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** [[AxCrazy Regent Balisarius]] is the [[TheCaligula nightmarish ruler]] of the Imperium, [[BigBad responsible for almost all the tragedy and suffering]] in this saga. Becoming a general at a young age and "[[BloodKnight reveling in war]]", Balisarius invaded Kora's homeworld, completely slaughtering all the inhabitants, sparing only Kora for her willingness to kill before adopting her, raising her as a weapon. When King Atander and the queen abandon the conquest expansion in favor of a peaceful existence, [[spoiler:Balisarius stages a coup, killing the queen and [[ForcedToWatch forcing the king to watch]] his daughter Isla die at the hands of Kora, before [[TheKingslayer killing the king]] and [[FramingTheGuiltyParty framing Kora for murder]]]]. After [[TyrantTakesTheHelm becoming regent]], Balisarius orders the complete destruction of any world that refuses to comply or resists: Admiral Atticus Noble destroys the entire world of Sharan when they harbor rebels, and Tarak's homeworld is destroyed in retaliation for insubordination, killing Tarak's father in the process when he offers his terms for submission. Intolerant of insubordination, Balisarius forces General Titus to oversee the execution of his loyal soldiers for refusing to fire on civilians; allows the soldiers to massacre entire villages, including the village of Nemesis; [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil enslaves]] entire worlds, killing those too weak and old and depleting the resources of the enslaved worlds, without caring about the negative impact on the local peoples. After Noble's initial defeat, Balisarius tasks him with crushing the rebellion and returning Kora to him so that he can personally crucify her, threatening him with a similar fate if [[YouHaveFailedMe he fails]].
** [[TheHeavy Admiral Atticus Noble]] is an [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious]] Imperium commander and the most brutal minion of Regent Balisarius. Tasked with crushing uprisings at the borders of the Realm, Noble ruthlessly enforces the Imperium's will with the help of his dreadnought, which is capable of laying waste to entire planets. Searching for the Bloodaxe siblings, he comes to a village on Veldt in search of grain to feed his army. When the village's leader lies to him about the amount of grain they produce, Noble clobbers him to death and demands an enormous amount of grain, leaving his sadistic soldiers to keep the villagers in line, not caring that they will starve to death because of his demands. When presented with a captured rebel liaison, Noble promises him freedom in exchange for information, only to sever his spinal cord and [[AndIMustScream leave him a prisoner in his own body]] after getting it, ordering his brain to be dissected to see if he knows anything more. Learning that the Bloodaxes are protected by King Levitica, Noble personally Levitica him while having his planet completely razed. Capturing Kora's group and learning that Kora is the infamous Scargiver, Noble plans to sever their spinal cord and take them to Balisarius to earn a place in the Senate. After being killed by Kora, Noble is revived by the Priests of Motherworld and returns to the village. When villagers rise up, Noble unleashes his army on them before ordering his ship to blow up the village--[[BadBoss with all his troops still down]].
** [[AxCrazy Regent Balisarius]] is the [[TheCaligula nightmarish ruler]] of the Imperium, [[BigBad responsible for almost all the tragedy and suffering]] in this saga. Becoming a general at a young age and "[[BloodKnight reveling in war]]", Balisarius invaded Kora's homeworld, completely slaughtering all the inhabitants, sparing only Kora for her willingness to kill before adopting her, raising her as a weapon. When King Atander and the queen abandon the conquest expansion in favor of a peaceful existence, [[spoiler:Balisarius stages a coup, killing the queen and [[ForcedToWatch forcing the king to watch]] his daughter Isla die at the hands of Kora, before [[TheKingslayer killing the king]] and [[FramingTheGuiltyParty framing Kora for murder]]]]. After [[TyrantTakesTheHelm becoming regent]], Balisarius orders the complete destruction of any world that refuses to comply or resists: Admiral Atticus Noble destroys the entire world of Sharan when they harbor rebels, and Tarak's homeworld is destroyed in retaliation for insubordination, killing Tarak's father in the process when he offers his terms for submission. Intolerant of insubordination, Balisarius forces General Titus to oversee the execution of his loyal soldiers for refusing to fire on civilians; allows the soldiers to massacre entire villages, including the village of Nemesis; [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil enslaves]] entire worlds, killing those too weak and old and depleting the resources of the enslaved worlds, without caring about the negative impact on the local peoples. After Noble's initial defeat, Balisarius tasks him with crushing the rebellion and returning Kora to him so that he can personally crucify her, threatening him with a similar fate if [[YouHaveFailedMe he fails]].
** [[TheHeavy Admiral Atticus Noble]] is an [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious]] Imperium commander and the most brutal minion of Regent Balisarius. Tasked with crushing uprisings at the borders of the Realm, Noble ruthlessly enforces the Imperium's will with the help of his dreadnought, which is capable of laying waste to entire planets. Searching for the Bloodaxe siblings, he comes to a village on Veldt in search of grain to feed his army. When the village's leader lies to him about the amount of grain they produce, Noble clobbers him to death and demands an enormous amount of grain, leaving his sadistic soldiers to keep the villagers in line, not caring that they will starve to death because of his demands. When presented with a captured rebel liaison, Noble promises him freedom in exchange for information, only to sever his spinal cord and [[AndIMustScream leave him a prisoner in his own body]] after getting it, ordering his brain to be dissected to see if he knows anything more. Learning that the Bloodaxes are protected by King Levitica, Noble personally Levitica him while having his planet completely razed. Capturing Kora's group and learning that Kora is the infamous Scargiver, Noble plans to sever their spinal cord and take them to Balisarius to earn a place in the Senate. After being killed by Kora, Noble is revived by the Priests of Motherworld and returns to the village. When villagers rise up, Noble unleashes his army on them before ordering his ship to blow up the village--[[BadBoss with all his troops still down]].
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** In spite of the advanced technology, the Imperium needs the grain of one small village of one world and that grain is harvested with medieval methods. The differences in scale are mind-boggling.
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* {{Narm}}: The use of {{Overcrank}} can come across as this, as every movement in combat is slowed down, especially any impacts, even if the camera does not focus on them. As a result, all of the fighting seems tailor made to ''not'' be exciting, but rather a chore to watch through due to taking far more time than it should. In general, the slow motion, which extends even beyond the fight scenes to things like grain harvesting, comes closer to parody than anything.
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** The use of {{Overcrank}} can come across as this, as every movement in combat is slowed down, especially any impacts, even if the camera does not focus on them. As a result, all of the fighting seems tailor made to ''not'' be exciting, but rather a chore to watch through due to taking far more time than it should. In general, the slow motion, which extends even beyond the fight scenes to things like [[MundaneMadeAwesome grainharvesting, harvesting]], comes closer to parody than anything.anything.
** The main characters sit at a table and take turns sharing their [[DarkAndTroubledPast tragic backstories]] like it's an ice-breaker at a summer camp.
** The villagers gift the warriors with banners embodying their strengths and personalities, but they've known these people for only a couple days and these are mostly {{Informed Attribute}}s.
** The use of {{Overcrank}} can come across as this, as every movement in combat is slowed down, especially any impacts, even if the camera does not focus on them. As a result, all of the fighting seems tailor made to ''not'' be exciting, but rather a chore to watch through due to taking far more time than it should. In general, the slow motion, which extends even beyond the fight scenes to things like [[MundaneMadeAwesome grain
** The main characters sit at a table and take turns sharing their [[DarkAndTroubledPast tragic backstories]] like it's an ice-breaker at a summer camp.
** The villagers gift the warriors with banners embodying their strengths and personalities, but they've known these people for only a couple days and these are mostly {{Informed Attribute}}s.
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* CompleteMonster: Regent Balisarius. Once a BloodKnight general, he rises to prominence after many brutal victories in the name of the Motherworld and becomes a Senator. Then, due to the king and princess preferring mercy to expansion and peace to conquest, Balisarius decides to arrange a coup and assassinate the entire royal family, in order to seize power for himself, becoming Emperor in all but name. Without hesitation, he pins the death of the royal family on his adoptive daughter, Kora, forcing her to flee from his grasp and become a wanted fugitive. He also personally murders the king himself. It is implied that due to his reign, an already expansionist and imperialistic Motherworld becomes a nightmarish totalitarian dystopia.
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* CompleteMonster: Regent Balisarius. Once a BloodKnight general, he rises to prominence after many brutal victories in the name of the Motherworld and becomes a Senator. Then, due to the king and princess preferring mercy to expansion and peace to conquest, Balisarius decides to arrange a coup and assassinate the entire royal family, in order to seize power for himself, becoming Emperor in all but name. Without hesitation, he pins the death of the royal family on his adoptive daughter, Kora, forcing her to flee from his grasp and become a wanted fugitive. He also personally murders the king himself. It is implied that due to his reign, an already expansionist and imperialistic Motherworld becomes a nightmarish totalitarian dystopia.
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* {{Narm}}: The use of {{Overcrank}} can come across as this, as every movement in combat is slowed down, especially any impacts, even if the camera does not focus on them. As a result, all of the fighting seems tailor made to ''not'' be exciting, but rather a chore to watch through due to taking far more time than it should. In general, the slow motion, which extends even beyond the fight scenes to things like some grain falling, harvesting, comes closer to parody than anything.
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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: A lot of the negative criticism for the movie is of the opinion many of the "homages" in the story seem more like outright ripoffs of more popular blockbusters, crudely stitched together. The fact that the movie began development as ''Star Wars'' spinoff that had the SerialNumbersFiledOff is quite obvious in the end product to a significant number of critics and general viewers. Comparisons to ''Film/SevenSamurai'' (an idea already explored in the ''Star Wars'' expanded universe decades ago, and also becomes reminiscent of ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' as a result) and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' are also very easy to make.
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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: A lot of the negative criticism for the movie is of the opinion many of the "homages" in the story seem more like outright ripoffs of more popular blockbusters, crudely stitched together. The fact that the movie began development as ''Star Wars'' spinoff that had the SerialNumbersFiledOff is quite obvious in the end product to a significant number of critics and general viewers. Comparisons to ''Film/SevenSamurai'' (an idea already explored in the ''Star Wars'' expanded universe decades ago, and also becomes reminiscent of ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' as a result) result), ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', particularly [[Film/Dune2021 Denis Villeneuve's recent adaptations]], are also very easy to make.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Part 2 slides this way compared to Part 1, as it's revealed [[spoiler: Kora was part of the coup that put Balisarius in power, even attempting to assassinate the Princess, and fled not because she disagreed with it but because they scapegoated her for the crime afterwards]], and the battle for Veldt involves her and Gunnar committing war crimes [[spoiler: when they pretend to be injured Motherworld soldiers to get on the King's Gaze and slaughter the unarmed medics that pick them up]].
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Part 2 slides this way compared to Part 1, as it's revealed [[spoiler: Kora was part of the coup that put Balisarius in power, even attempting to assassinate the Princess, and fled not because she disagreed with it but because they scapegoated her for the crime afterwards]], and the battle for Veldt involves her and Gunnar committing war crimes [[spoiler: when they pretend to be injured Motherworld soldiers to get on the King's Gaze and slaughter the unarmed medics that pick them up]].
