Sith Empire
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- "...Across the reaches of the galaxy, through seas of dark stars, rivers of whispering black shadow from the Republic's ancient past... Evil history we had thought forgotten..."
- -Master Ooroo
| Form of Government | Empire |
| Official language | Sith |
| Capital | Ziost, Korriban, Roon, Coruscant (renamed "Imperial Center") |
| Head of State and Government | Dark Lord of the Sith |
| Establishment | 6,900 BBY; 3,960 BBY; 2,000 BBY; 19 BBY |
| Dissolution | 4,990 BBY; 3,956 BBY; 1,000 BBY; 11 ABY |
In the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe, the Sith Empire was an ancient empire established by Dark Jedi banished from the Galactic Republic. They were seen as gods by the native Sith and made themselves their rulers.
The Sith Empire was far smaller than the Republic, but much wealthier, and in possession of bizarre, potent technology. The Dark Lords who ruled it also practiced dark Sith alchemy to augment their already formidable powers.
Much later, hyperspace navigators Gav and Jori Daragon stumbled upon the Sith Empire and the descendants of the former Jedi rediscovered the existence of the Republic and decided to conquer it. Thus, the Great Hyperspace War began. However, after an assault on Coruscant, the Sith were defeated. For over a millennium it was believed that the Sith Empire had been destroyed shortly afterward, due to both infighting among the Sith Lords and attacks on the empire by the Republic, but during the Mandalorian Wars it was rediscovered by the fallen Jedi Revan and Malak in the Unknown Regions, patiently waiting for its chance to return to power.
Though the rechristened Darth Revan and Darth Malak founded a new Sith Empire, its splendor paled in comparison to that of the original, and, following Malak's death and Revan's redemption, it effectively dissolved. 2,000 BBY, a rogue Jedi stole a Sith Holocron and founded yet another Sith Order, one which eventually grew into an empire and did what Revan and Malak had not quite been able to: conquer the galaxy. It is unknown how long the New Sith Empire ruled the galaxy, but at some point in the millennium-long New Sith Wars, the Sith were driven from power, and eventually destroyed in the Battle of Ruusan.
It was only the rise of Emperor Palpatine almost one thousand years later that finally brought about the return of a Sith-led Empire.