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For other uses, see Galactic empire (disambiguation).

Galactic empires are a common theme in science fiction. A theme, from Old French tesme, is a broad idea in a story or literary work or a message or lesson conveyed by a written text Many authors have either used a galaxy-spanning empire as background, or written about the growth or decline of such an empire. A galaxy is a massive gravitationally bound system consisting of Stars an Interstellar medium of gas and dust, and Dark matter An empire (from the Latin " Imperium " denoting military Command within the ancient Roman government) is a State that The capital of a galactic empire is frequently a core world or home world. Core worlds or core planets often exist in works of Science fiction, especially Space operas. Some of these empires are based on the Roman Empire; the Galactic Empire of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series (which inspired empires of later writers and film-makers) being an obvious example, as is the Terran Empire of Poul Anderson's Dominic Flandry. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial In Isaac Asimov 's Robot / Empire / Foundation series of novels the Galactic Empire is an empire consisting of planets settled by humans across the Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian The Foundation Series is an epic Science fiction series written over a span of forty-four years by Isaac Asimov. A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Poul William Anderson ( November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American Science fiction author who wrote during a Golden Dominic Flandry is the central character in the second half of Poul Anderson 's Technic History Science fiction.

The events in Frank Herbert's "Dune" universe, where hitherto disregarded desert-dwellers create a powerful new religion and burst out to topple an old empire and build a new one, are clearly modeled on the rise of Islam (all the more obvious since the languge of the Fremen is clearly descended from Arabic). Dune is a Science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. The Fremen are a group of free people in the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert, who based them on the Bedouin and the Kalahari Bushmen Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language

The best known to the general public today is probably the empire from Star Wars, which was formed in turn from the Galactic Republic. The Galactic Empire is one of the main factions in the Star Wars universe. History The Republic itself was formed on or near 25000 BBY when the first "Galactic Constitution" was signed on Coruscant, after the Corellian

Most of these galaxy-spanning domains depend on some form of transportation capable of quickly or instantly crossing vast cosmic distances (usually measured in light-years), many times faster than could a beam of light. A light-year or light year (symbol ly) is a unit of Length, equal to just under ten trillion Kilometres As defined by These invariably require some type of propulsion or displacement technology forbidden by Einstein's Theory of Relativity, or that otherwise relies on theories that circumvent or supersede relativity. Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical This page is about the scientific concept of relativity for philosophical or sociological theories about relativity see Relativism. (See: warp drive; hyperspace; Alcubierre drive. Warp drive is a form of Faster-than-light propulsion in the Fictional universe of Star Trek, capable of propelling spacecraft or objects to many multiples The Alcubierre metric, also known as the Alcubierre drive or Warp Drive, is a speculative mathematical model of a spacetime exhibiting features reminiscent of )

The term "galactic empire" has, no doubt because of association with the Empire from Star Wars, gained an unfavorable reputation. Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded However, the Galactic Empires from Foundation and the CoDominium universe are relatively benign organizations. The Foundation Series is an epic Science fiction series written over a span of forty-four years by Isaac Asimov. The fictional CoDominium universe is a Future history (now alternate history) setting for the books in the CoDominium Series by Jerry Pournelle.

In many cases, the term "galactic empire" is misleading as it suggests a galaxywide empire. This is likely due to the once common tendency for fiction to either confuse galaxy and star system or to simply underestimate the size of the galaxy. While some of the noted fictional empires tend to encompass a large portion of the galaxy, many other empires may be classified as interplanetary or interstellar empires since they encompass only a local group of star systems.

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Often used in science fiction works an Interstellar Alliance is an alliance between two or more distinct solar systems
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