The Sith Empire uses that motif but gives it a harder, simpler edge. They both appear to depict an entire galaxy, symmetric and ordered. SpaceMarine93 wrote:The Galactic Republic symbol:ДЄs for the Republic/Sith Empire symbols, I tend to think along similar lines as you do. Can anyone here explain that, and perhaps share your own interpretation behind the other symbols?Д®dit: Sorry about the size of the symbols. I don't know much about the other symbols. But there's probably a deeper meaning behind it. So does it mean a galaxy united by the Dark side of the Force or something?Д«eing a clan-based, war like people with a system that values honor, this predatory symbol reflects strength and aggression. The Sith curiously have a similar one :ДЄs a symbol, though the meaning is lost to me.

The number of eight holds great meaning for some reason.

The Republic later adopted it as a symbol. It is the symbol of resurrection in the form of a Star Wars analogue of a phoenix, as the Rebellion strives to resurrect the Republic and everything good it stood for (That, and Galen Marek).ДЄccording to Wookiepedia, this originally belonged to the Bendu - which was 'a collection of non-confrontational beliefs practiced by the Bendu monks.' The symbol of Bendu represented the unification of the galaxy by the Force. Many Warsies know, for example, about what the Rebellion Alliance Starbird symbol stands for: There's a thread about symbols in the Pure Star Trek section, so I thought that maybe I could open one up here about Star Wars symbols.

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