I mean, you can speculate about why they came if you want to – if you really hate yourself and can’t stand a bit of mystery in your life. You can start thinking about their reasoning and ferreting around for the evidence. But I think it’s a bit of a shame – rather George Lucas of you. You’ve got some horned warriors in dragon ships emerging enigmatically from the mist – why ruin it with the prequel? Why start asking, ‘Ooh, what happened before this dramatic bit? What dry socio-economic causes can we root out?’ Need I say I am not a professional historian? I suspect that the view ‘It’s more fun
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