Umagazini ohlonishwayo waseMelika i-Empire ushicilele udaba olukhethekile ngomcimbi wokugubha ifilimu yokuqala esontweni likaGeorge Lucas, eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu ngemuva kokuqala kwayo. Isikhathi eside kunoma ngubani kodwa kuncane ngomlando we-cinema. Kubukeka sengathi asikadluli isikhathi se-saga yezinkanyezi edume kakhulu futhi eyaziwa kakhulu.
Ukubungaza lokhu, umagazini i-Empire ushicilele uhlelo olukhethekile lwezembozo ezingama-30 ezinezithombe ezithi kuyo yonke leyo minyaka bekuyikhava yomagazini, kusukela esiqeshini IV, okuyiStarwars yango-1977, kuya kusiqephu III, Impindiselo yeSith. Kuhlungwe ngezigaba lapho singakhumbula khona amaqhawe we-classic trilogy yokuqala, ama-android, izidalwa, esinye isigaba seSith neJedi nezinye izinhlamvu ezidumile.
Konke lokhu sikubona kuwebhusayithi ye-Empire, lapho ungathenga khona bonke omagazini.