Charlemagne19 posted:BobaMatt posted: And my point is that they could be peaceful out of fear and hate him quietly. My disagreement was with your statement that the Empire needs unilateral militant opposition to function and so blows up dissenting pacifists, because that's not an efficient way to hold on to control. Yes, for Palpatine. However, the EMPIRE requires it and if Palpatine had died then Emperor Tarkin would have to incite revolt. Because fundamentally, no military dictatorship can survive without THE ENEMY.
BobaMatt posted: And my point is that they could be peaceful out of fear and hate him quietly. My disagreement was with your statement that the Empire needs unilateral militant opposition to function and so blows up dissenting pacifists, because that's not an efficient way to hold on to control.
Charlemagne19 posted:They will successfully radicalize the entirety of the galaxy's dissidents to violence as a means of fighting. Thus the Empire is gauranteed a galaxy of war, which is what it NEEDS to survive. Palpatine knows that the Empire will only suceed if the populous is seething with hatred against the Empire.
Jedimarine posted: Owen and Beru blasted to bare bone!
Ren_Stazi posted: Jedimarine posted: Owen and Beru blasted to bare bone! Actually, they were executed and then their corpses (and house) burned, presumably to prevent identification.
Darky5K posted:Ren_Stazi posted: Jedimarine posted: Owen and Beru blasted to bare bone! Actually, they were executed and then their corpses (and house) burned, presumably to prevent identification. Yeah, but what really added to it was that Darth Vader ordered their execution and watched on the hologram transmission.
AdmiralNick22 posted:The planet Mon Calamari had a total population of 27.5 billion people. Of this, 49% were Quarren, 46% Mon Cal, 4% human, and 1% other. That means that the world is home to 12,650,000,000 Mon Cals. 1.265 billion Mon Calamari are going to be exterminated by Darth Krayt. That my friends is evil. --Adm. Nick
Charlemagne19 posted:AdmiralNick22 posted:The planet Mon Calamari had a total population of 27.5 billion people. Of this, 49% were Quarren, 46% Mon Cal, 4% human, and 1% other. That means that the world is home to 12,650,000,000 Mon Cals. 1.265 billion Mon Calamari are going to be exterminated by Darth Krayt. That my friends is evil. --Adm. Nick If we're lucky, the resistance will fail and the rest will be worked to death. :-)
AdmiralNick22 posted: Far more likely that the Mon Cal resistance will be instrumental in brining Krayt down. --Adm. Nick
Charlemagne19 posted:AdmiralNick22 posted: Far more likely that the Mon Cal resistance will be instrumental in brining Krayt down. --Adm. Nick I find that highly unlikely. Krayt owns Palpatine and Revan.