Decline and Fall: The Turning Point
Revenge of the Sith ends. We contemplate the nature of coups, purges, and what it actually means to fall.
Decline and Fall Annex: Kosher Torture
Disney's Andor has a lot to say about imperial rule — and the difficulties of overthrowing it.
Decline and Fall: History and Star Wars with Patrick Wyman
A lively interview on processes of empire, the violence of frontiers, and the role of history in invented worlds.
The Empire is a Predatory Forest
Trees, like empires, wear against one another. Empires, like trees, are never quite so separate from one another as they like to claim.