Editing Galactic Empire (Star Wars) (section)

===''Legends''===
{{further|Star Wars Legends}}
With the 2012 acquisition of [[Lucasfilm]] by [[The Walt Disney Company]], most of the licensed ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe material was rebranded as ''[[Star Wars Legends]]'' and declared [[Star Wars canon|non-canon to the franchise]] on April 25, 2014.<ref name="SW Adult">{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/news/disney-publishing-worldwide-and-random-house-announce-relaunch-of-star-wars-adult-fiction-line |title=Disney and Random House announce relaunch of ''Star Wars'' Adult Fiction line |publisher=StarWars.com |date=April 25, 2014 |access-date=May 26, 2016 |archive-date=May 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514073722/http://www.starwars.com/news/disney-publishing-worldwide-and-random-house-announce-relaunch-of-star-wars-adult-fiction-line |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="THR Legends">{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lucasfilm-unveils-new-plans-star-698973 |last=McMilian |first=Graeme |title=Lucasfilm Unveils New Plans for ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=April 25, 2014 |access-date=May 26, 2016 |archive-date=August 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830203115/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lucasfilm-unveils-new-plans-star-698973 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SW Legends">{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-legendary-star-wars-expanded-universe-turns-a-new-page |title=The Legendary ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe Turns a New Page |publisher=[[StarWars.com]] |date=April 25, 2014 |access-date=May 26, 2016 |archive-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910044317/http://www.starwars.com/news/the-legendary-star-wars-expanded-universe-turns-a-new-page |url-status=live }}</ref>

====''Thrawn'' trilogy====
In [[Timothy Zahn]]'s "[[Thrawn trilogy]]" of novels – ''[[Heir to the Empire]]'' (1991), ''[[Dark Force Rising]]'' (1992), and ''[[The Last Command (novel)|The Last Command]]'' (1993) – an army of former Imperials, led by [[Grand Admiral Thrawn]], attempt to overthrow the New Republic and install a dictatorship known as the Empire of the Hand. The backstory of the series explains that following their defeat at the Battle of Endor, the galactic sectors that are still under Imperial control are now governed by several different [[military junta]]s that [[Civil war|fight each other]] in a conflict known as the Imperial Civil War, all the while [[Two-front war|resuming]] the Galactic Civil War with the Rebellion's successor, the New Republic, for control of the galaxy for years until mostly uniting under Grand Admiral Thrawn. By the time of ''The Last Command'', Thrawn has nearly defeated the New Republic, but they claim victory in a last-ditch effort, and Thrawn is killed by his own bodyguard, shattering the Empire's unity.

====''Agent of the Empire''====

''Agent of the Empire'' is a 10-issue comic book series published by [[Dark Horse Comics]] from 2011 to 2013. It was written by [[John Ostrander]] and illustrated by [[Stéphane Roux (comics)|Stephane Roux]], and is set three years before the original ''Star Wars'' film. Two five-issue story arcs follow an Imperial [[secret agent]], and feature characters such as [[Han Solo]], [[Princess Leia]] and [[Boba Fett]]. Both arcs were collected in [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]] volumes.

====''Jedi Prince''====
In the ''[[Jedi Prince]]'' novel series, a group of impostors calling themselves the Prophets of the Dark Side install a three-eyed [[mutant (fiction)|mutant]] named [[Trioculus]] as Emperor by claiming that he is Palpatine's son, reforming the Empire (as Trioculus's Empire). By the end of the series, Palpatine's true son, Triclops, helps the New Republic defeat this new enemy.

====''Dark Empire''====
In the ''[[Dark Empire]]'' comic book series, Palpatine is reborn in a [[cloning|clone]] body and unites most of the scattered remnants of the Empire (forming the Dark Empire), hoping to retake control of the galaxy. By the sequel, ''[[Empire's End]]'', he is defeated and destroyed once and for all. Following the final death of Palpatine, Luke Skywalker, influenced by the force ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi, starts the New Jedi Order in an ancient temple on [[Yavin 4]], which had undone the Emperor's purge of the Old Jedi Order 28 years earlier at the rise of the Galactic Empire.

====''Jedi Academy'' trilogy====
In the [[Jedi Academy trilogy|''Jedi Academy'' trilogy]], an Imperial admiral named [[Admiral Natasi Daala|Daala]] commandeers the remainder of the Imperial Navy (the Crimson Empire) and mounts a ferocious assault on the New Republic. She nearly succeeds in taking over the galaxy, but is foiled by New Republic pilots [[Wedge Antilles]] and [[Lando Calrissian]] in the final entry, ''[[Champions of the Force]]''. A year later she would arrange the assassination of the rival Imperial warlords to unify the feuding Imperial factions into the Imperial Remnant and bring an end to the Imperial Civil War.

====''Darksaber''====
In the 1995 novel ''[[Darksaber (novel)|Darksaber]]'', Daala, frustrated with the Imperial warlords in the Core fighting and bickering amongst themselves, orchestrates the warlords' deaths and unites and becomes the leader of the remaining Imperial forces. After being defeated in battle once again by the New Republic, she resigns and selects [[Gilad Pellaeon]] (originally in the [[Thrawn trilogy|''Thrawn'' trilogy]]) as the new leader, where he becomes Grand Admiral Pellaeon. At the end of the novel, he signs a [[Ceasefire|peace treaty]] with the New Republic representative Ponc Gavrisom and finally ends the Galactic Civil War.

====''New Jedi Order''====
By the time of the ''[[New Jedi Order]]'' series, the remaining Imperial military factions sign a truce with the New Republic, becoming the Imperial Remnant. The former enemies then become allies against the invading [[Yuuzhan Vong]]. A few years later, the Remnant help the Galactic Alliance fight an assimilating insect species known as the Killiks, which become a third party in the Second Galactic Civil War. Eventually, they make peace with the Alliance and Confederation. All three of these are represented by former Imperial commanders.

====''Legacy''====
The ''[[Star Wars: Legacy]]'' comic book series, set 127 years after the original ''Star Wars'' film, explains that, during a [[civil war]], the New Galactic Empire known as the Fel Empire declares war on the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances (Galactic Alliance), the successor state of the New Republic, after 83 years of a [[Cold war (term)|cold war]] that began in 44 ABY. This conflict begins the Sith-Imperial War, which after three years leads to the eventual defeat of the Galactic Alliance and the Galactic Empire asserting its domination over the galaxy once again in 130 ABY. A few months later, the Sith [[Coup d'état|overthrows]] the Fel Empire. The Sith Lord [[Darth Krayt]], the leader of the One Sith, usurps the throne and forces Emperor Roan Fel to take refuge in the fortress planet of Bastion.

In 138 ABY, the Galactic Alliance Remnant led by Admiral Gar Stazi, Fel's forces known as the Empire-in-exile led by Empress Marasiah Fel, and the New Jedi Order led by Jedi Master K'Krukk unite against Krayt's empire and eventually destroy it in the Battle of Coruscant, after a grand total of 157 years of its existence. The three united factions form a new galactic government called the Galactic Federation Triumvirate.

The One Sith, led by Darth Wredd, remains at large and wages a war against the GFT. One year later, the former Empire-in-exile works with the other two factions, killing Wredd, rounding up all surviving members including their new leader Darth Nihl, and permanently dissolving the One Sith and the Sith religion itself for good. The next year, the GFT defeats the secular alliances of the One Sith and in the aftermath of that conflict, the galaxy after 172 years of Palpatine's influence, enters an era of peace and unity for the first time since before the Clone Wars.