Film Theory: Luke SHOULDN'T Destroy The Death Star (Star Wars)

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We all love to root for Luke while he's landing the crucial shots to destroy the Death Star...but what if we've been wrong all this time? What if destroying the Death Star is COMPLETELY wrong? This episode shows exactly why the destruction of the Death Star would have not only hurt the Rebel Alliance, but the entire galaxy...
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[@heyitshannahmay]

So im watching this while doing my math home work and my mom walks into my room and i pause it on the part talking about all the money in the world and my mom was about to yell at me for not doing my math but then she saw the numbers on the screen and said "oh this is helping you never mind i thought you were watching videos about movies again." so i just wanted to say thanks mat pat for saving me from being yelled at.

[@Kristern99]

Omg 😳😂

[@MettigelMann]

This is the most amazing thing over ever seen

[@cant_think_of_a_username7795]

Lol

[@n3cro16]

The force will be with you :)

[@saranshgautam6551]

r/ThatHappened

[@buppington]

So you could call it... A debt star?

[@buppington]

***** By all means,it does its job.

[@SubpotentPoet11]

well done

[@FilmTheory]

+Comrade Canary Hilarious! You win the internet today :)

[@Divergent-ym3py]

+The Film Theorists Hiiii! You're Amazing!!!!

[@CrimsonMaou]

+Comrade Canary damnit someone beat me to it

[@dennisoconnell5509]

Matpat: Plapatine's take over was smooth. Plapatine: Engineers a war in order to take over

[@bramvincke9839]

was thinking the same thing

[@ttry1152]

Relatively smoother. Palpatine took over in the matter of 6 years. They did it in 9 montha

[@kusaisama]

Plapatine?? Lol

[@ttry1152]

Plap plap palpatines fleet got the slap

[@bren_boigames2901]

Well in palpatines war was droids and clones the gcw was all real non cloned people

[@andredelfino582]

I’d argue that Palpatine’s takeover was no where near as smooth as you’re saying. Don’t forget, he engineered a galactic war between the Seperatists and the Republic, funded the Clone Army and the Droid Army and I can’t imagine that war being all that healthy on the economy either. While it may not have been as damaging as the Rebellion’s hostile takeover, it was hardly a smooth and peaceful transition that hardly affected the livelihoods of the galactic population.

[@YEETUSDAFEETUS]

actually I would say it's dependant on the planet some probably benefit from the clone wars and were far enough away that they could produce/manufacture for the war without it ever affecting them versus places that get absolutely taken over with fighting

[@EmperorProtects1]

Yes, but that would've been smooth to get over, with a new reformed state You'd be able to just erase any economic problems with the funds of the Empire, as we know the Republic was using a partial amount of their GDP to fund the clone army.

[@Gaelic-Spirit]

I'm pretty sure it's explained in the clone wars how the clone army impacts the economy of the republic

[@EmperorProtects1]

@@Gaelic-Spirit Basically american debt lol

[@ttry1152]

He still perpetuated the 2nd clones wars. Which had no jede to semper the clones

[@berto17]

Darth Vader: "Luke, put the Death Star down right now! It was really expensive and I don't want you to break it."

[@caustic5131]

Luke:haha death star goes boom

[@nichsa8984]

@@caustic5131 the humanity biggest enemy is a market force

[@TheLunahaven]

Lol! This is amazing. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tello1645]

So the New Republic will fail easily because of the debt.

[@cameraman562]

@@caustic5131 imagine him being as a cat and death star is glass mug

[@tehepicator968]

Well, they can just borrow a small loan of 193 quintillion dollars.

[@loganpaul2137]

+teh EPICATOR *republic credits

[@williamtimonen6814]

Considering that they are an empire with an unspecified number of worlds. They may just have to deny half of their military personel their new wage rise. And they may make up for it.

[@Martin-vh3ei]

+Logan Barnett *imperial credits

[@TheDarkForce]

+teh EPICATOR hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sounds legit

[@thunderflare59]

+teh EPICATOR Actually, Palpatine took over all the banks...so...it gets even more complicated.

[@jamesbell1186]

Comparing blowing up the Death Star to 911 has to be one of the funniest MatPat takes ever

[@The_Honourable_Company]

Maybe the Great Depression?

[@nathanganti9554]

A couple of things are being ignored here: 1. The destruction of the first Death Star would've been bad for the economy yes, but the blow would've been softened as more planets joined the Rebellion and led to both the Rebellion and the Empire pumping a lot more money into the economy and helping it to grow. 2. The Empire did not leave the galactic population alone. The Empire's policies would show that they were extremely oppressive to non-humans, for example committing genocide against the Lasat population and enslaving the Wookies.

[@cannonbyrd1755]

also the death star was built in secret

[@zombieslayer1468]

3. the clone wars

[@dofthej8279]

The Empire also wiped out the Geonosians

[@deadmeat3376]

If matpat was the director of Star Wars movies, this would be the most depressing series on earth

[@ArcticArmy]

Realism tho. You need it.

[@ottoettema9281]

Yes

[@plausibillity2032]

How is this vid a theory, its a literal fact.

[@mixis1931]

Warhammer 40k: Are you sure about that?

[@lakersfan3269]

Dead Meat it would still be better than the Disney trilogy

[@rustyshackleford4933]

"The world is run by nerds" I'd be more worried if the world was run by jocks.

[@yatosjumpsuit6837]

Wedgies and swerlies for everyone!

[@DanielGilchristYT]

+Your Neighborhood seagull Haha, don't forget lunch money tax.. Also phrases like "Hello, how are you?" and "Nice day, isn't it?" ..are replaced with "Do u even lift bro?" and "Whats up, Butt-munch?"

[@cybersearcher1041]

It would be hell....

[@komodoguy152]

Yeag

[@FiauraTheTankGirlGamer]

+Rusty Shackleford We all would, we all would.

[@heavymachinery-robloxshred7305]

''the steel is just the beginning'' and the next part is... the plastic needed to make a LEGO death star

[@Bobs_your_uncle]

Both of the lego death stars because there are two of them

[@LadyOnikara]

I feel better about the Lego choice I made, because there's less pieces for good old 75060. (From some of the prices I saw looking for that thing, you need to bring in quite a few bounties alive.)

[@SiddharthShenoy]

Matpat: "Everyone else was able to live their lives unharmed." Me: **laughs in Star Wars Rebels**

[@adamnour5252]

So uncivilized

[@laxyajena4735]

Hello there

[@spaghettiboi33]

General Kenobi!

[@mmadmman2313]

Your lightsaber will be a fine addition to my collection

[@texasball5847]

Oh I don’t think so

[@kingson4112]

Thanks for that Matt! Now I need to save up 193 Quintilion bucks, and the universe will be mine.

[@elsauce4873]

I already have 14 bucks

[@daddylonglegs3698]

Filip Von Filbert Great, your contributions won’t be in vein.

[@paxtondashnau8648]

you have to kill luke first

[@kingson4112]

@@paxtondashnau8648 Dat's ok, I don't have any children to defeat me. No prob.

[@attackhelicopter5954]

Begin a mining business.

[@samueljohnston9639]

So are we just going to ignore the U.S. government response to the petition, THIS IS NOT THE PETITION RESPONSE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR

[@nathanielbass771]

"this is not the petition response I am looking for" well, yeah, they kind of wanted a death star XD

[@DaiNoShoujoNoYami]

Not to mention the place they directed people towards to petition for it... C3PO

[@zoelang7979]

DaiNoShoujoNoYami haha 😂 😂 😂

[@weirdbritishperson9542]

Only just realized this

[@rexyburke8362]

Samuel Johnston omg the USA is run by nerds and I love it

[@skvaderarts7009]

"But he pretty much left the galactic population alone in the process. Everyone else was able to live their lives with too much problem." *The clone wars have entered the chat*

[@cosmictreason2242]

Jedi propaganda, revisionist history

[@mr_red685]

“When palpatine died” Yea,well about that

[@caosisaac]

Everyone: palpatine died in the deathstar. Palpatine 36 years later: laughs.

[@abdelrahmanamr651]

*laughs in Sith lord

[@ryleygamez7657]

*laughs in sith lord

[@hmartin1761]

Yup

[@nathanbarnes7217]

"I am.....inevitable"

[@hungergamer4710]

You're about 35 years too late

[@andrewchapman2039]

Missing the fact that the empire didn't pay for a whole lot. They just took what they wanted and blew up everything else.

[@kellywilson-lawson1857]

It's still a lot of resources wasted in literally one minute

[@andrewchapman2039]

On a galactic scale; barely a dent in the imperial budget.

[@jayplaygame123]

The Empire would have controlled the economy anyway, they produced everything, they bought everything. Mostly everything was nationalized. So it was a massive loop. The Empire didn't need to worry about the economy, because they controlled it.

[@thegamersadventures4196]

thinking the same thing

[@liljakesspokesman3337]

Andrew Chapman l

[@doubleoof7907]

Superweapon made by a tyrannical empire: *is destroyed* Everyone: Oh no! This will surely be terrible for the economy

[@rogerfreeman6787]

I'm not sure that's true either. Taxation stifles the economy, although projects like highways and bridges can help it because they make it easier to do business. The Death Star existed in order to bring all planets into the Empire. To increase their tax base. The Empire didn't actually make it easier to do business. They just made sure that people kept less of their earnings.

[@Goldenkitten1]

Empire was literally almost never tyrannical in the EU. Did a few people get offed by Sith? Sure. But the vast majority of the galaxy lived in a perfectly "normal" social structure, were well protected from pirates and others that would disrupt them and were financially stable. Some of the core worlds were tightly controlled but hundreds of others barely even knew the Empire existed beyond the taxes.

[@MorliHolect]

Well, blowing up billions of workers and taxpayers (on Alderaan) doesn't help the economy either...

[@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz5582]

@@MorliHolect That's just one planet. Though. And let's not forget the republic isn't really hands clean. Lots of bad stuff going on there, that has been culled under the empire, then again the empire brought other bad stuff to the table. The only reason we call the evil empire evil is cuz lucas wanted so. In reality the evil empire, might have just be just an empire.

[@tk-6967]

@@Goldenkitten1 In the EU it was worse. In canon the empire is pretty chill

[@calmack6637]

step one: build big thing step two: destroy it steep three: crash the economy

[@MelloCheese]

“That thing wasn’t even fully paid of yet!”

[@sv4647]

Robot chicken

[@BennyLlama39]

"Do you have *any* idea what this is gonna do to my credit?" 😀

[@ravenzero7222]

So now that make so much sense now !! Good job

[@animegx45]

Next Star Wars Movie. Episode 8: The Search For More Money.

[@inSaneMHU]

😂😂😂

[@dw3134]

lol

[@ZeroTwo-gd5nq]

LOL SO DAMN TRUE

[@gregrushin8706]

It's a quote from space balls guys

[@BadwolfGamer]

+animegx45 Episode 9: Bankers Empire.

[@AloysiusSandler]

We'll miss you, MatPat, thanks for the memories!

[@hyper-spaceman]

"everyone else was able to live their lives without much of a problem" *Coughs in slave labor* *Sneezes in oppression* *Sniffles in planetary geonocide*

[@EE-dj7et]

Ah yes crimes that their ancestors definetly not caused *coughs in clones and droids oppressing millions of people*

[@Splinter-ge9pf]

Rebelion wasn't much better, it became the new republic which literally had the same problems

[@bitsy__]

@@EE-dj7et slavery was overlooked in the old republic. Illegal in the core and unable to be enforced in the outer rim. Under the empire slaves were actively used for labor for the empire. Wookies and many other sapient creatures. Just look at rebels and solo at the pull of the empire's use of slavery

[@plushluigi7417]

*intense general grievous amounts of coughing* space Nazis *more grievous coughing*

[@LexiLunarpaw]

Need some allergy medicine? Or do you have a cold?

[@treseberle556]

Star Wars The Stock Market Awakens

[@jaydnn6782]

Star Wars: The Rebellion kills Economy.

[@vukpsodorov5446]

+Tres Eberle star wars the drugs awaken

[@muhammadammarrasyid5780]

lel

[@superpanicked7995]

all i can say is just G G

[@antonynoel1526]

+Khalid Alnajjar i find your lack of economics disturbing. ( force chokes to death)

[@-bdiddi-]

"Palpatine died in the second one." lol, you thought

[@lachlanwashere1279]

Hahahahahaha

[@psychicumbreon9564]

Laughs in sith lord

[@Ashibi_Sakimari]

@@psychicumbreon9564 *MY* *LINE*

[@aidanderson53X]

The sequels aren't cannon bro, legends are. He didn't lie he is just referring to the true star wars lore written by george lukas rather than the mouse.

[@ramseyyt5799]

@Just a guy that watches KZbin videos yea....OUR LINE

[@docskywalker51riftstudios58]

It's shown in the comics that the imperials were incredibly corrupt, and the fallout is shown You also see how the empire got their funding Plus the rebels needed to destroy the death start before they destroyed MORE planets! Great video though!

[@owenbernardo3026]

The Death Star was more of a scare tactic more than anything. I mean, how many planets did you see them actually blow up with that thing? Yeah, they blew up Alderaan... Which were harbouring terrorists. Corrupt? I haven't seen the comics, but I'll look into it.

[@franco-golpeador2435]

Yeeeeeah but here's a twist: they could just conquer the death star and recondition it to dont destroy planets. You know, to aboid recesion and stuff

[@itsgab5745]

​@@franco-golpeador2435 Let me hit your twist with another twist. War is gray! Even in Star Wars, their could be rebels who wouldn't mind using this thing to blow up imperial planets, innocents be damned! Plus there would be the possibility of the empire taking back the Death Star. Economy in a whole galaxy be damned! That thing needs to be destroyed! Could've been scrapped for parts? Yes! But it's still a weapon people can take advantage of and use AS A WEAPON. You can remove the laser and it's still dangerous, cause now. Someone can pull a Mobile Suit Gundam and drop the thing on a world killing billions. You can recover from dept and a lose of money, you CAN'T recover from the literal deaths of billions. Cause those lives are gone forever.

[@mischakonovalov9888]

@@owenbernardo3026 Nukes are more of a scare tactic more than anything, I mean, how many cities did you see them actually blow up with that thing? Yeah, they blew up Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which were in enemy territory.

[@michaelcherokee8906]

I think that this is a good demonstration of the nature of Sith: acquire power, and then use it. If the thing they want to use it for isnt all that bad, then a Sith can actually make a pretty decent leader.

[@mcflyingfury]

Don't forget Palpatine was enslaving entire races. Although to be fair the Galactic Republic and the later New Republic didn't do much to hinder the Hutt slave trade either, but still. At least they didn't promote it themselves.

[@hahafunnyname]

​@McFlyingFury eh, if they don't oppose it they *basically* promote it

[@michaelcherokee8906]

@@hahafunnyname That's not a very complete way of looking at things. At first I almost replied "Only a Sith thinks in absolutes.", then realized that in this comment thread I was making a point that Sith can be not all that bad sometimes.

[@hahafunnyname]

@Michael Cherokee I quess my way of looking at things is quite shallow because I am a rather silly goose

[@mcflyingfury]

@@hahafunnyname Yeah I mean for tens of thousands of years nobody opposed the Hutts and their reign of slavery so....

[@nedaszukovas40]

So the death star should have been named the debt star?

[@yahiasaleh2366]

lol

[@rambow70]

+Nedas Zukovas probably was in newspapers on those planets or how bad work conditions were. Plus empire scandals with vader and leah? juicy!

[@Corvo_Caligo]

I'M FRICKEN DYING RIGHT NOW!!!! XD

[@Frozenfanatic-vq4rr]

+Nedas Zukovas I so agree.

[@kagephenex]

NICE ONE

[@ImTopin]

Now then, let's talk the Starkiller planet...

[@crocodiledundee1305]

+TheSuperGamefreak Oh boy, that one is gonna be heavy.

[@TheLinking]

No

[@NoESanity]

+TheSuperGamefreak let's not talk about JJ's Mary Sue fanfiction

[@greg.sym.4115]

They'd probably just use tech to redistribute the planets own steel to form the shape of the canon. The rest is already their in the form of the canon. It's probably physically impossible while keeping the planet's life forms alive, which they did, but then this a universe with space wizards in it so it's best not to nitpick.

[@jaysenlawrence9646]

I know right killing the only planet with light saber crystals and replacing it with a star just imagine how much money and time went into that thing plus it was replaced BY A STAR that star system would be torn apart by gravity in less than 10 years, still a cool scene tho

[@ultimazilla9814]

Matpat: *gives pure FACTS and LOGIC* Also Matpat: "But heeeeey! That's just a theory!"

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

Because it isn't even a theory, it's merely conjecture! When a warship is at your shore, you do not think about how it's destruction will harm the enemy's economy, you order its destruction without a second thought to the lives on board or the cost to make it, or the armaments present on it.

[@fostersariscak3752]

“Huge Power Struggle after the Emporers Death” well yeah, that exactly happend. Independent warlords who worked for the Empure attempted to take over the Galaxy, eead yiur books MATPAT *uncontrollable sobbing*

[@user-iq7mk3gb9w]

And there even Starbbucks in the video.

[@papyrusthecool8321]

MatPat: Palpatine dies in the Death Star II. Palpatine: *Laughs in Sith Lord*

[@bobross3230]

Palpatine: laughs in murderous psychopath

[@EmperorProtects1]

Palpatine: *laughs in life support*

[@madlad1741]

Somehow

[@legomarioboy08]

@@madlad1741 Palpatine returned.

[@krozmasan6507]

" So after the death of Palpatine " Yeah... About that...

[@andrewcoleman5775]

Palpatine: Don’t mind me. I’m just waiting for my granddaughter to show up so I can take over her body and rule the galaxy once again.

[@atharvashah384]

Please dislike your comment

[@anakinskywalker1631]

@Krozma San. Expect for the fact that he did die. His physical body in ROS is a clone

[@Delay467]

I see we have a big brain here

[@arasdasdasda6563]

Well Disney made the new trilogy non canon so he is dead

[@markphillipkaliika2006]

Watching this from 7 years later, I'm starting to thinking MatPat shouldn't have ever let go of that original opening theme song.

[@oliversmalley7771]

About this theory: The frankly amazing Aftermath series agrees (yes, it's canon). It covers the events after the second death star and shows how the galaxy, particularly the empire, has gone to crap. They're great books and I would recommend reading them if you're interested.

[@Dragonseer666]

I've heard that they aren't that good, but the lore they add is definitely good.

[@Grace-bq3nw]

“THE WORLD IS RUN BY NERDS!” yay

[@ayajadayel9260]

I wish 😂

[@stefanwalicord2512]

I'm so happy lol

[@leonardocouto3109]

YEEEES!!!

[@sandraprasetiya7067]

and C 3po

[@Emily-cy6ej]

That it is.

[@RumicNerd]

30 years later "HEY GUYS WE BUILT A NEW PLANET LOL"

[@highwardenofthekingsbeans]

+readyeddy It's probably not a new planet, they probably took an existing planet and put a giant underground base and superlaser inside of it.

[@ruyman90]

+readyeddy I want to think that transforming a planet into a superweapon is cheaper than making a superweapon from scratch

[@2surreal919]

+ruyman90 indeed

[@thelaughingrouge]

"Aaaaand it's gone."

[@AJZulu]

+thelaughingrouge LOL!!!!

[@thebrickmaster7403]

The empire was trying to keep the Death Star a secret, so not many normal people (non-imperials) knew that it even existed.

[@Dragonseer666]

Even a lot of Imperials didn't know about it.

[@fnaafgaming7141]

i love all channels of matpats content you get to learn and seeing amzing videos that amazing great job matpat you made amazing channels and video

[@archangel11235]

your reference to the emperor "he pretty much left the galactic population alone" is wrong. He was the master mind behind the clone wars so everything since Naboo to his rise as the empire should be considered his fault. While the rebels may seem as terrorist who put the galaxy in a huge recession, the emperor is the one who engulfed the galaxy in a war, destroyed the balance of power from the inside, created dozens of rebel factions and small civil wars and destroyed the jedi order who was tasked to bring peace thus allowing even more crime to rise. you said that people spend less when they are scared and thats one of the first things to happen when a recession hits, well im pretty sure people were really scared the entire time the emperor was in power. sorry matt patt, im unconvinced about this theory. the only reason why they were able to build the death star was due to slave labor not a strong economy.

[@UltraFunOrb]

+Biggs Pretty sure Jar Jar was actually behind all that.

[@mfrost96]

if you look at history big wars actually help the economy look at ww2

[@Xusivel]

+Ryan G. True, Batman knows all

[@Guy-hd5lx]

+Biggs Ok, im gona be that guy. The death star was not the star wars twin towers, it was a military base. Yup. Im probolbly benig dumb here, but im that guy.

[@Maxtez]

The Empire is basically the US. Starting dozens of small wars, funding major military projects, creating rebel factions, and ignoring the constitution (jedi order) which was supposed to bring peace and liberty.

[@Pandor25]

11:39 Even Starbucks want to grab the power... :p

[@colesarjan3]

Lol u saw that too

[@victorsung3582]

lol

[@kylepessell1350]

+Victor Sung The funny thing is that he is right about the numerous factions trying to grab power. Everyone was happy that the Emperor died but the Empire did not collapse. While a new republic was formed it still had to contend with the remaining power structure of the Empire including top admirals and other military brass still in power across hundreds of worlds. If politics is messy here on Earth with just one planet and one species you have no idea the hell the Star Wars Galaxy went through because of this. Before Disney took over the accepted canon for events after the fall of the empire was an explosion of new threats and instability.

[@christianraliuga5695]

+Pandor25 beware

[@e0o9kii]

+Pandor25 So does Starfleet.

[@Twobithorror]

When Palpatine died in death star 2. Oh boy, you are in for a Great story matpat

[@ItsGulpe]

I love the old intro. We will miss you matpat

[@tsardean9192]

"Palpatine took over relatively peaceful without hurting the galaxy" Literally started a Galactic War that nearly bankrupt the galaxy and caused misery for nearly everyone

[@hammerbeam]

“Relatively peaceful?” He orchestrated a galaxy wide war to grab power.

[@iLN28]

Haha LOL 😂

[@fernandogray2811]

@tsardean9192 Well, then you could say the same about the rebels, they were the ones who attacked first, and palpatine took action against the attack and initiated order 66.

[@pokemagetech]

@@fernandogray2811 Dear god you’re dumb. Do you have the FAINTEST idea about the order of events?!

[@johnbower7452]

@@fernandogray2811 Except he initiated that after they tried to arrest him for treason. He was a scumbag and there's no getting away from that. He was the most corrupt of a corrupt government. And how do you work out they started it? They started out trying to do things peacefully; only when that didn't work did they resort to violence. Don't forget Palpatine got rid of all opposition and made himself emperor.

[@NerdStuffGaming]

*I will finish..... What you started..... in easily manageable monthly payments"

[@kierovacaciones]

LMAO

[@theicedragon100]

+SS Productions lol

[@palas2891]

+SS Productions All you need is a small loan of a million credits

[@jimbobbillionaire2095]

DEAD RN

[@graf1018]

+SS Productions your name tho its kinda bad

[@cosmic-cat6315]

They should make a movie about the empire, it should focus on their point of view. I would watch that movie, in fact I would probably watch it over and over again

[@zanethok9164]

bro, coming back watching an older episode of film theory just gave me so much nostagia, mainly from the intro.

[@juxtalightborne3253]

I'm really glad he out those brackets in the title, I wasn't sure if he was talking about the Death Star from Star Trek or not

[@StormageddonGamezGAMING]

xD

[@tomlangford1999]

+Ranomas Lightbringer Personally I thought he meant the Death Star from Game of Thrones

[@StormageddonGamezGAMING]

+Hasheem Gul Nah, it's from 50 shades of grey.

[@Rustie3000]

+Ranomas Lightbringer badum-ts

[@MikeVxtra]

+Ranomas Lightbringer *without

[@Tonks143]

Matpat, what if the Empire stole the iron?

[@JaelinBezel]

+Freshbreeze Probably got it all from that Junkyard Planet you fight Kazdan Paratus on in The Force Unleashed. They even have a smelting factory there specifically for building warships, with a cannon to fire the ore up to the orbital shipyard.

[@azbrowne]

Also. Aren't there planets made entirely out of iron in the galaxy.

[@marvelousTUD]

+Cody Hines That is non-canon.

[@packman2321]

+Freshbreeze It would still need to come from somewhere. Whether the steel was bought or reclaimed from scrapped x-wings you're still looking at thousands of planets-worth of the stuff as well as transportation costs, labour costs, life support for workmen on the project etc. All of this takes money if even you're doing it secretly so the economic effects would still exist, they'd just be labelled as 'Coffee' or whatever else you label your fraud. Then there's the question of why a legitimate government would need to steal resources to work on a project (however secret).

[@thatguyyouknow8298]

+packman2321 Well, the Empire mostly used slaves and prisoners of war, so they didn't really care about workmen.

[@Number1Jent]

I'm watching the 6 years later and its just insane to think this was the video that got me into film theory,game theory,and food theory just amazing

[@aaronfidelis3188]

Palpatine when creating clones: I'm never gonna financially recover from this expense. Palpatine when creating 2 death stars, each costing 11000x the GDP of the ENTIRE EARTH: INVEST.

[@Jordan-cn5nv]

This makes me realize how much I want to see multiple factions battle it out for control of a broken galaxy. Sequels, you could have been so much more...

[@MikeTall88]

Jordan Game of galaxy

[@Roman_Eagle]

reed the legends expanded universe books like hair to the empire witch take place post battle of Endor.

[@meh3277]

Legends is far better warlords era is the best to get up to date with I wont go on major spoilers ahead if I did so go check it out.

[@Rean_Wheel]

Jordan that would be badass

[@TheNivekzen]

Mandalore according to Star Wars Lore is the most adequate to rule this broken political system after the Empire

[@TheFoolishSamurai]

*One Punch Man Theory:* How much force is in one of Saitama's "casual" punches or even a "serious" punch?

[@AdditiveOutlier]

Have not been seen yet.

[@chaosdirge4906]

+digimondudeify Its not impossible to know, you can estimate it based on the face that his serious punch literally splits the clouds apart across the equator.

[@TheFoolishSamurai]

digimondudeify It's just an attempt theory to be honest.

[@rurushu8094]

This is probably wrong just like his Kylo Ren theory

[@HunhowsShadowStalker]

+Mario Hyrulia Infinity and infinity+1 respectively.

[@awesomergbc1278]

For some reason the film theory intro feels more nostalgic than the game theory intro

[@redshoes23plays38]

Matpat: The Death Star is needed for the economy Also Matpat: Oh yeah that's right, they blew up a planet...oh, well...

[@cr90captain89]

you don't have to pay countless number of currencies to make a planet unlike the ds.

[@redshoes23plays38]

@@cr90captain89 True, but 1) consider the currency on the planet when it is blown up and 2) think about all of the industries on that planet when it is blown up. The division of labor has most likely advanced with technology, so there may be an entire field of industry crippled. 3) Most importantly, think of the economic disaster when people see the government blowing up it's own planets. There will be a scramble to get out of whatever investments seem risky, causing an absolute mess of an economy.

[@gregrushin8706]

The empire probably just took all their resources without paying any credits.

[@KaiserFranzJosefI]

+Hipster Spock I think it did.

[@nickj.648]

The Empire used slaves and droids to build the Death Star and gather the resources to build it, and it was a secret project so barely anyone outside high ranking military knew about it, plus Stormtroopers don't get paid. So pretty much this entire video was a moot point. Of course only people who are obsessive Star Wars fans (such as moi) would know those points so I can forgive matpat.

[@lonelynightm]

+Nick J. If you can prove that anything you said is canon (which I guarantee you can't) it doesn't matter. If it isn't in Star Wars Ep 1-7, Clone Wars, or Rebels it doesn't count. So no, the entire video is not a moot point.

[@nickj.648]

Lonelynightm That info comes from the EU, which is not part of the Disney Canon, true. But it can be assumed that if Disney does not contradict it, it can be considered ambiguous canon.

[@lonelynightm]

Nick J. That is not how canon works. Is or is not. There is no sorta canon. It is as simple as that.

[@RGC_animation]

Who will win: A whole empire with dark magic that are protected by planet-destroying weapons, Or a random boi with a glowy stick?

[@I_Stole_Your_Toast]

Desert boi

[@williamwester223]

Meams!

[@footisman2059]

Sand boi.

[@thepizzatime3502]

To be fair that random boi was son of the chosen one sooo understandable

[@gracious5114]

Random girl with glowy stick.

[@wavecatcher88]

You say the emperor came to power while the normal people just lived out their life, but he literally created a galactic war to get his power.

[@goldenpotato2159]

One of my favorite theories and helped me learn a lot about economics 10/10 theory too. 👍

[@OniLink147]

You do realize that the Death Star was primarily constructed via slave labor, yes? And that the Empire was extremely racist (speciesist?) and treated every alien species as second class citizens? Bullshit that the Empire didn't effect imperial citizens. And Darth Vader was feared throughout the entire galaxy. There is also the Base Delta Zero operations carried out as a result of the Tarkin Doctrine. Another thing. Attacking a military target and attacking a civilian target are completely different things. Don't try to equate them. The Alliance to Restore the Republic were NOT terrorists. A terrorist attacks civilian targets to instill fear in the populace. If anything, the rebels were stopping attacks like this from happening by destroying the Death Star and opposing the Empire's tyranny. EDIT: You also are ignoring that the Empire had complete control over the economy. They could have forced the economy not to react. Plus they used propaganda to reduce the spread of information, such as them losing their most powerful military asset.

[@MakiPcr]

+Hylia's Hero The people from Alderaan were Imperial citizens

[@OniLink147]

MakiPcr Which the Empire blew up. Proving my point that the Empire did effect your average citizen on a day to day basis.

[@coolbeansdude132]

Someone's a bit of a Star Wars geek... 💩

[@OniLink147]

+Septicduckiplier Okay? Is that an insult or an onservation? Either way it applies to you too considering you watched this video.

[@newowner9811]

+Hylia's Hero he could came just to troll. Just because u watch star wars doesn't mean you're a geek. Not having a life and doing nothing but watching star wars would make you a geek. js

[@Nickstonator]

"Empeor Palpatine was pretty harmless" Also emperor Palpatine killing innocent members of the senate and having hostile takeovers on planets.

[@benjaminfricke4791]

And that whole thing where, you know, he ALLOWED ONE OF HIS OFFICERS TO BLOW UP A HEAVILY POPULATED PLANET. You know. Harmless.

[@tragedyplustime8271]

He himself was somewhat harmless. Tarkin, Vader, Veers, and all his main officers, however, were really dangerous men due to what he let them get away with.

[@Rosie-ge5up]

@@benjaminfricke4791 which saved millions more than it killed (by scaring others so they don't fight) and only happened because the Jedi attacked.

[@stevenchoza6391]

Rhoda Swartz Except the opposite happened. There was a massive backlash against the Destruction of Alderaan that made the Rebels a genuine threat.

[@obi-wankenobimasterjediand5091]

He enslaved Wookiees

[@lilkruhsi3810]

I love the intro, always start dancing when it starts

[@rachelgunray]

This might be my favorite theory ever on this channel 💕

[@RandomResearch57]

Sadly Matt will be leaving

[@Huskypie]

“There’s a force in the galaxy more dangerous than the dark side”. I know, it’s rough coarse and gets everywhere. SAND

[@timothyscranton7358]

We ARE the Empire!

[@sovietmonke5760]

I fear sand more than anything else in the universe.

[@AtheniCuber]

We need to build a Death Star, and we're going to make the Martians pay for it!

[@1224chrisng]

lol

[@babydragon1096]

space Trump!

[@cursoreu2605]

Your fired

[@geekygamerxoxo7436]

+Baby Dragon HELL NO!

[@eumeliedelvoix9624]

thd death stump

[@tannersyoutube1732]

Vader to Luke: This is why we can’t have nice things

[@sambruckner468]

i love how starbucks got thrown in there

[@unbuiltarcher4646]

11:39 I never knew Starbucks is a galactic power-hungry faction which have a gigantic military force and proves to be a threat to the Empire *The More You Know*

[@Lilcoop5150]

Luke i have coffee

[@yyoot9790]

Starbucks intensifies

[@blackburngaming8345]

The Star Trek federation was also there, and that universe isn't even connected!

[@calebfarmer176]

*KNEW IT*

[@NinjaKuma]

Death Star was an inside job, Vader was on his tie fighter when it went down. Coincidence? I think not!

[@SirStanleytheStumbler]

and dead on a shuttle while the second one blew up.

[@commmander64]

Actally it WAS A inside job thanks to the new movie rogue one... huh.

[@KostisPlayz]

And after Luke burnt his father's body his son founds grandad and boom

[@KostisPlayz]

Also is it me or does this family goes like... First son becomes Jedai but then he becomes a Sith *Here is the loop* Son gets born becomes Jedai The son of that son becomes Sith And just like that this never stops!

[@masterofcreations2392]

Lol

[@grimmyhits3481]

I love how mat put starbucks on the logo screen... As if starbucks would take over

[@user-zs5dq3vw3t]

i love Star wars so i am really happy you made a video on it.

[@user-zs5dq3vw3t]

wow

[@RamblyngRobyn]

>Fullmetal theory *You have my attention*

[@nullifi3d_]

I when I heard Fullmetal Alchemist my hands sot in the air and I silently screamed YES!!!!!

[@reachfanatic1234]

I betcha itd be about how they could make a human with the items at hand

[@VikriViri]

And my axe

[@ZINGERS-gt6pc]

+The Tree's Apprentice My exact thoughts

[@rurushu8094]

This is probably wrong just like his Kylo Ren theory

[@gfoog3911]

11:40 Starbucks is a *REBEL CONSPIRACY!*

[@ninjacrowlowlug860]

Eishaaya yeah and Star Trek

[@justagny]

NANI?!?!?!?!?!

[@ScourgeMan]

Palpatine dies you say? Palpatine: double it and give it to someone else

[@immortalstar0138]

Funny that Robot Chicken Palpy kinda pointed this out to Vader in that phone call “That thing wasn’t even fully paid off yet!”

[@MSupaCroc]

Wait.... So destroying the Death Star has a heavy impact on the economy.... BUT DESTROYING ALDERAAN WONT?!

[@103035icle]

the death star is a galaxy wide peoject. a single planet is small in comparison.

[@ilovethelegend]

+Robert Harris So, let's, just change up the scale a little bit here. SO, if Galaxy = Nation, then planet must = City, right? Now, imagine how FUCKED a nation's economy would be if one of its major cities was leveled in a single afternoon. We could probably see something similar in the aftermath of the bombings on Hiroshima. I'm almost certain that blowing up alderaan would have made the economy tank just as hard as blowing up the death star, if not even harder.

[@VenomSnakee]

+ilovethelegend that comparison is not good, it's more the galaxy=A Nation, and Aldaraan=A upper class suburban neighborhood.

[@103035icle]

ilovethelegend ya. Aldaraan is a planet of rich senetors and the such with mansions.

[@highjumper3480]

Judging by the context clues alderan is most likely a resource planet or a political planet. Any place can have a king or queen regardless of its purpose. Since we don't see or hear much of any political matters being settled on the planet it would most likely be for resources. Losing one resource output out of hundreds of thousands I think it's safe to assume the galaxy would have just thought it as a small bombing or terrorist attack

[@brentage5000]

A slight problem with the start of your theory - it's an Empire building the Death Star, not a democracy, and a galaxy-wide Empire capable of extracting materials from multiple planets and teleporting them and not paying for anything because he's in charge, so....yeah.

[@andrewpatton5114]

You still have to feed and house your workers. Even slave labor isn't free, because slaves cost resources to maintain.

[@_NeoImperia_]

@@andrewpatton5114 Slavery is damagin to any economy You would want to incorporate people and make them join your economy not enslave them

[@banezh1611]

@@_NeoImperia_ Slavery does not damage an economy, it's actually extremely lucrative. The issue is human rights which is why slavery is bad. If you read the first Darth Bane book you see an example of how these people are forced to work on planets just to get basic sustenance and in such massive debt they can never leave, so the companies that hire/own these workers make a huge profit by barely paying anything for the workers.

[@YEETUSDAFEETUS]

actually the emperor seemed to want to kickstart the economy and make the galaxy flourish so although I'm sure he bought at steep discount prices I feel like he would pay something at least

[@maratrashcanmusicband]

"left the majority population alone" You know there was an entire war orchestrated by palpatine to seize that transition of power you know?

[@windlesstitan6825]

in universe, the death star cost around 1 trillion credits and almost 20 years to build

[@CuppaTeaExe]

Me as a kid: The Rebels are the good guys Me now: The Empire did nothing wrong

[@Depressedwhale14]

The Gaming Brit yeah what did the empire do?

[@freddykrueger8076]

Ryan Howard Nothing wrong

[@Morgoth1889]

The empire enslaved entire species and spent all of the galaxy’s money on the military it was also a absolutely monarchy not a democracy

[@freddykrueger8076]

Skull Face It was not a monarchy, it was a dictatorship. If it had been a monarchy, Palptine would have gotten the Empire by blood. Not only that, but also monarchial rulers are expected to bear children as heirs. Palpitate did no such thing. As such the Empire is a Militaristic Dictatorship. **------------------** Also, the Empire is no more worse than either the Grand Republic or New Republic. In fact in a lot of respects it was better than both Republics in its first 15 years of power.

[@redbepis4600]

just watch rebels tv show and you'll see what actually happened

[@thefutureisqueer3899]

Ok but how much toilet paper would the death star need

[@el3ctrogamer834]

Don't Mind Me is ur brain all right or do u have cancer Cuz I have cancer too XD

[@dakotaboy80]

a crap ton

[@hingchongrongpi2089]

MORE THAN A MILLION.

[@sarooparoo25]

Don't Mind Me *facepalm*

[@superbrennan0523]

A *crap* ton... pun intended

[@PickleRick65]

"iron alloy makes steal", sorry that's not how that works🙄🤣

[@Minerage]

''Killing of major world leaders is bad'' Gavrilo Pincip would like to argue with that

[@Alverant]

Destroying Alderann pretty much ruined any chances of anyone showing sympathy for the Empire. In the books the Empire destroying a planet caused massive defections and support for the Rebellion. Think about the economic impact the annihilation of one of the core worlds would have.

[@agentdash8999]

The First Order blew up a whole system of core worlds think about the impact of THAT

[@imagamingdragon2091]

Alverant that would have a big debt ,but what if the amount of money and resources in the star wars galaxy for the company's that supplied and made the death star at least was large enough that they could have just blinked it off like a new sting or what if only two or three planets that where already making that much steel on their own where the only ones who put money into the death star and where somewhat cutoff from the rest of the galaxy also you could have just said the galactic great depression and been done

[@imagamingdragon2091]

or at least mark at could have

[@LevatekGaming]

I'm a Gaming Dragon The bad English is strong in this one...

[@egeaktuglu1193]

Also there is Jedha, Scraif and the NEW REPUBLIC SYSTEM!!!

[@Z45HR4]

Wow, That would actually make a much better story than what was actually in Episode VII. Imagine the galaxy being in economic ruins while the new republic struggles to maintain order and rebuild. Meanwhile Grand Admiral Thrawn gathers and organizes the imperial remnant forces to strike at the New Republic during their weakest moment. I vote we scrap episode 7, 8 and 9 and work with this plot line.

[@theonetruemilkman4894]

Pretty sure that each like is a vote. I voted.

[@frogmeister4593]

Agreed

[@srgtsage]

I love how Starbucks was one of the listed factions that would be involved with the power grab resulting from the Empire's/Palpatine's defeat.

[@professorx3038]

Just imagine how the movies would play out if the rebels actually saw this before they went to blow up the first Death Star

[@JulianusMaximianus]

So the Jedi are ISIS minus the beards, robes and swinging swords around. It all makes sense now.

[@Vingtun21]

Muhammad skywalker confirmed

[@JulianusMaximianus]

Osama Care Lol, Praise be upon him, and may the halal meat be with you.

[@Maddinhpws]

+Osama Care Osama bin Skywalker.

[@ngshihong4376]

+Maddinhpws Obama bin skywalker

[@David_Last_Name]

+Julianus Maximianus Well, except that the Jedi didn't have organized rape camps for any female civilians they captured. But aside from that.......no, ISIS still aren't Jedi sorry.

[@auctoris1536]

just wanted to mention that non-human planets were discriminated and strip-mined for resources, in the canon books of rogue one and the aftermath series, the empire going all apartheid was a recurring theme.

[@lavalamp4429]

film theory intro gives me life

[@4dkarma486]

1:55 OH THE AUDIO!

[@justgetitDLC]

So u put a star trek logo on here and think we won't notice

[@hatakekyasarin9672]

my thoughts exactly :D

[@saphrodite1]

Also StarBucks.

[@Epcotball]

And a star bucks logo

[@pcachu]

+Emily Beranek I, for one, welcome our new coffee-fueled overlords.

[@360firedevil]

So if we can't build the death star then what about the star forge?

[@ianbaker672]

if you can find out the science behind it, ill make one for you

[@360firedevil]

Ian Baker What if some one else finds out the science behind it. Does the credit for the idea still go to me?

[@ricardowerner8617]

+we'll bang okay gamer poop... haha

[@ianbaker672]

we'll bang okay no, but I'll make one regardless

[@360firedevil]

Ian Baker Then what can I have

[@TY-up1xp]

I never looked at that scene the same way in the first place as I'm old enough to remember the original explosion.

[@toetoeaung6668]

This is the first ever Theory video I watched

[@hantalg]

* knock knock* do you wanna build a death star?

[@2Trundle]

I want to build a debt star.

[@diluted_potato8774]

We can blow Alderaan away...

[@levifeldman]

We will destroy Luke sky walker...

[@TheLinking]

+VelstryoxDP fuck off

[@slickhero8410]

+HantalGazi YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!

[@johnsledge3942]

Hey, good guy Palpatine, y'know he employed millions, and created a stable galactic government.

[@yamik1385]

"Employed" lol the same way Americas food companies "employ" workers.

[@felipevasconcelos6736]

+Yamik They were even worse. Doesn't seem possible, but they were.

[@Jeudaos]

+John Sledge Was still a nazi.

[@DiploRaptor]

+John Sledge Except they were enslaved. Just go through the list of peoples enslaved by the empire or forced into work camps or all the various papers the empire treated non-humans like scum of the earth. Vader letting on a robot, or trandoshan to the bounty hunters would have been considered extreme and bizarre which goes to show how backwards the emperor was

[@jacobtraum3122]

+John Sledge What about that time he ordered his military to blow up two planets? Good economy or no, that's pretty bad.

[@rezlifeent]

no Clerks shout out, Randell's rant is classic!

[@b.friedman9278]

The second the old intro came on I screamed and started dancing because marpat doesn’t use it anymore