Dis-remembering

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"In response, these survivors have "dis-remembered" the Galactic Empire—a grave insult in their society. They refuse to acknowledge the Imperial state ever even existed. These are a species who have purposefully turned their backs on the perpetrators of attempted genocide, and their silence should be respected."
―Beaumont Kin, The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire[1]

Dis-remembering was an act used as a grave insult within the society of the species that lived on the planet Bosph. In 3 BBY, the Imperial Navy of the Galactic Empire bombarded Bosph and caused effectively irreparable damage while attempting to commit an act of genocide on the species, enacting an ongoing quarantine on those that survived. In response, the species dis-remembered the Galactic Empire, refusing to acknowledge that the state had ever existed.[1] In 35 ABY,[2] the historian Beaumont Kin encouraged readers in[1] his[3] book The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire to seek out first hand accounts from the victims of the Empire's attrocities, but noted as an exception the inhabitants of Bosph, stating that their purposeful choice to dis-remember those who had wronged them should be respected.[1]

Behind the scenes

In the current Star Wars canon, dis-remembering was mentioned in the 2024 reference book Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, which was written by Chris Kempshall.[1] The act originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity as disremembering, where it was first mentioned in "Smugglers of the Outer Rim," an article written by Doug Shuler and published in the fifth issue of the Star Wars Adventure Journal in February 1995.[4]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
  2. ↑ Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire states that thirty years have passed since the end of the Galactic Civil War and months have passed since the Battle of Exegol. As Star Wars: Timelines dates the end of the war to 5 ABY and the Battle of Exegol to 35 ABY, the in-universe The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire must have been published in 35 ABY.
  3. ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
  4. ↑ SWAJsmall "Smugglers of the Outer Rim" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 5