[Zaude is DIFFERENT and NECESSARY largely because he wants to save the Empire but also at least partially because he's so fucking tired of everyone fucking him over all the time so you know what maybe there's a point to be made about Zaude.]

...Our problems aren't going to simply vanish once we return, you know. The Empire is still going to be what it is, and I can't afford to lose sight of what I'm after.

But maybe I wouldn't be opposed. Occasionally.