Chapter 115

“At the invitation of Max Vizsla, Mand’alor of Mandalore, Queen Padmé Amidala will depart on January 10, Year 7 of the Galactic Standard Calendar, for a state visit to Mandalore. During the visit, the heads of state of both nations will...”

Queen Padmé Amidala was very interested in the topic proposed by the Mandalorians: “how to defend peace and the happy lives of the people by strengthening defensive capabilities.”

In Padmé’s view, Mandalore was like another Naboo. In the past, Mandalore and Naboo had both prospered because of pacifism, and both had invited disaster because they were prosperous yet militarily lax. Today, Mandalore and Naboo were both actively transforming their policies, both striving toward a better tomorrow.