Star Wars: 10 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About The Empire
2. When The Empire Was ACTUALLY Defeated
One of the most impressive visuals to pop up in the sequel trilogy involved a massive crashed Imperial-class Star Destroyer sitting in the middle of the desert world of Jakku.
And what many may not have realised even after sitting through Episode VII - The Force Awakens a few times is that the battle which saw that ship fall to the planet's surface was actually the final stand for the Empire.
While it may have felt like the Empire had been defeated during the final moments of Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, the organisation actually continued battling against the Rebel Alliance for another year.
The Battle of Jakku, something Battlefront II players got to experience in the video game, saw the Empire be decisively whooped by the now-New Republic, leading to the signing of the Galactic Concordance treaty which ended both the Galactic Civil War and the Empire itself.
And after all that fighting, the galaxy far, far away never had to worry about stormtroopers, irritating officers, or terrifying star destroyers again... if only.