The vote passed, and in the subsequent election, Sidious-in his public persona of Palpatine-secured the position of Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic for himself. Sidious used the crisis to manipulate the then–Queen of the Naboo, Amidala, into calling a Vote of No Confidence against sitting Chancellor Finis Valorum. Thirteen years before the Republic's end as a democracy, Darth Sidious orchestrated the invasion of Naboo by the Trade Federation, in order to create a leadership crisis in the Senate. Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith known publicly as Senator Palpatine of Naboo, privately lamented the declining state of the Senate, noting that the Republic was 'not what it once was.' In the last decades of its existence, the Republic Senate became mired in bureaucracy, rendering it woefully ineffectual as a governing body. Historyįor at least a thousand years, the dominant governing body of the galaxy was the unicameral and democratic Galactic Republic, led by an elected Supreme Chancellor. After the death of Count Dooku above Coruscant, the death of General Grievous on Utapau and finally the massacre of the leaders of the Confederacy of Independent Systems on Mustafar, Chancellor Palpatine (by then ruling with near-absolute power), began a purge of the Jedi Order, and then proclaimed himself Emperor of the galaxy and reorganized the Galactic Republic into 'the first Galactic Empire' on the galactic capital, Coruscant.Īrticle below contains spoilers for the entire Star Wars series.

The Republic, which had lasted for at least 25,034 years, ended following a period of intense political turmoil and the subsequent devastation of the Clone Wars. The Galactic Empire, also known as the New Order, the Old Empire, the First Galactic Empire, Palpatine's New Order, the Imperium or simply the Empire, was the galactic government established by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to replace the Galactic Republic and bring Sith rule to the galaxy. Galactic Empire is a part of the Star Wars universe. Hutts (ocasionally), Bounty Hunters, Separatists Coruscant, Senate Building, Imperial PalaceĮmperor Palpatine, Darth Vader, Imperial Ruling Council, Imperial Senate (Briefly), Senator Secardon (Retrooper)

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