“Organa thinks Palpatine is a murderer, a perpetrator of Jedi genocide. Why rush to protect him?” She wanted to say, Because murder is an offense beyond any other. Because if we act outside the courts, outside the law, we forfeit any claim to upholding the law’s principles. Because no one deserves to die terrified, at blasterpoint. It was wrong during the war, and it’s wrong still. Because Palpatine aspires to be a dictator, but anything worse is unproven. Because his viziers and his governors will take his place and inherit Palpatine’s approval ratings, and nothing will change. Because you
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