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"The Resistance is dead. The Sith flame will burn. All worlds, surrender or die. The Final Order begins." ―Darth Sidious's message to the galaxy[src] The Final Order, also known as the New Empire, was the reincarnated Sith Empire of the reborn Galactic Emperor Darth Sidious. Created when the First was changed to the Final Order, and combined with the forces of the Sith Eternal cult, the Final Order was the culmination of an agenda over a thousand years in the making. Ultimately, the Final Order's purpose was to bring the galaxy under the perpetual reign of a Sith Empire by force.

The Final Order's origins date back to the reign of the First Galactic Empire; an authoritarian regime, the Empire was ruled by Emperor Palpatine, who was in fact the Sith Lord Darth Sidious. With the Emperor's death, the Empire collapsed and gave way to the rise of the New Republic. Despite the Sith's destruction, their faith in the dark side of the Force was kept alive by Sith cultists on the distant world of Exegol. Determined to forge a New Empire, the Sith Eternal spent decades building a fleet of Xyston-class Star Destroyers, armed with planet-killing technology, and an army of elite Sith troopers.

During the First Order–Resistance war, large swathes of the galaxy fell to the armies of the First Order—a military junta determined to recapture the legacy of the Old Empire. Due to the demilitarization efforts of the New Republic, the First Order Navy stood as the single largest military force of its time. However, it was but a fraction of the total might of the Imperial Navy. Once bolstered by an armada consisting of thousands of Sith Star Destroyers, the First Order gained the means to project the iron rule of military might across the galaxy, which would transform the hermit state into a true Empire. Though Sidious considered Supreme Leader Kylo Ren and the Jedi Rey as potential heirs to the New Empire, he ultimately assumed the reins of power as Emperor. However, his warships were destroyed by the Resistance and their allies, and Sidious himself was defeated by Rey and a redeemed Kylo Ren. With the Final Order defeated on Exegol, the First Order's remaining forces faced a series of uprisings throughout the galaxy.