The Fourth Scourge of Star Wars

1732. The Rise of the Galactic Empire (Part 1)

"Tang Xiao! You betrayed me!" Count Dooku's roar echoed in the communication room.

In the holographic projection, Count Dooku, with gray hair and gray hair wearing a precious velvet cloak, is still so majestic, but at this moment, the anger on his face can no longer be suppressed, and even his usual indifference and elegance can no longer be suppressed. Of course not!

betray! Yes, this is betrayal!

"What I don't quite understand is why I betrayed you? Count Dooku." Tang Xiao looked at the lion-like old man in front of him calmly.

"You actually made peace with Palpatine alone behind my back! What is this but betrayal!?" Count Dooku roared.

That's right, regarding the Dawn Agreement, Palpatine's propaganda and advocacy was naturally that the Principality of Dawn had surrendered, while on the Confederation of Independent Systems, it was just that the Principality of Dawn left the Confederation of Independent Systems to negotiate a peace with the Galactic Republic alone.

Tang Xiao sighed and said helplessly: "Planet Dawn has reached its limit... In the previous two-pronged attack of the Galactic Republic, they invested more than a thousand capital ships. It is already a miracle to be able to repel them. Their warships even bombarded the planet Dawn."

"This is not a reason for your betrayal!" Count Dooku said angrily, "Now our fleet is also resisting the main fleet of the Galactic Republic on the planet Salukami! And if you betray us like this, it is likely that Salukami will Failure on the planet battlefield!”

"I have done everything I can, Count Dooku." Tang Xiao said, "But if we do not seize the opportunity of this miraculous victory, the Dawn Planet will face catastrophe next."

"Do you think Palpatine will let you go if you betray like this?!" Count Dooku said, "There is no room for another person under his throne of power! This is what you told me back then!"

"I have no intention of truly reconciling with Palpatine. This is just a ten-year peace agreement. I promise you that although I can no longer continue fighting on the front battlefield, I will still do my best to provide you with assistance." As I said before, I am letting the Given people start to immigrate to the Lothal planet [Note 1], and they will also build factories and shipyards there, which will strengthen your resistance movement," Tang Xiao said.

"It's useless what you say! I won't let you go, Tang Xiao! You traitor!" Count Dooku gritted his teeth.

"I'm sorry, Count Dooku." Tang Xiao sighed again.

Count Dooku had closed the communication without any explanation.

A sneer appeared at the corner of Tang Xiao's mouth. He looked at the dark screen and said lightly: "That's why... you will always be the loser..."

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20BBY, ​​August 10th.

This day is called Empire Day.

Because on this day, the Galactic Republic died, and was replaced by the First Empire of the Galaxy, referred to as the Galactic Empire.

Palpatine, the former Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, became the head of the First Empire of the Galaxy after the reorganization of the Republic, and was crowned emperor in the enthronement ceremony held that day!

He will become the first Emperor of the First Empire of the Galaxy!

Of course, no one can know at this moment that he will also be the last one.

In almost one day, everything in the Galactic Republic has undergone earth-shaking changes!

In order to ascend the throne of the supreme and glorious new emperor, a riot called the "Empire" broke out in almost the entire territory of the former Galactic Republic.

Everything related to the Republic in life was removed almost overnight, even those things that were easily associated with the Galactic Republic. This was a premeditated and organized action.

The former capital of the Galactic Republic, the Coruscant sector was renamed the 'Imperial Region', the planet Coruscant was renamed the 'Imperial Center', and Galactic City, the capital of the planet Coruscant, was renamed the 'Imperial City' .

Therefore, starting from this day, the planet Coruscant, which has been the capital of the Galactic Republic and has maintained the operation of the entire Republic for 25,000 years, also became history. Coruscant, a planet that reminds people of the glory of the Republic, no longer exists.

And a complete reorganization has taken place in all major institutions of the Galactic Republic.

The Galactic Parliament was reorganized into the Imperial Parliament. All members must swear loyalty to the new Emperor Palpatine and the Galactic Empire, otherwise they will be directly expelled and driven out of the Imperial Parliament.

At that time, more than 300 of the more than 2,000 congressmen who submitted the 2,000-member petition were arrested, and the charge they were charged was - anti-imperial crime.

In fact, not all of the congressmen who signed the two thousand people's book were members of Bail Organa's faction, and many were members who were originally loyal to Palpatine. However, they believed that after the recent series of failures, the Galactic Republic must Make reforms. As a result, these people were also arrested without explanation.

The arrested congressmen include the grumpy Fang-Za, Pantora planet congressman Papanoida and others. Among them, Fang Zhanin refused to give in, even if he was arrested, he cursed Palpatine, and finally died in prison.

Although some other congressmen signed the two thousand people's book, they also used their respective connections to move around, and expressed their obedience and congratulations to Palpatine and the Galactic Empire, so they survived. Among them are Mon-Mothma, Bana-Brem and others.

Bail Organa, on the other hand, was not affected at all. This result surprised even Palpatine, because he originally thought that Bail Organa should be the most active one, but it turned out that he was not in the Two Thousand People Book at all. Sign it!

For this reason, Palpatine also called Bail Organa to his office and mocked him severely, saying that his so-called faith and persistence were nothing but a joke. Bail Organa, on the other hand, endured the humiliation and expressed deep regret for his previous actions on the spot. He said that his vision was not long-term and he failed to see His Majesty the Emperor's talents and plans.

Then he took the initiative to resign, preparing to return to his own planet Alderaan and start his retirement life.

However, Palpatine rejected this proposal and kept Bail Organa in the Imperial Council to praise him. He believes that the transformation of Bail Organa, once the core figure of the opposition, is just for others to see and promote as a model.

The reorganized Imperial Parliament has basically lost its function as a parliament. To put it bluntly, it is just a decoration.

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[Note 1]: (Strictly speaking, the planet Lothal should be translated as the planet 'Lothal' to distinguish it from the other planet Lorta. Forget it, since "Rise of the Rebels" has been translated this way , so be it.) (End of chapter)