An evil empire is a speculative fiction trope in which a major antagonist of the story is a technologically advanced nation, typically ruled by an evil emperor or empress, that aims to control the world or conquer some specific group. They are opposed by a hero from more common origins who uses their guile or the help of an underground resistance to fight them. Well-known examples are the Galactic Empire in Star Wars, which forms as a result of a fascist auto-coup which abolishes the liberal-democratic Galactic Republic and is opposed by the Rebel Alliance including Luke Skywalker,[1] as well as the Empire of the Known Universe in Dune, whose Emperor plots the downfall of House Atreides, and is opposed by Paul Atreides.[2]
The theme also often appears in video games. A recurring element of the Final Fantasy series is an evil empire as the primary antagonistic faction, starting with Final Fantasy II, which was itself inspired by Star Wars. It is a major aspect of the story of Final Fantasy VI in the form of the Gestahl Empire,[3] proceeding onward to Final Fantasy XV, in which the empire of Niflheim conquers the kingdom of Lucis, forcing its heir, Noctis Lucis Caelum, to fight back and reclaim his homeland.[4] In Mother 3, the protagonist Lucas has his home attacked by the villainous Pigmask Army, which seeks to turn animals into robotic Chimeras and brainwash the land's agrarian inhabitants via Happy Boxes.[5]
The title has also been used as a nickname for the New York Yankees. The nickname originated from a comment made to the The New York Times by the then team president of the Boston Red Sox, Larry Lucchino, in December 2002.[6]
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^Final Frontier (ABDO Digital Hosted e-Book) . New York: ABDO Digital. September 2010. p. 22. ISBN 978-1617843532. OCLC 1003700847.
^Kohler, Chris (2015). Power-Up : How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life. Yoshida, Shuhei. New York: Dover Publications. pp. 94–109. ISBN 9780486816425. OCLC 960760137.
^Caswell, Tom (2016-12-05). "Review: Final Fantasy XV is a tale of two games". GameZone. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
^Oxford, Nadia (2018-10-18). "What Mother 3 Taught Me About Death, Grieving, and Two-by-Fours". USgamer. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
^Griffin, John (2020-05-04). "How the Yankees became the Evil Empire". Pinstripe Alley. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
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