Infinite Empire The Infinite Empire , also known as the Rakata Empire , was a very powerful government . It was the first known major galactic government . The empire was founded and ruled by the Rakata , a scientifically advanced species that used their knowledge to conquer and enslave other species throughout the known galaxy , from Humans to Sand People . The Infinite Empire was one of the predecessor governments to the Galactic Republic . History . Origins . Many years before 36 , 453 BBY , the Kwa — a Force - sensitive reptilian species from the planet Dathomir — arrived on Lehon , the homeworld of the Rakata species , via their Infinity Gate technology that allowed the Kwa to travel instantaneously across the galaxy . As they had done on many worlds before , the Kwa became the Rakata ' s benefactors , teaching them about the Force and giving them advanced technology . However , the Kwa were horrified to realize that Rakata were a cannibalistic race that ignored the Kwa teachings of balance , drawing only on the dark side of the Force . Pairing their aggression and desire for conquest with the Kwa technology , the Rakata expanded out from Lehon and began to conquer other worlds in the Unknown Regions . The Infinite Empire , as the Rakata called themselves , targeted worlds that were rich with the Force , which they conquered and then enslaved the populations of . The Rakata developed technology that allowed them to induce fear and hatred in Force - sensitive beings , and they used the Force - sensitive slaves among the populations they conquered to fuel their warships and technology by placing them in machines that converted the slaves ' dark side emotions into energy . Desiring the Kwa ' s Infinity Gate technology , they turned on their benefactors when the Kwa refused — and in the resultant battle on Lehon , many Kwa died holding off the Rakatan warriors so that they could destroy the gate on Lehon . However , the Rakata were not to be stopped . Building an enormous space station known as the Star Forge over the star Abo in the Lehon system — a factory powered by the dark side that produced warships and technology for the Empire — the Rakata spread out over the Unknown Regions and into the western galaxy by 35 , 000 BBY . The forest world of Kashyyyk was one world captured by the Empire , and the Rakata installed a terraforming computer on the planet to manipulate Kashyyyk ' s wroshyr trees . However , the computer lost contact with the Rakata in 33 , 598 BBY , and over two hundred years later it malfunctioned , causing a hyper - acceleration in the growth of the wroshyrs . Era of conquest . By 30 , 000 BBY , the Infinite Empire had reached its zenith , linking over five hundred Force - rich worlds all across the galaxy . When the Rakata encountered Dathomir , the homeworld of the Kwa , they brutally subjugated the world in revenge for the Kwa ' s destruction of their Infinity Gates across the galaxy , and as a result the Kwa eventually devolved into the simpleminded Kwi lizards . Intrigued by the enormous rancors native to Dathomir , the Infinite Empire transported a number of them back to Lehon as curiosities , and they also succeeded in driving the Gree — another spacefaring species at the time — all the way back to their home cluster . The Infinite Empire introduced a rancor to the planet Gamorr , where it became a mythological creature in the culture of the native Gamorreans . The Infinite Empire turned the planet Belsavis into a prison world , using stasis technology to entomb monsters , warlords , and other powerful entities . The first prisoner of Belsavis — and the reason the prison was constructed — was the World Razer , a mysterious being whose hunger supposedly consumed a thousand worlds . According to inscriptions in the Tomb , which was the Galactic Republic ' s term for the primary Rakatan prison complex , it took the entire Infinite Empire to subdue the World Razer . Around 27 , 700 BBY , the Rakata discovered the planet Korriban and the Sith species . The Rakata showed the Sith king Adas the technology of holocrons , but Adas soon realized the Empire ' s intentions of conquest and led his people in driving the Rakata off of Korriban . The Rakata conquered a number of worlds in the region that was later known as the Core Worlds , including the planet Coruscant , which was home to the Human species . Despite their enslavement by the Rakata , however , the Humans experimented with sleeper ship s around 27 , 500 BBY , seeding a number of planets in the Core Worlds and the Tion Cluster — many of which were also conquered by the Rakata . During the Infinite Empire ' s reign , the Esh - kha species began to overrun a number of Rakatan slave worlds , leading the Empire to attack the Esh - kha . One Esh - kha named Hallow Voice appealed to the Rakata to spare his species , but the Rakata strung out negotiations until they had contained the Esh - kha and then captured Hallow Voice . The Esh - kha were all imprisoned on Belsavis , locked in stasis vaults . The Rakatan warlord Soa , also known as the Infernal One , was one of the rulers of the Infinite Empire , though he was ultimately imprisoned on Belsavis in what became known as the Eternity Vault . Collapse . The Force - based technology of the Rakata had profound consequences which led to the total collapse of the Infinite Empire . The Star Forge began feeding off its Rakatan masters ' aggressive tendencies and created dark side energies that further corrupted its creators . After generations of galactic supremacy and control , the Infinite Empire began to fracture . Huge slave revolts erupted throughout the borders of the Empire along with various factions vying for control . This led to a civil war throughout Rakatan controlled space . Already weakened by warfare , the Rakata were suddenly struck by a deadly plague in 25 , 200 BBY ( possibly created by one of the slave species ) that spread rapidly through their ranks due to their self - crafted genetic uniformity . The virulent disease nearly exterminated the Rakata and brought the Infinite Empire to its knees , but the worst was yet to come . A mutation in the disease caused the Rakata to lose their connection and power in the Force . As the Force adepts were culled from the overall population , the Rakata lost their ability to manipulate their own advanced technology . The Rakatans were forced to adapt to using inferior technology . With their slave masters thus weakened , the populace of many enslaved worlds rebelled . The Infinite Empire began to collapse as member worlds such as Korriban began to expel their Rakatan masters . The all - but - destroyed Rakata could do nothing but abandon their conquests and retreat to the safety of their homeworld . Various factions on the Rakatan homeworld vied for dominance over what was left of the Empire and so began a devastating civil war that destroyed all the cities and transformed the surface of the planet into chains of islands . The war almost led to the extinction of the Rakatan species and drove most of the surviving Rakata underground where they devolved into primitive tribal groups . Only a faction known as The Elders , who were descended from the priest caste of the Infinite Empire , recalled the true history and subsequent fall of their people . In the following centuries , the defunct Infinite Empire was erased from the records of its former labor forces . It was lost from the pages of galactic history until its rediscovery during the Jedi Civil War , a few thousand years after the Rakatas ' alleged extinction . Culture . The Empire produced technological innovations such as terraforming machinery , semi - sentient Star Map s and computers , and the transmogrifying Star Forge ( built in 30 , 000 BBY ) . Among its many crimes were those of aggressive war , slavery on a massive scale , and the casual obliteration of member worlds such as Tatooine . Slavery . As they needed a lot of Force - sensitive beings for fueling their starships and pursue their conquest of the galaxy , the Rakata became a well known practitioners of slavery which was not only built on it but also dependent on it . They also used a lot of their slaves as a labor force to build their greatest achievements , as for the Star Forge , a massive shipyard that used the energy from stars to fuel itself . Some of the races they used included Niktos , Duros , Hutts , Humans , Selkath and many more . Eventually , slavery toppled their Empire when their subjects banded together in massive revolts . The slaves were stripped of their identities and a letter of the aurebesh alphabet was assigned to each of them , and then tattooed in various places of their bodies in case they were dismembered . Slaves who displeased the Rakata were often eaten by their ruthless masters . In addition , when a slave particularly strong in the Force was discovered by a Rakatan Predor , the latter could train him as a Force Hound . They would become powerful Dark Side users , trained for the purpose of discovering planets highly attuned to the Force and their inhabitants for their masters . Astrography . Due to the limitations of the Rakatan hyperdrive technology , the Infinite Empire consisted of only 500 worlds , but they were scattered far and wide over the entire length of the Known Galaxy . All the below - mentioned planets have either a large and lush ecosystem ( such as Kashyyyk or Honoghr ) or a connection to the Force ( like Korriban , Dantooine , or Dathomir ) , since the Rakatan hyperdrive was only able to home in on planets with these features . Behind the scenes . In " " it is made explicit by the guardian droid of Dantooine the main language of humans , Galactic Basic , wasn ' t spoken , and neither did Humans number among the slave species . However , Humans are still found in other points to be Rakatan slaves . Also , in " " , the Clan Ordo flag symbol on Dxun curiously resembles that of the Infinite Empire and the Star Forge .