Lenang O'Pali

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"Some of the Empire's fiercest defenders, figures such as Lenang O'Pali who continued to act as polemicists for the Empire long after it had fallen, point toward the industrial and transportation networks created during these years as "things built by the Empire to benefit the populations of Imperial worlds.""
―Beaumont Kin, The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire[1]

Lenang O'Pali was an individual who acted as a polemicist and fierce defender for the Galactic Empire, continuing long after it fell[1] in 5 ABY.[2] During the reign of the New Republic, O'Pali delivered a public lecture on[1] the planet[2] Eriadu titled "A Call to Empire: The Failings of the New Republic." In the speech, they claimed that the industrial and transportation networks created under the Empire were examples of it working to benefit its citizens, but when citing O'Pali's speech in[1] his[3] book The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire[1] in 35 ABY,[4] the historian Beaumont Kin argued it was the people enslaved or manipulated by the Empire who built such things, not the Empire itself.[1]

Behind the scenes

In the current Star Wars canon, Lenang O'Pali was mentioned in the 2024 reference book Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, which was written by Dr. Chris Kempshall.[1] The character originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where O'Pali was mentioned in the 2012 reference book The Essential Guide to Warfare, which was written by Jason Fry and Paul R. Urquhart.[5]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: Timelines
  3. ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ The Essential Guide to Warfare
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