Balance is no longer necessary. Sienar stood before his old friend and listened intently. His tall, cleanly muscled body seemed to reject repose. Yes, and we employ nonhumans wherever they are useful, for now. But mark my words, Raith.
Humans are the future .
Raith noted the tension in Tarkin's voice. I'm going to tell you a tale of intrigue, wonderfully ornate, yet at its heart very simple. It involves a kind of spacecraft rare and little-seen, very expensive, of unknown manufacture, supposedly a toy for the wealthy. It may ultimately lead to a lost planet covered by a peculiar kind of forest, very mysterious. And it may soon involve the Jedi .