Galactic Empire

Execute Order 66.”

With these words, and the unspeakable actions they commanded, the Galactic Republic began to fall. In its place, something much more sinister took form.

The Galactic Empire rose as all dark forces do: Slowly, in the shadows so that only those who were meant to know of it were told, until the moment came for it to reign supreme.

For years, the galaxy had no choice but to bend to its will … sometimes until parts of it broke apart. Stormtroopers showed no mercy to civilians. Governors restrained every system, forcing it to obey the Emperor it now, by default, served.

Eventually, a force would rise against and defeat the darkness -- or rather, one rebellion made up of forces that could not be stopped. Though Palpatine always had a plan in place in case his Empire fell, he never thought his greatest enemy could rise from within the very man he believed to be destroyed.

Whether you want to see the Empire’s ruthless impact on the galaxy at large or you’re itching for a glimpse at its terror from someone on the inside, the characters and narratives surrounding this era of the galaxy far, far away has something to satisfy everyone’s curiosity.

Witness the rise, tyranny, and fall of the Empire through the many stories told in the Star Wars expanded universe.