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: Thrawn: Alliances featured in , a new expansion set to open at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2019. In late 2018, it was announced that Timothy Zahn will write and publish another "Thrawn" sequel, titled "Thrawn: Treason", scheduled for released in summer 2019. The novel explores the crisis Thrawn encounters when he discovers that his people are in peril, forcing him to choose between loyalty to the Empire or loyalty to the Chiss Ascendancy. Star Wars: Thrawn: Alliances Thrawn: Alliances is a "Star Wars" novel by Timothy Zahn. The book is a sequel to Zahn's 2017 novel "". It focuses on