"With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict, and bring order to the galaxy!"
-Darth Vader
The first of the three evil alignments, Lawful Evil characters are villains who prefer to operate within the system, and from their position of power and authority in said system do evil. Lawful Evil characters can either be self-righteous anti-villains who genuinely desire to bring a kind of peace, but via fascism and brutality, or alternatively just sadistic control freaks who enjoy having power over others. If a villain makes it clear that they desire some kind of order, then they are most certainly this alignment. Villains who again, do evil from a position of power and authority are also almost invariably this. While there are some villains in positions of authority who are not Lawful Evil, they are the exception, not the rule, and for the most part being evil and in a position of authority denotes Lawful Evil. Finally, though this by no means a universal truth, Lawful Evil is the most likely of the three evil alignments to have villains who actually honor their word. While I do not believe that having a code of honor automatically makes you Lawful (plenty of the characters described below have no such codes of scruples), Lawful Evil characters are nevertheless still the Evil characters most likely to have some kind of honor and again, keep their word.
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Source of the page quote and far and away one of the best examples of this alignment. Of course in fairness a great many Star Wars villains are Lawful Evil, but even so Darth Vader, a man deeply ingrained in the Imperial and Sith hierarchies and an enforcer of fascist order, remains the trend-setter.
Let's see...monarch? Check. Rules over his people with an iron fist? Check. Desires order as dictated by him? Check. Megalomaniacal? Check. Has a code of honor and keeps his word in spite of villainy? Check. Yeah, Doctor Doom is text-book Lawful Evil. Not to mention that Darth Vader was supposedly based off of him, so...yeah.
Seeks to create a "better" world for Mutants where they are dominant over humanity and lord over them with an iron fist. And of course in this ideal world Magneto's the man in charge. Then there's his being leader of the Brotherhood and also having some honor despite being and a villain. Yeah, Magneto fits this to a T.
A lot of people consider him Neutral Evil, but let's consider a few things: he attained success largely by working within an organized system, be it the Sith or the Republic. He does nearly all of his evil from a position of power and authority that he clearly enjoys having, and as the Emperor created a totalitarian dictatorship that imposed "order" on the rest of the galaxy. Honestly looking at all of that I feel his being Lawful Evil is rather obvious. On that note...
Yep, the Sith as a collective are Lawful Evil, in contrast to their arch-enemies being Lawful Good. The Sith constantly seek power and influence over others, and almost always aspire to rule the galaxy and impose their own desires on others. In fact part of Sith philosophy is the idea that the Sith aren't just able to rule, they're ENTITLED to rule. That and Sith are generally encouraged to seek success by working within the Sith system, which generally translates to scheming against and ultimately overthrowing their masters.
More of the same.
As with most other Dark Lords of the Sith, especially considering that when Dark Side his initial goal was to bring "order" to the Galaxy in the wake of the Mandalorian Wars.
When Dark Side
Ah yes, this character. My least favorite Star Wars character (yes, even worse than Jar-Jar) and the very definition of a hypocrite. So puritanical she makes even the most conservative RoE era Jedi look good and also being a Dark Side devotee who collects Sith holocrons the way I do LEGO sets, she's a pretty insufferable character in addition to being a villain.
Just one of many Dark Lords of the Sith to fit this alignment, and in his case especially fitting given that he ultimately becomes the new Sith Emperor.