{"id":1613,"date":"2012-03-14T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wallenfeldt.com\/wp\/?p=1613"},"modified":"2023-10-05T08:04:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T13:04:09","slug":"star-wars-blogs-prefects-corner-shades-of-gray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wallenfeldt.com\/wp\/2012\/03\/14\/star-wars-blogs-prefects-corner-shades-of-gray\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars: Blogs | Prefect&#8217;s Corner | Shades of gray"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Apparently, the Star Wars Blogs are being wiped out soon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Probably for good reason. Folks almost never use them and when they did it was for a RPG system that is a couple years out of print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, I went to them periodically for writing ideas and I will miss having ready access to the minds of Dan Wallace, Sterling Hershey, and others who have since stopped posting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had a few entries into something I called the Prefect&#8217;s Corner. It was the title I had in the Vast Empire club (of which I am still a member so come join us!) but only one seemed worth preserving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Read it, if you have thoughts, comment on it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shades of gray<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the things that my club has been debating is what to do about our club history. At the moment we are in the age of Thrawn. We don&#8217;t currently buy that he is the Empire reborn and this has led to a few discussions that are not exactly canon-related.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In short, it is this: if you fracture an Empire, how do you expect it to consolidate around one man no one has ever heard of? This isn&#8217;t to discredit Zahn; I like his books and I think he&#8217;s done a lot for the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That said, why can&#8217;t there be more than one Empire? More importantly, why are there only two sides to every war? I seriously doubt every smuggler and pirate in the galaxy sided with the Republic. I mean, consider it: open trade and anti-slavery governments are BAD for the not-so-law-abiding. The Empire was good for business, and if it could clean up some business practices, more to the good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, as we are playing this out in our heads, we see an Empire backing Thrawn and the various little warlord-ships everywhere else. And hell, maybe even a centralized Empire with Isaard in charge. And why the Praetorian Guard gone bad plot? Why can&#8217;t Thrawn live to further keep the galaxy divided. No, it isn&#8217;t noble, and it isn&#8217;t remotely optimistic. But it does seem to ring more true than what we were given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the extreme, you have a Smuggler&#8217;s Alliance with more teeth than diplomats. You may also have a reactionary Republic than lashes out on humans &#8211; admit it, there HAS to be an angry undercurrent to feed off of. Fey&#8217;la for Chancellor for life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are a few of the notions going around. Just wanted to throw them out there for some feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently, the Star Wars Blogs are being wiped out soon. Probably for good reason. Folks almost never use them and when they did it was for a RPG system that is a couple years out of print. 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