Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire , also called the New Galactic Empire , Second Galactic Empire , Sith Empire , New Order or simply the Empire , was the government that formed out of the Fel Empire in 130 ABY , when Darth Krayt , Dark Lord of the Sith , made a coup against Emperor Roan Fel . The government of the Sith Empire was composed of the Moff Council , which commanded the Imperial Military and agencies , such as Imperial Intelligence and the Imperial Diplomatic Corps . However , the Moffs answered to Sith Lords of Krayt , who himself became the Galactic Emperor . The Empire fought the Galactic Alliance Remnant and the Empire - in - exile ( also called the Fel Empire ) throughout the galaxy in the Second Imperial Civil War , and later the Jedi . A major problem during the war was that many officers defected to Fel , as Vul Isen noted , and many incompetent ones were promoted to replace them . In 138 ABY , the Empire , Remnant , and Jedi attacked Coruscant , the capitol , and managed to defeat the Sith Imperial forces there , killing the Sith leadership . The Empire was disbanded as a result , and the united forces of the Empire , Remnant , and Jedi formed the Galactic Federation Triumvirate . The Sith , led by Darth Nihl , fled Coruscant and vowed to infiltrate every galactic government and eventually return to reconquer the galaxy . History . The Sith – Imperial War . At some point , the One Sith sabotaged reconstruction efforts on Yuuzhan Vong - terraformed worlds , to the detriment of the planets ' inhabitants . The Galactic Alliance soon found itself facing a secession movement mirroring that of the Separatists during the Clone Wars . The Fel Empire used this situation to entice Alliance member worlds to secede and become part of Imperial space . But the Empire wanted all of the Alliance worlds , including its capital . Eventually , the Moff Council invoked the Treaty of Anaxes against the will of Emperor Roan Fel , and in 127 ABY , the Sith - Imperial War broke out , and the One Sith allied with the Empire . The war resulted in the fall of the Alliance and the reestablishment of the Empire as the primary galactic government . The territories and bureaucracy of the Alliance were absorbed into the Empire , but the Galactic Alliance Core Forces refused to surrender , and continued to fight the resurgent Empire . Shortly after the fall of the Alliance , the Emperor called upon the entire New Jedi Order to surrender and subject their will to the Empire , in which some of them did , becoming Imperial Knight s , while the others remained to the will of the Force and retreated to Ossus . The coup . After the Alliance defeat and the Massacre at Ossus , the Sith under the command of Darth Krayt turned against Emperor Fel . He launched a daring coup , marching with his cohorts straight into Fel ' s audience chamber himself , and killing the man who sat on the throne . After the man ' s death , Krayt sat himself in his place . Noting the confusion and outrage from the members of the Moff Council who were present , he laid out the facts of life for them . Faced with little choice , the Moff Council swore loyalty to him ; for the first time in ninety years , since Darth Caedus declared himself Chief of State of the Galactic Alliance , a Sith Lord held the galactic seat of power . At once he set about imposing order on a galaxy that sorely needed it , but this too was an incomplete victory . The " Emperor " he had killed had been a double ; the real Fel was a fully trained Imperial Knight and would surely have defended himself , rather than just stand there and let himself be slain . It was imperative that the real Fel be found before he recruited allies among the Moffs , the military , or those Jedi who had survived the massacre at Ossus . Civil War . Not all of the Empire recognized Darth Krayt ' s authority . Over the years , forces loyal to Fel gathered on Bastion , awaiting the return of their true Emperor . With the Imperial Knights leader Antares Draco and the 501st Legion commander General Oron Jaeger at his side , Fel took control of the planet in 137 ABY , knowing that Krayt would be wary to amass a frontal assault on the heavily fortified planet . As the factions of Krayt and Fel grew larger , units that once served with each other were now forced to fight against one another for control of territory around the galaxy . Case in point was a battle between the 407th and 908th Stormtrooper Division s on Borosk . Krayt ' s Empire also had to contend with Gar Stazi and the Galactic Alliance Remnant . The Alliance admiral had become a thorn in their side . Though a possible alliance between the Remnant and Fel was prevented for the time being , the Alliance managed to steal the new " Imperious " - class Star Destroyer " Imperious " from its drydock at Mon Calamari . This infuriated Krayt to the point of ordering 10 % of the Mon Calamaris population exterminated , and personally overseeing the execution of the Mon Calamari Council . But when Imperial Knight s assisted Stazi in disabling the bombs they planted on the " Imperious " , Stazi sent one back to Fel with the message that he ' d be willing to once again negotiate for an alliance with Fel , thus bringing about the possibility of a formidable force that could challenge the Sith and their Empire . Recently , all forces in the Sith Empire were on the look out for the last Skywalker , whom the galaxy thought had died at Ossus . The search was called off when Skywalker was captured by the Sith but once again resumed when he escaped their clutches . Yet barely a year into the latest galactic - wide conflict , Darth Krayt was killed on Had Abbadon after fighting against a female Jedi with an ancient Sith spirit Karness Muur , thus leaving both his Empire and the One Sith without an Emperor and a Dark Lord , respectively , thus far . However , Darth Wyyrlok , Krayt ' s second - in - command , assumed rule of both the One Sith Order and the Empire . Wyyrlok , a cunning politician , realized that the Moffs and most of the military commanders were unsure of his true position within the Sith and if he was indeed the one to assume command . Wyyrlok appointed Grand Admiral Morlish Veed as the Regent of the Empire to assume all official business while secretly answering to him . Wyyrlok then launched a massive reform of the Imperial Mission by ordering Moff Konrad Rus to have his missionaries start creating propaganda about the Sith teachings and the Sith Code as a mean to try and recruit every being in the galaxy into the One Sith . The Victory Without War program was abandoned . Sometime after his appointment as Regent , Admiral Veed received word that Roan Fel was meeting with the Jedi on Agamar so he organized a strike against the secret meeting , codenamed . The First Sith Imperial Strikeforce , led by Moffs Rulf Yage and Fehlaaur ' aitel ' loro , were assigned for the task and attacked Fel ' s delegation . Nyna Calixte managed to warn the delegation , allowing Fel to narrowly escape the incoming attack . Nevertheless , the Sith Imperial forces managed to capture Princess Marasiah Fel . At the same time , Wyyrlok gave the order for the Final Protocol to extinguish any undesirables from the Empire . Sith scientist Vul Isen was given free rein to use his poisons to massacre entire worlds such as Dac and Da Soocha . The Rebirth of Darth Krayt . Before Darth Wyyrlok could fulfill his plans , however , his attempt to consolidate the Galactic Empire under his leadership would be challenged by an unexpected contender — Darth Krayt . Resurrected and free of the constraints of his armor , the Dark Lord wasted little time in returning to Coruscant with the intention of reclaiming the One Sith and the Empire from the usurper . In his absence , Krayt completed a secret project that resulted in a new breed of Sith troopers — Force - sensitive beings heavily modified and programmed with absolute loyalty to the Dark Lord . Though Wyyrlok stood his ground on the Galactic Capital as his former sovereign arrived at the Sith Temple , the Chagrian Sith Lord was slain by Krayt in a duel to the death . With the One Sith and the Galactic Empire under his rule once again , Darth Krayt took command of the war effort against the remnants of the former Alliance , the Fel loyalists and the Jedi Order . The return of Darth Krayt coincided with the decline of the Moff Council . Grand Moff Morlish Veed was forced to resign his title of Regent after begrudgingly swearing fealty to the Dark Lord for a second time ; Moff Nyna Calixte defected to Roan Fel ' s side ; Moff Geist died as collateral damage in the onslaught that was unleashed by Krayt ' s Sith troopers during the assault on the Jedi Hidden Temple . During the attack on the Hidden Temple , Moff Rulf Yage joined the Fel loyalists after his daughter defected in disgust of the Sith and their war crimes . The Fall of the Empire . The return of Darth Krayt and the creation of his deadly Sith troopers pushed those who defied the Empire to the point of desperation . In the hopes of destroying the Dark Lord , the One Sith and their empire in one stroke , Roan Fel convinced the Galactic Alliance Remnant and the Jedi Order to join the Fel loyalists in a surprise attack on Coruscant itself . While the allied forces fought against the Sith - Imperials in space , Cade Skywalker led a strike team on the planet with the objective of infiltrating the Sith Temple and assassinating Darth Krayt . In a final duel between the Dark Lord of the Sith and last known scion of Anakin Skywalker ' s lineage , Cade Skywalker re - embraced his heritage as a Jedi and killed Darth Krayt without succumbing to the Dark side of the Force . But since Krayt had succeeded in cheating death once before , Skywalker resorted to using his mother ' s shuttle to send the Dark Lord ' s body into Coruscant ' s sun . The One Sith fell under the leadership of Darth Nihl and fled into hiding . Although Krayt was dead , Roan Fel perished in the final battle as well , thus ridding the galaxy of both Emperors . The victorious allies formed a new government , known as the Galactic Federation Triumvirate to unite the galaxy . Government and politics . The Empire was ruled by the Dark Lord of the Sith , who held the title of Galactic Emperor , yet the Moff Councils held considerable power , and were , supposedly , his advisers . By all accounts the reign of Roan Fel was relatively benevolent compared to that of the usurper , Krayt , and had far less of the abuses of power and tyrannical excesses of the Empire under Palpatine . Under Krayt ' s regime , however , harsh dictatorial conditions , even genocide , returned to the remains of Darth Sidious ' Galactic Empire . The Moffs managed both the Imperial Military and Imperial Intelligence , as well as other Imperial institutions such as the Imperial Mission and the Imperial Diplomatic Corps . However , with the Sith in power , Moffs , Admirals and other authorities had to follow Sith orders and answer to Krayt ' s Sith Lords . Thus , the Council sought to undermine some of Krayt ' s efforts in order to maintain its own power and influence . The Empire also employed propaganda and media in order to promote Emperor Krayt ' s agenda for the Galaxy . The Massacre of the Mon Calamari Council and Darth Krayt ' s edict ordering the extermination and internment of the Mon Calamari was broadcast all over the galaxy . News sources also referred to the regime ' s enemies in an unfavorable manner . Gar Stazi was referred to as a pirate while Cade Skywalker was labeled a terrorist . Astrography . As a result of the Sith – Imperial War , many of the territories of the Galactic Alliance were absorbed into the Empire , even the old Alliance stronghold of Mon Calamari . The system became a production facility for warships for the Sith Empire . The Empire spread throughout the entire galaxy , from the Deep Core to Wild Space . The capital of the Empire was Coruscant , seat of Emperor Krayt and the location of his Temple of the Sith , constructed over the ruins of the Jedi Temple . Unlike the First Galactic Empire , the official name of the planet remained the same .