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This article is about the Imperial holiday. You may be looking for the Star Wars Rebels episode of the same name.

"Today is Empire Day, celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the galaxy's salvation, when our great Emperor Palpatine ended the Clone Wars and founded our glorious Empire."
―Imperial Holonet anchorman Alton Kastle[7]

Empire Day was the day that Sheev Palpatine declared himself Emperor of the First Galactic Empire, bringing an end to the Clone Wars[1] as well as the Republic in 19 BBY.[8] Following that year, Empire Day became a holiday marking the anniversary of the rise of the Empire.[1] Festivities of the holiday included a parade on various Imperial-controlled planets, the playing of the Imperial anthem, "Glory of the Empire," as well as the airing of Emperor Palpatine with two Royal Guards at the Imperial Senate, but the footage used made the Emperor seem younger and more physically appealing than he actually was at the time of the speech.[1] Attendance to the festivities was mandatory.[9] On Coruscant, the holiday was the cap to a week of festivities known as Ascension Week.[10]

It was also the day Ezra Bridger was born,[1] and two days before the births of Luke and Leia Skywalker on Polis Massa.[8]

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Behind the scenes[]

Empire Day was the name of a holiday in Canada, the United Kingdom, and other countries celebrating the British Empire, held on or near to 24 May, Queen Victoria's birthday, between 1898 and 1958.[11][12] Coincidentally, the day on which the world premiere of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back was held in London, 20 May 1980, fell close to this date and so the term Empire Day was used in marketing for the premiere event.[13]

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