The Shattered Galaxy


It is a dark time for the Galaxy Proper;
the Rebel Alliance has been dealt a heavy
blow at the Battle of Yavin with the death
of Luke Skywalker at the moment of their
greatest victory.

Princess Leia Organa, visited by the ghost
of Ben Kenobi, learns her heritage and
trains with Yoda to confront her father.
She leaves with her training incomplete
to help serve the Alliance.

She confronts her father and his Emperor
at Endor, and eventually convinces him to
turn on Palpatine. Lord Vader is crippled
in the process and does not live much longer.
The Death Star II is destroyed and the Alliance
emerges victorious.

The Empire was wracked with a terrible
civil war for an entire year before
a new Emperor emerged. But this was
not all.

The Imperial Inquisition and the
Prophets of the Dark Side were
angered that one of their own
did not occupy the throne, and
fought to impose their dark
theocracy on the galaxy. They
proclaimed themselves Sith and
waged war on the Empire.

The Rebellion took advantage
of this and freed much of the
Outer Rim Territories, calling
for a new era. They became
the Galactic Alliance and swore
the rest of the galaxy would be
theirs.

But now it is split, torn between
three sides unwilling to come to
terms. It is a shattered galaxy.

The Order of the Empire (Imperial Knights)

The Order of the Empire is a group of Force-users who serve the Empire and the Emperor above the Force. They are not considered Dark Jedi, as they do not practice the Darkside of the Force but neither are they Jedi. However this does not make them Grey Jedi. as they still practice the honorable tenents of the light, but bow before an emperor instead of a Jedi Council or the Force. Like the Baran Do Sages of Kel Dor, the Imperial Knights follow their own traditions and beliefs different from the Jedi and Sith Orders. Rather than call themselves "Lord" or "Master" as the Sith and Jedi do, Knights of the Empire are entitled "Sir/Dame".

An Imperial Knight was expected to serve his Emperor and the Empire faithfully until he fell in battle or was retired from service by the Emperor. He would conduct various missions in the name of the Emperor. One such mission was to defend the Emperor and the Empire from all enemies, both from within and without, at the cost of their own lives. Because the Order was very recently formed, the Imperial Knights are the least experienced at using the Force compared to the other Force using groups.

The Jedi Order

An ancient order that has thought to be long extinct with the devastating Order 66 at the end of the Clone Wars. But two Jedi Masters had survived and were able to train the twin children of a fallen Jedi turned Sith in the hopes of restoring the Jedi Order. With the death of Luke Skywalker, the mantle of the Jedi has fallen upon his twin sister, Leia Organa, in the hopes of bringing back the light to the galaxy.

These Jedi are no longer the monks of the old order, but hardened warriors that serve as the Alliance's greatest heroes. Because they are targets of both the Empire and the Sith, true Jedi are very limited in number and training is hard to come by. However, since they are lead by a Skywalker--Leia Organa--they have a special aptitude with the Force that other orders do not.

The Yuuzhan Vong

They came from beyond the galactic rim, beyond the dark space between galaxies and from another galaxy entirely with the purpose of cleansing this galaxy of all that is unholy and technological and to make way for the age of Yun-Yuuzhan as well as to recreate their lost homeworld. They have only begun the invasion at the end of Hydian Way and word has yet to spread to the Galactic Core of these insidious invaders. Allied with the Sith, they have made an arrangement to aid their dark partners in subduing the galaxy. Beyond that, little else is known.

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