How long did the Galactic Empire last?

[The Original Nex]

According to the Planet Hoppers article on the Wizards website, the Inquisitorius was headquartered on Moff Brill's capital of Prakith, and I can't find any references that they packed up and moved to Byss during the Reborn Emperor business.

The Dark Empire Sourcebook specifically states that the Inquisitorius was based in the dungeon of the Galactic Emperor's Imperial Citadel on Byss.

However, I believe that Planet Hoppers takes precendece, since it is newer as well as canon.

It would take precedence if the two directly conflicted. In this case they do not (although I don't know the specific quotes). The way the canon system works in the EU, as I'm sure you know, is that if something can be reconciled, it is reconciled.

So it would seem that, in this instance, the Inquisitorius was stationed on Prakith at one stage, but at some point unknown, moved to Byss after the Reborn Palpatine made his presence known to the Inquisitorius. There is no conflict. Sources aren't thrown out if there is no good reason.

[Sarevok]

By the time of a ANH the Jedi and the Force were the stuff of fairy tales. People believed in them as much as we believe in elfs or dragons. 25 years is too short a time to accomplish such a massive rewrite of history. The Empire should have last a lot longer.

One of my pet theories used to be the Jedi were a shadowy organization like the Sith; except they use their powers to protect and not overthrow the Republic. So even in Republc days the Jedi were as much a myth as the Imperial age. Of course the celebrity status of the Jedi in prequels kind of destroyed that theory. In prequels Republic the Jedi are known everywhere, word of the power and role has reached everyone. It is hard to reconcile this with the original triology where virtualy no one knew the Jedi existed except the Jedi survivors themselves.

[Pelranius]

Publius: Since General Redd Wessel was placed in charge of Central Command by Carnor Jax after Jax 'took' the throne, it's highly unlikely that the Interim Council's Central Command was the service specific command for the Imperial Marines, since Wessel, by his green service uniform, was clearly from the Imperial Army.

[Noble Ire]

One of my pet theories used to be the Jedi were a shadowy organization like the Sith; except they use their powers to protect and not overthrow the Republic. So even in Republc days the Jedi were as much a myth as the Imperial age. Of course the celebrity status of the Jedi in prequels kind of destroyed that theory. In prequels Republic the Jedi are known everywhere, word of the power and role has reached everyone. It is hard to reconcile this with the original triology where virtualy no one knew the Jedi existed except the Jedi survivors themselves.

It is not entirely accurate to say that no one knew that the Jedi existed; indeed, several characters do seem to acknowledge their existance, even though they do not know much about them. Han Solo and his flippancy about the Force may have simply been a cover, or he may have been atypically sheltered in his childhood.

There is still something of a disconnect between the treatment of Jedi in the two trilogies, but keep in mind that while, by the time of the Clone Wars, most everyone had heard of the Jedi, few had actually ever seen one, and even fewer knew anything of their ways or how they did what they did (the Order is demonstrated to be insular about such things). They were more legends than actual people, and when the Empire's propoganda machine turned against them, it would have been easy to taint that image, and eventually suppress it from collective memory entirely.