After years of conflict between semi and sweet, leaving only the bitter, Chancellor Peepatine declares the Chocolate Republic dead and the Marshmallow Empire is born. Legions of Peeptroopers, under the command of the feared warlord Darth Pez, march to the shuttles to join their compatriots aboard ship, heading out to crush yet another freedom- and chocolate-loving population under the puffy yellow jackboots of Empire.