Fel Empire The Fel Empire , also called the Fel Imperium , the Empire or the New Order , was the name given to what remained of the Galactic Empire some time after 44 ABY , following the ascension of Jagged Fel to the throne . It reflected the partial recovery of the Galactic Empire ' s former power and prestige , and also the restoration of the Imperial monarchy by the Fel dynasty after decades of interregnum . Palpatine ' s Empire and the Fel Empire shared many characteristics , such as the Council of Moffs , centralised rule , the Force - sensitivity of the Emperor , and , to a certain extent , xenophobia . However , unlike Palpatine , the Fels encouraged the proliferation of light - side Force - users , even forming a Jedi Order analogue known as the Imperial Knight s . The revived regime became the dominant power in the galaxy once again by the conclusion of the Sith – Imperial War of 127 – 130 ABY , only to be replaced with a Sith Empire a few days later , forcing those loyal to Fel into exile . History . Establishment . It is not clear if the official name of this government was anything other than the Galactic Empire , but from c . 12 ABY , a new " de facto " political constitution had emerged , with military power being held by the Regional Governors of the Moff Council , in alliance with Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon as Supreme Commander of the Imperial Fleet ; from about 19 ABY , the term Imperial Remnant was often applied to this regime and the relatively small fragment of territory it ruled — though Imperial loyalists themselves usually spoke of " Imperial Space " or simply " the Empire " . By the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War , the " Galactic " Empire had actually become a member state of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances . This also eventually allowed Gilad Pellaeon to succeed Sien Sovv as Supreme Commander of the Galactic Alliance Defense Force , signifying the level of cooperation and integration of the former galactic government with the new one , at least at that time period . The appointment of former Imperial General Turr Phennir , however , as the Supreme Commander of the combined Confederation military may indicate the existence of secessionist sympathizers within the semi - autonomous Empire . At some point , following the Second Galactic Civil War , the Imperial Remnant once again began to gain strength . Under Jagged Fel , who retook the title of Emperor , the Imperial Remnant started the Victory Without War program . The capital , Bastion , became one of the most fortified planets in the galaxy . At most , several Moffs held a distaste for the Galactic Alliance , leading to personal - esque hatred . The Sith – Imperial War . At some point , the One Sith sabotaged the Ossus Project , a massive reconstruction effort employing Yuuzhan Vong - terraforming techniques to restore worlds devastated by the Vong War , to the detriment of the planets ' inhabitants and killing millions in the process . The Galactic Alliance soon found itself facing a secession movement mirroring that of the Separatists during the Clone Wars . The 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 , at the behest of High Moff Morlish Veed and Moff Nyna Calixte , 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 Galactic Empire as the primary galactic government . The remnants of the Alliance were absorbed into the Empire , but the Galactic Alliance Core Forces remained , 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 . Some of them did , becoming Imperial Knight s , while the others held 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 Roan 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 since Darth Caedus , 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 . Insurgency and restoration . 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 . With the Fel Empire a thing of the past , Fel led an Empire - in - exile . 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 . Government and politics . The Empire was ruled by an Emperor , a sovereign ruler for life , yet the Moff Council held considerable power , and advised him . By all accounts , the reign of Roan Fel was relatively benevolent , and had far less of the abuses of power and tyrannical excesses of the Empire under Palpatine , though he was not above playing power games for the sake of maintaining his authority . By the time of Fel ' s reign , the Empire ' s infamous bigotry against non - Human species had faded to the point that stormtroopers had aliens among their ranks and the Imperial Navy had at least one non - Human admiral , namely the Kel Dor Sha Dun . The Moffs not only governed sectors , but also managed both the Imperial Military and Imperial Intelligence , as well as other institutions such as the Imperial Mission and the Imperial Diplomatic Corps , and held enough power to invoke treaties and to launch wars . Still , some , such as Moff Geist , longed to return to the days when the Empire was under the complete control of the Council . The Imperial Knight s were former Jedi who , while technically remaining on the Light Side of the Force , owed their loyalty to the Emperor rather than to the Force itself after the events of the Sith - Imperium War . They acted as bodyguards to the Emperor , although they also had orders to immediately kill the Emperor should the latter irrevocably fall to the Dark Side . Astrography . The Fel Empire ' s territory originally consisted of in the Outer Rim Territories that bordered the Unknown Regions , located in the northern quadrant of the Galaxy . At some point following the Second Galactic Civil War , the Imperials once again began to regain territories . As a result of the Sith – Imperial War , the territories of the Galactic Alliance were absorbed into the Empire ( except a few worlds ) . The capital of the Empire was originally Bastion but it was moved to Coruscant , keeping in tradition with the previous galactic governments . However , Bastion continued to play an important role in Imperial affairs . Behind the scenes . In " Star Wars Insider 87 " , John Ostrander describes the Fel Empire as " not as inherently evil [ as the earlier Empire ] , but still not a republic , not a democracy . It ' s the rule of the few , or the one , over the many . It has a lot of strengths ; it has a substantial amount of weaknesses . It values power more than anything else . " The term " A New Order with a Personal Face " recalls the old Hungarian and 1960s communist movements in former Czechoslovakia and western Europe , who used the phrase " Socialism with a human face " to try to differentiate themselves from the Soviet bloc .