The best known such organization to the general public today is probably the Galactic Empire from "Star Wars", which was formed in turn from the Galactic Republic. A military dictatorship based upon fear and terror, said Empire is an explicitly villainous force with linguistic and visual traits directly reminiscent of Nazi Germany. For example, their armored forces known as "stormtroopers" are named analogously to the "Sturmabteilung" (often known as the "SA"), a paramilitary entity created by the Nazis in 1920. Their best known weapon is the iconic "Death Star"; the moon-sized space station has the ability to destroy entire planets.