Seriously, the guy is an sadistic ego maniac, it is him in a nut shell. I highly doubt he really did all this for the good of the galaxy, probably more for the sake of his ego and this throne. Also I don't think Alderaan would agree with you on that last partĪnd considering who Palpatine is as a character. There might be some truth to that, though I think Thrawn really would have been far better to handle that side of things. =o so in a way it kinda justifies the REAL reason he built them. 'also its widely accepted that ol' palpy built the death stars and the imperila fleet because he knew the yuuzhan vong were coming, as they were already in the unknown regions. What's next? Destroying entire galaxies?īringing in an Eclipse-class might work, but really I am getting so tried of planet breaking superlasers and giant balls of death Still makes me wonder how the hell they're supposed to elevate the threat this time since they upped the scale to destroying entire star systems. They were like 'Why are we wasting our money on this damn bloody thing? It is a waste of resources, we are better off making massive fleets of warships'.Īnd again, this damn thing died in 10 minutes to 12 X-Wings and a wookieĭon't forget the Galaxy Gun, that was another good one and far more practical. Meanwhile literally everyone else in the Imperial Military, including Vader himself, were opposed to this. Honestly, the only people who even wanted this shit in the first place were Palpatine (to appease his ego and because he gets off on that shit), Tarkin (cuz he genuinely believed weapons like this were needed), and those other admirals from the board meeting in ANH. If that's the case, then why wasn't it mentioned in the first Aftermath book when Pandeon wants to go on the offensive against the 'New Republic'? If they really had a weapon like this, then I can't imagine the Empire getting the shaft that badly before the Force is Asleep came about.Įither way, can we fucking stop with the giant balls of planet destroying death already? Seriously, we have fucking done this 3 times in a god damn row with these movies and it has failed every single time.

Sovereign class star destroyer