After Ki-Adi Mundi escapes Grievous, there's a Council scene where they all agree that more Jedi Knights are needed for the war. This is what leads to Anakin being Knighted.

But how does this help the Order or the war exactly? It's not as though Knight Anakin is any different from Padawan Anakin in terms of skill. He's still leading squadrons as a Padawan so it doesn't seem to be a military reason. The title of Knight is important to Jedi culture but seems kind of arbitrary to the war effort as a whole.

I remember hearing somwhere that the Razor Crest is a modified gunship, so following that line, what military ship in Star Wars could best be converted into a house?

If one of the above happened to attend their shop one day and buy a piece from their stock, do you think they would try to bug them or would it be too risky. TBH the Emperor, as fun as I would like to imagine him strolling into the shop and buying an artifact would be, it would be way too risky in event of exposure I just wanted to throw him out there. They got lucky removing that one bug from Sculdun as is.

The other four however, could be interesting opportunities. They are all high risk, high reward sources of intelligence. Admittedly Yularen would be more riskier as ISB and presumably living on Coruscant but Thrawn, Tarkin, and Krennic are away in other parts of the galaxy could give them time to close up shop in case of exposure.

Would you do it as a Republican or Separatist? Only going from political ideas, not necessarily serving Jedi or Sith, you're working for the people, no Force powers. Which side will be yours and how would you navigate the delicate politics of war to ensure your side's victory. You are not enabled out-of-verse information, once in, at the beginning of the war. You'll have your position, the knowledge you require and your external knowledge of other franchises but not from Star Wars itself. Assume an amalgam of EU and Clone Wars.

In the unlikely event that Sheev ever stood before a court to answer for his crimes, what do you think the prosecution's case would be? We don't know much about the legislation of the Old and New Republics, but what do you think the charges might be based on existing real-world law and jurisprudence?

I've finally headcanoned this blunder to a satisfying conclusion for myself.

We assume that 'system' always means Star System but in astrophysics 'systems' are used to describe lower orders of orbital systems too. E.g. The Jovian System for Jupiter and its moons, Mars system for Mars and its moons etc.

If it's being used as Star System, it does seem ridiculous that Vader would be mad about this. Hyperspacing to a star system's general vicinity is pretty standard practice if you want to get somewhere, right?

Well if Vader was referring to the system of planet Hoth and its three moons specifically and that Ozzel felt it was a 'surprise' move, then it makes sense that they just hyperspaced right on top of the local planetary system and within the rebels detection range. The amateur didn't even hide behind a nearby moon or anything. Silly Ozzel.

Given the rise of the Empire and the crackdown on all lingering Separatist remnants, it’s unlikely that there are many voiced opinions about the genocide of the Jedi at the Empire’s hands, but generally, did Separatists see it more as the Jedi getting what they deserved or yet another atrocity of the Republic gunning down their former allies? Are there any former CIS characters in either continuity who have voiced their opinions about it?

At face value, it looks like Thrawn repeatedly holding back when he could've presumably gone scorched-earth at any given point, instead preferring to "stall" without success and ultimately being forced to sacrifice one of his greatest assets (Morgan Elsbeth) only to succeed by a hair's breadth and (knowingly or unknowingly) allowing one of the Jedi to successfully stow away aboard the Chimaera.

Yet, in his mind, this was the optimal way to ensure his escape.

How can we see it from Thrawn's perspective?

We’ve seen that humans and Twi’leks can reproduce and have children together, which got me wondering how much Star Wars has actually established about interspecies reproduction.

Is there any Canon or Legends material that explains why certain species are biologically compatible despite presumably evolving on completely different planets? Are human/Twi’lek hybrids an unusual exception, or are there a significant number of species that can naturally have children with one another?

With a human and Twi’lek, for example, is there any established explanation for which traits the child receives from each parent? Could two children from the same species pairing come out looking very different depending on which traits they inherit? Maybe in the Star Wars universe reproducing with another species isnt as common unlike in the real world where it's common for humans to reproduce with other races (Of course race and species are different but an anaolgy)

If you are not familiar, the entity referred to Mother is the main antagonist of the second book from Jaden Korr's dulogy: Riptide

She is a dark force entity that was imprisoned on a Rakatan Space station, the station gradually becoming self aware over the thousand of years it laid dormant powered with the energy of the Dark Side of the Force

To make a long story short, Mother possesses the body of a Lumiya clone, Seer, who she manipulated into creating a sort of cult like figure around herself

Jaden Korr destroys the station but as far as I remember it is left to interpretation if Mother managed to escape or not

My question is who the hell is this "Mother"? Just some random dark side entity the Rakatans imprisoned? And if so why? Is she a part of Abeloth? I have so many questions and truth be told, Riptide never answered them.

Introduction:

It's pretty easy to demonise groups like the Trade Federation, and certainly the Megacorporations of the Galaxy did some deeply immoral things in the years leading up to the Empire... but I don't think it's entirely fair to blame them for what happened. A lot of the focus on sympathetic separatists goes to non-corporate interests, with people like Mina Bonterii and Avi Singh; but I do think it's worth analysing the corporate perspective.

(note: this will be a canon-focused post as I'm going to reference things like The Bad Batch and Star Wars: Brotherhood, because that's what I am more familiar with, but I would welcome the PoV of people who have more familiarity with Legends in the comments, particularly if you know about the Stark hyperspace war, which IIRC was a factor in the old EU)

Droids:

This is a point that I think needs to be addressed early, because a major reason the separatists as a whole, but the corporations in particular, get demonised is their reliance on droids, which are naturally harder to empathise with.

Firstly, that's essentially Organic Chauvinism. We know Droids can be deeply moral individuals with their own outlooks and beliefs, and we have known this since C-2Po and R2-D2 were major characters in 1977. The use of a mechanical army and a mechanical workforce means that it is hard work to empathise with groups like the Techno Union and the Dtrade Federation, but that is work we should put in.

Secondly, it's unfair to demonise the corporations for that, when the Republic explicitly penalised them for NOT hiring droids. Given their druthers, the Trade Federation at least would rather hire Organics, but the Republic passed Legislation that outlawed the use of droids for specific tasks. We only know this was done for certain with Mekneks, but consider: Organics are generally (individual cases vary) cheaper than Droids (Cassian says this explicitly), and in the case of soldiers, organic warfighters are said to be "immensely superior" (take this claim with a grain of salt, though; it is being said as part of a marketing pitch from a de-facto salesperson). Taking all of this together, I think it's fair to assume that the corporate use of droid armies was AT LEAST IN PART the result of Republic regulation.

Taxes:

This, I believe, is the single strongest case for the corporations; the Republic's tax scheme was ABSOLUTELY UNJUST.

There's a very important line in the opening crawl of Episode I that we need to consider:

The taxation of trade routes TO outlying systems is in dispute.

(emphasis mine)

This is crucial to establishing that the Trade Federation had a morally just case for blockading Naboo; the line does not say that the taxation of trade routes FROM outlying systems is in dispute.

The Trade Federation is not questioning the Republic's right to tax cargo that they ship from the Outer Rim to the Core; that is the unambiguous right of a sovereign government to impose tariffs upon imports; when a merchant vessel moves goods to a port, it may be required by the government controlling that port to pay a tariff, tax, toll, burden, or fee. This is entirely justified, as governments must raise revenue to support themselves, and fund the upkeep and protection of such ports.

No, they are questioning the Republic's right to tax cargo that is shipped TO the Outer Rim; and well they should, because the Republic has clearly abandoned the Outer Rim in all but name.

Name, and tax duties.

Shmi tells Padme that "The Republic doesn't exist out here [on Tatooine]", but this is in response to a question about the Republic's anti-slavery laws, which Padme assumes should be in effect on Tatooine. Shmi is describing a practical reality, not a legal one.

Notably, in Dex's Cantina, when Obi-Wan asks if Kamino is in the Republic, Dex responds "No, it's beyond the Outer Rim" (emphasis mine), suggesting that if it were NOT beyond the Outer Rim, it WOULD be in the Republic.

So, by law, Tatooine and other outlying systems are in the Republic, and the Republic taxes trade to them. This is particularly galling as Republic Credits are not even valid tender on Tatooine; local merchants won't accept them, which may be due to the Republic switching to fiat currency as it appears to have decommissioned or isolated all of its mints, with At-Attin being sealed well before the Clone Wars.

Presumably, the Republic still demands that taxes be PAID in Dataries, effectively forcing anyone who wants to engage in interstellar commerce to maintain a reserve of what was effectively a useless currency.

Of course the Trade Federation was upset; anyone would be upset. Starting a blockade as a form of political protest was a reasonable and proportionate response to a Senate policy that amounted to rent-seeking extortion.

Representation:

Yes, it's true that many corporations had representation in the Republic Senate.

This may seem unusual, but we need to take a mental step back and consider what democracy is (at least conceptually) for.

If the purpose of democracy is to ensure that people have a say in the rules they have to live by, and the purpose of Representative Democracy (which includes Parliamentary Republics) is to appoint individuals who will represent the interests of groups of people.

How those groups are selected is, at least in principle, based on shared political interest.

Geography can, to some extent, work as a proxy for political interest; but this assumes people stay in one place for a prolonged period of time.

With the existence of space habitats and ships that people can survive in for a long time, this no longer holds. There are likely large groups of beings who have never even set foot on a planet, born and raised in space, travelling the hyperspace lanes as their profession. No planet or star system can reasonably be said to represent their interests; only the corporations which employ them.

As to how the corporate senators act, I would point out that in Episode I, Lott Dodd doesn't actually defend the invasion of Naboo, and may not even have known about it; he merely asks that Queen Amidala PROVE her serious allegations against the organisations he represents, which is hardly unreasonable.

As to their lobbying during the Clone Wars, it's an unfortunate reality of regulatory states that economic entities will always lobby those with the power to regulate them, because the alternative is to be destroyed by their competitors who certainly will use such methods. It's acompetitive environment, and nobody can afford to fall behind; this has been the case since at least the Palace Economies of the Fertile Crescent. It was true in Ancient Rome, it was True in the Middle Ages, and it is true today. Only in a Lassaiz-Faire system where there is no regulatory authority to Lobby for control over can economic entities afford to stop petitioning for favour.

Yes, Halle Burtoni and Lott Dodd and all the rest of them argued for the war to continue; what else could they reasonably do?

These corporations have employees, creditors, shareholders, and customers to look out for. They have a fiduciary responsibility, and if they fail to maximise profit, they won't meet that responsibility, which means pensions unpaid, wages unraised, and stock dividends unrealised.

Under the circumstances, NOT lobbying for the war to continue would have been a violation of their ethical duties.

Atrocities:

Here comes probably the most controversial part.

It is undeniable that the Separatists, and by extension the corporations that were part of the Separatist alliance, bear some responsibility for atrocities.

However, I think it should be noted that this was at the urging of the Sith, who wanted them to become vilified so that Palpatine could justify nationalising them and seizing their assets (which he notably did to the Banking Clan).

It was also, explicitly, Sidious who ordered that all the Gungans be killed.

Governor Bibble's infamous message was ultimately revealed to be a lie, a trap to lure the Queen back to Naboo; realtively few people died in the Naboo occupation.

So, whilst we can certainly argue that specific individuals within the corporations, such as Nute Gunray, were vindictive and spiteful, I don't think it is fair to judge teh corporations as a whole; any more than the Jedi as a whole are to blame for Pong Krell.

Conclusion:

The narrative heavily criticises the corporations, particularly the Trade Federation. Even some Separatist Characters, such as Ruug Quarnom of Cato Nemodia and at least one member of the Separatist parliament (mr "Unlike the Republic, Corporations do not rule us, ooh lah lah, has anyone seen my Croissant?")

However, I don't think this is entirely fair. The corporations were one part of a vast, broken system, doing their best for the people they had a responsibility to. They were not alone in their sins, and nor were they unique in their complicity; ultimately, they were as much victims of the Sith and of the generally doomed political circumstances as anyone else.

simple question I recently saw a video where someone claimed hyperspace physically shortens the distance because it acts like a compressed version of realspace. while people say hyperspace "shortens travel" some people seem to mean just travel time while others mean physical travel space. since you have to accelerate to light speed to enter hyperspace it always seemed to me that hyperspace simply allows you to travel faster or is is inherently faster unlike realspace. if it really shortens the distance how would that even work, hyperspace isnt a compressed version of realspace it seems to be the same as mass shadows are in hyperspace exactly where they are in realspace.

Edit: ok update it really seems here like it does allow you to go faster instead of shortening the distance excerpt from Star Wars Insider 228:

"When such a ship accelerated to lightspeed, it broke the barrier between the two dimensions and jumped into hyperspace. Think of it in terms of our own world, where a car can shorten its cross-country journey by "jumping" onto a highway and reaching speeds that exceed those it can legally cover on a city street or a back road. Although, in that situation, there is no need to enter another dimension!"

edit 2: also found this article on the official star wars site

"In order to reach these speeds, a ship requires a hyperdrive — a propulsion system that would pitch the ship to lightspeed in order to “jump” to hyperspace. (Although ships often travel at far faster velocities than lightspeed once in hyperspace, something otherwise impossible to do.)"

obviously the design for them looks cute and adorable not to mention from the interviews who work on the show. It sounds like the art department had fun slipping in these little Easter eggs.

But still Tatooine is supposed to be a flyover planet. forgettable not legendary at least in-universe obviously it is the birthplace of the Skywalker’s family but still Somehow Bantha plushie.

i’m just curious since I’m a huge fan of Andor and the show kind of changed the way I see a fan service and worldbuilding in general such as Stormtroopers being the elite while the imperial army is the standard army. hence why I feel there should be guidelines of sorts when it comes to these things. Like use Stormtroopers less and Imperial army more granted rebels is an interesting case because we didn’t have solo which introduced the imperial army (yes they appeared in empire strikes back with general veers but still solo was our first proper introduction to them.)

still despite this outlook, I have there are some few exceptions like Darth Plagueis and Vader. Granted for the acolyte was it fan service Yes but is it awesome to see him. Hell, yes, plus at the time everyone was a bit uncertain rather or not Plagueis is still a Muun like he was legends granted you have RPG sourcebooks mention it but still there was a bit uncertain so seening Plagueis as a Muun is awesome and I’m glad that it happened even if it would’ve been interesting to see him as a Neimoidian like in that concept art that Pablo Hidalgo shared years ago on Twitter. Still, if I recall, George Lucas mentioned to Luceno when ask what species is Plagueis it is a Muun.

For Vader in say Jedi Survivor and well Maul Shadow Lord yes it was a fan service, but come on it is Vader who would say no to him appearing when he does appear the sequence became a horror show (which is exactly similar to how Grievous was in the 2003 clone wars show and he probably should’ve continued as but that’s a totally different topic in a later post.) plus in moments like maup shadow lord it makes sense in universe given well how much of a threat maul at least to Palpatine.

In the real world, we've discovered in the last few decades that a skilled diver can actually *befriend* tiger sharks, along with the smaller lemon shark. We're talking belly rubs, getting jealous of other sharks, recognition after long periods apart, and earning enough trust to remove fish-hooks. These animals will also absolutely eat you if you act or move like prey; but if you stand your ground the right way and give them snacks, they'll categorise you as a peer- the evaluation is behavioural.

When Leia meets a suspicious, aggressive Wicket on Endor, she flat out refuses to be aggressive or frightened. She takes no guff from the Ewok, but shows affection and provides food. She doesn't emote fear or aggression, doesn't fight or flee, and throws in some food- Wicket's confused at first but can come to no other conclusion than to view Leia as "friend".

Chewbacca, on the other hand, is tempted by a fairly obvious chunk of bait, and falls into an animal trap along with Han, Luke, and the droids, who yell and thrash around in terror. "Prey" animals fall for snare traps, thrash around, and panic. Put 'em on the spit!

Han and Luke are the same species as Leia, but doing what prey animals do makes it very, very hard to change Ewok minds- these are highly instinct-driven predators. Sheer luck provides a cultural factor strong enough to cut through this.

The Imperials show aggression and alarm instantly. With no prophesised golden one and magic tricks to argue for them, their fate is sealed. On a deep, brain-stem level, the Ewoks cannot see them as fellow sapients, only as threats and food. Yub nub it is.

I know the transition didn't happen overnight, but how was Palpatine able to take total control & manage the numerous responsibilities of all of the former separatist (and republic) galaxy wide corporation's? Also, what happened to them? Were they absorbed completely by the government or controlled like puppets? I know from the Clone Wars The Trade Federation, Techno Union & Banking Clan at least had senate representation separate from planet representation. Though we knew the truth, publicly the separatist council members were labeled as extremists, exhuming people like Lott Dod from being held liable

Firstly, when Thrawn figured out the Rebels took control of the Lothal dome, why didn’t he tell anyone inside it? It seems that a few people in the dome actually knew what was going on. Telling them would’ve led to hundreds of stormtroopers storming the bridge and capture them, as well as disarm the bombs. Even if he didn’t do that, he could’ve at least sent some of his own forces to capture the bridge or help the forces in the dome. Hell, if you don’t wanna do that, you could even just shoot the bridge.

Secondly, how could purgill defeat an Imperial blockade. We know that purgill are hunted by poachers, so they can’t be that strong, and they don’t even have shields. They’re going up against massive ships with shields, armor, and turbolasers. Seeing the ships just not even try to fight the purgill was ridiculous.

This has always bugged me about the 'Palpatine did everything' take. He definitely pulled the strings, but the Republic was already rotting from the inside out. The Senate had a long habit of voting away its checks and balances whenever things got inconvenient, Sidious just took advantage of a system that was already primed for a dictator.

I'm building a male Zygerrian character and trying to separate canon/Legends information from fan assumptions. I'm especially looking for established fur/skin colors, male chin spikes/horns location meaning or status meaning, eye colors, height/ and typical builds, senses, physical advantages, and any other things like that in terms of biology like jump height and night vision. Are there sourcebooks or obscure appearances that establish more than what we see in TCW? In regard to PDF uniforms and kits what would the uniform or kit look like for a PDF soldier/trooper look like that specialized in engineering, battle field medicine, and heavy weapons? thanks for the help

Now obviously, the external reasoning is obvious in that A New Hope was released decades before the establishment of the clones let alone the 501st. The stormtroopers canonically went through flip-flop phases of being clones and being conscripts through the evolution of the EU: The pretty famous Soldiers of the Empire! article in Poster Monthly #4 had Anthony Fredrickson directly call them clones, which was contradicted by other mentions of conscription including Zeth Durron in the Jedi Academy trilogy; by 2002, WotC released their ANH card set which names all stormtroopers in the film explicitly as "clone stormtrooper" and after RotS Lucas did a couple interviews here and there explaining he did view the stormtroopers in the films as clones, though later EU media would overall largely contradict this and lean more with the angle of clones being slowly phased out for other clones and mainly conscripts.

Battlefront II was the main source on the formation of the 501st before and after the Empire. As stated in the Kamino mission:

Future clones would be bred from a variety of templates. Though the 501st itself remained pure, the rest of the Imperial Army gradually became more and more diverse. We never really got used to the new guys.

Battlefront II also confirms it was Vader's Fist which boarded the Tantive. Now, obviously assuming that characters like Daine Jir or Praji are not part of the Fist and rather other officers from the Devastator, that still doesn't explain why the commander (or lieutenant or whatever role he does have) who tells Vader the Death Star plans aren't in the Tantive's main computers is voiced by Terry McGovern in an explicitly American accent, or why the stormtroopers who stun Leia also have an American accent, etc. Has this ever been tackled?

Did the Kaminoans establish production centers in other cities as well, in both Canon and Legends?

This is a bit of a odd question but sometimes it feels like the Empire feels way more streamlined as a organization if not in Canon itself then at least in the pre-prequel Era of Star Wars. It's kinda hard to say but i feel like the Empire has....not factions but like...organizations, cults, barons, etc etc in it.

Like we have
The Inquistorious
Emperor Hand
Vader's many acolytes
Lots of familes and barons who rule over it.
Palpatine apparently had more of a family in Legends running both apparently fake and real
It also seems like Palpatine had....'lovers' to and apparnetly gave them Space Statiosn and Moons.

I feel like its a mix of what Star Wars thought the Empire was and how it as more engrained in society probably because it was though the Empire was around longer.

Its a odd question and I'm not sure if I'm even stating it right. But what do you all thing?

Let's assume that by a freak accident or the will of the Force, both Sith alive in the galazy are killed before Palpatine is trained. Could the Sith ever make a comeback at that point? At that point the knowledge of the Sith was hidden away by the Jedi in the restricted section of their library. However, a Clone Wars scenario is still likely to happen, just decades later without Palpatine's instigation. The Old Republic is likely still degrading without Sith influence (this is debatable but I believe so), so another major dark sider and war seems inevitable. Would the Sith be revived in this scenario, or would the concept die entirely and a new kind of dark side user become prominent?

Obviously in Legends the Lost Tribe of the Sith were out there, which is why I flaired this as canon. Darth Plagueis (the book) also seems to imply that the Sith were the main reason the Old Republic was degrading into corporatism, which is not confirmed in canon.

The purpose of the Inquisitors is to hunt down Jedi who survived Order 66, but simultaneously, Sidious intended for them to be weak so they wouldn't be a risk to him. But if they are that weak, how in the galaxy are they supposed to hunt Jedi who are competent enough to have survived Order 66?

Pretty much in everything that the Inquisitors are in they are a bunch of jobbers yet we're supposed to believe that these guys are Jedi killers

In Season 3 of The Clone Wars, after Savage kills Halsey and Knox, Yoda shows Obi-Wan the security footage from Devaron. Obi-Wan, after seeing him, mistakes him for his brother and exclaims “Darth Maul alive?!” But…how would he, or any of them, know his name? Maul had very few lines in TPM, and none of them were to the Jedi.

My best guess is that between TPM and AOTC, when Gunray was being put on trial for the Naboo blockade, Qui-Gon’s murderer was something the Courts/Jedi interrogated him on. But, of course, if Gunray goes “I only know his name! Darth Maul!” The ‘Darth’ title is a dead giveaway and immediately leads to the next question, “Was there another?” Either Gunray says “No,” and they effortlessly catch him in a lie, or he name drops Sidious, which we know he doesn’t because A: Obi-Wan first learns of the name from Dooku in Episode II, and B: He’s still alive by the time of Episode II and still in control of the Trade Federation.

Greetings exalted ones,

I have a question regarding how the galaxy viewed Luke Skywalker. I would love to know more about how he was perceived by the rebellion following the events of A New Hope. Was he a poster boy for their cause, or was he just another rebel? I’m very curious how the Empire, outside of Palpatine and Vader, saw Luke as well. I’d imagine stormtroopers would hear the stories of a legendary Jedi knight blowing up the Death Star and surviving a duel with Vader. Following the events of ROTJ, is he recognized by people of the galaxy or are the Jedi still considered to be myth.

TL;DR, Curious how Luke was viewed, by the average civilian , the empire, and his fellow rebels during his time in the rebellion and post ROTJ.