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= Imperial Navy (Star Wars) = The Imperial Navy is a fictional branch of the Galactic Empire in the Star Wars franchise. It is a continuation of the Navy of the Galactic Republic. Similarities can also be seen from the navies of the former Sith Empires. They operate as one of the main tools of the Empire for their antagonistic goals and continue to serve in this role for the First Order.

Star Wars films
The Imperial Navy is featured heavily in the films of the Original Trilogy. Darth Vader leads the fleet known as Death Squadron, which serves as a means for hunting down and intercepting rebel forces. Several named side characters are also part of the Imperial Navy, such as Admiral Ozzel and Admiral Piett.

The Imperial Navy is also portrayed in the anthology film Rogue One, where they are used in their traditional role as an opposition force to the rebellion. In addition, they make an appearance in the anthology film Solo: A Star Wars Story, where the protagonist Han Solo briefly joins them. Later, they appear around Kessel to prevent the protagonists' escape.

The Star Wars sequel trilogy depicts a continuation of the Imperial Navy. With a large portion of Star Wars: The Last Jedi taking part in space, they are featured heavily.

Television
The first appearance of the Imperial Navy on television was the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, where Navy personnel take part in the search of the Bacca residence.

Star Wars: Droids ran from 1985-1986, with one of the recurring characters being Imperial Navy Admiral Terrinald Screed, a frequent antagonist and obstacle for C-3PO and R2-D2.

The animated series Star Wars Rebels also featured several Navy officers as high profile antagonists, including Grand Admiral Thrawn and Captain Pellaeon.

Following Star Wars Rebels was the series Star Wars Resistance beginning in 2018. It followed the resistance efforts against the rising First Order, the successor to the Galactic Empire. As a result, it also portrays the Imperial Navy frequently, with officers such as Captain Imanuel Doza.

It is currently unknown if the Imperial Navy makes an appearance in the upcoming television series The Mandalorian, however due to their frequent use in plots it is likely.

Print media
The Imperial Navy has appeared in a large portion of printed media set in the Star Wars universe, not only as antagonists but also as main characters. The Thrawn trilogy, containing Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command details the story of several Navy officers.

Some tabletop role playing games made for the Star Wars franchise were accompanied by a series of novels or comics, such as the Star Wars Missions series. These often depicted the Imperial Navy as a major plot point, such as the first of the series Assault on Yavin Four.

After the reorganization of canon, the novel Tarkin detailed the career of Grand Moff Tarkin during his time in the Republic Navy and the transition to the Imperial Navy. It also showed the relations between the Navy and Stormtrooper branches, including differences in training and recruitment.

Video games
In 1993, the popular computer game Star Wars: X-Wing was released in which the player controls a pilot from the Rebel Alliance in a space flight simulator experience. The main enemy of the game is the Imperial Navy, where in the subsequent game Star Wars: TIE Fighter the player controls a pilot in the Imperial Navy. Other games in the series followed named Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter and Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance.

Strategy games have also been made in which the player both controls and plays against the Imperial Navy, such as Star Wars: Rebellion and Star Wars: Empire at War.

Many first-person and third-person games have been produced in the Star Wars universe which depict the Imperial Navy. These include more linear story based games such as the Star Wars: Jedi Knight and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed series. Action based games with a heavy Imperial Navy presence also include the series of games under the name of Star Wars: Battlefront.

Knights of the Old Republic and Knights of the Old Republic 2 are examples of well-received games in the RPG genre, albeit showing an earlier iteration of the Imperial Navy within Sith Empires.

There have been a couple of games in the MMORPG genre in which the player not only encounters the Imperial Navy on a frequent basis, but can also join the organization. Star Wars Galaxies and Star Wars: The Old Republic are examples of this.