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===Star Wars===
The best known such organization to the general public today is [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|the Galactic Empire from ''Star Wars'']], which was formed in turn from the [[Galactic Republic]].

''Star Wars'' depicts an empire ruled autocratically by [[Palpatine|Darth Sidious]], supported by a powerful space navy. It is stated in the [[Star Wars (film)|original ''Star Wars'' film]] that there was an Imperial Senate that was later disbanded by the Emperor. There was a galactic empire called the Sith Empire founded by Darth Revan. This galactic power was close to overthrowing the Jedi's Republic during the Jedi Civil War. 

As a [[military dictatorship]] based upon fear and terror, the Empire is an explicitly [[Villain|villainous force]] with linguistic and visual traits directly reminiscent of [[Nazi Germany]]. For example, their armored forces known as "[[Stormtrooper (Star Wars)|stormtrooper]]s" are named analogously to the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'' (often known as the ''SA''), a paramilitary entity created by the [[Nazi Party|Nationalist Socialist German Workers' Party]] (NSDAP) in 1920.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Klein |first1=Christopher |title=The Real History That Inspired "Star Wars" |url=https://www.history.com/news/the-real-history-that-inspired-star-wars |website=History |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> [[War crimes of the Wehrmacht|Massacres of local peoples]] and the implementation of [[Reichskommissariat|imperial protectorates]] administered by the Galactic Empire also mirror that seen throughout Europe during the Second World War. Their best-known weapon is the iconic [[Death Star]], a [[Moon]]-sized [[space station|space platform]] that can destroy entire planets.

In the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe, the fall of the Galactic Republic and its replacement by the Galactic Empire – as depicted in ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith|Revenge of the Sith]]'' – recall the historic fall of the [[Roman Republic]] and its replacement by the [[Roman Empire]] headed by [[Augustus]].

The term "galactic empire" has, perhaps because of association with the Empire from ''[[Star Wars]]'', gained a pejorative meaning.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}