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{{Quote|I have leaned on Jan in far more dangerous instances than these.|Terrinald Screed, receiving the Holt Cross alongside Jan Dodonna for their part in the Battle of Anaxes|The Essential Guide to Warfare}}
 
{{Quote|I have leaned on Jan in far more dangerous instances than these.|Terrinald Screed, receiving the Holt Cross alongside Jan Dodonna for their part in the Battle of Anaxes|The Essential Guide to Warfare}}
The '''Battle of Anaxes''' of [[21 BBY|20.1 BBY]] was the final confrontation between the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]]' [[Bulwark Fleet]] and the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]]'s [[Victory Fleet]] during the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]]. After [[Battle of Foerost (Clone Wars)|launching]] the Bulwark Fleet from the [[Foerost Shipyards]], [[Confederate Navy|Confederate]] [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Dua Ningo]] initiated an [[Foerost campaign|intense campaign]] against the [[Core Worlds/Legends|Core Worlds]], coming close to seizing [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] itself. The Victory Fleet's [[Commander/Legends|commander]]s, [[Captain/Legends|Captain]]s [[Jan Dodonna/Legends|Jan Dodonna]] and [[Terrinald Screed]], hunted down Ningo and [[Space warfare|engaged]] [[Sexes/Legends|his]] [[Bulwark Mark I]] [[battlecruiser]]s in a deciding clash over the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Anaxes/Legends|Anaxes]]. Although Screed outmaneuvered and vaporized Ningo's [[Unrepentant (Bulwark Mark I)|flagship]], [[Death/Legends|killing]] the Separatist admiral, Screed's assault cost him damage to his own [[Arlionne|command ship]], resulting in near-mortal injuries that forced him to undergo [[Cybernetics/Legends|cybernetic]] reconstruction. Nevertheless, he and Dodonna both received the [[Holt Cross]] for their victorious actions over Anaxes.
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The '''Battle of Anaxes''' of [[21 BBY/Legends|20.1 BBY]] was the final confrontation between the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]]' [[Bulwark Fleet]] and the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic's]] [[Victory Fleet]] during the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]]. After [[Battle of Foerost (Clone Wars)|launching]] the Bulwark Fleet from the [[Foerost Shipyards]], [[Confederate Navy|Confederate]] [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Dua Ningo/Legends|Dua Ningo]] initiated an [[Foerost campaign|intense campaign]] against the [[Core Worlds/Legends|Core Worlds]], coming close to seizing [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] itself. The Victory Fleet's [[Commander/Legends|commanders]], [[Captain/Legends|Captains]] [[Jan Dodonna/Legends|Jan Dodonna]] and [[Terrinald Screed/Legends|Terrinald Screed]], hunted down Ningo and [[Space warfare|engaged]] [[Sexes/Legends|his]] [[Bulwark Mark I]] [[Battlecruiser/Legends|battlecruisers]] in a deciding clash over the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Anaxes/Legends|Anaxes]]. Although Screed outmaneuvered and vaporized Ningo's [[Unrepentant (Bulwark Mark I)|flagship]], [[Death/Legends|killing]] the Separatist admiral, Screed's assault cost him damage to his own [[Arlionne|command ship]], resulting in near-mortal injuries that forced him to undergo [[Cybernetics/Legends|cybernetic]] reconstruction. Nevertheless, he and Dodonna both received the [[Holt Cross]] for their victorious actions over Anaxes.
   
 
==Prelude==
 
==Prelude==
In the [[Standard year/Legends|year]] [[21 BBY|20.1 BBY]] ([[Great ReSynchronization|15:4]]), twenty-three [[Standard month|months]] into the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]] unveiled its new [[Bulwark Fleet]] of [[Bulwark Mark I]] [[battlecruiser]]s.<ref name="NEC" /> [[Confederate Navy]] [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]]<ref name="TEA" /> [[Dua Ningo]] oversaw the [[Fleet/Legends|fleet]]'s [[Battle of Foerost (Clone Wars)|breakout]] from the [[Foerost Shipyards]] and proceeded to [[Foerost campaign|obliterate]] [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] outposts throughout the [[Core Worlds/Legends|Core Worlds]], threatening the [[The galaxy/Legends|galactic]] [[Capital/Legends|capital]] of [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] itself. In response, two [[Republic officer]]s&mdash;[[Captain/Legends|Captain]]s [[Terrinald Screed]] and [[Jan Dodonna/Legends|Jan Dodonna]]&mdash;were granted command of the latest addition to the [[Republic Navy/Legends|Republic Navy]]: the [[Victory Fleet]] of [[Victory I-class Star Destroyer|''Victory I''-class Star Destroyers]],<ref name="NEC" /> designed by [[Rendili StarDrive]] [[engineer]] [[Walex Blissex]].<ref name="Warfare" />
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In the [[Standard year/Legends|year]] [[21 BBY/Legends|20.1 BBY]] ([[Great ReSynchronization|15:4]]), twenty-three [[Standard month/Legends|months]] into the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]] unveiled its new [[Bulwark Fleet]] of [[Bulwark Mark I]] [[Battlecruiser/Legends|battlecruisers]].<ref name="NEC" /> [[Confederate Navy]] [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]]<ref name="TEA" /> [[Dua Ningo/Legends|Dua Ningo]] oversaw the [[Fleet/Legends|fleet's]] [[Battle of Foerost (Clone Wars)|breakout]] from the [[Foerost Shipyards]] and proceeded to [[Foerost campaign|obliterate]] [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] outposts throughout the [[Core Worlds/Legends|Core Worlds]], threatening the [[The galaxy/Legends|galactic]] [[Capital/Legends|capital]] of [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] itself. In response, two [[Republic officer/Legends|Republic officers]]&mdash;[[Captain/Legends|Captains]] [[Terrinald Screed/Legends|Terrinald Screed]] and [[Jan Dodonna/Legends|Jan Dodonna]]&mdash;were granted command of the latest addition to the [[Republic Navy/Legends|Republic Navy]]: the [[Victory Fleet]] of [[Victory I-class Star Destroyer|''Victory I''-class Star Destroyers]],<ref name="NEC" /> designed by [[Rendili StarDrive/Legends|Rendili StarDrive]] [[Engineer/Legends|engineer]] [[Walex Blissex/Legends|Walex Blissex]].<ref name="Warfare" />
   
 
[[File:Anaxes_space.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Anaxes, the site of the battle]]
 
[[File:Anaxes_space.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Anaxes, the site of the battle]]
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==The battle==
 
==The battle==
 
{{Quote|The final showdown came in the skies above Anaxes. Dodonna, under heavy fire with dead wrecks from his task force plunging planetward, held out long enough for Screed to pop in from hyperspace and disintegrate Ningo's flagship with a broadside fusillade.|Voren Na'al|The New Essential Chronology}}
 
{{Quote|The final showdown came in the skies above Anaxes. Dodonna, under heavy fire with dead wrecks from his task force plunging planetward, held out long enough for Screed to pop in from hyperspace and disintegrate Ningo's flagship with a broadside fusillade.|Voren Na'al|The New Essential Chronology}}
The Victory Fleet engaged in a deception: Dodonna arrived first at Anaxes with his task force of [[Star Destroyer/Legends|Star Destroyer]]s and [[Space warfare|assaulted]] Ningo's Bulwark [[Cruiser/Legends|cruiser]]s in the upper [[Atmosphere/Legends|atmosphere]]. Screed, meanwhile, sat a mere [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]] jump away<ref name="NEC" /> aboard his [[Command ship/Legends|command ship]], the ''[[Arlionne]]'',<ref name="Warfare" /> waiting for the right moment to join the battle.<ref name="NEC" /> Commanding the Bulwark Fleet from his [[Flagship/Legends|flagship]], the ''[[Unrepentant (Bulwark Mark I)|Unrepentant]]'',<ref name="Warfare" /> Ningo decimated Dodonna's [[Warship/Legends|warship]]s, plunging dead wreck after dead wreck toward the surface below. Despite the carnage, Dodonna held out against Ningo's [[Starship/Legends|ships]] long enough for Screed to execute his sneak attack.<ref name="NEC" /> Emerging from hyperspace aboard the ''Arlionne'', Screed maneuvered his Star Destroyer into position and ambushed the ''Unrepentant'' at point-blank range. His swift salvo of broadside cannonades annihilated Ningo's flagship,<ref name="Warfare" /> [[Death/Legends|killing]] the Confederate admiral.<ref name="CSWE Ningo" /> However, the ensuing explosion of the ''Unrepentant'' tore into the ''Arlionne'', ripping open its [[Bridge (starship)/Legends|bridge]] and severely wounding Screed.<ref name="Warfare" /> Nevertheless, Ningo's death allowed Screed and Dodonna to emerge victorious over the late admiral's Bulwark Fleet.<ref name="NEC" />
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The Victory Fleet engaged in a deception: Dodonna arrived first at Anaxes with his task force of [[Star Destroyer/Legends|Star Destroyers]] and [[Space warfare|assaulted]] Ningo's Bulwark [[Cruiser/Legends|cruisers]] in the upper [[Atmosphere/Legends|atmosphere]]. Screed, meanwhile, sat a mere [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]] jump away<ref name="NEC" /> aboard his [[Command ship/Legends|command ship]], the ''[[Arlionne]]'',<ref name="Warfare" /> waiting for the right moment to join the battle.<ref name="NEC" /> Commanding the Bulwark Fleet from his [[Flagship/Legends|flagship]], the [[Unrepentant (Bulwark Mark I)|''Unrepentant'']],<ref name="Warfare" /> Ningo decimated Dodonna's [[Warship/Legends|warships]], plunging dead wreck after dead wreck toward the surface below. Despite the carnage, Dodonna held out against Ningo's [[Starship/Legends|ships]] long enough for Screed to execute his sneak attack.<ref name="NEC" /> Emerging from hyperspace aboard the ''Arlionne'', Screed maneuvered his Star Destroyer into position and ambushed the ''Unrepentant'' at point-blank range. His swift salvo of broadside cannonades annihilated Ningo's flagship,<ref name="Warfare" /> [[Death/Legends|killing]] the Confederate admiral.<ref name="CSWE Ningo" /> However, the ensuing explosion of the ''Unrepentant'' tore into the ''Arlionne'', ripping open its [[Bridge (starship)/Legends|bridge]] and severely wounding Screed.<ref name="Warfare" /> Nevertheless, Ningo's death allowed Screed and Dodonna to emerge victorious over the late admiral's Bulwark Fleet.<ref name="NEC" />
   
 
==Aftermath==
 
==Aftermath==
 
{{Quote|Screed required cybernetic reconstruction to survive the injuries he received in the Battle of Anaxes, but both men returned to Coruscant as heroes.|Voren Na'al|The New Essential Chronology}}
 
{{Quote|Screed required cybernetic reconstruction to survive the injuries he received in the Battle of Anaxes, but both men returned to Coruscant as heroes.|Voren Na'al|The New Essential Chronology}}
 
[[File:Screed_and_Dodonna.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Screed and Dodonna are presented with the Holt Cross.]]
 
[[File:Screed_and_Dodonna.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Screed and Dodonna are presented with the Holt Cross.]]
Screed needed [[Cybernetics/Legends|cybernetic]] implants to survive his near-mortal injuries,<ref name="NEC" /> but he began to recover and&mdash;within three [[Standard week|weeks]] of the Battle of Anaxes, as it came to be known&mdash;laboriously returned to Anaxes to receive the [[Holt Cross]] [[Medal/Legends|medal]] alongside Dodonna, in recognition of their defeat of the Bulwark Fleet.<ref name="Warfare" /> Screed and Dodonna were lauded as heroes of the Republic,<ref name="NEC" /> and both [[Human/Legends|men]] continued their careers in the Republic [[Navy/Legends|Navy]]. Screed was thereafter appointed as the commander of the [[Coruscant Defense Fleet|Coruscant Home Fleet]], in part to grant him further recovery [[Time/Legends|time]] to heal from his wounds.<ref name="Warfare" />
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Screed needed [[Cybernetics/Legends|cybernetic]] implants to survive his near-mortal injuries,<ref name="NEC" /> but he began to recover and&mdash;within three [[Standard week/Legends|weeks]] of the Battle of Anaxes, as it came to be known&mdash;laboriously returned to Anaxes to receive the [[Holt Cross]] [[Medal/Legends|medal]] alongside Dodonna, in recognition of their defeat of the Bulwark Fleet.<ref name="Warfare" /> Screed and Dodonna were lauded as heroes of the Republic,<ref name="NEC" /> and both [[Human/Legends|men]] continued their careers in the Republic [[Navy/Legends|Navy]]. Screed was thereafter appointed as the commander of the [[Coruscant Defense Fleet|Coruscant Home Fleet]], in part to grant him further recovery [[Time/Legends|time]] to heal from his wounds.<ref name="Warfare" />
   
In [[36 ABY]], [[Galactic Federation of Free Alliances|Galactic Alliance]] [[historian]] [[Voren Na'al]] included the Battle of Anaxes in his [[The New Essential Chronology (in-universe)|compendium of galactic history]].<ref name="NEC" />
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In [[36 ABY]], [[Galactic Federation of Free Alliances|Galactic Alliance]] [[Historian/Legends|historian]] [[Voren Na'al/Legends|Voren Na'al]] included the Battle of Anaxes in his [[The New Essential Chronology (in-universe)|compendium of galactic history]].<ref name="NEC" />
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
The Battle of Anaxes was created by author [[Daniel Wallace]] for ''[[The New Essential Chronology]]'', a book published in [[2005]] that also served as an [[in-universe]] narrative written by Voren Na'al.<ref name="NEC" /> Among the research that he did for the book, Wallace drew upon the concept of the ''Victory I''-class Star Destroyer from the [[1979]] [[novel]] ''[[Han Solo's Revenge]]'', using the Battle of Anaxes and the surrounding events to chronicle the Star Destroyer's formal in-universe introduction.<ref name="NEC Endnotes">{{SWArchive|url=http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/ref/f20051025/index.html?page=3|text=Endnotes for ''The New Essential Chronology'', Part Two: The Fall of the Republic}}</ref> The battle has since been referenced and expanded by other authors, including [[Jason Fry]], who co-authored [[2012]]'s ''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'' and detailed the battle's events in a profile for Terrinald Screed.<ref name="Warfare" /><ref name="Warfare Endnotes 7">{{Cite_web|url=http://jasonfry.tumblr.com/post/23039847571/eg-to-warfare-endnotes-pt-7|title=Jason Fry's Dorkery - EG to Warfare: Endnotes Pt. 7|accessdate=2013-12-27|last=Fry|first=Jason|authorlink=Jason Fry|date=2012-05-14|work=Jason Fry's Dorkery|publisher=[http://www.tumblr.com Tumblr.com]|quote=I wanted to give Screed a backstory that made him sympathetic and even sad, instead of being (literally) a cartoon villain. You can overdo this sort of thing&mdash;some would grouse that the EU already has&mdash;but I think letting Dodonna sum up Screed gives the portrayal a little detachment and keeps it from being mawkish.}}</ref>
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The Battle of Anaxes was created by author [[Daniel Wallace]] for ''[[The New Essential Chronology]]'', a book published in [[2005]] that also served as an [[in-universe]] narrative written by Voren Na'al.<ref name="NEC" /> Among the research that he did for the book, Wallace drew upon the concept of the ''Victory I''-class Star Destroyer from the [[1979]] novel ''[[Han Solo's Revenge]]'', using the Battle of Anaxes and the surrounding events to chronicle the Star Destroyer's formal in-universe introduction.<ref name="NEC Endnotes">{{SWArchive|url=http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/ref/f20051025/index.html?page=3|text=Endnotes for ''The New Essential Chronology'', Part Two: The Fall of the Republic}}</ref> The battle has since been referenced and expanded by other authors, including [[Jason Fry]], who co-authored [[2012]]'s ''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]'' and detailed the battle's events in a profile for Terrinald Screed.<ref name="Warfare" /><ref name="Warfare Endnotes 7">{{Tumblr|tumblrurl=jasonfry|url=post/23039847571/eg-to-warfare-endnotes-pt-7|tumblrname=Jason Fry's Dorkery|postname=EG to Warfare: Endnotes Pt. 7|quote=I wanted to give Screed a backstory that made him sympathetic and even sad, instead of being (literally) a cartoon villain. You can overdo this sort of thing&mdash;some would grouse that the EU already has&mdash;but I think letting Dodonna sum up Screed gives the portrayal a little detachment and keeps it from being mawkish.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113174338/jasonfry.tumblr.com/post/23039847571/eg-to-warfare-endnotes-pt-7}}</ref>
   
 
==Sources==
 
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"I have leaned on Jan in far more dangerous instances than these."
―Terrinald Screed, receiving the Holt Cross alongside Jan Dodonna for their part in the Battle of Anaxes[src]

The Battle of Anaxes of 20.1 BBY was the final confrontation between the Confederacy of Independent Systems' Bulwark Fleet and the Galactic Republic's Victory Fleet during the Clone Wars. After launching the Bulwark Fleet from the Foerost Shipyards, Confederate Admiral Dua Ningo initiated an intense campaign against the Core Worlds, coming close to seizing Coruscant itself. The Victory Fleet's commanders, Captains Jan Dodonna and Terrinald Screed, hunted down Ningo and engaged his Bulwark Mark I battlecruisers in a deciding clash over the planet Anaxes. Although Screed outmaneuvered and vaporized Ningo's flagship, killing the Separatist admiral, Screed's assault cost him damage to his own command ship, resulting in near-mortal injuries that forced him to undergo cybernetic reconstruction. Nevertheless, he and Dodonna both received the Holt Cross for their victorious actions over Anaxes.

Prelude

In the year 20.1 BBY (15:4), twenty-three months into the Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems unveiled its new Bulwark Fleet of Bulwark Mark I battlecruisers.[1] Confederate Navy Admiral[3] Dua Ningo oversaw the fleet's breakout from the Foerost Shipyards and proceeded to obliterate Galactic Republic outposts throughout the Core Worlds, threatening the galactic capital of Coruscant itself. In response, two Republic officersCaptains Terrinald Screed and Jan Dodonna—were granted command of the latest addition to the Republic Navy: the Victory Fleet of Victory I-class Star Destroyers,[1] designed by Rendili StarDrive engineer Walex Blissex.[5]

Anaxes space

Anaxes, the site of the battle

Screed and Dodonna chased Ningo away from Coruscant[4] and pursued him throughout the Core Worlds. The Victory and Bulwark Fleets clashed at Ixtlar, Alsakan, and Basilisk before a deciding standoff ensued at[1] the fortress world of Anaxes,[6] home to the Republic Navy War College.[5]

The battle

"The final showdown came in the skies above Anaxes. Dodonna, under heavy fire with dead wrecks from his task force plunging planetward, held out long enough for Screed to pop in from hyperspace and disintegrate Ningo's flagship with a broadside fusillade."
―Voren Na'al[src]

The Victory Fleet engaged in a deception: Dodonna arrived first at Anaxes with his task force of Star Destroyers and assaulted Ningo's Bulwark cruisers in the upper atmosphere. Screed, meanwhile, sat a mere hyperspace jump away[1] aboard his command ship, the Arlionne,[5] waiting for the right moment to join the battle.[1] Commanding the Bulwark Fleet from his flagship, the Unrepentant,[5] Ningo decimated Dodonna's warships, plunging dead wreck after dead wreck toward the surface below. Despite the carnage, Dodonna held out against Ningo's ships long enough for Screed to execute his sneak attack.[1] Emerging from hyperspace aboard the Arlionne, Screed maneuvered his Star Destroyer into position and ambushed the Unrepentant at point-blank range. His swift salvo of broadside cannonades annihilated Ningo's flagship,[5] killing the Confederate admiral.[4] However, the ensuing explosion of the Unrepentant tore into the Arlionne, ripping open its bridge and severely wounding Screed.[5] Nevertheless, Ningo's death allowed Screed and Dodonna to emerge victorious over the late admiral's Bulwark Fleet.[1]

Aftermath

"Screed required cybernetic reconstruction to survive the injuries he received in the Battle of Anaxes, but both men returned to Coruscant as heroes."
―Voren Na'al[src]
Screed and Dodonna

Screed and Dodonna are presented with the Holt Cross.

Screed needed cybernetic implants to survive his near-mortal injuries,[1] but he began to recover and—within three weeks of the Battle of Anaxes, as it came to be known—laboriously returned to Anaxes to receive the Holt Cross medal alongside Dodonna, in recognition of their defeat of the Bulwark Fleet.[5] Screed and Dodonna were lauded as heroes of the Republic,[1] and both men continued their careers in the Republic Navy. Screed was thereafter appointed as the commander of the Coruscant Home Fleet, in part to grant him further recovery time to heal from his wounds.[5]

In 36 ABY, Galactic Alliance historian Voren Na'al included the Battle of Anaxes in his compendium of galactic history.[1]

Behind the scenes

The Battle of Anaxes was created by author Daniel Wallace for The New Essential Chronology, a book published in 2005 that also served as an in-universe narrative written by Voren Na'al.[1] Among the research that he did for the book, Wallace drew upon the concept of the Victory I-class Star Destroyer from the 1979 novel Han Solo's Revenge, using the Battle of Anaxes and the surrounding events to chronicle the Star Destroyer's formal in-universe introduction.[7] The battle has since been referenced and expanded by other authors, including Jason Fry, who co-authored 2012's The Essential Guide to Warfare and detailed the battle's events in a profile for Terrinald Screed.[5][8]

Sources

Notes and references

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 The New Essential Chronology
  2. Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Essential Atlas
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 383 ("Ningo, Dua")
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 The Essential Guide to Warfare
  6. Coruscant and the Core Worlds
  7. StarWars Endnotes for The New Essential Chronology, Part Two: The Fall of the Republic on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link (http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/ref/f20051025/index.html?page=3) not verified!)
  8. Tumblr-Logo Jason Fry's Dorkery — EG to Warfare: Endnotes Pt. 7 on Tumblr: "I wanted to give Screed a backstory that made him sympathetic and even sad, instead of being (literally) a cartoon villain. You can overdo this sort of thing—some would grouse that the EU already has—but I think letting Dodonna sum up Screed gives the portrayal a little detachment and keeps it from being mawkish." (backup link)
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