Imperial Penal Code

The Imperial Penal Code, also known as the Imperial Legal Code and simply Imperial Code, was a body of laws issued by the Galactic Empire. It represented the branch of Imperial legal statutes concerned with criminal law. It consisted of seventeen volumes.

Documented extracts include:

• Section 14, Subsection 9, Part C-1, and Section 2127, which laid out the requirements for legal assassinations.

One particular model of the groomer (an advanced model of the older XP-21) contained all seventeen volumes of the code.

Behind the scenes

It is unclear whether the Imperial Military Code was included within this body of law as a subsection (eg, Section 14), or whether it was an independent statute, with the Imperial Legal Code representing the wider law, not limited to the military, but applicable to the galactic community of Imperial citizens.

Appearances

• The Star Wars Holiday Special (First mentioned)
• Death Star
• Dark Nest III: The Swarm War

Sources

• Imperial Sourcebook
• Platt's Smugglers Guide
• Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide
• "Imperial Garrisons" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 12 (as Imperial Code)
• Pirates & Privateers (as Imperial Code, Imperial Legal Code)
• Stock Ships (as Imperial Code)
• The Far Orbit Project (as Imperial Code)
• The Essential Guide to Droids ("Imperial Mark IV Sentry Droid") (as Imperial Legal Code)