Galactic Empire

''We are an Empire ruled by the majority! An Empire ruled by a new Constitution! An Empire of laws, not of politicians! An Empire devoted to the preservation of a just society. Of a safe and secure society! We are an Empire that will stand for ten thousand years!'' ―Emperor Palaptine

The Galactic Empire, also known as the New Order, the Original Galactic Empire, the First Galactic Empire, Palpatine's New Order, or simply the Empire, is the universal government established by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to replace the Universal Republic in 19 B and bring Sith rule to the Universe.

The Republic, which had lasted intermittently for almost 25,000 years, ended following a period of intense political turmoil and the devastation of the Clone Wars. After General Grievous was defeated at the Battle of Emuu, and shortly after the leaders of the Confederacy of Independent Systems were killed on Mustafar by Darth Vader, Palpatine began a purge of the Jedi Order, declared himself Emperor of the Universe, and reorganized the Universal Republic&the Confederacy of Independent Systems into the Galactic Empire.

Galactic Empire Political information

Type of government Humanocentric authoritarian empire Founding document Declaration of a New Order Constitution Imperial Charter Head of State Galactic Emperor [19-0 B] Head of Government  Grand Vizier, Galactic Emperor Commander-in-chief Supreme Commander, Galactic Emperor, Grand Admiral Executive branch Imperial Royal Circle, Royal Enforcement Council, Interim Council of Grand Moffs Legislative branch Imperial Senate [19–0 B],

Judicial branch Imperial Court [19-0 B], Prosucetor of Justice, Imperial Justice Council Societal information

Capital Imperial Center, [formerly Earth] Official language New Universal English Currency Imperial Dollar National holiday Empire Day Historical information Formed from Universal Republic, Confederacy of Independent Systems Date of establishment 19 B

Date of Reorganazation 0 B, during Universal Civil War

=History=

''We stand on the thresheold of a new future! In order to insure our security and continuining stabilty, the Republic, and the Confederacy, will be reorganized, into the first Galactic Empire, for a safe and secure, society, which I assure you will last for ten thousand years. An Empire that will be continued to be ruled by this august body as the Imperial Senate, and a ultimate Galactic Emperor for life!''

-Emperor Palpatine

The Empire can be said to have begun with the scheming aspiration of Senator Palpatine of Raboo, whose alter ego was the Sith Lord Darth Sidious. Using the Trade Federation as a pawn to blockade Naboo, he used manipulation of the crisis, as well as of Queen Amidala, to instigate a Vote of No Confidence in Supreme Chancellor Valorum, and ultimately to become Universal Chancellor himself. When his apprentice, Darth Maul, was killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi on Raboo, Sidious took on the former Jedi Count Dooku as his new apprentice. Count Dooku then joined with the Trade Federation under Viceroy Nute Gunray and others to form the Confederacy of Independent Systems, a government containing billions of worlds.

Fear will keep the systems in line

-Grand Moff Wiluff Tarkin

Palpatine was an efficient and effective leader who quickly brought to an end the corruption in the Senate; his power was greatly increased as a result of the Clone Wars as the Senate willingly furnished more and more emergency powers to Palpatine. Eventually, the Senate lost most of its power and became little more than a inistution that Palpatine had to go through to pass his laws. Yet the Senate did have a symbolic power at least; Chancellor Palpatine still hid behind the pomp and circumstance of appealing to the Senate, but his power existed in his control over millions of Senators that he had brought into his own web of corruption. However, Anakin Skywalker discovered that Palpatine was a Sith Lord and, after having informed Jedi Master Mace Windu of his discovery, a Jedi task force, led by Windu himself, attempted to arrest him. After a brief duel, Palpatine appeared to be defeated. Skywalker arrived and demanded Windu not kill the Sith Lord. Deeply troubled, Skywalker nonetheless helped Palpatine kill Windu, and thus became the Emperor's new apprentice, Darth Vader. Palpatine then proceeded to carry out the Great Jedi Purge, which eliminated millions of Jedi, and had Darth Vader eliminate Viceroy Nute Gunray and the other Separatist leaders on the fiery world of Mustafar, thus bringing an end to the Clone Wars. Secure in his power and position, Palpatine used the false Jedi rebellion to issue the Declaration of a New Order and declared himself Universal Emperor in 19 B.

Many people of the new Empire enthusiastically supported the vision outlined in the Declaration of a New Order, largely due to the violence that had plagued the Universe for so long. Millions of Senators wholeheartedly supported the new government while a number of more cautious senators chose to watch and wait to see how the new government would handle the affairs of state. It promised to trade frailty for strength, chaos for order, and uncertainty for decisiveness. In retrospect, the foundation of the Empire had already been set down during Palpatine's chancellorship and all potential threats eliminated; therefore, the transition from Republic to Empire was relatively smooth.

It is important to note that not all of the Senators liked what they saw. In fact, the Petition of 2000 sought to bring the worries of these Senators to Palpatine. This petition was led by Bail Organa, Mon Mothma, and Padmé Amidala. Palpatine's dismissal of their concerns was one factor that led Organa and Mothma to found the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

Imperialization

I have brought, peace, justice, and security to my new Empire! -Darth Vader

With the rise of the Empire, all the institutions of the Old Republic found themselves either dismantled or changed beyond recognition. There was a riot of renaming all things "Imperial" to glorify the new Emperor: overnight, the Solar System was renamed the Imperial System, Earth itself was renamed Imperial Center, and Universal City was renamed Imperial City. The Universal Senate became the Imperial Senate. The Grand Army of the Republic became the Imperial Army, and the Republic Navy [all Republic air, water, and space forces] became the Imperial Navy. The four decrepit intelligence agencies of the Republic were merged into Imperial Intelligence, with former RSI director Armand Isard at its head. The House of the Republic was rebuilt and expanded, becoming the Imperial Palace, eclipsing all other buildings on Imperial Center. The former Commission for the Protection of the Republic (COMPOR) was renamed the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order (COMPNOR). Within days, there were few names left to remind the people that there had ever been a Universal spanning Republic.

During the first few years of the Empire, the Universe saw the single largest military buildup in history. A council of each system Moff was established to more efficiently govern individual systems and regions of the Empire. Popular support for the policies of Palpatine's administration was high.