Galactic Empire (Star Wars) Galactic Empire (Star Wars) The Galactic Empire is a fictional autocracy featured in the "Star Wars" franchise. It was first introduced in the 1977 film "Star Wars" and also appears in its two sequels: "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) and "Return of the Jedi" (1983) and is the main antagonist faction of the original trilogy. By the time of the sequel trilogy, which starts three decades following the events of the original trilogy, the government has since collapsed and has been succeeded by the First Order. The Empire's origins are depicted in the prequel "" (2005), where it replaces the
Star Wars: Demolition "Star Wars: Demolition Racer". This would later be shortened to "Star Wars: Demolition". Luxoflux used the same game engine that powered both "Vigilante 8" and its sequel "". It was initially announced as a PlayStation exclusive, but was rumors circled in July 2000 that the game would come to Dreamcast. This was confirmed the following month. It was released in November 2000 in North America on both systems. A European release followed in December 2000. "Star Wars: Demolition" was met with average to mixed reception upon release. Aggregate websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 67.75% and 63