Chapter 124

“When politics reaches a stage where it can advance no further, war breaks out to sweep away the obstacles blocking its path.”

“For example, militarist Mandalorian Space was an obstacle to the Galactic Republic’s implementation of the Ruusan Reformation. The Republic wanted to remove that obstacle, so it launched the Mandalorian Excision. The warrior Mandalorians were an obstacle to the New Mandalorians’ creation of a pacifist New Mandalore. The New Mandalorians wanted to remove that obstacle, so they launched the Mandalorian Civil War.”

“Bo-Katan,” Max Vizsla said, beginning an impromptu test, “where do you think the next war will be fought? Who will be fighting whom?”