"Retro Toys and Cartoons" put up a question on X today asking what name he might give it if Emperor Sheev Palpatine (alias Darth Sidious) were to open a restaurant. The most popular reply, with at least a dozen of the 159 replies to date putting this answer forward, was " Order 66. " Nearly as popular was "The Villain Pub." Certainly if it sold Pizza's the Emperor could get Team Unicorn to advertise it with a new Meghan Trainor parody,  " I'm all about that base, Pizza Base! (No Rebels!) " Any other suggestions?

IN WHICH THE BALLOON GOES UP ... " The Short Victorious War " by David Weber, first published by Baen Books in April 1994  was the third  book in the "Honorverse" series, featuring the far future space navy officer Honor Harrington. The message of the book, strongly hinted at in the title, and even more so in two real-world quotes which Weber makes before the prologue, is particularly topical at the time of writing this review in April 2026, some 32 years after the book was first published. The first of those quotes, often attributed to the Russian interior minister Vyacheslav Plehve on the eve of the 1905 Russo-Japanese war, is  " What this country needs is a short victorious war to stem the tide of revolution. " The second, from the Irish journalist Robert Lynd, is     Among those currently wishing they had paid more attention to Robert Lynd's way of thinking must be the current Russian President, who is now into the fifth year of a war he expected t...

The story of how the then Senior Captain Mitth'raw'nuruodo first met the then General Anakin Skywalker on Batuu at the time of the Clone Wars, and how many years later Grand Admiral Thrawn worked with Darth Vader in the same area of space, is told in Timothy Zahn's book, "Thrawn: Alliances." This book was previously reviewed on this site here: Book Review: "Thrawn: Alliances" by Timothy Zahn, original novel I thought this short account explaining Thrawn's reaction in the "Ahsoka" series to learning that Anakin has been Ahsoka's Jedi master may be of interest.  PROFESSOR X.

An interesting piece of fan fiction in which Grand Admiral Thrawn was sent to investigate an alien civilisation - and it turns out to be the "Imperium of Man" from the Warhammer 40k universe. Presented in the form of a message from Thrawn to Emperor Palpatine reporting his findings.

This piece is a parody, repeated for amusement, and it is not intended to imply that the views expressed in this "interview" represent the real opinions of either Tucker Carlson or of Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo.  

 Hat tip to the "Blasters and the blades podcast" who tweeted this ...