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"The Empire became this...ugly, inelegant machine. Crude and inefficient. We needed to be broken into pieces."

- Gallius Rax

The Imperial remnants were the collective factions of the fractured Galactic Empire that continued to exist following the fall of the Old Empire and the rise of the New Republic at the end of the Galactic Civil War. While some of these remnants resisted the Republic, such as Adelhard's Imperial remnant in the Anoat sector of the Outer Rim Territories, others were tolerated by the Republic, like Mas Amedda's provisional government in the Core Worlds and Inner Rim.

Description
Imperial remnants were holdouts of Imperial loyalists who continued to exist even after the Galactic Empire fell with the signing of the Galactic Concordance at the end of the Galactic Civil War. The war had begun years earlier between the ruling Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Following the climactic Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance formed the New Republic, following in the footsteps of the Old Republic that the organization had sought to restore. The New Order had been implemented by Darth Sidious at the end of the Clone Wars, who, through his public front of Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, transformed the Old Republic into the First Galactic Empire and declared himself Galactic Emperor.

Origins
"Emperor Palpatine—the greatest tyrant civilization has ever known, responsible for death and suffering beyond measure—is dead. He and a second Death Star battle station were destroyed by Alliance forces earlier today. This does not mark the end of the Empire."

- Leia Organa

Despite being greatly outnumbered by the massive Imperial Military, the Alliance to Restore the Republic began to secure more victories against the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War in 4 ABY, particularly at the Battle of Endor. The pivotal battle, which was a turning point for the galactic conflict, saw the destruction of the second Death Star and the extinction of the Sith with the deaths of both Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith who was publicly known as Galactic Emperor Palpatine, and his apprentice, Darth Vader. Vader had in fact killed his master in an effort to save his son, Luke Skywalker, whom Emperor Sidious had slowly been torturing to death with Force lightning. Vader's actions fulfilled the prophecy of the Chosen One, destroying the Sith and restoring balance to the Force, though he died shortly thereafter in his son's arms. With no clear line of succession in place, the Empire quickly began to fracture and descend into chaos as Imperial officers, bureaucrats, and nobles vied for power. Meanwhile, the Rebel Alliance reorganized into the New Republic and restored the Galactic Senate on Chandrila, seeking to restore democracy to the galaxy, as it had existed under its predecessor, the Old Republic.

Appearances

 * Aftermath: Empire's End