"I'd prefer a mid-point between 'there is no emotion, there is peace' and 'peace is a lie' myself." Along with a mid-point between basically everything else.
"They are both planets that have been destroyed by Sith. About three centuries before I was born, Darth Malek was after a single Jedi and when he couldn't find her, ordered Taris be bombarded by orbit. Billions died, with the body count being racked up further afterwards, because the rakghouls--created because of another Sith--getting out of control." Garth'zel pauses for a moment. "If I were to meet that Sith, I'd either fire him into Taris' sun for creating those things or feed him to his own creations."
Rakghouls are an absolute nightmare to deal with.
"Ziost... I actually saw that one. The Sith Emperor completed a ritual that would let him destroy all life on the planet. People, animals, plants, everything. I watched from the orbital station as the planet died." His mouth tightens at that memory. "I wish I could have evacuated more people before it happened. That is the sort of thing Sith are capable of."
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"They are both planets that have been destroyed by Sith. About three centuries before I was born, Darth Malek was after a single Jedi and when he couldn't find her, ordered Taris be bombarded by orbit. Billions died, with the body count being racked up further afterwards, because the rakghouls--created because of another Sith--getting out of control." Garth'zel pauses for a moment. "If I were to meet that Sith, I'd either fire him into Taris' sun for creating those things or feed him to his own creations."
Rakghouls are an absolute nightmare to deal with.
"Ziost... I actually saw that one. The Sith Emperor completed a ritual that would let him destroy all life on the planet. People, animals, plants, everything. I watched from the orbital station as the planet died." His mouth tightens at that memory. "I wish I could have evacuated more people before it happened. That is the sort of thing Sith are capable of."