Mantooine Minuet

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"The Emperor is gone. Everyone who held him dear needs to rally together to keep the Empire alive. There are things you know that could help in that regard."
"The Emperor enjoyed the Mantooine Minuet. Does that help?"
―Ivak seeks Mara Jade's help[1]

The Mantooine Minuet was a piece of classical dance music.[2] An innocuous piece of music, it passed review of the Imperial Board of Culture outright[3] and was favored by Galactic Emperor Palpatine.[2] Following the Emperor's death in 4 ABY,[4] Emperor's Hand Mara Jade was captured by Director of Imperial Intelligence Ysanne Isard. Upon interrogation, Jade, who had identified herself as a dancer in the Imperial court, claimed that the Emperor enjoyed the Mantooine Minuet as a way of appearing obtuse about her real role.[1] Mantooine Minuet shared its name with the planet Mantooine.[5]

Behind the scenes

The Mantooine Minuet was first mentioned in the third issue of Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand, a comic book written by Timothy Zahn and Michael Stackpole published by Dark Horse Comics[1] on October 7th, 1998.[6] In real life, a minuet is a piece of music to accompany a dance.[7]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 3
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 278 ("Mantooine Minuet")
  3. ↑ StarWars.com Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Part 2 on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)
  4. ↑ The New Essential Chronology
  5. ↑ The Essential Atlas
  6. ↑ Marvel-TemplateLogo Star Wars: Mara Jade - By the Emperor's Hand (1998) #3 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
  7. ↑ Premium-Era-real Minuet on dictionary.cambridge.org: "(a piece of music to accompany) an old type of graceful dance." (backup link archived on October 17, 2015)