Interspecies relationships?

^ It may just be Palpatine's moral preferences enforced on the galaxy at large, of course...the Sith are into hedonism, which means a whole lot of what you want. That doesn't mean they want to give everyone else whatever they want.

 

Is there any instances in EU Literature of the empires policy on interspecies relationships? I know that awhile back I did some posting on this board about this but nothing verifible came up. We never really get a view into what the average joes life was like in the Empire or how they cope with issues such as these.

 

Since the Empire was human-centric and fostered the view of non-human species as little better than animals, to be used, abused, enslaved, and disposed of, I believe we may safely assume that actual relationships of equality between humans and these species were discouraged if not outright illegal. For example, Twi'leks are okay as slavegirls, but not as wives. Think about how African-Americans and interracial marriages were treated.

Prejudice extended to those who were hybrids. See: Bey, from the Marvel Star Wars comics. Half-Nagai, Half-Corellian.

Individual cultures within the galaxy are shown to have their own prejudicial baggage. This doesn't excuse the Empire instituting such things as state policy, but there's no where in the SW universe that's a perfect Eden. Even Naboo had prejudices to overcome between the humans and the gungans.

 

Thanks for the reasoned response, Jello.

I'll have to give your specific questions a bit of thought.

I guess my next question would be whether the question of "social health" came from a moral compass or an ethical/philisophical one, but I doubt there's anything in-universe to expand on that.

 

What exactly is the "social ill" that's being caused by allowing interspecies copulation, though?

Again, the number of people that would actively pursue interspecies relationships are by the very nature of the thing going to be a minority, and likely a relatively small one compared to the galactic population. Much less those actively pursuing interspecies relations with races that they are not sexually compatible with in any traditional sense (who lets be honest, probably aren't the best candidates to be breeding with their own kind anyway). Where again is the harm being inflicted on society?

Not to mention, that by legalizing this behavior and to an extent accepting it (or more accurately tolerating it from the minority practicing it), you remove one of the major factors that might lead to such experimentation...it's no longer "taboo." Thus to at least part of those who might otherwise seek out such experiences the appeal is lost.

 

Here's one in the making:

Jacen: "Niathal! Have my babies!!!"

 

I might refer you to X-Wing 5 or 6, where Castin Donn talks about the riots/celebrations on Coruscant after the Emperor's death for more information. I don't own a copy so I can't really look up the exact description.

Yes, it is an infinitesimal fraction, but then again, most of the galaxy probably does not give a flying-Sith about who rules the galaxy, just that they are able to get on with their lives in the way they want to.

 

nah... Jacen doesn't want Niathal... he wants lovers who can give him the most Force-strong children possible. you don't really think blackmail threats are the reason he spared Alema, do you?

 

Jello, Jello . . . you neglected to mention that the glorious forces of the Empire crushed the traitorous, anarchic, vandalizing rioters! I'm very disappointed that you would ignore such a victory for Imperial order.

 

You're in good company.

 

As Jacen says in Bloodlines, all people want is to know there a stable government.

Was that the only one? I thought my fuzzy memory recalls that Castin was one of the broadcasters of the Emperor's death or something like that, and that he was overlooking some small-to-medium size plaza and then the Imperial troops came and started shooting...I would have thought that there were many many people broadcasting the Emperor's death on Coruscant.

Even attendance at the celebration/riots is not a good measure of true support for the Empire/Rebellion either.

 

I just read something interesting about Ryn women being used as breeding stock...perhaps this is plausible, after all...

 

I wonder if there are any hybrids created from some of these interspecies pairings? I know it happens in Star Trek, I wonder if it happens in Star Wars?

And speaking of pairings, Maul would be surprised at how many fangirls he has...

 

Just what interesting something was this?

 

Meh, it was the Wook, but it seemed to be a plain enough fact for it to have come from something other than fanon.

 

Is the Wookieepedia reliable?

 

They're G-canonically supposed to indicate the galaxy is largely jubilant over the Empire's destruction.

While people like to argue that the masses don't notice that they're in an authoritarian government, plenty of real-life examples show that people in military dictatorships are often frightened and hateful of the government even when it's "stable." Just because the people at the riot were murdered en masse doesn't mean that they were the only people on Coruscant that supported an end to the Imperial Government. It just means there's a Tianamen Square style- Massacre added to the number of atrocities the Empire performed.

Let's face it; Coruscant the Shining Beacon of Imperial Hope is also a place with Stormtroopers on every corner, people routinely disappeared every day, and constant streams of scary Imperial Propaganda. I tend to appreciate Last of the Jedi's view on Coruscant which is a show that the Empire is HATED even on Imperial Center.

 

To a degree. We generally keep the nonsense out, but we're not perfect, and sometimes something slips through.

 

Well, Shug Ninx was half-alien, but since his alien mom was a near-human anyways, it doesn't mean that much.