The Galactic Empire
The Galactic Empire, declared as the First Galactic Empire, commonly referred to as simply the Empire or Palpatine's Empire, also known as the New Order, was the fascist galactic dictatorship that replaced the Galactic Republic at the end of the Clone Wars and ushered the galaxy into a new age. The Empire was ruled publicly by Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine, whose reign was enforced by Darth Vader.
The Empire rose to power with a groundswell of populist support, promising peace and stability from the destructive Clone Wars and capitalizing on anti-Jedi and anti-droid sentiment and human-ethnocentrism. The subsequent era was known as The Age of the Empire.
The Imperial Credit, a reprint of the Galactic Credit, was the official currency of the Empire, though it lost some of its value on certain Outer Rim worlds. The credit, or its shortened and more common name "cred", is represented as a datachip with a fixed amount of credits displayed on it. It is backed by the immense wealth of the Imperial Galactic Bank.
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