The Sith Empire was an empire founded by Dark Jedi survivors in 11,263 BBY after their defeat and exile by the Jedi Order during the Hundred-Year Darkness. The empire was established on Korriban, where the Dark Jedi arrived and started the nascent Sith Order. They set about conquering the planet's natives, as well as neighboring systems, and before long, had carved out significant territory in the galactic northeast, far from the reach of the Jedi.
One of the first Sith and founders of the Empire was a male Duros who, later, would only be known as the Sith Emperor. He eliminated all of his fellow survivors, and became powerful enough to extend his life, and eventually to cease aging entirely, making him effectively immortal. He started an elite group of Sith warriors known as the Brotherhood of Darkness, and ruled the Empire for nearly its entire existance.
In 5,117 BBY, the Empire came into contact with the Republic of Systems, setting off the first of several wars between the Empire and the Republic. The Sith were on the verge of destroying the Republic for good, but were defeated due to the intervention of the Jedi, who pushed them out of their conquered territories. However, the heart of the Empire would remain hidden from the Republic and Jedi for the next 4,000 years, allowing the Sith to rebuild and invade again.
After the Twelfth Sith War ended in 1,902 BBY, the Sith would remain hidden from the Republic for centuries, while the Emperor secrtly plotted to destroy every powerful galactic organization at once, including his own Empire. He orchestrated the Mandalorian Crusade in 1,040 BBY to weaken the Republic and draw then-Jedi Knight Arek Varn to the dark side. After the war ended, the Emperor drew Varn, along with several of his Jedi friends, to Korriban, where they were converted into Sith Lords, and Varn, now Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Revan, led the Sith-Imperial Military in the New Sith War, which saw the devastation of the Republic and Jedi.
However, both Revan and fellow Sith Lord Darth Malak turned on him and each other in 1,031 BBY. Revan became a Jedi again, while Malak started his own faction of Sith, starting the Sith Civil War. The civil war, as well as the reformation of the Republic into the Army of Light, caused the Empire to fall apart. The conflict culminated in the Battle of Korriban, during which Varn, Malak, and the Emperor were all killed, and Darth Bane activated an Imperial superweapon, wiping out all remaining Sith and allowing Bane to escape undetected to Exegol.
After the Empire's fall, the Army of Light would form the Galactic Republic, which would reign for 1,000 years until it was replaced by the Galactic Empire, ruled by Sheev Palpatine, secretly Darth Sidious, who executed the Great Jedi Purge and reigned for 23 years as Galactic Emperor.
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The greatest extent of Imperial territory, shown in red, in 1031 BBY.
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The Sith Empire is the main antagonistic force in the Star Wars: Old Republic fanon series, created by User:TheGoodGeneral 1. The Empire is primarily based off the reconstituted Sith Empire from Star Wars Legends.