Star Wars Faction Name Generator

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Generate Star Wars style faction names for RPG campaigns and fan fiction: rebel cells like Lantern Cell, Imperial holdouts like the Ninth Sector Remnant, Force sects like the Order of the Quiet Tide, Mandalorian clans like Clan Tarrok, plus guilds, sector governments and syndicates.

About Star Wars faction names

Factions in Star Wars announce what they are in the name. Governments use grand, plain words (Republic, Empire, Alliance, Order), criminal outfits prefer a color and something in the sky (Black Sun, Crimson Dawn), and commercial powers sound like paperwork: the Trade Federation, the Techno Union, the Mining Guild. A homemade faction works when it picks one register and keeps it.

The list is built around the groups a campaign needs. Rebel cells are short and hopeful (Lantern Cell, the Quiet Signal) or use Aurebesh letters as unit designations, as in Cresh Cell and Task Force Senth. Imperial remnants lean on rank and loyalty: the Ninth Sector Remnant, Moff Dravane's Protectorate, the Iron Mandate. Force sects avoid the words Jedi and Sith so you can define their beliefs, as with the Order of the Quiet Tide or the Kyber Choir. Mandalorian entries are invented clans, houses and coverts such as Clan Tarrok and the Covert of the Sunken Forge. Trade guilds, sector governments, mercenaries, species councils and droid collectives fill out the map, with crime syndicates kept to a small share.

Sixteen canon factions, from the Rebel Alliance to the Pyke Syndicate, are included as style anchors. The rest are invented, though many use canon places and a few may echo a name from the books, comics or games.

How to choose Star Wars faction names

  • Pick the register first. Governments sound formal (the Mid Rim Assembly), militaries sound clipped (Battle Group Harrow), believers sound poetic (Seekers of the Pale Kyber) and businesses sound dull on purpose (the Rimward Freight Compact).
  • Tie the faction to a place. Swap the planet in a name like the Free Garel Front or the Kalevala Home Guard for a world from your own campaign and the pattern still works.
  • Give every faction a rival with a matching name. A remnant called the Iron Mandate is more interesting once a cell called the Long Fuse is working against it.
  • Let the name show its age. New movements pick hopeful words like dawn, spark and free, while old institutions collect titles and numbers, as in the Council of the Seven Moffs.
  • For anything you publish, build on an invented name and leave the sixteen canon factions in the background.

Frequently asked questions

What are good names for a rebel cell?

Short, hopeful and easy to say over a comlink. Lantern Cell, Dawnrunner Cell, the Quiet Signal, the Kindling and the Long Fuse all work, and Aurebesh designations such as Cresh Cell or Task Force Senth sound like part of a larger military structure.

Which names in the list are canon?

Sixteen: Crimson Dawn, Black Sun, the Pyke Syndicate, the Hutt Cartel, Death Watch, the Rebel Alliance, the Galactic Empire, the First Order, the New Republic, the Trade Federation, the Techno Union, the Mining Guild, the Shadow Collective, the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the Chiss Ascendancy and the Guardians of the Whills. They are there as reference points for the style. The other names are invented, although many borrow canon planets, species and terms such as Kessel, Concordia, kyber and beskar.

How do I name a Force sect that is neither Jedi nor Sith?

Name it for what its members do or seek, not for the side they are on. Keepers of the Living Current, the Kyber Choir, Monks of the Thousand Steps and the Order of the Quiet Tide each suggest a practice, which leaves the group's view of the light and dark sides for you to decide.

Can I use these in a tabletop campaign or fan fiction?

Yes, that is what the list is written for, and the names also suit guilds and clans in online games. Star Wars itself belongs to Lucasfilm, so keep fan projects non-commercial and research any name yourself before using it on something you sell.

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A: 6 names

  • Acolytes of the Drowned Temple
  • Ajan Kloss Pathcutters
  • Aldhani Highland Pilgrims
  • Anoat Ration Runners
  • Anoat Sector Provisional Government
  • Aurek Flight

B: 7 names

  • Baron-Administrators' League of Bespin
  • Battle Group Harrow
  • Black Sun
  • Bogano Vault Keepers
  • Boonta Eve Promoters' League
  • Bracca Breakers' Union
  • Brotherhood of the Bleeding Crystal

C: 31 names

  • Children of the New Order
  • Cinder Survivors' League
  • Circle of the Unlit Blade
  • Clan Beroya
  • Clan Braxan
  • Clan Dorrun of Concordia
  • Clan Draysen
  • Clan Galaar
  • Clan Hask
  • Clan Korvane

C, continued

  • Clan Mereth
  • Clan Tarrok
  • Clan Tracyn
  • Clan Ursk
  • Clan Vaskar of the Northern Wastes
  • Clan Verdika
  • Clan Veshok
  • Concordia Mine Wardens
  • Confederacy of Independent Systems
  • Core Worlds Underwriters' Hall

C, continued

  • Corulag Academy Loyalists
  • Council of the Bright Tree
  • Council of the Seven Moffs
  • Council of the Six Clans
  • Coven of the Ashen Reeds
  • Coven of the Green Flame
  • Covert of the Ninth Anvil
  • Cresh Cell
  • Crimson Dawn
  • Cult of the Bleeding Star
  • Cult of the Twin Suns

D: 7 names

  • Dawnrunner Cell
  • Death Watch
  • Disciples of the Eternal Sunset
  • Disciples of the Twin Moons
  • Dradda's Counting House
  • Droidsmiths' Union of Vasch
  • Dug Racing Dynasties of Malastare

E: 4 names

  • Eadu Research Cadre
  • Ember Line Resistance
  • Enclave of the Broken Saber
  • Eriadu Loyalist Council

F: 8 names

  • Fleet-in-Being of the Hydian March
  • Florrum Free Company
  • Free Garel Front
  • Free Holonet Underground
  • Free Mimban Column
  • Free Traders of the Corellian Run
  • Freeholders of the Jundland Wastes
  • Frontier Marshals of the Western Reaches

G: 7 names

  • Gorvessa Kajidic
  • Governor Haldane's Tax Fleet
  • Grand Admiral Syrell's Armada
  • Guardians of the Kyber Road
  • Guardians of the Whills
  • Guild of Protocol and Etiquette
  • Gundark Company

H: 13 names

  • Haven Fleet
  • Heirs of the Dark Tide
  • Hermits of the Meditation Moon
  • Holocron Keepers of Ossus
  • Hosnian Relief Authority
  • House Korrin
  • House Merrick of Kalevala
  • House of the Sundari Spires
  • House Sarn
  • House Taldane
  • House Verdane
  • Hunters' Lodge of the Western Reaches
  • Hyperlane Surveyors Guild

J: 1 name

  • Jundland Homesteaders' Grange

K: 11 names

  • Kajidic Threll
  • Kalevala Home Guard
  • Kashyyyk Canopy Guard
  • Kashyyyk Council of Elders
  • Keepers of the Great Forge
  • Keepers of the Living Current
  • Kel Dor Sage Houses of Dorin
  • Kessel Deepvein Syndicate
  • Kessel Refiners' Consortium
  • Knights of the Verdant Circle
  • Krownest Winter Guard

L: 5 names

  • Lantern Cell
  • Lessu Freeholders
  • Lira San Homecomers
  • Listeners of the Deep Core
  • Loyalists of the Seventh Fleet

M: 8 names

  • Massassi Holdouts
  • Mid Rim Liberation Network
  • Moff Dravane's Protectorate
  • Mon Cala Council of Tides
  • Mon Cala Deepwater Resistance
  • Monks of the Thousand Steps
  • Morak Refinery Garrison
  • Mos Espa Water Barons

N: 2 names

  • Nerf Ranchers' League of Lothal
  • Nern Station Holdouts

O: 12 names

  • Oathsworn of Concordia
  • Onderon Hill Fighters
  • Order of the Middle Way
  • Order of the Shattered Holocron
  • Order of the Six Spokes
  • Order of the Star Whale
  • Order of the Twilight Lantern
  • Order of the Unbent Knee
  • Order of the Veiled Star
  • Otoh Gunga Deepwatch
  • Outer Rim Defense League
  • Oversector Praxis Command

P: 4 names

  • Pilgrims of Mortis
  • Planetary Security Forces of Vosh Tal
  • Privateers of the Pale Nebula
  • Protectors of the Third Moon

R: 5 names

  • Readers of the Journal
  • Reprisal Squadron
  • Rimma Route Hauliers
  • Rimward Liberty League
  • Rimward Mutual

S: 16 names

  • Scarif Survivors' Garrison
  • Sector Oversight Board of the Outer Rim
  • Security Bureau Holdouts
  • Seekers of the Pale Kyber
  • Seswenna Loyalist Fleet
  • Shriek-Hawk Wing
  • Signal Fire
  • Singers of the Crystal Caves

S, continued

  • Sorgan Krill Farmers' Militia
  • Sovereign Fleet of Admiral Vosk
  • Sparkbearers of the Outer Rim
  • Steel Talon Free Lances
  • Successor State of Tharn
  • Sunless Ledger Syndicate
  • Survivors of the Thousand Tears
  • Syndics of the Sunken Moon

T: 343 names

  • Takodana Castle Regulars
  • Task Force Senth
  • Task Group Umbra
  • The Acklay Claw
  • The Advanced Weapons Cadre
  • The Akiva Rain Front
  • The Akkadese Maelstrom Runners
  • The Alderaan Remembrance Fleet
  • The Anooba Pack
  • The Anzellan Tinkerers' Bench
  • The Arkanis Academy Remnant
  • The Arkanis Sector Council
  • The Armorers' Circle
  • The Ashen Banner Imperium

T, continued

  • The Ashen Path
  • The Ashfall Covert
  • The Ashfall Irregulars
  • The Asteroid Belt Boarding Club
  • The Astromech Tuners' Guild
  • The Astromech Underground
  • The B1 Veterans' Commune
  • The Bacta Growers' Combine
  • The Bantha Drovers' Association
  • The Barefoot Knights
  • The Batuu Outpost Compact
  • The Batuu Spire Watchers
  • The Besh Street Printers
  • The Beskar Oath
  • The Bith Conservatory Players

T, continued

  • The Black Armor Legion
  • The Blackwake Corsairs
  • The Blue Milk Dairy Board
  • The Blue Visor Journeymen
  • The Blurrg Riders of Ryloth
  • The Bogwa Lending Circle
  • The Bothawui Whisper Senate
  • The Broken Transponder Fleet
  • The Bryx Sector Authority
  • The Cantina Keepers' Association
  • The Canto Bight Stablemasters
  • The Carbon-Freezers' Guild of Bespin
  • The Carbonite Brokers of Bespin
  • The Carbonite Collectors
  • The Carida Officers' Circle

T, continued

  • The Cerean Elders' Table
  • The Chandrilan Reform Bloc
  • The Children of Kenari
  • The Chiss Ascendancy
  • The Chommell Sector Assembly
  • The Christophsis Crystal Front
  • The Cinder Remnant
  • The Clone Veterans' Mutual
  • The Cloud Cities Confederation
  • The Coaxium Refiners' League
  • The Coaxium Ring
  • The Code Cylinder Club
  • The Colonies Charter League
  • The Corellian Backlot Brokers
  • The Corellian Home Fleet Council

T, continued

  • The Corellian Shipwrights' Lodge
  • The Coronet Street Committee
  • The Cosmic Balance Fellowship
  • The Covert of the Sunken Forge
  • The Crait Salt Runners
  • The Creed Keepers of Trask
  • The Crimson Catechism
  • The Dantooine Irregulars
  • The Darksaber Claimants
  • The Dathomir Dawn Coven
  • The Deep Core Conclave
  • The Deep Core Holdfast
  • The Deserter Clones' Homestead League
  • The Dewback Lancers
  • The Dockworkers' Mutual of Corellia

T, continued

  • The Dominion of Admiral Threx
  • The Doonium Exchange
  • The Dorn Group
  • The Drift Wolves
  • The Driftline Marauders
  • The Durasteel Founders' Guild
  • The Dusk Lotus Cartel
  • The Dusk Wardens
  • The Echo Base Rearguard
  • The Ember Nova Cartel
  • The Ember Spur Customs Union
  • The Emperor's Wake
  • The Equal Circuits Movement
  • The Ewok Glider Corps
  • The Exiled Houses of Alderaan

T, continued

  • The Exogorth Dodgers
  • The Expansion Region Trade Senate
  • The Fathier Breeders' Circle
  • The Felucia Spore Runners
  • The Ferrix Anvil Committee
  • The First Order
  • The Fondor Oath Fleet
  • The Forgeborn Tribe
  • The Foundlings' Lodge
  • The Free Captains of the Ember Spur
  • The Free Ports of the Rishi Maze
  • The Free Rim Congress
  • The Free Worlds of the Ember Spur
  • The Freetown Deputies
  • The Galactic Concordance Observers

T, continued

  • The Galactic Empire
  • The Gand Findsmen's Circle
  • The Gigoran Porters' Union
  • The Gilded Gundark Combine
  • The Glass Dice Combine
  • The Glavis Ring Covert
  • The Gonk Preservation Society
  • The Graveyard Pickers of Jakku
  • The Green Saber Fellowship
  • The Grey Pilgrims of Jedha
  • The Grey Tunic Society
  • The Greywater Underground
  • The Gungan Bongo Pilots' Lodge
  • The Hawk-bat Privateers
  • The Helmed Host

T, continued

  • The Hollow Crown Remnant
  • The Hollow Moon Consortium
  • The Hollow Star Partisans
  • The Hollow Throne Cult
  • The Holonet Relay Keepers
  • The Hosnian Memorial Brigade
  • The House of Zubba
  • The Hutt Cartel
  • The Hutt Space Toll Collectors
  • The Hydian Way Tollkeepers
  • The Hyperlane Blockade Runners
  • The Hyperlane Wardens' Commission
  • The Hyperspace Prospectors' Guild
  • The Ilum Vigil
  • The Inner Rim Parliament of Worlds

T, continued

  • The Interdictor Line
  • The Iron Krayt Mercenary Company
  • The Iron Mandate
  • The Iron Owls
  • The Ithorian Herdship Assembly
  • The Jaig Eyes Company
  • The Jawa Salvage Moot
  • The Jedha Pilgrim Guard
  • The Kaminoan Science Directorate
  • The Kessel Run Underwriters
  • The Kessel Run Wreckers
  • The Kijimi Free City Wards
  • The Kindling
  • The Krayt's Teeth Mercenaries
  • The Kuat Loyalist Yards

T, continued

  • The Kuat Yard Foremen's Council
  • The Kyber Assayers' Bureau
  • The Kyber Choir
  • The Kyber Road Caravan Masters
  • The Kyuzo War-Hat Company
  • The Lanternless
  • The Last Hive of Geonosis
  • The Last Star Destroyer Captains
  • The League of Unaligned Worlds
  • The Letter of Marque Society
  • The Lightwardens
  • The Long Fuse
  • The Loth-Cat Rescue League
  • The Loth-Wolf Company
  • The Lothal Harvest Underground

T, continued

  • The Lothal Ore Cooperative
  • The Luminous Way
  • The Lurmen Pacifist Colonies
  • The Malachor Remembrance
  • The Mand'alor's Hearthguard
  • The Mandalore Sector Trade Truce
  • The Maw Skirters
  • The Memory-Wipe Refusers
  • The Mid Rim Assembly
  • The Mining Guild
  • The Mirialan Pilgrim Bands
  • The Moff Council of the Ember Spur
  • The Moisture Barons of Anchorhead
  • The Moisture Vaporator Fitters' Hall

T, continued

  • The Mon Cala Hullwrights
  • The Moons of Pantora Accord
  • The Mos Pelgo Compact
  • The Mouse Droid Liberation Front
  • The Mudhorn Kin
  • The Mustafar Honor Guard
  • The Muun Ledger Houses
  • The Mynock Flight
  • The Mythosaur Riders
  • The Naboo Lake Country Assembly
  • The Narkina Five Escapees
  • The Navicomputer Chartmakers' Guild
  • The Nebula Wreckers
  • The Neimoidian Purse Council
  • The Nevarro Covert

T, continued

  • The Nevarro Guild Chapter
  • The Nevarro Holdouts
  • The Nevarro Magistracy
  • The New Order Restoration League
  • The New Republic
  • The Nexu Pack
  • The Nightbloom Spice Combine
  • The Niima Scrap Bosses
  • The Nine Suns League
  • The Ninefold Compact of the Western Reaches
  • The Ninth Gate Acolytes
  • The Ninth Parsec Syndicate
  • The Ninth Sector Remnant
  • The Ninth Warband of Mandalore
  • The Obsidian Directorate

T, continued

  • The Obsidian Sabacc Table
  • The Onderon Crown Council
  • The Onyx Legion
  • The Ord Mantell Syndics
  • The Order of the Quiet Tide
  • The Order of Two Rivers
  • The Ortolan Musicians' Guild
  • The Outer Rim Salvagers' Compact
  • The Pacifist Remnant of Sundari
  • The Pale Ensign Fleet
  • The Pale Masks of Moraband
  • The Pale Rancor Syndicate
  • The Parsec Line
  • The Pathless
  • The Penitent Blades

T, continued

  • The Perlemian Carriers' League
  • The Pit Droid Pit Crew Union
  • The Pivot Network
  • The Podracing Commission of Malastare
  • The Power Converter Dealers of Tosche
  • The Provisional Council of Akiva
  • The Puck Exchange
  • The Pure Sabacc Club
  • The Purge Remembrancers
  • The Purrgil Dreamers
  • The Purrgil Wake Chasers
  • The Pyke Syndicate
  • The Quiet Signal
  • The Rancor's Hand Free Company
  • The Raxus Parliament in Exile

T, continued

  • The Rebel Alliance
  • The Red Comet Privateers
  • The Red Mist Sisters
  • The Red Spice Ring
  • The Reek Horn Regiment
  • The Restraining Bolt Abolition League
  • The Rhydonium Haulers' Union
  • The Rimward Freight Compact
  • The Rimward Protection Society
  • The Rishi Maze Freebooters
  • The Rising Phoenix Wing
  • The Rodian Hunt Clans
  • The Ronto Haulers' Lodge
  • The Ryloth Clans Assembly
  • The Ryloth Dawn Brigade

T, continued

  • The Sabacc Dealers' Guild
  • The Sable Pennant Fleet
  • The Saffron Veil Cartel
  • The Salvage Kings
  • The Sand Skiff Raiders
  • The Scarlet Oathguard
  • The Second Dawn Alliance
  • The Second Secession
  • The Separatist Holdout Worlds
  • The Serenno Regency
  • The Shadow Ascetics
  • The Shadow Collective
  • The Shattered Moon Fleet
  • The Shipbreakers' Revolt
  • The Signet Bearers

T, continued

  • The Silent Auction of Canto Bight
  • The Smugglers' Moon Compact
  • The Sovereign Systems of Tal Oreth
  • The Spacers' Mutual Aid Guild
  • The Spice Assayers of Kessel
  • The Star Dreadnought Protectorate
  • The Star Jackals of Wild Space
  • The Starbird Pact
  • The Stardust Relay
  • The Starlit Covenant
  • The Steel Cordon
  • The Stellar Marches Protectorate
  • The Still Flame
  • The Stillwater Enclave
  • The Sullust Forge Strike

T, continued

  • The Sullust Home Rule Congress
  • The Sullustan Cartographers' League
  • The Sundered Clans Council
  • The Sunset Garrisons
  • The Sunskippers
  • The Survivors' Flotilla
  • The Takodana Neutral Ground Accord
  • The Tarkin Doctrine Society
  • The Tauntaun Patrol Volunteers
  • The Techno Union
  • The Temple Orphans
  • The Tharn Moffdom
  • The Thessa Accord
  • The Thirteenth Hour Cell
  • The Thousand Moons Assembly of Iego

T, continued

  • The Thousand Year Vigil
  • The Throne Loyalists
  • The Tibanna Tappers' Union
  • The Toydarian Royal Trade Court
  • The Toydarian Wing Guard
  • The Tracking Fob Collective
  • The Trade Federation
  • The Tramp Freighter Captains' Union
  • The Truthcasters
  • The Twelve Pucks Lodge
  • The Twin Worlds Pact of Ando and Rodia
  • The Tython Anchorites
  • The Ugnaught Smelters' Lodge
  • The Umbaran Twilight Cell
  • The Undercity Exchange of Nar Shaddaa

T, continued

  • The Unhelmed
  • The Unknown Regions Vanguard
  • The Unseen Current
  • The Unshackled Droid Collective
  • The Utapau Sinkhole Councils
  • The Vambrace Brotherhood
  • The Varn Reach Concord
  • The Veiled Hand
  • The Velvet Mynock Club
  • The Vermilion Hand
  • The Victory Day Society
  • The Void Jackals
  • The Wandering Knights of the Rim
  • The Wayfinders' Conclave
  • The Weequay Corsair Brotherhood

T, continued

  • The Whistling Birds Cadre
  • The Wild Space Settlers' Congress
  • The Winter Garrison of Vandor
  • The Wookiee Life-Debt Lodge
  • The Wroshyr Shadow
  • The Younglings' Promise
  • The YT-Series Owners' Lodge
  • The Zeffo Remembrancers
  • Thorga's Barge Consortium
  • Tibanna Skimmers' Syndicate
  • Togruta Hunt Bands of Shili
  • Trandoshan Hunt Lodge of Wasskah
  • Tribe of the Living Waters
  • Trill Wing Auxiliaries
  • Tusken Tribes of the Northern Dunes

V: 3 names

  • Varkana Shadow Exchange
  • Vigil Cell
  • Voice of the Free Rim

W: 5 names

  • Warband of the Red Visor
  • Wardens of the Whispering Stones
  • Warlord Kessarian's Dominion
  • Western Reaches Mutual Defense Pact
  • Wild Space Charting Company

Y: 1 name

  • Yavin Moon Wardens

Z: 1 name

  • Zabrak Hill Clans of Iridonia