Dark Imperium

The Dark Imperium, also called the Dark Empire, the New Empire, and the Second Imperium, was an empire formed from the remnants of the Galactic Empire by the reborn Palpatine in 16 ABY. Unlike the Imperial Remnant, the Imperium was controlled by users of the Dark Side of the Force, Known as the Dark Side Elite. Most regular superweapons were abolished in favor of the Dark Side, though the majority of the original military was kept.

The New Republic was overthrown in a coup by Natasi Daala and formed into the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances shortly before the Imperium's rise.