TW: Mentions of suicide, bullying and violence
You don’t hate a person because someone told you to. You have to learn to despise people on a personal level.
-Leonard. L. Church (Red vs Blue)
2015-2017
March 24th, 2015. I almost burned an entire room full of newspapers. I was trying to burn my diary, but that didn’t work out. You see, my journal had a lot of personal stuff, and it was becoming a liability.
I brought that diary to school during class 10th. So I’ve written a lot of controversial stuff about my classmates. One wrong step could fall into the wrong hands. Thus it has the potential for creating unnecessary problems for me. So I thought burning it would be the only way. I never gave a thought that I was burning it in a room full of newspapers and old books.
My family gave me a good scolding and told me I should’ve done that on the terrace in an empty barrel. Don’t play with fire kids. Anyway, the catch was- I was burning that thing a day before my last exam of the Board that is social sciences. My family added that too. They said I was wasting my time burning things when I should’ve been studying.
A few days after the exams, I argued with a Neo-Nazi on Google Plus over a movie called Downfall. It was about the last ten days of Adolf Hitler before committing suicide. Long story short, it didn’t end well.
I did find her account on Facebook, and it sparked an unnecessary fight. My family found out about this, and they told me not to engage in pointless arguments. I should’ve listened to that advice in my heart.
2015 was a turning point because I chose Arts, which means I’m finally getting rid of maths. However, even after getting rid of maths, my problems weren’t automatically solved. I still had to improve my academics. And focus on my then newfound internet personas, Jake Wan and Ryan Wade (more on that later).
Back then, I only started to use Google Plus frequently when I was in Class 11th. I’ve already talked about it, but to paraphrase it, I started pissing off Justin Bieber and One Direction fangirls.
That way, I started getting new friends, followers, and views. Google Plus was the app that every android user has on their phones, but they don’t use it frequently like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
My school life didn’t change much despite leaving Maths. Sure my village trip was a breath of fresh air, but I also had a terrible experience at my first MUN. Let’s say the joke of an event completely demoralised me.
The reason is the people running it are superbly aggressive yet incompetent. The whole ordeal gave me a bad taste in my mouth. That is the reason why I have a strong disdain for MUNs and their copycats. The bullying in school decreased, albeit I faced various idiots. They all act high and mighty while acting aggressive when their egos get hurt.
2016 was when things started to change. My grades improved to an all-time high. I went on two trips, the former being Rajgir and the latter being Kerela. I got a new tablet (I got the tab back in October 2015), an iPhone 5s (August 16th, 2016), and a PS4 (June 11th, 2016).
My second and last MUN was better than the previous one. I was gaining more followers and views on Google Plus. I also watched Rogue One, which in my opinion, was the best Star Wars movie in the Disney Canon. During that time,
I watched Filthy Frank, Idubbbz, Rucka Rucka Ali, Epic Rap Battles of History, H3H3 Productions (they were once likeable) and so on.
2016 was not a perfect year (During that year, my classmates and I went to a religious place, and I didn’t enjoy it, to be quite honest or when my ma got angry when I refused to tell her my tablet Password), but compared to 2010-2014 it was probably the best year of my life.
During that time, Brexit and the 2016 US Election started to change the socio-political climate. By the time 2017 came, I got caught up in politics. You see, my political ideology was like a canvas. Like colours, they could change at any time.
The biggest mistake I ever made was that I brought my Google Plus persona to Facebook. I became very political (Well, I made offensive political jokes like Kamra). Eventually, my family got involved, and I decided to stop making political jokes.
To add more insult to injury, YouTube decided to become a police state through its demonetisation policies when some idiots at Wall Street Journal decided to whine over edgy jokes. It became a precedent for all social media platforms to crack down on edgy and offensive content, all that for their precious advertisers.
I was also losing interest in making edgy content on Google Plus. My edgy content was what made me popular among the haters’ community. But now my memes are getting stale and tasteless. So my views were dipping low.
Some of my online friends have cut their ties with me. But most have either left the platform or used it less frequently. It became evident that there was nothing left for me to do anything on Google Plus. Besides my class, the 12th Board exams were going on.
I also knew Google was tracking everything, so keeping on with my edgy persona was now a liability in my long-term education and career prospects. So I decided to call it quits and deleted my Google Plus accounts (I had four or five accounts back then).
After the boards, I spent two weeks preparing for the CLAT exams. After that, I spent my time playing Metal Gear Solid V and The Last of Us for three months while “looking for college.” Eventually, I ended up in Amity, and three months after the boards, my college life officially began.
Superiority Complex Among Students, Teachers And The Languages
I was watching this video on YouTube. The video highlights the fear of maths. It was an interesting video, but I was bamboozled in one part. You see, the topper of the class has a superiority complex.
When the guy who’s weak in Maths wanted to have a group study, the topper said, “Maths me low IQ waalo ka nhi chalta.” (You cannot do maths with a low IQ). Isme IQ kaha se aa gaya, no wonder Albert Einstein ko school kyu nahi pasand hai (What does IQ have to do here? No wonder Albert Einstein did not like school.)
When the guy countered it by saying he scored at other subjects, she said that those subjects don’t require any IQ and could be cracked by rote learning. I was rather pissed with that part when she said that.
I mean, I wanted to say, “Are didi, maths bhi ratke ho jaata hai. Log pass krte hai and even 90% laate hai boards me woh bhi ratke. 11th aur 12th me aake unki jo waat lagti hai, uska andaaza nhi hai. Tune class me top karke kya ukhad liya.” (You can do well in maths by rote learning, and people get 90% in boards by rote learning. You have no idea how worried they get when they come to 11th and 12th standards. So you have achieved nothing by becoming a topper in this class.)
I remember some of the bullies have a superiority complex. For some reason, they believe that just because they are aced in academics or sports, they’re somewhat better than you. So they will look down on you as if you’re among the scums of society.
Ironic, isn’t it? Our school taught us about the French Revolution, but the hierarchical system in school is similar to that of pre-revolution French feudal society. And god forbid, if you even argue with them, they will act aggressively as if we took a piece of jewellery from them.
I remember back in class 8th. One senior took my glasses on a basketball court just because I giggled a bit for not scoring. If I had my way, I would’ve snapped and retaliated. He was lucky I wasn’t at my breaking point. The seniors (and even the juniors) didn’t respect me just because I didn’t behave like them, or they pretended to be excellent in their studies, sports, or social skills.
I remember kids who score well in maths and science acting like they’re Ramanujan or Einstein. They’ll act all high and mighty. One reason for that was the Scholar Badge they get from the principal every year (the scholar badges are given to those scoring more than 90% in their final exams). But let’s be honest, Ramanujan and Einstein struggled to get where they are now. Einstein hated school, and Ramanujan went through extreme poverty.
I wished I could’ve said, “Itna jo tum attitude me aa rhe ho na. Baat sun le meri, kuch nahi ukhada hai tum logo ne” (You all have achieved nothing) to their faces. But, in reality, they’re just privileged kids who are incapable of handling their insecurities.
They get superbly frustrated when they don’t get what they want (or have a troubled household, but that doesn’t excuse their behaviour). They just need someone else to take out their frustration.
I’m no saint either because I also used to look down on people. After all, they watch Bollywood movies, and I watch Hollywood. That’s one reason. Another reason was that I’m into pop culture, so that makes me a nerd, right?
So I thought I was better than everyone. But, unfortunately, it didn’t work out. When Hollywood started to shove their politics on people’s throats, that’s when my illusion of superiority broke down (Bollywood doesn’t have any credibility, to begin with).
I feel like teachers also suffer from a superiority complex. Some of them act like gods, and if you even write a letter against them, they will react in the most egotistical way. These guys are closely akin to the North Korean Dictator Kim Jung Un.
The class setting reminded me of the setting of England in George Orwell’s novel 1984. I know these guys don’t get paid well, and they’re frustrated with their home lives. However, it doesn’t mean that we’re punching bags where they can take out their frustration.
I remember back, in Class 8th, my art teacher grabbed my neck, and in Class 9th, he pulled my hair for no reason. Later I found out he was frustrated with his home life. As much as I sympathise with him, I can’t forget what he did to me. It makes me question why they even become teachers if they’re incapable of handling their emotions.
Some teachers in the maths and science department are complete pricks (I’m talking about my school, so don’t go on banshee mode). They are aimless people who would ferociously turn down questions and permission to go to the bathroom.
In the name of being strict, they’re incapable of handling their emotions. Sometimes, they piss over us, sometimes even resorting to physical violence. The only reason they have their jobs is that they can teach well. And if they teach well, then the school administration and society would put them up on a pedestal. That’s how they get superiority complexes.
I feel like saying, “Are sir/ma’am. Aap 1 subject padate ho lekin hum 6-8 subjects padte hai, uska kya. Aapke paas authority hai hum par gussa utarke lekin agar whi cheez humne kr diya toh suspension ya rustication ki baat kroge. Aapne kuch nhi ukhada hai just because aap bacho ko darake padate ho. Subject acha padane ka matlb nhi hai ki aap har bache par apna gussa utaro. Usi wajah se na students aapse darte hai aur nafrat bhi krte hai.”
(Sir/Ma’am, you only teach one subject, but we have to study 6-8, what about that? You have authority. That’s why you take out your anger on us, but if we do the same, you start talking about suspension or rustication. You have achieved nothing just because you teach children out of fright. Teaching a subject does not mean you scare children. This is why students are scared of you and even hate you.)
Another group of people (including me) flex on languages. I mean, especially those who would look down on you just because you speak either English or Hindi. If you speak English, mother tongue lovers will immediately look down on you. They will act like “Kuch zyaada hi Angrezi aa gya hai launde ko.” (This boy knows too much English)
The ones who flex the English language will despise you if you unintentionally made a grammatical error. It’s like you’ve murdered someone in their eyes. But, on the other hand, these two languages are the most practical languages and subjects our other useless education system could provide. Even grasping one of them is enough.
If you’re flexing either or both of them just because you can speak it, then you’re not a special elite cupcake. I remember a video where some elitists humiliated a manager in an Islamabad restaurant over his weak English. It’s pathetic how a universal language like English is used as a status symbol. And flexing on someone while speaking in Hindi doesn’t make you badass. It just makes you look like an insecure snowflake.
In the end, treat English and Hindi as languages and not something to be snobby about. They’re languages, not pieces of knowledge. Even I struggled with speaking both languages (because I hated the writing section). Even I flexed both languages, though it didn’t get me anywhere.
My three maths tutors (from class 7th to 10th, my family changed maths tutors if they were useless) were of no help to me. They’re just egotistical intimidators rather than morale boosters. Not only do they make my hatred for maths even worse, but they’re unbearable to deal with.
One time back in class 7th (2012), I brought some snacks in the classes, and the first tutor started hitting me for even eating in his class. Well, I may be breaking the rules, but to be quite honest, I was hungry and couldn’t help myself.
They also have zero tolerance for low marks, let alone failure. In class 9th (December 2013), my tablet was confiscated for two to three weeks because I failed my third maths tutor’s maths test. That was the time when I finally had enough of the subject. I never had a good relationship with my third maths tutor. He’s also from my school. The folks in the Supreme Court banned school teachers from taking private tuitions.
That’s quite the opposite going on around the Indian teachers. These guys want to make an extra buck, right. So that’s what my third maths tutor did. Back in class 10th, I’ve spread rumours that I’m taking private tuitions from the said tutor.
Well, the rumour spread like wildfire, and by the time I’ve realised my mistake, almost my entire class knows about this. The news eventually came to him, and the next day he called me home, and he took out his anger at me.
He said I could’ve cost his job, and the students won’t fear him anymore. I felt pretty humiliated, but I thought I deserved it because it was my mess. There was nothing I could’ve done. I also got an earful from my family because of this.
Come to think of it now. I think I did the right thing spreading those rumours. He was an a-hole, and I was very angry with his anger management issues. If I make one mistake in his problem, he will lose his cool. Though he’s good at teaching, he is pretty egotistical about it.
One time, he even dared to say “Drama mat kro” (Don’t do drama) when I couldn’t understand a maths problem. Even though “drama mere saath ho rha hai” (Drama is happening with me).
His teaching was the only reason I even went to his private tuitions. He was a strict maths teacher who could improve even the weak student in maths. However, my experience with him left a bad taste in my mouth.
How happy I could’ve been if I saw him getting fired. After all, he’s all bark and no bite. But my school is a piece of garbage. They prefer teachers like him to stay. I knew my complaint would’ve fallen on deaf ears if I decided to rat on him to the principal. I think having a grudge now would mean nothing now. I just don’t want to see that guy ever again, let alone meet him.
You hate a person when they do something to you personally. Or their antics somewhat annoy or cringe you. Unfortunately, in this current day and day, people are just pointlessly hating on someone because they were told to by the minority of people with influence. The latter could consist of journalists, politicians, celebrities, pseudos, etc.
You know, at this point, I realised that past grudges wouldn’t do me any good. I mean, what’s the point of hating someone over something that happened years ago. It might be traumatic, but the hating has to stop at some point.
I just wished that they (I mean my tutors) weren’t so egotistical. And if they showed a bit of humility, maybe my morale would have been higher. Hell, I could’ve scored well in Maths. Better yet, I could’ve chosen maths post 10th Board Exams.
Maths was an interesting subject that required long-term understanding. But unfortunately, our crappy education system didn’t make it that way, and we were forced to learn Maths by rote learning which kills any interest in the subject.
Board Exams And Failure
“Don’t fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim is the crime. In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.” ― Bruce Lee.
I remember this story I found on r/EntitledParents (on Reddit). It’s about an entitled mother in South Korea who forced her son to die by suicide. The kid was forced to do everything she said to become a topper. As a result, he barely gets any sleep or has any recreational activities. Just rinse and repeat to please his mother’s ego.
Even though he’s among the top ten students, he still gets scolded by his mother for not working hard enough. Finally, when she prepared him breakfast during the Korean SAT, she told his son she “believed in him”. The kid knew it wasn’t the case, and at that point, he had it enough. The sad thing was when he died by suicide, he taped his perfect scores to his body, and he left a note saying, “Mom, are you happy now?”
The mother was shamed in public. Her family disowned her. Her husband, whom she separated for financial reasons, told her that he might have failed as a father and husband, but he didn’t let his kid commit suicide. He wanted to be an artist, but his mother rejected it because it wasn’t profitable.
They punished her with life-long monitored probation and four months of house arrest when the courts got involved. She wasn’t even allowed to take the easy way out. (She was charged with child abuse, criminally negligent, and assisted suicide).
I also remember the “Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother” by Amy Chua. She recounts her story about her being a strict perfectionist Asian-American mother. She wanted her two daughters to be perfect, and any imperfections would lead to severe consequences.
Like she said to her daughter that she would burn her stuffed animals if she didn’t master her piano lesson. Although it was extreme parenting, it was successful. For a while until her two daughters started a rebellion against that. When things got worse, Chua decided to raise the white flag to improve her relationship with her daughters.
I also read an article on Medium about a highly critical woman in Amy Chua’s book. According to her, Tiger Parenting is just child abuse. (For me, it’s child abuse with culture) Her father was emotionally abusive, forcing her to choose the medical line. And also to be perfect in her extra-curricular activities.
She wasn’t happy to follow the career she didn’t want to pursue but for the sake of her father’s happiness. She had no choice. She thought that the book promoted psychological and emotional abuse of children. She eventually fought her father and left medical school, but she still had some scars that could never be removed.
Failing an exam is like committing a crime. That’s how our society sees it. Criminals who got out of jail are now ostracised by society because of their crimes. In Japan, Ex-Yakuza members are now ostracised in the corporate-cultured society. They’re not easily hired in corporate jobs, and even if they get that, they are at risk of alienation (That’s just one area).
Anyway, we students also feel alienated by our friends, family, relatives, and society. We fear their reaction more than we fear the failure itself. I had the same experience when I failed my Maths test in the 9th-semester exam.
I was scared of what my ma would say about my failure. So to save face, I lied that I passed the test, but I had to give a re-test. Well, the truth eventually came out in the parents-teachers meeting, and my ma scolded the ever-loving hell out of me. I regret it even to this day. Had I told the truth about my marks in the first, I’d still be scolded for not studying. But at least, the matter would’ve ended. By lying, I had only made the situation worse for me.
Our society is very hostile with the word failure. Even if you score below the 90% benchmark, you’re still treated like one. So I don’t understand why people fear the word failure. People don’t understand that failure is a natural part of life.
We all fail at some point. Just because we failed once doesn’t mean we can fail every time. It’s better to try than not try at all. And I think our society made us think that failure will lead to nowhere in life, which is not valid. Failure is just one ladder to success, even though philosophically.
The second example highlights just that. Students fear that they could lose something they hold so dear if they fail, just like Amy Chua’s daughter did when her mother told her if she didn’t master her piano lesson, her stuffed animals would burn in inferno. As a result, some lose their free time. Others lose their privileges, like losing my tablet when I failed the Maths tuition exam in winter 2013.
When I wanted to publish my first article on LiveWire, I finally had to send five articles to get it published. Another time was when I tried to send my writings to The New York Times, LA Times, The Washington Post, etc. I don’t hate The New York Times for rejecting my articles, but I hate them for a completely different reason. I want to get my writing published in an international outlet to improve my resume.
Some people might see me as a hypocrite because I’ve been criticised like foreign media outlets, and yet I’m submitting my writings in one of their outlets. But you also have to see that I have to improve my long term career. Eventually, my writing was published in the LA Times as a Letter to the Editor during the Activision Blizzard Lawsuit last year.
The point I’m trying to make is it’s okay to fail sometimes. If you’re worried about people saying anything, don’t be. These guys will say a few taunting words, but then in a few days, no one will care.
Now, let’s talk about the board exams. I think they’re the most overhyped exams other than IIT, NEET, UPSC, and CLAT combined. It’s like Cyberpunk 2077. From 2012, the game was overhyped to hell, and when it was launched, the hype turned it into a disappointment. That’s what I feel about the boards.
The school, parents, and society overhyped it to hell until you give it and you realise that it won’t matter in the long run. Unlike CD Projekt Red, which is now facing several class-action lawsuits, you can’t sue the CBSE for overhyping such a short-term practical exam.
At the beginning of this subtitle, the first example that I brought up was how exams could bring unnecessary competition among students. They also have to face the wrath of ego-hungry parents who are willing to sacrifice their children’s freedom over short-term results. It’s a plethora of cesspools where escaping is out of the question.
I’ve already talked about how your marks will matter in the short run if you’re getting into colleges (For undergraduates anyway, and PG to some extent). But when you’re getting a job or getting your passport made, they won’t even ask for your marks (they will only ask for college marks in a job interview).
They only want the physical report cards. So I think it’s pointless to overhype it. I only realised in college that marks don’t help you in your life. They’re just numbers that anyone can obtain.
It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t study. I started my preparations during my first pre-board exams. The level of studying that I did in my college is minuscule compared to the effort I’ve put into the board exams. And with Covid, my interest in studying has lost again.
It’ll take some time before I start studying again since my college life is now in its waning stage. Anyway, I got 80% aggregate. Yeah, the relatives asked about my marks. But eventually, things went back to normal after a week. I might sound like a motivational speaker, but my hard work brought me 80%, and I was pretty happy even if I knew that 80% wouldn’t be helpful in the future.
Ragging: Bullying With Steroids
If you’ve read my last YKA article, you’re probably aware that from class 6th to class 10th, I was severely bullied in school and on the bus. I tried to tell the teachers, but they’re superbly incompetent even to care.
So when I went to college, I was pretty afraid because I’d heard about the stories of ragging. As the sub-title suggests, ragging is bullying with steroids. In colleges, the seniors would make the juniors do something personally, morally, and sometimes legally questionable.
I remember the movie Table No 21, where the protagonist and his friends (including his now-married) severely bullied a junior by making them do questionable things. At their amusement, the boy suffered various levels of humiliation, and when he decided to tell the principal about his suffering, the protagonist and his friends caught him.
To show his pathetic excuse of toxic masculinity, they stripped the junior naked in the ground and trimmed his head bald. The ordeal made the junior scarred for life, and he never recovered from it. In revenge, the victim’s father made the protagonist the same things he did to the boy by playing a game. It’s an interesting movie, the one that couldn’t get out of my head for a few days.
But when I went there, I realised Amity University is strict with their ragging rules. I don’t know I’m right, but I was never bullied in Amity. Though there were stories about ragging, the numbers are in single digits. In other words, they’re few. I remember one case when a fight broke out in 2019 over a parking space.
Other than that, there were few cases. I know Amity as a university is flawed, but while my school never gave a damn whenever there’s a case of bullying, Amity is very strict with its rules. If you’re ragging someone, you can either be jailed or you’re expelled. Either way, your college life is over automatically. I don’t know about other colleges since I’m only talking about Amity Noida.
What makes me hate my school even more is whenever I listen to the songs of Tyler the Creator (Yonkers, Radicals, Pigs, Jamba), Death Grips (Tachyon, Up My Sleeves, Beware), Ministry (Khyber Pass, Fear is a Big Business), Mick Gordon (BFG Division, Nazi Punks GTFO, Right Trigger Warning, Rip and Tear, Gladiator song, Cyberdemon, Mastermind), and so on. Video games, music, and anime gave me a chance to heal from all of this ordeal.
My Personas And Original Characters
The last topic of my article is probably my persona and my original characters (OCs) from my school and college days. They are as follows.
Jake Wan: I thought Jake sounded cool. I took the surname Wan from the Hollywood director, James Wan, Saw, Insidious, The Conjuring, Fast and Furious 7, and Aquaman. In 2013 or 2014, I changed my Facebook name to Jake Wan, but it didn’t work out. So it was one of the first Google Plus accounts I’ve made. The account existed in 2013 under another name, but I changed it to Jake Wan. The account played a role in my meme crusade until I deleted it in 2017 after my board exams in 2017.
Ryan Wade: It’s the amalgamation of James Francis Ryan and Irwin Wade from the Steven Spielberg World War 2 movie Saving Private Ryan. This was the second account I created in 2015. The account also played a role in my meme crusade until its deletion in 2017 after the board exams. This one has a story about a war veteran recounting his days during the Vietnam War.
Jeff Bargad: This is the new persona I created post-Google Plus. I needed a name for my Amino account, so I chose Jeff Bargad. The name Jeff comes from the meme “My name is Jeff.” My father used to call me Bargad because Bargad is a tree, and like a tree, I usually stand during a local cricket match when I’m fielding. My Jeff Bargad persona was to post my drawings, anime memes, and videos. Unfortunately, I deleted the account after a fight with a close friend of mine and the loss of interest in late 2020 (during the Covid era)
Rajesh Singhania: My oldest OC I’ve created. I created it after the movie Ghajini came out. Rajesh came after the Indian Superstar Rajesh Khanna, and Singhania references Amir Khan’s character, Sanjay Singhania. He’s a war veteran who fought for both the Indian and the US Army and is now serving as a private military contractor fighting for profit in the significant hot zones around the planet. He is also working for the CIA, where he does their dirty work like Jason Bourne. He goes by the codename “The Delinquent”. I wish there were an Indian character who could create an impact in the spy and espionage genre like James Bond, Jason Bourne, Sam Fisher, and Solid Snake.
I’ve also created other characters like Thomas Rathore, which references General J. F. R. Jacob, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, and George Fernandes, the former Indian Defence Minister. Then there are the Sayeed brothers, former ISI agents who work for the Delinquent. Shane Macdonnell, a former IRA Sniper (A reference to Richard Williams, father of Nina and Anna Williams from the video game franchise Tekken), Avinash Singh, a RAW agent, an ally of the Delinquent, etc. I never thought about the enemies and the antagonists. If the day comes that I have free time and money, I’ll write a novel based on the Delinquent’s adventures.
The Conclusion
The pandemic changed the outlook of life as we know it. So I get to reflect on a lot of things. Like how much I come to despise my school, which is supposed to make me an adequate member of society, has ironically made me hate society itself.
At the same time, I also get nostalgic moments from the good times I’ve enjoyed in both school and college. But, at the same time, I also have to accept that those days are well and truly over. It harkens back to those days when things were simple and made sense. It’s funny how things have changed now. And even if my morale has soured, I have to face reality and move on with the present.
Next week will mark the 5th Anniversary of my school farewell. To think that my college will end in a few short months kind of makes me sad and uncertain. I’m very uncertain about what I’m going to do after college. And even if I know what to do, I’m too lazy to do it. I know my procrastination will create a problem for me. But I also know that sooner or later, I have to get my life back together.
I’d like to end this article with a quote from a retired clone trooper during the last days of the Clone Wars (2005 video game, Star Wars Battlefront 2). It has nothing to do with the context, but the quote stated that the war is almost over, just like my college life.
“In our bones, we knew the war was almost over. The galaxy held its breath, waiting to see which side would make the final daring move. As fortune would have it, the Republic moved first. After the Chancellor informed the Jedi
Council that General Grievous and the Sep leaders hid on Utapau, General Kenobi gathered an army large enough to capture three star systems. When the orders reached the Five-Oh-First, our morale soared. For better or worse, this would be the beginning of the end.”
PS The names mentioned are fictional. Please read the entire article carefully before taking any action.