Galactic Empire (Star Wars)

Resistance to Imperial Rule

Shortly after Order 66, the Galactic Civil War began to develop. Disturbed by Palpatine's new dictatorship, three most influential senators - Bail Organa of Alderaan, Garm Bel Iblis of Corellia, and Mon Mothma of Chandrila - met in secret to sign the Corellian Treaty, forming the Alliance to Restore the Republic, more commonly referred to as the Rebel Alliance. The threat of Rebellion allowed Palpatine to endorse the Tarkin Doctrine of rule by fear of force rather than force itself. But during the long period of time that took place between Episodes III and IV, the Rebellion was to be crushed by the Empire.

Related Topics:
Galactic Civil War - Bail Organa - Alderaan - Garm Bel Iblis - Corellia - Mon Mothma - Chandrila - Rebel Alliance - Tarkin Doctrine

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The Battle of Yavin was the Rebel Alliance's first major success against the Empire. The Death Star, a moon-sized space station (whose construction began at the end of Episode III) with sufficient firepower to destroy a planet, was destroyed by a young farmboy, Luke Skywalker. While most planets could afford planetary deflector shields capable of warding off virtually any conventional attack, there was no defense against the Death Star.

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Death Star - Episode III - Luke Skywalker

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Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader died during the Battle of Endor, shortly before the destruction of the second Death Star and a great portion of the Imperial Navy. But the Empire was too large to be destroyed with one blow; for the next decade and more the Rebels, renamed the New Republic, fought to free the galaxy from remnant Imperials styling themselves as independent warlords, as well as Imperial loyalists such as Grand Admiral Thrawn and Ysanne Isard. These battles are chronicled in the many novels licensed by Lucasfilm. See Expanded Universe.

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Battle of Endor - New Republic - Grand Admiral Thrawn - Ysanne Isard - Lucasfilm - Expanded Universe

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