Fourth Scourge of Star Wars

7. The gaze from the galaxy’s end

Galactic Republic, a huge monster that has ruled the galaxy’s tens of thousands of star systems since more than 25,000 years ago. Since its establishment, it has been jointly governed by the Galactic Senate and the Jedi Order.

Republic Anno 25018, 35 BBY {note 1}. Coruscant, the capital of the Galactic Republic, is also the most developed and prosperous planet in the entire galaxy.

Jedi Temple, Coruscant and Galactic Senate are listed as the grandest buildings. Five towers stand above the huge trapezoidal main building with a height of thousands of meters and a width of more than 500 meters. This architectural structure also marks the supreme authority of the Guardian of the Galactic Republic, the Jedi Order.

A gray-bearded, but spirited, 70-year-old man who had a dignified appearance stood inside one of the towers of Jedi Temple and reported in a cold tone: “Master Yoda, Senator Palpatine has agreed Provide support in the Senate, and push Judicial Fleet to send troops directly to clear the Niele planet.”

And standing by the hall window with his back to this side is a green, less than one meter tall , with long ears, a shriveled old man like a goblin who is leaning on a cane, overlooking the entire Coruscant through the window.

Master Yoda, the supreme leader of the Jedi Order, is also a respected elder. Hearing the report of the person who came, he didn’t turn his head, but nodded and said: “It’s hard work, Master Dooku. Very important, the help of Senator Palpatine.”

The grammar of his speech was very strange, and he kept putting the subject Putting it in the back, it became a somewhat awkward inversion sentence.

The response of the old man named Master Dooku was also very cold, he just nodded slightly, turned around and left. When he came to the door, he coldly said: “If you send troops to rescue a planet besieged by pirates, you have to use personal relationships to promote the passage of motion on the Senate, then tell me, the way forward for the Galactic Republic is Where? How should the Jedi Order handle itself?”

Master Yoda just turned his back to him, and after a while he said slowly: “Call me Master, you should.”

Dooku’s cheeks twitch, and he turns sharply and slams the door straight away.

After a long time, Master Yoda took a deep breath, turned and looked towards one direction, his eyes became deep, he gently shook ones head.

Outside the door, Master Dooku fought back the anger in his heart and walked quickly down the corridor. A pair of master and apprentice dressed in coarse clothes approached, a middle age person with loose hair and a flat-headed young man who looked very energetic.

Seeing Dooku coming, the middle age person quickly stepped aside, bowed very respectfully and said, “Master.”

Dooku was upset but after seeing this middle age person Still nodded responded, and then walked out of the Jedi Temple.

middle age person kept bowing and waited for Dooku to walk away before taking his young apprentice into the room where Dooku came out just now.

“Master Yoda, are you looking for me?” The middle age person walked into the room and bowed deeply to Master Yoda who was standing by the window.

“There is a fluctuation in the Force, I feel it,” said Master Yoda.

middle age person was stunned for a moment, then his eyes sharpened, “Could it be that the power of the dark side has appeared again?”

“Power of the dark side, it’s not. It’s chaos. , I only see.” Master Yoda closed his eyes, feeling the Force.

“A chaos? Where? Why is this happening?” middle age person frowned.

“No way to know.” Yoda shakes ones head, “Increasingly strong, disturbance of the Force, see with your own eyes. Go to Moddell Sector, Master Qui-Gon Jinn.”

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middle age person asked again: “What am I going to look for?”

“I don’t know. may the Force be with you.” Master Yoda sighed and stopped talking.

“May the Force be with you.” Qui-Gon Jinn bowed deeply again and turned to the youngster beside him, “Let’s go, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Go to the Moddell Sector.”

“Yes, Master.” The youngster replied nodily.

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Master Dooku returned to his residence, turned on the communicator, and the miniature projection device projected a silhouette of a man in his 40s, wearing a senate robe, with some baldness.

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said, “Thank you very much for your help this time, Senator Palpatine. Otherwise, the tens of millions of inhabitants of Planet Niele would have been killed and wounded by Biskaran’s siege.”

Senator Palpatine said with a faint smile: “This is what I should do, Master Dooku. I am also very fortunate to meet a man like you who dares to break with tradition and is full of justice in such a decadent age. Jedi Master.”

“But that’s not what I want.” Dooku shook his head. “This shouldn’t have been resolved this way.”

“We’re in The environment is like this, and it’s not going to change because of the efforts of one or two of us. So, we should be thankful that this matter can be resolved. And other more serious things, such as the recent relationship between Planet Malastare and Corporate Alliance disputes, is beyond our capabilities,” Palpatine said.

Dooku agreed, “I agree with you, Mr. Senator, this is not a problem that one or two of us can solve. We need more comrades.”

Palpatine’s gratified noddéd, “This is exactly what I want to express. But I believe that as long as we stick to our original intention, the opportunity for change will eventually come.”

“I hope this day will come sooner.” Dooku His tone became colder.

“Yes, it will come,” Palpatine said meaningfully. “By the way, I recently heard that there may be some problems with Moddell Sector.”

” It’s a barren area in the outer rim western region, full of unusual hyperspace traps, and as far as I know there’s a giant black hole. It’s beyond the control of the Galactic Republic, does what goes wrong there matter? “Dooku is a little weird.

“Not important, just a little concerned. It would be great if you could help me get someone to look it up,” Palpatine said casually.

“I will send a few Jedi Apprentices…well, forget it, I will send a few bounty hunters directly from my hometown Serenno planet.” Dooku originally wanted to pass the Jedi Order, but he immediately canceled this idea.

“Thank you, Master Dooku.” Palpatine gave that meaningful smile again, bowed slightly, and ended the call.

“Force Disturbance in Moddell Sector recently, why let Dooku do it?” A very deep voice suddenly came from behind Palpatine.

“It’s like training a Cyborrean Battle Dog. It will only get used to your demands after a lot of commands…and finally, commands.” Palpatine replied with a smile.

“You really only have this idea?” the voice asked again.

“of course, my lord.” Palpatine bowed slightly, hiding his expression well.

“Very well, since that’s the case, Planet Malastare’s dispute still lacks some fire, you, let’s light another fire.” The voice in the dark said.

“as you wish, my lord.” Palpatine, still with an impeccable smile on her face, walked backwards out of the office.

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{Note 1}: The chronological record of [Star Wars World] is based on Battle of Yavin, which is the first Star Wars movie, [Star Wars: A New Hope] ] The time of the battle in which the Death Star was destroyed is the standard. BBY means BeforeBattleofYavin, before the Battle of Yavin, that year is 0 BBY.

After Battle of Yavin, it is ABY a few years, which means After Battle of Yavin, which this book will not cover.

The Galactic Republic was founded at 25,053 BBY and was destroyed at 19 BBY for 25034 years. 35 BBY corresponds to the year 25018 when the Galactic Republic was established, so according to the year of the Galactic Republic, this year is 25018. This year is also the point in time when the book begins.

New fans can understand it like this: BBY is the BC chronology, which comes backwards; ABY is the AD chronology, which is straight forward, so that’s OK, nothing else matters.