What is the Galactic Empire?
Q: What is the Galactic Empire?
A: The Galactic Empire is the government that rules the Star Wars galaxy in the Star Wars series. It is a totalitarian government, which means it controls every part of people's lives and uses its military to kill or silence anyone who does not agree with its rule.
Q: How was the Galactic Empire created?
A: The Galactic Empire was created when Darth Sidious overthrew the Galactic Republic by starting the Clone Wars. He used this as an excuse to create a government with much more security and made himself Emperor.
Q: Who tried to stop Darth Sidious from creating the Empire?
A: The only ones who could stop him were the Jedi, a very old group of knights who swore to protect the Republic. They tried to arrest him, but they failed.
Q: What did life look like under the Empire?
A: Life was so terrible under the Empire that many people and aliens joined forces in order to destroy it and bring back freedom and rights people had under the Republic. Paying its large military also made life difficult as it took away resources from other parts of society, making them poor.
Q: What happened after Darth Vader and Emperor died?
A: After Darth Vader and Emperor died,the Empire surrendered to Rebel Alliance which then created New Republic. However some of remaining leaders formed First Order which wanted recreate empire again by buying weapons from merchants in Outer Rim taking over planets with resources for buying more weapons etc..
Q: How did First Order try to recreate empire again? A: First Order tried recreating empire again by buying weapons and spaceships from greedy merchants in Outer Rim, taking over planets with many resources they could use for buying more weapons, kidnapping babies for stormtroopers etc.. They also secretly built superweapon called Starkiller Base which they used blow up capital of New Republic Hosnian Prime .
