Pundits and scholars alike claim that Karl Franz is able to maintain order by forcing each Imperial faction into deals that are mutually acceptable. With an excellent understanding of leverage, many of the Emperor's political victories have been won by granting a person not what they want, but...
as @Yavar Moradipointed out, yes that article linked doesn't back up any claim made by @Schilkeman and I actually remember reading that interview in preparation for the series and feeling a glow of hope because of how much Star Wars had been caught in the glut of self-reference and how...
If we’re looking for a label that makes a distinction while keeping the claim to the core territory I’d go with “Actual Liberal”. Just the right amount of on-the-nose. The Problem Child Neat. But aren’t the pictures above missing something? Something big? Like a top quadrant?
When our ancestors departed Earth, they asked themselves: which of our achievements represents the best of humanity, that we may bring it with us to illumine the darkness? The Federation, embroiled in a world of contracts and petty bickering, chose their
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"If the vast and powerful forces I had gathered could not perform their sworn duty and protect their own Emperor, they did not deserve to lay claim to this galaxy in my absence. For their failures, I would see them burn. And the galaxy along with them." ―Darth Sidious[154] Claiming ...
Rolls-Royce-riding angels of death, leather-clad outriders, and, of course, that mirror to the Underworld. Marie Dea's radiant, pregnant Eurydice is the love who awaits him there. Made by a man who laid claim to being a painter and sculptor as well as a filmmaker, this is a true wor...
to strategy, intelligence, horsemanship, and progeny (like Kaineng Tah, Yian Zho had several dozen children by his many concubines—children who carried the blood of the emperor, but no claim to the throne according to Canthan mores and values). His temper, however, was legendarily short, ...
The claim that Isauria's urban elites were implicated in the region's troubles may have some support from the historical sources. According to Ammianus, at the end of the hostilities of 368, the Isaurians … requested that peace be granted to them through a truce, this being suggested by ...
This lent support to the Japanese claim to the Ryukyu Islands, which had been under Satsuma influence in Tokugawa times. The islands were incorporated into Japan in 1879 despite Chinese protests. The First Sino-Japanese War First Sino-Japanese WarThere Stands No Enemy Where We Go: Surrender of...