 With the end of the Clone Wars, the purge of the Jedi Order and the formation of the First Galactic Empire, Palpatine rules with absolute power as Emperor.Between the events of "Revenge of the Sith" and "A New Hope", Palpatine rules the galaxy from the confines of his heavily guarded Imperial Palace on Coruscant, once known as the Jedi Temple.Coruscant was introduced in Timothy Zahn's then-canon novel "Heir to the Empire".