Tanya just barely manages to restrain herself from disobeying her superior officers and attacking the Republic remanents.  But the Republic forces have escaped overseas, and vowed to fight to the bitter end.  The Empire has been victorious, but in its victory it has terrified the rest of the world and spurred them to action.  Is true victory possible at all?
Could there be any greater paradox?
هل يمكن أن تكون هناك أيّ مفارقة أكبر؟
Was für ein Widerspruch.
¿Puede haber una paradoja más grande?
¿Puede haber una paradoja más grande?
Une belle contradiction, en somme.
Perciò, può esistere paradosso più grande?
Poderia haver um paradoxo maior?
Можно ли придумать более нелепый парадокс?