- "In his autobiocron Dear Anguillon, Janyor described his disgust with himself upon reflecting on this unflinching fascist image, complete with brutalist Atrisian Basic motto 'Empire united over all.'"
- ―A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy
Atrisian Basic was a language[1] that shared its name with the Galactic Basic Standard language[2] and the celestial body Atrisia. The Atrisian Basic phrase "Imperius Unitada ober Totallex," meaning "Empire united over all," was written in the High Galactic alphabet on the Galactic Empire propaganda poster of the same name. The poster was commissioned by the Imperial Commission for the Preservation of the New Order and created by the artists Janyor and Dalraga de Cueravon. Janyor would later note his disgust with the fascist imagery of the work in his autobiocron Dear Anguillon. The poster was eventually included in the publication A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy, which described the motto depicted on it as "brutalist."[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Atrisian Basic was introduced in Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy, a 2016 book authored by Pablo Hidalgo. The Atrisian Basic word "ober" written on the Imperius Unitada ober Totallex poster depicted in the book[1] is similar to the word "ober," an Austrian German word for "over, above" that is in turn similar to[3] the Standard German word "über" of the same meaning[4]—as used in "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" ("Germany, Germany above all"), the first line of the Nazi Germany's national anthem.[5]
The other words of the Atrisian Basic phrase on the poster, "Imperius," "Unitada," and "Totallex,"[1] share similarities with the Latin words "imperium" ("empire"),[6] "unitus" (the perfect participle form of "unio",[7] or "to unite"),[8] and "totalis" ("the whole (of), all (of)").[9] The theme of the in-universe namesakes of Atrisia being connected etymologically to both Latin and Wikipedia:Ancient Rome:Ancient Romein which it was spoken was continued in Hidalgo's 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary, which introduced into the current Star Wars canon the terms "Elite Praetorian Guard" and "Atrisian Emperor"[10]—which share their names with the Roman Praetorian Guard and the Roman emperors, respectively.[11]
Sources[]
- Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy (First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy
- ↑
Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 63 (Guide to the Galaxy: Life on Rodia)
- ↑ Definition preposition "ober" (over, top) - meaning, synonyms, translations, grammar on Netzverb Dictionary (archived from the original on April 15, 2024)
- ↑ Definition preposition "über" (above, over) - meaning, synonyms, translations, grammar on Netzverb Dictionary (archived from the original on April 15, 2024)
- ↑ Deutschlandlied | History, Lyrics, Meaning, & Facts by The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica on Encyclopædia Britannica (November 14, 2023) (archived from the original on April 8, 2024)
- ↑ ONLINE LATIN DICTIONARY - Latin - English by Olivetti, Enrico on Online Latin Dictionary (archived from the original on April 15, 2024) (Entry for "imperium")
- ↑ ONLINE LATIN DICTIONARY - Latin - English by Olivetti, Enrico on Online Latin Dictionary (archived from the original on April 15, 2024) (Entry for "unitus")
- ↑ ONLINE LATIN DICTIONARY - Latin - English by Olivetti, Enrico on Online Latin Dictionary (archived from the original on April 15, 2024) (Entry for "unio")
- ↑ totalis on Logeion (archived from the original on April 15, 2024)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Praetorian Guard | Imperial Bodyguard, Elite Troops, Roman Elite by The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica on Encyclopædia Britannica (April 2, 2024) (archived from the original on April 6, 2024)