A history of the dark times

When Palpatine declared the birth of his new Empire, he expected it would stand for 10,000 years.

Instead, it lasted only 24. This is the story of how a tyrannical regime rose from the ashes of democracy, ruled the galaxy with an iron fi st, and then collapsed into dust.

It is a story of war and heroes, of the power of propaganda and the dangers of complacency. But most of all, it is a story of ordinary people, trying to live their lives in the face of a brutal dictatorship.