Sector/Legends

A sector was an area of space framed by an articial boundary for political, economic and military organization.

Groupings of inhabited systems organized themselves into informal sectors from before the Infinite Empire. The Galactic Republic was the first body to attempt an large scale application of standardized sectors. A sector was defined by the Republic as having a maximum of 50 inhabited star systems to keep sectors at a manageable level. The rapid exploration, expansion and colonization beginning around 5,000 BBY caused many sectors to grow larger than the intended size.

When the Galactic Empire took control of the Republic's sectors, Moffs replaced senators as sector governors. Sectors were also commonly expanded and collapsed together to consolidate power in the officers delegated by Palpatine to rule.

See Also: List of sectors