Did the Empire Make the Galaxy Safer for the Average Citizen?

[@DefinitelyNotEmma]

They brought peace, freedom, justice and security to their new empire!

[@drkinferno72]

Their new empire?

[@SnowtrooperTW-5102]

*Our New Empire!*

[@bradleybaker8872]

Socialist empire

[@gumdeo]

In a way they did bring peace, at least for a while.

[@bradleybaker8872]

@@gumdeo Yea

[@Loneguy22]

Well if you go by the scene in Tarkin where Darth Vader was lecturing a group of criminals it would appear that the Empire was content to keep crime under a certain degree of control. The threshold being whether or not the activities of the cartels infringe on Imperial interests.

[@hunterkiller1440]

Security in exchange of liberty.

[@santiagoalcantara3806]

"Yeah, security" literally they can kill you if you planet is bit pro rebel alicence whit the dead star...

[@SobaOfPulaski]

@@santiagoalcantara3806 well it is security unless you are someone who doesn’t agree with the way they “protect” people.

[@samfromsaturn3429]

@@santiagoalcantara3806 then just don’t be pro-rebel

[@santiagoalcantara3806]

@@samfromsaturn3429 that is the problem, you can be pro imperial but if your planet is pro rebel they will kill you no matter what

[@SobaOfPulaski]

@@Muddiman1 ~Ben Franklin (except paraphrased and with some extra spice)

[@JasonChaoFTW]

In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire, for a safe and secure society!

[@fazsum41]

Which never happened. That was just said to keep the coverup hidden of the fact the war was intentionally started by him to help get him into power, wipe out the Jedi order and remove democracy from the galaxy.

[@teethirtyfour7394]

@@fazsum41 All of That is based

[@isaackim7675]

Mon Mothma, “Safe and secure society my a$$. I’m rebelling.”

[@marcusisgood9]

Nah, it’s “FOR A SAFEEEE…. AND SECURRRREEEEE…… SOCIETY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@teethirtyfour7394]

@@isaackim7675 Rebelling against what? Pussy?

[@mixedchannelgameproduction901]

The only reason the Star Wars galaxy hasn’t fallen into complete madness is because space dolphins are not a thing. Humanity first.

[@KamikazeMedias]

Ah did not watched rebels i guess

[@christophermills7693]

My yt- 2500 Freighter is named Space Dolphin.....

[@k9commander]

@@Spuurtzithink Those are space whales.

[@Central_Intelligence_Agency_]

Glory to the Empire! Humanity first!

[@logicaldude3611]

Please, don't give Disney any new ideas. Just don't.

[@shadowstryker640]

Gotta agree with you Alan. Despite the mass centralization of the government and the economy, it seems the Empire suffered just as much as the republic for being a bloated bureaucracy. It is also worth mentioning that if the Galactic Empire was able to improve the lives of the average citizen, then so many people would just stay with the empire instead of rebelling. Instead of trying to rule by a doctrine of fear, palpating should have instead enacted reforms for the empire that he knew the republic had needed before. It seems like palpating just forgot about his political machinations after becoming emperor. He could have went about it in a more tactical and cunning way

[@Jungoguy]

That’s because Sidious didn’t think things through. He planned on creating his Empire and wiping out his enemies, but then what? How would he keep it around?

[@Hylanvahr]

Maybe after all those years of playing the political power games of wheeling and dealing and pretending to be someone he wasn't, he decided to hell with being nice and decided to rule as the Sith bastard he always was.

[@grandenigma9400]

@@Hylanvahr I agree as well. Palpatine at his core was always someone who would choose to tear something down rather than building it up as in Legends, he just shut himself off from the rest of the Galaxy for most of his rulership as Emperor to increase his Force Power. Anakin by contrast, would he attempted to formulate the Galaxy to be justly ruler as possible if he wasn’t first molted in flames and thinking rationally (Without abusing the DS since its a natural part of the Force, which would cause it to abuse him in turn) if he was the ruler of the galaxy.

[@GeneralForster]

The CIS was right

[@grandenigma9400]

@@GeneralForster True. Not in all ways (Like demonizing all who loyalists, even many who were not privy to the Sith Deception), but in a lot of them. Similar for Dooku in regards of the Jedi Order, but he didnt go about it in the right way.

[@Crumb-tm]

wow i cant believe i caught a generation tech upload less than a minute after it was uploaded lol

[@sellotape06]

The dark side can lead to abilities some would consider unnatural

[@evanmack8527]

Its impossible!

[@SnowtrooperTW-5102]

Our Galactic Empire has brought peace, freedom, justice and security to the Galaxy!

[@tk-7784]

For the Empire!

[@TK-317]

For the empire!

[@gbonkers666]

For the Empire!

[@dalekthay1139]

The Empire must surrender to The Daleks OR BE EXTERMINATED!

[@marcuspoosz2190]

nein, you've only brought slavery and conquest, no justice nor freedom, just torture and death.

[@MrJmanrey]

Well I guess, until the Empire lost their minds and decided that blowing up planets was good policy.

[@superbeanz6947]

It was......

[@SlicedBreaddd]

@sharky the 1st everything that happened in rogue one would decide the existence of the rebels. If they even failed at any moment the rebels wouldnt have the chance to destroy the death star. Even we can see the rebels almost giving up before rogue one attacked scariff. The death star as a symbol of fear actually almost worked.

[@npswm1314]

Ok here is the problem. Only Palpatine and his closest confidants knew the true purpose of the Death Star. And it wasnt for handling no dirty rebels. It was for fighting the threat he KNEW was coming. The threat that Thrawn told him about. That he spent his entire political career preparing for. The threat he was preparing the galaxy to deal with. The Vong. Every single Imperial decision boils down to this ultimate purpose. To stop and defeat the Vong from ever touching the galaxy. And Palpatine knew exactly how to do it. And so he did. And people resisted because they couldnt (OR wouldnt.) see the wider picture. Hence the rebellion and his attempts to crush it.

[@superbeanz6947]

@@npswm1314 then look at how the new republic handled the vong like 💩💩💩

[@npswm1314]

@@superbeanz6947 A dozen systems ravaged and Vongformed. Trillions dead, hundreds of trillions displaced, the economy of the galaxy destroyed for decades to come, another Galactic Civil War, hundreds of other effects. Yeah the New Republic handled it great. That never would have happened under the Empire. AND THEN THE NEW REPUBLIC HAD THE AUDACITY TO HELP EXILED AND REMAINING VONG IN THE GALAXY ON A PLANET THEY STOLE FROM ITS ORIGINAL INHABITANTS!

[@nickvinsable3798]

Fairly accurate; all bark & no bite. There are two “military first” doctrines that, according to me, exist. The first is the obvious & its mentioned multiple times & we’ve seen its practices. But the other is what I would call Standardization. The United States of America’s interstate infrastructure is a perfect example of standardization; each lane on an interstate freeway has a specificity set width & is usually two lanes wide & its fenced off. In due time, I want the U.S. Army’s engineers to have a monopoly on the Interstate Roads & Rail-Lines as a means of distributing goods & services. The same goes with the U.S. Navy setting standards for harbors & the U.S. Air Force setting standards for Air Ports. However, the real reason, information shared by those three, is the knowledge & understanding of what weapons are under development, even bolting a railgun on a flat-bed & deploying it to a strategic location, & such…

[@Gravewhisper]

"the outer rim is too scarcely populated..." Then could you not introduce programs that support people moving to the outer rim to populate the area? Like tax cuts, housing benefits, funding for schools and shit?

[@grisom5863]

1. The outer rim is huge. So you could never realistically make sure everything runs smoothly for the colonist. 2. The inner galaxy is quite comfortable in comparison so not too many people (Or at least the people you want.) would wish to give up such a lifestyle. 3. And this is the most important, that was/slowly is being done at this moment. Thousands of years ago what you suggested happened exactly as you said. It still occurs as well. But it slowed down because the novelty of exploration sort of died down for moving to the outer rim and also, businesses, government entities, and cartels exploit the people of the outer rim. A lot.

[@Gravewhisper]

@@grisom5863 makes sense. I just thought, you know, it worked out well for Australia, and those were just criminals send there to get rid of 'em. Coruscant has a whole underworld full of potential outer rim populators :D

[@grisom5863]

@@Gravewhisper The average person didn't have a ship that could reach Australia in a few days or even hours then. Almost every criminal organization has fleets of ships and would be more than happy to pick up their gangsters or hire new ones.

[@DiddynoDiddle]

Not when your only intent is unchallenged power.

[@masteroftheassassins]

That depends on which planet and then which system. Not to mention what species you were

[@speed150mph]

Here’s a question for you. Was there a reason or end goal in mind for palpatine when he set himself up to become emperor and sole source of power in the known universe, or was he following the sith tendency to seek power for powers sake? Did he actually have a plan for the empire or was it just a trophy to him.

[@treylovesyahweh8581]

Dark empire trilogy has your answer, time to research

[@speed150mph]

@@treylovesyahweh8581 thanks for the tip. I’ll check it out

[@lukedalton]

Personal power for his own sake because he is a greed, evil, psycopathic being that care only for himself and want to rule everything making everyone else suffer...in poor words the perfect Sith. There was no real plan once the Empire was set and the Sith vengeance was enacted upon the Jed, except have fun will let the other suffering

[@ravager2-636]

Long as your a human with money & power, no rebellious tendencies, alien friends or worked in imperial industry.. The empire wasn’t too bad.

[@ravager2-636]

@@davidordaz5251 “Rebellious tendencies”

[@ravager2-636]

In order to ensure the security and continuing stability of the empire, sometimes you need to crack a few imperial eggs for a safe and secure imperial omelette.

[@imperial123]

Have to disagree. It completly depended on where you were living. It you lived in the core, no matter how much money you have, or where you were working, your life was better.

[@Raleyg]

The Republic, for all its flaws, still stood for thousands of years, and when it did fall, it was because it transformed into the Empire. It fought the Sith, the CIS, and the Mandalorians and won. The Empire on the other hand, for all its “order” and “discipline” barely stood for a couple of decades before it was violently overthrown a relatively small and weak insurgence. Long live the Republic!

[@donnovandalusong266]

I blame for Moth Tarkin and Emperor for making the Empire weak

[@89k5blazer913]

The bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people And so long as men die, liberty will never perish

[@elliotyourarobot]

That's a really good point. It was strong enough to withstand any external force but like all righteous states it fell from within

[@icy101yt]

FOR THE REPUBLIC!

[@cyganskadywizjapiechoty]

@@donnovandalusong266 *Moff

[@tba113]

Poor Administrator Tua. [edit: Minister, not Admin, sorry.) She wasn't a bad person, or even an incompetent one; just a bit blind (she was a true believer in the Empire until she figured out Pryce was throwing her under the bus) and far out of her depth. She was a bureaucrat and process engineer, not a military officer, so Pryce and Tarkin tasking her with running counterinsurgency operations was setting her up for failure. Throwing the problem in Vader's lap sealed her fate.

[@robertharris6092]

And hella cute too. Disapointing.

[@slicerneons3300]

Peace Through Tyranny is rarely a good Tradeoff.

[@vicente2044]

I wouldn't called peace, more like order, though force but order none the less

[@tonyravioli1982]

Order through forcefully removing Chaos.

[@slicerneons3300]

@@tonyravioli1982 And forcefully removing Liberty in the process.

[@michaelvik7820]

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”- Benjamin Franklin

[@Viperfish9000]

The average citizen was not human, the empire did not treat non humans correctly therefore they did not make the galaxy safer for the average citizen

[@jenothemississippianofmand5202]

Bro snapped on this one!! Hope this doesn’t get demonetized!!

[@Alverymartin.damsel]

Security, order and obedience is what the empire brought to to the galaxy .

[@buncer]

9:20 Anyone else notice how weirdly bent forward the neck of that Stormtrooper is? Must be some sort of non-human spy.

[@panzercrewman616]

I love how honest and upfront Alan is. Most KZbinrs don’t talk about their politics or controversial stuff but Alan does not care. Makes this channel one of the best

[@neofulcrum5013]

If you were in the inner rim probably. Everywhere else, especially the outer rim, not so much.

[@vicente2044]

You could join its military and problem solve

[@neofulcrum5013]

@@vicente2044 unless you’re an alien. Chances are even lower.

[@ugoeze7360]

Emperor Palps is a silent partner on the “Humanity First” merch.

[@AaronPalmer]

One question i would like to have answered in a video is. Did Palpatine know about the yusong vong? and is that why he orchestrated the clone wars?

[@toshitajoshi3851]

Yes That's why he created the empire and the death star and death troopers. He feared the Republic government was too weak and the Jedi morals prevented them from harming living beings So, yea

[@gumdeo]

Only Palpy saw the threat.. the Jedi were asleep as usual.

[@vicente2044]

Only in Legends, they erase them for canon

[@Marcusjnmc]

he would have ochestrated the clone wars anyway, palpatine was primarily interested in himself, he was motivated by obsession with power befitting of a sith & didn't care about looking out for the republic, but he definitely knew some threat was coming from beyond known space in the direction from which the vong appeared, he may have ordered the death star built so that he wouldn't have to go and fight them himself and could focus on just further amassing power in the force

[@MrRonald327]

Everyone has their own definition of "safe."

[@Straswa]

Great vid Gen Tech. Very enlightening.

[@shaqsmith94]

I still don't know why this channel doesn't have a million subscribers yet this is great.

[@scottnewman522]

saying the empire was keeping the galaxy safe is like saying a mugger is keeping you safe, threats of violence for non compliance is not safety

[@syppy7416]

exactly

[@oom-876]

Of course it did!! It brought safety, security, justice and peace!!

[@barnettmcgowan8978]

Another great analysis! You're on a roll. I love this type of content.

[@krogen1207]

Long live the empire

[@paulohare4233]

my fav star wars youtuber, great humour

[@arthurbriand2175]

Is it weird that when I hear "spice", I go into intense internal monologues about he who controls the universe?

[@islandmaster5064]

Naw. My mind goes to the book Dune

[@arthurbriand2175]

@@islandmaster5064 I never read it in English I was too young, but I saw the Lynch movie in English

[@islandmaster5064]

@@arthurbriand2175 the frist dune book is best. Movies don't do it justice and the sequels make no sense in a chronological order

[@arthurbriand2175]

@@islandmaster5064 I know but I read it in french, my native language, for me it's "l'épice". When I hear the word in english it makes me think about the Lynch movie.

[@islandmaster5064]

@@arthurbriand2175 never heard of that.

[@rowanreid836]

the mineing operation on ryloth was to mine doonium, probably to build the death star

[@maydrone]

Was looking for this comment, glad I'm not the only one who noticed this

[@user-Jay178]

Great video and yeah the empire made the galaxy safer. The empire is the best

[@vonneely1977]

Real safety lays in controlling danger. If you can't eliminate a syndicate, take it over and make them work for you. G0-T0 was the best leader the galaxy ever saw.

[@The7thFleet]

My loyalty was to the Republic, not your Empire

[@alexchiang7222]

The ryloth mine was stated as a doonium mine……..for the deathstar

[@HolyknightVader999]

As for the economy, while most of Imperial space locked things down for the military, they left the corporate sector and the mining guilds alone. There was still a large sense of private property and industry, it's just that it depended on where you were. If you were in the Corporate Sector, they leave you alone, but in most Imperial planets, you either supported the Empire, or you went bust. Still, most Imperial worlds had a sense of stability, both economic and social, until the Battle of Endor screwed things up and turned the Empire into Somalia.

[@lukedalton]

Only if you were in the core, other place were basically Nazi occupied Europe and litteraly stripped to the bone

[@HolyknightVader999]

@@lukedalton It was the other way around. Biggs tells Luke that the Empire nationalized commerce in the central systems, and it will soon spread to the Outer Rim.

[@lukedalton]

@@HolyknightVader999 look at Lothal, strip mined, land and business nationalizated with little or no compensation, massive use of slave labor and it was hardly the lone example for the Outer Rim. In the core the nationalization (by lore) was for separatist supporting business or the one that failed to toe the line of the Empire. The corporate sector and the mining guilde got privilege and contracts thanks to their support but if they don't follow what Palpy say or accept Palpy condition...well they discuss the new term with Vader

[@HolyknightVader999]

@@lukedalton Lothal got a ton of new jobs, and the strip mining was only due to Thrawn's TIE Defenders, which would still benefit Lothal. Compare that with the New Republic, which was so weak that a two-bit junta like the First Order was able to knock them out.

[@lukedalton]

@@HolyknightVader999 tell how strip mining a planet and living scar that are visible from space are beneficial for Lothal and the new job were compensated by the fact that the people were regulary robbed and bullied by the imperials or simply arrested if they don't sell to their condition and if they do...well it's Tarkin Town because the empire pay a pittance. Sorry there is no way that someone can put the imperial administration as beneficial, maybe it is for someone but the overall planet is a litteral blight

[@rosalbafuda447]

I VERY hate the fact the disruptor are illegal. They are VERY powerful and useful weapons. If ANYONE play Fallout or Wolfenstein 2009 game he know how useful are weapons like this, expecially against enemies too strong for the average weapon like Wookie or At-St

[@luigi180]

Exactly!! The government cant have normal civilians sneaking around with weapons powerful enough to challenge them.

[@robertharris6092]

Weapons like what? Disruptors are illegal but laser and plasma weapons arnt. And theres no disruptors in fallout.

[@theliato3809]

I’d imagine it did to an extent since it took a generation for any serious mass unrest to begin after the declaration of the new order

[@bipolingdaco1607]

Just got a ultra sabers ad on this video. The sith lord looks like sussy jerma

[@HolyknightVader999]

As for Ryloth and slavery, the Empire kinda had the right idea when they started placing military armaments there. I mean, one way to stop filthy pirates from enslaving your people is by installing turbolaser towers to shoot down their ships in orbit. Admiral Rampart was right-under the Republic, Ryloth was unprotected and vulnerable, and they needed to remedy that. Too bad the Twi'lek fighters resisted the Empire and probably wound up becoming slaves again. The Wookiees also resisted the Empire and wound up being slaves assembling the Death Star.

[@nobleman9393]

The Empire would enslave them anyway, not resisting would only make their job easier.

[@HolyknightVader999]

@@nobleman9393 They only enslaved races who resisted. The Trandoshans, Rodians, and Mirialans who didn't resist Imperial rule were allowed to live in peace. Shit, the Trandoshans even served as mercenaries for the Empire during their occupation of Kashyyyk. There even was the Rodian junk dealer Reelo Barouk and his entire gang served the Empire during the events of Jedi Outcast, and he served them primarily because of money.

[@sveinndagur]

It did tbh. Aliens weren't even really considered true citizens in the first place.

[@TheAravar]

I think it's a very solid take on the reality of the Empire. But also, identifies their priorities.

[@lajoyalobos2009]

I'm sure after the Empire fell thing must have gotten pretty weird. The Rebellion didn't care much for past criminal history, so long as you fought the Empire. As a result, Han Solo, a literal cartel smuggler, and Lando Calrissian, a con man ended up in some advantageous positions after the war. It might be great for those looking for a fresh slate, but on the other hand there's always some who'd take advantage of it and be corrupt as all hell. Imagine a bank robber joining the Rebellion, then later being commissioned as the New Republic's treasurer. No wonder some wanted to go back to the Empire.

[@lukedalton]

very few because better be honest, type like Lando and Han are in practice saint compared to many imperial officers...ok the average imperial officer even in term of corruption. It's basically like saying: well i go back in the company of sadistic serial killers because i feel offended by the presence of someone with a lot of unpaid parking ticket

[@thepuffin4050]

I do not know why I'm here. I do not know what I must do. All I know is that this is Generation Tech, and his name is Allen.

[@AlexSDU]

That galaxy must have plenty of great foods, with all those spices demand.

[@logicaldude3611]

"This is an interesting question, so we're going to bring Senator Bail Organa into the holochat and ask him what he thinks about it. Senator Organa, how are you? Senator, can you hear me? I'm sorry folks, I think we have a technical error on the ground in Alderaan, we'll have to circle back with the Senator later." *static*

[@commonsense5199]

Generation Tech: Did the Empire Make the Galaxy Safer for the Average Citizen Tamara Ryvora: My grandfather worked in an Imperial factory. Put food on the table when he couldn't find work anywhere else. Did that make him evil?" Honestly Tam is definition of subverting expectations done right. And Thankfully she wasn't sidelined like Finn was.

[@knightingale9833]

With a squad of stormtroopers on virtually every street corner, citizens of the Empire were at least safe from inner city crime

[@revolutionariesoffreedom2374]

Eww dictator supporter

[@revolutionariesoffreedom2374]

You sound communist, the word safety is communism… Freedom is preferable than safety

[@knightingale9833]

You sound like one of those neckbeard anarchists with a bunker in their back yard. No, the word "safety" does not amount to Communism. Having rule of law does not amount to not being free. Having no rule of law means mob tyranny which is not freedom.

[@revolutionariesoffreedom2374]

@@knightingale9833 the galactic empire has free healthcare you stupid communist

[@revolutionariesoffreedom2374]

@@knightingale9833 the galactic empire didn’t help the rich people, this is why the galactic empire is a communist taxe supporter organization Only giving money to the rich is good, therefore the empire is feudalist and taxe supporters… and feudalism is the same thing as fascism and communism

[@SquirrelASMR]

The empire *rightly* believed humans were superior to other races... lol Alan I loves you

[@Bloodnut4life]

Really hard watching this video with the theme tune for Abroad in Japan playing in the background lol

[@wyndblayde6103]

Did the empire make the galaxy safer? Ask an Alderaanian.

[@weyjosh5213]

If you even find one for sure

[@armandovanhaaren7028]

Was luke Skywalker's family safe from the empire or were they slaughtered ?

[@InitialiseDisk]

The reason these bad things happened was because with the Rebels around, the Empire had to be much more firm.

[@spectre9611]

I like the legends version of the new republic because they are much more uhh competent than the canon

[@spectre9611]

Along with being badasses

[@seprithlicastia463]

On the kind of scale we see in the Star Wars galaxy, I am hesitant to condemn the Empire too broadly for failing to clamp down on most of the issue you bring up. They only had a little over twenty years to completely over-all a galaxy spanning system, still recovering from a devastating civil war, and we almost immediately dropped into another one. I think, given enough time, the Empire would have mobilized its military and subjugated the Hutts -- an objective good, no matter the standard. They made deals with them, sure, but I never got the impression those were meant to last. More domestically, I cannot support slavery or government nationalization, but from what we see most Empire-sided businesses did flourish. That wealth and success was almost all sunk into the military, but success was shown. So I guess it just comes back to whether you think the Empire could have turned things around later once it hit an equilibrium.

[@lukedalton]

Most Empire sided business thrived like in Russia most oligarch owned business have success, thanks to corruption and totally no supervision so the various business can do as they want regarding safety measure and treating the employee. Not considering the fact that many small business (not in the core naturally) were nationalizated with little or no compensation (and if the owner protested there was the prison) and such asset were later given to friendly business or used directly by the Empire regardless of the ecological consequences (just look at the strip mining of Lothal using slave labor...and sure that the mining guild will have so great profit)

[@stuglife5514]

There never would be peace though, a military society always needs an enemy

[@thedarkgenious7967]

when those drums started at the very beginning I thought I was about to get rickrolled.

[@BillyBOB-sm3rl]

Ok, so you had to use Empiral credits and be registered to do anything. And you had storm troopers running around like the gestopo. And treated lesser when they showed up. So no people were less off. Because storm troopers shot first and made a report after the affect. Of what they wanted. And they never had an over watch.

[@gabrieldavid4250]

That intro music scared me, like a Rick Astley jump scare

[@TheLuconic]

At least there were more opportunities in the galactic empire than the republic.

[@kayakMike1000]

Safety at the cost of their freedom!!!

[@luckimonster2298]

The Empire is doing a horrific job Allen 😢 The questions is "Do the core world voting folks know that 😶?"

[@syppy7416]

Him: Um... no? Allen: well then we're doing just fine Him: BUT Allen: We're. Doing. Just. Fiiiine

[@imperial123]

You forgot to say that empire did a very good job in improving life in the core sectors, so for example poor family on Coruscant could do much better under the empire than under the republic. What i am trying to say is that Empire improved life for all people in the core sector for the price of making outer rim populations even more poorer.

[@TheBerchie]

5:20 Humans are better than alien races, so I don't see how alien slavery is a negative here.... Humanity First.

[@grandmoffscott143]

Are you suggesting that our Emperor is not making the galaxy a safer place. Through strength, harmony. Through dominion, friendship. Through victory peace. It's the Emperor's way. It's our way. It's the ONLY way. You are walking on thin ice.

[@echo4428]

I'm so glad that Generation tech calls out countries like China for their suppression of free speech and such and shows how it negatively affects not only the Chinese people, but the world as a whole. Good work man, I love your videos

[@johnrandolph1989]

If not for the Tarkin doctorate the galaxy far far away would've been a better place for the Empire.

[@Torlik11]

Seeing how Palpatine had no trouble working with numerous criminal groups to get what he want, I doubt the empire is safer.

[@lukedalton]

The empire give the illusion of safety and for many it was enough

[@shanenolan8252]

Never get high on your own supply.

[@vicente2044]

A great number of this facts come from Disney canon and we know what their thoughts are regarding empires, but what about Legends?

[@Canoby]

On the one hand, I agree that a free press is a good thing and the criticism of state run media destroying public oversight and breeding corruption is a valid one. That said no country in the world isn't having massive issues containing, controlling, and eradicating Covid. Don't forget that the Chinese has been able to contain previous Coronavirus outbreaks; Covid is just a terrible mutation that defies containment.

[@elliotyourarobot]

Agreed and what stops a free press from being as corrupt as well?

[@adrianmarquez2063]

You should do a video on what would've happened with the empire had the rebellion never happened

[@marleyjr00]

Emperor Joe Xiden "You don't need a blaster that fires more than one bolt. C'mon man."

[@thomassosby9068]

I'm going to say this... Well played my man, well played. I like the comment about covid. You, sir, win the internet!

[@willm1115]

Good points but you missed the thing about the Empire that is the greatest threat to it's own citizens, the lack of due process and abuse of power. Even the slightest defiance or disrespect to the empire is decried as treason and answered with unrelenting force and violence rather than investigation or a trial. Imperial officers seem to have the authority to punish anyone below the in the hierarchy or outside the military however they see fit, where is the legislation that supports this? How can citizens support a government that regularly makes it clear they have no rights to be protected only the right to be exploited for the empire's gain?

[@imperial123]

This Is how it worked in the outer rim sector. In the core it was completly different.

[@robertharris6092]

@@imperial123 atleast if you were human.

[@imperial123]

@@robertharris6092 for Aliens too.

[@lukedalton]

@@imperial123 sure but unless you were usefull or/and have money the sentence was always guilty. And the lack of due process and the abuse of power was a feature not a bug

[@imperial123]

@@lukedalton yeah this Is how empire worked like 2 years before Its destruction.

[@Scp-682-]

so he is finally saying that the empire is bad for ones

[@gumdeo]

not bad as such, just ineffective.

[@Scp-682-]

But there still space nazis

[@thatoneperson6969]

@@Scp-682- still better than communist

[@Scp-682-]

Barely

[@GeneralForster]

Better than the republic and new republic lol

[@sombodythatyouusedtoknow9046]

I got a question: Did the republic had allied corporations in addition to the kominoans ?

[@Cybernaut551]

Good question, it is highly possible.

[@sombodythatyouusedtoknow9046]

@@Cybernaut551 Well the outher ( I put it right?)rim is like África: Full of minerals but poor maybe some core world mining corporations (sorry for the bad english)

[@robertharris6092]

@@sombodythatyouusedtoknow9046 outer rim. And more like the americas being colonized by the more technologicaly advanced peoples to exploit.

[@lancer737]

Yes I think so, even if the Rebel Alliance didn't exist, theirs tons of groups that didn't make it into the Alliance because how 3vil and violent they are, pirates and other criminal groups are still a problem even if the Alliance didn't exist.

[@lancer737]

When it comes to politics, the Empire wouldn't be at its best till the Fel dynasty.

[@genossewurzelkobold3141]

For the Empire!

[@cosmicwolf4240]

I thought they said the mining operation on Ryloth was for Doonium for building their Star Destroyers 🤨

[@013wolfwarrior]

I really wanted to think the Empire wasnt actually all evil, that for atleast 70 of it was gokd for the people and it was just Palps and Vader and his topbrass poisoning the well. But its actually ALOT of pioson, I always feel bad for the troopers because theyre probrably not bad people, but they get thrashed around and become complete jokes in the fandom, and just get killed left and right to the point everyone forget theyre people. And with the disney takeover it we dont even get the reformed Empire like in the old Lore that Survived and co-existed with the Republic.

[@Central_Intelligence_Agency_]

The Galactic Empire brought stability, security and safety to the galaxy! Glory to the Empire!

[@shaydowsith348]

Average citizen on Alderaan.... "not exactly safe here" - said in ghostly voice....

[@icy101yt]

The republic: windows 10 The empire:windows 10 (s mode)

[@mattd2026]

So Werner Herzog was wrong when he said the empire improves every system it touched?

[@eyeballpapercut4400]

the first few seconds sounded like a rick roll

[@LarryPhischman]

Actually government spending is the core of the private sector market economy. The government is the single largest customer. The problem with military spending is that military hardware is only useful for destroying other forms of capital.

[@mateuszwrobel1919]

Imperial defense contractors when rebels want to go on another spending spree: :/ -> :D

[@heathward9239]

I need you Allen

[@TBeno3]

I thought I was gonna get Rick rolled from the intro song

[@SheevPalpatine66420]

I seriously wish I could try spice. Had the Earth spice and it almost killed me. But star wars spice seems like marijuana but more psychoactive. My only question is is it an organic mineral?

[@spencerpalmer4961]

The Galaxtic Empire never made people’s lives better.

[@robertoramirezrodriguez6314]

What if all the other orders are only written down on paper but only order 66 was able to be executed?

[@elanasilverman4468]

Also, horrifying-yet-fun redefiinition of "humanism" 👍

[@Echo121.the.spacelord]

It's my opinion that the republic wasn't any better

[@HolyknightVader999]

I still vehemently disagree with your final analysis, Alan. Even if we take only the movies, it's quite obvious that the Empire at least tried to keep things safe. A dirtball like Tatooine had two Imperial-class Star Destroyers patrolling the skies, while under the Republic, a member state like Naboo which had representation in the Senate had no fleet of its own. And those with defense fleets like the Trade Federation and the Commerce Guild had to pay for it out of their own pocket. As any person who knows the history of Han Solo can tell you, the Empire does crack down on spice deals. The reason why you need gangsters to run spice in the first place is because the Imps make it hard for them to get it legally. Han Solo got a bounty posted on him by Jabba because an Imperial starship shanghaied his Millennium Falcon while it was transporting spice, and to not get arrested, Solo dumped all the spice. Which means the Empire IS cracking down on spice smugglers, when everyone's favorite smuggler almost got thrown in the can for spice smuggling. As for Ryloth and slavery, the Empire kinda had the right idea when they started placing military armaments there. I mean, one way to stop filthy pirates from enslaving your people is by installing turbolaser towers to shoot down their ships in orbit. Admiral Rampart was right-under the Republic, Ryloth was unprotected and vulnerable, and they needed to remedy that. Too bad the Twi'lek fighters resisted the Empire and probably wound up becoming slaves again. The Wookiees also resisted the Empire and wound up being slaves assembling the Death Star. When it comes to weapons, it depended on who you were. If you were local security or just a private citizen, weapons like thermal detonators and disruptors were still banned for you. But if you were part of the Imperial Military, the sky's the limit. You can have thermal detonators, disruptors, heavy blaster cannons, handheld proton torpedo launchers, the Empire went with the Duke Nukem approach of letting you use whatever weapon you want to vaporize those rebel scum. The rebels in turn also had loose weapon regulations. Both the Empire and the Alliance used disruptors. The Empire preferred sniper-style disruptors like the Tenloss DX-6, while the Rebellion had Bothan spies use close-range disruptor guns that vaporized targets with a spray of antimatter particles. Which means that if you wanted fancy guns, signing up for the military is the quickest way to get them. As for the economy, while most of Imperial space locked things down for the military, they left the corporate sector and the mining guilds alone. There was still a large sense of private property and industry, it's just that it depended on where you were. If you were in the Corporate Sector, they leave you alone, but in most Imperial planets, you either supported the Empire, or you went bust. Still, most Imperial worlds had a sense of stability, both economic and social, until the Battle of Endor screwed things up and turned the Empire into Somalia. Werner Herzog's character "the Client" talks about this in the Mandalorian: "The Empire improves every system it touches. Judge by any metric: safety, prosperity, trade opportunity, peace. Compare Imperial rule to what is happening now. Look outside. Is the world more peaceful since the revolution? I see nothing but death and chaos." Heck, compare Imperial rule to how things were prior to the Clone Wars, and the same point can be made. The Republic was a parasitic non-government that still expected you to pay taxes and sent in the Jedi if you didn't. The Jedi, God bless them, they were trying to instill peace and order in the Republic, but in the end, all their attempts were failures, since like America in Iraq, the moment they leave, the chaos starts all over again. The reason why Tarkin and a lot of officers despised the Jedi Order's peaceful ways is because they never went far enough to punish guys like Viceroy Gunray, whereas if the Jedi separated his head from his body, a lot of problems in the Clone Wars could have been prevented.

[@shaydowsith348]

The Geonosians also helped build the death star, and unlike the Wookies, did not rebel. And the Empire killed them to keep its construction secret.

[@HolyknightVader999]

@@shaydowsith348 The Geonosians made life hell for the Republic.

[@lukedalton]

@@HolyknightVader999 still they served Palpatine and were all killed and sure Tatooine have a couple of Star Destroyer in orbit and the planet is controlled by Jabba so? The client clearly is heavily trolling the Mandalorian as we now know what happened to Mandalore, it's basically like a French/Russian/Belgian agreeing with a former SS if he said: Well the third reich as brought order and prosperity all over Europe and what happened after his demise...only chaos

[@HolyknightVader999]

@@lukedalton The Empire actually tried to work with Mandalore. It was only after the pro-Imperial Mandalorians were eradicated did the Empire nuke Mandalore. Also, Tatooine was controlled by the Empire, not Jabba. The Empire spent more to protect Tatooine's skies than the Republic did to protect Naboo, a world with Senate representation.

[@lukedalton]

@@HolyknightVader999 the empire don't try to work with anyone full stop, the choice is to obey living in fear and doing everything Palpy say (and not even this is a totally safe route) or die. The future for Mandalore if accepted the empire rule was in the best case scenario being the cannon fodder of the empire armed forces while the Empire take everything of value from their planet...aka the same destiny of everyone else. The mighty Star Destroyers in New Hope? They are on Tatooine for only one reason, the droids they are blockading the planet usually they are not there because Tatooine is an obscure planet in the outer rim and you don't waste SD for protecting an useless thing like that. Sure there is an imperial presence but all the media from the old legend to New Canon make clear that's Jabba the one that call the shoot and that the imperial don't care if imperial interest are not touched...because the Empire and the Hutt are in a patnership.