What the Star Wars Movies Didn't Tell You

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith shows us the fall of the Republic and the destruction of the Jedi Order. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope shows the Galactic Empire at the height of its power. So how did we get from one to the other? How did the Republic transform into a tyrannical Empire? What happened to all those Clone Troopers? Who helped Darth Vader hunt down the remaining Jedi? There are a lot of questions surrounding this mysterious piece of the Star Wars timeline, and the various movies and TV shows have only begun to fill in the blanks. Let's take a deeper look at what we do know about the rise of the Empire thanks to the Expanded Universe and a new generation of Star Wars comics and novels.
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