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So I’m idly browsing Wookipedia to see what I’ve missed since I stopped following the Star Wars EU, and I’m amused to see that the Yuuzhan Vong weren’t all destroyed or driven away at the end of the New Jedi Order series, but instead surrendered, settled down and became just another background alien species.
Of course, this has precedents – the Mandalorians used to be the invading army that would doom all civilization, but by the time of the Empire they’re a minor group nobody really cares about. For that matter, the Bantam novels ended with the Empire itself accepting its fate as a minor fringe alliance that didn’t pose any real threat to anyone.
So here’s an idea – maybe every single species and culture in the Star Wars galaxy was, at some point, an unstoppable invading alien force from unknown space out to destroy the Republic!
The Jawas? Attacked the Republic ten thousand years ago with a high-tech armada. Only after the sacrifice of thousands of Jedi were they driven back, exiled to the barren Tattooine system alongside the last of their Tusken shock troops! Then a few years later they started selling scavenged technology, and everyone pretty much forgot about them.
The Wookiees? An unstoppably strong race of warriors that nearly brought the Republic to its knees, the Wookiees eventually surrendered in exchange for being allowed to keep Kashyyyk, the first world their armies had conquered. Rumours still exist, though, of degenerate mutated descendants of lost Wookiee regiments that refused to accept the cease fire, hiding out on hidden moons on the edges of known space.
The Mon Calamari? Had the bad fortune to launch their unstoppable invasion of the galaxy right in the middle of the Galactic Civil War, so nobody really noticed. They made a few token efforts to annihilate worlds on the rim as a demonstration of their might, but found their atrocities kept being attributed to the Empire instead. In the end, they signed on with the Rebel Alliance just to get some attention.
Of course, this has precedents – the Mandalorians used to be the invading army that would doom all civilization, but by the time of the Empire they’re a minor group nobody really cares about. For that matter, the Bantam novels ended with the Empire itself accepting its fate as a minor fringe alliance that didn’t pose any real threat to anyone.
So here’s an idea – maybe every single species and culture in the Star Wars galaxy was, at some point, an unstoppable invading alien force from unknown space out to destroy the Republic!
The Jawas? Attacked the Republic ten thousand years ago with a high-tech armada. Only after the sacrifice of thousands of Jedi were they driven back, exiled to the barren Tattooine system alongside the last of their Tusken shock troops! Then a few years later they started selling scavenged technology, and everyone pretty much forgot about them.
The Wookiees? An unstoppably strong race of warriors that nearly brought the Republic to its knees, the Wookiees eventually surrendered in exchange for being allowed to keep Kashyyyk, the first world their armies had conquered. Rumours still exist, though, of degenerate mutated descendants of lost Wookiee regiments that refused to accept the cease fire, hiding out on hidden moons on the edges of known space.
The Mon Calamari? Had the bad fortune to launch their unstoppable invasion of the galaxy right in the middle of the Galactic Civil War, so nobody really noticed. They made a few token efforts to annihilate worlds on the rim as a demonstration of their might, but found their atrocities kept being attributed to the Empire instead. In the end, they signed on with the Rebel Alliance just to get some attention.