>>In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it’s been a long time since Return of the Jedi, and a lot has changed. And one of the changes we haven’t heard about yet? The Empire’s new name. Turns out the Empire and the Rebels are both called something different in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Obviously, the author of this article knows very little about Star Wars if he is surprised at the name changes.
They are re branding themselves as the warm and fuzzy empire.
Yeah, I was going to say the same thing, everyone who is following the news has already heard about this, so this author is late to the game.