
- inception
- 0019-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0005-00-00
- first appearance
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
- nickname
- New Order
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Encyclopedic overview
The Galactic Empire, also known simply as the Empire, is a fictional autocracy featured in the Star Wars franchise. Introduced in the 1977 film Star Wars, it is the main antagonistic faction of the original trilogy, which also includes The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983).
The Galactic Empire is portrayed as an anthropocentric, imperialist, and bureaucratic dictatorship which seeks absolute rule and social control over every planet and civilization within the Star Wars galaxy ("the Galaxy"). The Empire pursues these goals by various means, including intimidation, coercion, expropriation, power projection, state terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and genocide.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Galactic Empire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.