Revelations from NA Fan Fest (July 2023)

[Enkidoh]

I re-watched some of the panel looking for this. What are you referring to here out of curiosity?

I think Sanna is meaning that there wasn't any nations autonomous of Amaurot's control in Ancient Etheirys (in the Star Wars universe there were worlds in the Outer Rim that were not part of the Republic and so were fully independent politically, hence the juxtaposition).

Which, is rather odd, considering that the Convocation had an actual seat whose whole purpose was stated among other things to "study other cultures on the Convocation's behalf" - aka Azem - so that is either a retcon or the lore panel's explanation has been misunderstood.

[Cleretic]

Which, is rather odd, considering that the Convocation had an actual seat whose whole purpose was stated among other things to "study other cultures on the Convocation's behalf" - aka Azem - so that is either a retcon or the lore panel's explanation has been misunderstood.

I don't remember that line (so indication of when that might've been said would be helpful), but even if that's true, it doesn't go against this: a one-world government doesn't mean a monolithic culture. Cultures and subcultures persist and emerge no matter how singular, conformist and all-encompassing the 'core identity' is. Hell, I'd argue that a society so insanely conformist that they mandate identical robes and masks is absolutely gonna have new punk and rebel subcultures cropping up on a weekly basis just out of boredom if nothing else, and if you're really serious about keeping Big Greyrobes in business as an industry, you're gonna have someone keeping track of that!