What are the chances that there could be an intergalactic emperor similar to that from the "Star Wars" series of films?

[OfDeath]

If you're good with numbers don't be afraid to drop a genuine estimate. Everyone is free to speculate.

[NamerOfStars]

Well, it was only interSTELLAR; the Galactic Empire was entirely contained within one galaxy, and only about 25% of it, at that. And I don't even know where to begin with calculating the odds of a force user coming along. But maintaining even an interplanetary empire has a serious problem, which is communication speed. Radio only moves at the speed of light, which means you'd need, at minimum, 4.21 years, each way, for a signal to get there and back. And that's just to Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Sol. The time lag in communications would make management effectively impossible.

[OfDeath]

Oh I didn't realise it was only interstellar. I would say there would be a higher chance of that though. I also don't mean necessarily a "force" user. I just basically meant someone who rules an empire. That is true about travel times etc but maybe we don't know what is possible yet. They're saying warp drives theoretically should be.

[zeitgeist057]

23.08% X 10^-15

[OfDeath]

Lol how did you get to that conclusion?

[zeitgeist057]

It's just basic math, lol

[OfDeath]

That would be a 0.00000000000002875% chance by the way. Not too bad for the size of the universe I would say.

[zeitgeist057]

Just messing around, but...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation

And the only reason the estimation is so high (or at least I consider it to be high) is that you asked sort of open endedly "could". Meaning not just is there one now or in the past at some point, but temporally. In theory, this increases the probability to 1 (100%), but how much fun is that?

[OfDeath]

Yeah not as fun lol but still interesting that is the conclusion

[zeitgeist057]

The odds of there being one right now at this moment would be exponentially smaller. The odds I gave are not just for the size of the universe, but also for the timeline. There "could" be one, perhaps 10^100 years from now, or even longer.

[zeitgeist057]

and yes I understand scientific notation lol that's why I used it.

[slatyb]

Zero. Nil. There's no way to control an interstellar empire, never mind an intergalactic empire. When mail was carried around the British Empire on sailing ships, news received in London of the colonies was months old. To send a message to the nearest start takes 4 years, and another 4 years to get a reply. Even if it could be controlled, what would be the point? There's no way to transmit goods across interstellar distances.

[OfDeath]

What are the chances there are ways of traversing space faster than we think is possible?

[Likes2drive]

Not likely in our lifetime or the next because of distance

[BlacklightShade]

Anything is possible in the multiverse

[Leavesbound]

Extremely unlikely.