 The Galactic Empire no longer exists as an official government or a major power, being replaced by warlords and rump states competing with each other and the New Republic over the power vacuum left behind.These "Imperial remnants" each claim true legitimate successorship to the Empire.One Imperial remnant established a base on the planet Nevarro five years after the Battle of Endor, where a mysterious man known as "The Client" hired Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin to acquire an asset, later revealed to be a Force-sensitive infant known as The Child.