5ABY: Galactic Concordance

This Shadow Council, lead by Grand Admiral Rae Sloane and Fleet Admiral Gallius Rax, among a host of other former Imperial Advisors, forms the bulk of the true Imperial Remnant, continuing to battle New Republic forces and sabotage potential peace talks. Unbeknownst to Sloane, the primary public face of this ruling council, Rax was still operating on posthumous orders from Palpatine to completely upend the remaining Imperial intergalactic infrastructure so the New Republic couldn’t co-opt it to establish its legitimate rule. Rax guided Sloane into an all-in assault with the New Republic over the planet Jakku, intended to severely destroy the naval forces of both the Republic and the Remnant itself, so that Palpatine’s plans for resurrection and rebirth in the Unknown Regions could begin in earnest.

But while the Battle of Jakku—largely depicted in the video games Star Wars Battlefront and its sequel, Battlefront II, as well as in Aftermath: Empire’s End—ended in defeat for the Remnant as intentioned, the New Republic’s forces weren’t as destabilized Palpatine perhaps would’ve wanted. With Rax killed in the fighting, Sloane takes up his orders to retreat with what was left of the Remnant forces still loyal to her into the Unknown Regions, and the New Republic, having extracted Imperial Grand Vizier Mas Amedda from fighting on Coruscant, formally enters peace talks. These talks bring about the Galactic Concordance, a peace treaty that formally brings to an end the Galactic Civil War that began over the planet Scarif.

Oh, and Ben Solo is born on Chandrila. We won’t have to worry about him yet though.