The Emblem of the Galactic Empire.

In Isaac Asimov's Robot/Empire/Foundation series of novels, the Galactic Empire is an empire consisting of planets settled by humans across the whole galaxy. Unlike galactic empires in more recent science fiction, Asimov's Galactic Empire appears to be a benign or mostly benign institution. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920?[1] – April 6, 1992), IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American Jewish author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ... Isaac Asimovs Robot Series is a series of books by Isaac Asimov, both collections of short stories and novels. ... The Galactic Empire Series contains Isaac Asimovs three earliest novels and one short story: The Stars, Like Dust (1951) The Currents of Space (1952) Pebble in the Sky (1950), his first novel Blind Alley (1945), short story reprinted in The Early Asimov They are only loosely connected. ... Hari Seldons holographic image, pictured on a paperback edition of Foundation, appears at various times in the First Foundations history, to guide it through the social and economic crises that befall it. ... NGC 4414, a typical spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, is about 17,000 parsecs in diameter and approximately 20 million parsecs distant. ...

The Galactic Empire consists of 25 million inhabited worlds, all colonized by Settlers from Earth (as opposed to Spacers), although by the time when the novels are set, no one remembers that humans originated from that small planet. It is not certain when it was founded - the dates in Empire and Foundation series are given in GE (Galactic Era, and later FE, Foundation Era), not AD, and the evidence on when the Galactic Era started varies from book to book, but the one that fits most of them is about 12,000 AD, and it lasts for about 12,000 years after its foundation. The Empire was founded by Emperor Frankenn I. Its emblem is the Spaceship and Sun. In Isaac Asimovs Foundation/Empire/Robot series, the Spacers were the first humans to emigrate to space. ...

The Empire's capital is Trantor, a planet covered entirely by a giant city, located near the center of the Galaxy. It is both the center of power in the Galaxy, and also the administrative head. Most of the Galaxy's population (three quarters of it) was in the central third of the Galaxy. This concentration, as well as Trantor's central location, were both written before astronomers became aware of the factors hostile to life near the galactic core. Trantor's location was retconned to be as near as is habitable to the center, rather than the very center, of the Galaxy. The reader is left to infer similarly that the majority of the population lives in the center of the Empire, as opposed to the cosmological center of the galaxy. Trantor is a fictional planet in Isaac Asimovs Foundation series and Empire series of science fiction novels. ... Retroactive continuity – commonly contracted to the portmanteau word retcon – refers to the act of changing previously established details of a fictional setting, often without providing an explanation for the changes within the context of that setting. ...

In 12,010 GE Cleon I becomes Emperor upon the death of his father, Stanel VI. Ten years later, Cleon I would find his place in history as it was over the next (last) 18 years of his reign that Hari Seldon began to formulate his science of psychohistory. In the fictional universe of The Foundation Series, Cleon I (11,988 GE - 12,038 GE) was the last Emperor of the Entun dynasty. ... An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ... Stanel VI was the Emperor of the Galactic Empire from an unknown date until 12,010 GE in Isaac Asimovs fictional Foundation Series novel Prelude to Foundation. ... Hari Seldon (cover art for Foundation, by Stephen Youll) Hari Seldon is the intellectual hero of Isaac Asimovs Foundation Series. ... Psychohistory is the name of a fictional science in Isaac Asimovs Foundation universe, which combined history, psychology and mathematical statistics to create a (nearly) exact science of the behavior of very large populations of people, such as the Galactic Empire. ...

In 12,068 GE, a mathematician called Hari Seldon predicts the fall of the Empire by the means of psychohistory, the science he invented. He predicts that the empire will collapse within 300 years, leading to a 30,000 year period of anarchy before a Second Empire is established. To influence events so that the interregnum period will be only 1,000 years and not 30,000, he creates a small haven of technology in a corner of the galaxy (on the planet Terminus) called the Foundation, whose job it will be to preserve knowledge from the collapse, thus reducing the time required for the next Empire to rebuild. Hari Seldon (cover art for Foundation, by Stephen Youll) Hari Seldon is the intellectual hero of Isaac Asimovs Foundation Series. ... Psychohistory is the name of a fictional science in Isaac Asimovs Foundation universe, which combined history, psychology and mathematical statistics to create a (nearly) exact science of the behavior of very large populations of people, such as the Galactic Empire. ... Terminus is a fictional planet at the edge of the Galaxy in Isaac Asimovs Foundation Series, capital of the Foundation. ... Hari Seldons holographic image, pictured on a paperback edition of Foundation, appears at various times in the First Foundations history, to guide it through the social and economic crises that befall it. ...

Two-hundred years later, when the Empire was well into its collapse, it launches an attack against the Foundation, led by general Bel Riose. By this time, the Foundation holds economic control over a large portion of the galactic periphery, and word of the Foundation is starting to reach the Empire at the Galactic Core. Riose repeatedly defeats the Foundation through brilliant tactical and strategic planning. Before he can complete his conquest, however, he is recalled by the Emperor, tried for treason, and executed, as the Emperor fears that the general might become strong enough to dethrone him. In Isaac Asimovs Foundation series, the fictional character Bel Riose was the last strong General of the Galactic Empire, Commander of the legendary Twentieth Fleet, who eventually came to be known as the Last of the Imperials, and earned this title well. ...

Following the defeat of Bel Riose and the subsequent death of Cleon II, the Galactic Empire falls into a civil war. After this civil war an even more rapid phase of decline begins, with weak emperors losing vast amounts of territory and strong ones barely holding onto what they have. Three-hundred years after the Foundation's creation, the Galactic Empire's capital world, the city-planet Trantor, is sacked. In Isaac Asimovs Foundation series, the fictional character Bel Riose was the last strong General of the Galactic Empire, Commander of the legendary Twentieth Fleet, who eventually came to be known as the Last of the Imperials, and earned this title well. ... Cleon II is a fictional character from Isaac Asimovs Foundation Series. ... A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight against each other for the control of political power. ... Trantor is a fictional planet in Isaac Asimovs Foundation series and Empire series of science fiction novels. ...

The Empire now bases itself on "Neotrantor", which is almost mockingly named so; it was an agricultural colony that used to feed Trantor. The Galactic Empire, which used to touch every planet in the Milky Way galaxy, is reduced to 20 agricultural planets. It is dwarfed by most barbarian kingdoms. Neotrantor, New Trantor, is a planet in Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov. ... Trantor is a fictional planet in Isaac Asimovs Foundation series and Empire series of science fiction novels. ... The Milky Way as seen from Death Valley The Milky Way is the galaxy where the Solar System (and the Earth) is located. ...

The greatest conqueror the Galaxy has ever seen, The Mule, defeater of the First Foundation, later conquers the pathetic remains of the Galactic Empire as well. The Mule is a fictional character from Isaac Asimovs Foundation Series. ...

George Lucas used elements from Asimov's books to construct the universe in which Star Wars is set, including the Galactic Empire, although his Empire was founded for evil purposes. Additionally, Coruscant, the imperial capital planet covered completely with buildings, is a direct borrowing of Asimov's Trantor.^{[citation needed]} George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... Star Wars is an epic science fantasy saga and fictional universe created by George Lucas during the late 1970s. ... The Galactic Empire is the main antagonist in the Star Wars universe. ... Coruscant Coruscant (pronounced //) is a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe. ... Trantor is a fictional planet in Isaac Asimovs Foundation series and Empire series of science fiction novels. ...