Quote of the week 4th November - Thrawn on the longing for Ultimate Safety
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A Thrawn saying for All Souls' day: "If one is remembered by a friend, one is never truly gone."
The second day of November is commemorated by many people on the planet known as Sol III, Terra, or Earth as All Souls' day. Many cultures on Sol II have a custom of remembering the departed at the time of the Autumn Equinox, a custom sometimes known as Halloween (a shortening of "All Hallow's Eve") when people on earth remember the departed. The Christian churches refer to 2nd November as All Soul's day as part of that religious festival. None of the stories featuring Mitth'raw'nuruodo, who became known in the Empire as Grand Admiral Thrawn, either in Legends or Canon, lay out whether he had any religious beliefs. However, all the best ones suggest that he valued life, never killed capriciously or unnecessarily, and had the capacity of genuine friendship. The Epilogue to Timothy Zahn's noel "Thrawn" begins with some words, apparently intended to be read as the thoughts of the Grand Admiral, about Friendship. The last sentence appears particu
Clocks go back tonight for those of you in the UK, or most of the EU, on Earth
Here on the Star Destroyer ISS Chimaera, in orbit above Dathomir, we don't have to fiddle with the clocks to reflect changes in the seasons. However, for those of you on the planet Earth in a galaxy far, far away from Dathomir, this doesn't apply. Tonight in the UK and most of Europe, the clocks go back an hour. So in the UK at 3am, it jumps back to a second 2am. Here is a handy guide to putting your clocks back tonight:
