K.’s Reviews > Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire > Status Update

"While many of the controls and propaganda attempts instituted by the Empire were designed to foster ongoing support and acceptance of Imperial rule, one of the most difficult aspects of understanding the Imperial state is acknowledging that much of its popular support appears to have been organically achieved."

this book is fictional and yet, so familiar ... 😭

"Princess Leia Organa would note years later that her adoptive father Senator Bail Organa had once, sadly, recounted a story to her where an unnamed senator—one whom he implied was a close friend—had noted that the jubilant acclaim was “how liberty died.”

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