How Loyal Imperials Reacted to Alderaan's Destruction [Canon] - Star Wars Explained

[@martianmanfrommars8428]

"A few imperials laughed an cheered, a few cried, but most were silent" Nice Oppenheimer reference there.

[@Hypnopotimus27]

MartianManFromMars "I am become death, destroyer of worlds" - Ben Swolo

[@ninepuchar1]

You're right. I noticed it! NOW I HAVE BECOME THE DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS

[@imppro]

Jack Matthews+ Ah, a fellow intellectual.

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

@@Hypnopotimus27 swole

[@G59forlife.]

Isn't that the dude who was in charge of the atomic bomb thing?

[@Matteomax]

"What's your favorite manga?" "Star Wars." "...oh."

[@51Elite]

MatteomaxM same

[@lilcolgatevert3715]

The Boondocks Favorite Villain? Uncle Ruckus

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

I'm guessing all the character die lol

[@vagabond_jachym3276]

"What's your favorite Star Wars?" "Manga" "...oh"

[@dreamcaster100]

you do realize there's more than one Star Wars manga, right?

[@pandagaming9116]

"It's over Alderaan. I have the high ground" - Death Star

[@jx592]

PandaGaming charge nipple laser cannon

[@LAV-III]

PandaGaming "it's over krennic I have the high ground" -tarkin

[@pateardealul4627]

0 BBY, colourised

[@lilcolgatevert3715]

You underestimate my nerf herders

[@redbluesandmoons7478]

_ Givenchychy _ Don't do it Alderaan!

[@sulphurous2656]

"But as time went by he became almost obsessively loyal to the empire, a fanatic to the Imperial cause. He came to justify the death of his planet and family as a necessary sacrifice to ensure the peace and stability of the empire." You can't cope much harder than this

[@Terenin]

Nope. That's about as hard as you can press yourself to believe it was justified.

[@Nyghtking]

Well when he says why you get a vary vader feel. He has nothing left but the empire, so he wishes to make himself useful in some way.

[@zerosysko]

It reminds me, somewhat at least, of a book whose title I've forgotten about doctors recruited to Nazi concentration camps and the psychology of coping with doing such harm when your oath is to heal. One thing that stuck out to me was the idea that people within this system of daily horror kept supporting it and kept doing it because if they stopped or rebelled they would have to face the evils they'd committed. They _needed_ to believe it was necessary or justified for their own emotional self-preservation.

[@lastjediknight6744]

Bastardly coward he had full cause to stand against the Empire and he could have joined rebels If rebels killed those type of bastardly cowards then they did the right thing hail rebels ! If this kind of act had been done by the republic then book would say ->Republic's mass genocide act sparked rebellion within itself many officers resigned , many joined the seperatists senate gave immediate orders of disassembling the battle station and the entire clone army went to relief and rescue This act of Republic made it weak large number of systems left the Republic some even joined seperatists There was a galaxy wide hate for the republic But it is the Empire so magically things are different ->Imperials simply accepted the fate of planet Washed off the blood of 4 billion people with a smile Almost no one even gave a thought that were the rebels right ? No one refused to accept order although they knew it was wrong How could a human even reason this ???! #Lukedidnothingwrong

[@bigcardinalfan4907]

DraculaCronqvist it was literally the best option we had. It was either that or operation downfall. Which would have lead to at least a million American deaths and millions of Japanese deaths. The end of any idea of Japan becoming a true first world nation in any short amount of time, probably the end of their imperial family and the Russians having sway or straight control over all of Korea and northern Japan. Life isn’t black and white and there are usually no good answers. Especially in the deadliest and most savage conflict in human history. So it was the best of many fucking awful options.

[@DemonLordCoC]

And the Death Star Trooper who fired it said _"Now I have become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds"_

[@Janoha17]

In Legends, the Death Star's chief gunner (The one who actually fired the superlaser) delayed the firing at Yavin IV because he knew he had become the galaxy's single greatest mass murderer, and the Rebels could possibly destroy the Death Star.

[@luisdavila1236]

J17 Ah yes.Tenn Graneet,the poor man,I'd imagine 2 billion dead in a second would be rather...distressing.

[@Symos]

@@Janoha17 they should recanonise that

[@digstrememcdingus1463]

No he wasn't he was horrified and despised himself. The only reason he didn't resign is he knew it would be pointless. Lore master made him a video

[@thatoneradicalizedprussian225]

And in canon, Tarkin had every single gunner here executed for hesitating to destroy Alderaan.

[@Dark_Tale_2077]

I still think this was the Empire's biggest mistake if only for what follows afterwards. The Death Star's destruction. Since now the whole galaxy knew that the empire was willing and able to cause mass genocide, it turns a lot of heads towards the rebellion. Then when the Death Star got destroyed, it showed the the Empire could be fought against. Wining was a possibility and the Rebels used the destruction and the loss of Alderaan to bring several to their cause. In the end, this is what led to the eventual destruction of the Empire and the rise of the New Republic.

[@BlackEpyon]

Jedda was destroyed in a "mining" accident. And Scariff? Some fool was playing around with a thermal detonator :P

[@navilluscire2567]

ShadowBrony Late reply but... Your right, despite the horrifying loss of life when Alderan was destroyed, strategically it made perfect sense. While no doubt many throughout the galaxy would've been outraged by such mass genocide, it wouldn't have mattered anyway, why? Because the death star would still be intact, if it hadn't been for the rebels discovering that one fatal flaw. No one, no matter how angry they were over Alderan would've dared risk getting their homeworld blown to oblivion, not until the death star was taken out. *Once the death star was revealed to the public many would've secretly asked the same question; "is it even possible to destroy something so...POWERFUL...is the empire truelly unbeatable?!"* (it wasn't..) Though really it was *more like a combination of a 1 in a million lucky shot (plus some weird space magic..)* that managed to actually hit the power core! *(I mean the exhaust hole was only 2 fricken meters wide and kilometers deep!)* But in the end what could've been is irrelevant, it happened, a band of scrappy, underequiped rebels managed to destroy the death star and the consequences of it changed the course of history in BIG ways.

[@dylanattix2765]

“A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent.”

[@justiceriser8970]

That how stupid star wars people are u think people know and remember what the sith are darth sidous was the worst and if he had won he would have took over the universe kill everything and he would be the only living thing left don t get me started on what would he ruled over crap people like him don t bloody care

[@mr.poopyhead1747]

@@justiceriser8970 i dont get it what your saying

[@megashark3455]

@@justiceriser8970 erm wut

[@theripper5513]

Wait. That’s the said reaction of the people who witnessed the test bombing of the bomb that nuked Hiroshima. Didn’t even notice it.

[@dylanattix2765]

@@theripper5513 Actually, it was said by Oppenheimer after the Trinity test in New Mexico.

[@stevenchoza6391]

Those soldiers who thought this would scare the galaxy into submission, at least assuming they got out before Yavin, must’ve got a rude awakening when learning of the backlash.

[@briandurio6479]

Steven Choza yea weird. Its almost like killing billions of people and turning an entire planet to rubble was a BAD idea. Lol

[@stevenchoza6391]

Brian Durio I know... a shame no one told the Empire this... Still, I’d love to see one of those people who got sadistically smug at that only to survive and learn their beliefs in how the galaxy would take it shatter before them.

[@briandurio6479]

Steven Choza I like to imagine there was a guy that pointed out this bad idea and he got force pushed out the nearest air lock (similar to that old meme with the guy getting tossed out a window during a staff meeting)

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

this is why you declare Exterminatus on entire sector, you crush them all under your boot. The Emperor protects!

[@stevenchoza6391]

MrAnimepredator And how did that turn out in the end?

[@navilluscire2567]

1:11 *Thane:* ""That's Alderaan! I have a friend who's from there." *Young imperial officer:* "OH, cool." Dunno why but that cracks me up!XD Maybe it's because picturing the evil galactic empire's cronies as not a bunch of faceless goons but just some folks who just so happened to enroll with one of the empire's many *generous military sponsored scholarships,* just so they can have a short tour of duty before returning to the civilian sector in order to pursue a high paying career is just....well *"causally funny"* to imagen. *Y'know normal space people stuff...*

[@XenoJehuty84]

All destroying Alderaan did for the Imperial's, was give the Alliance legitimacy, and start the slow but sure breaking of the Empire's hold over the galaxy.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

they should have started systematically destroy planets with even slight suspect of rebel alliance, drive them out in the open while serving a painful reminder to all who might even think of helping them. break rest of the worlds into submission. you are either loyal or you deserve death. deserters, heretics, xeno lovers. their disgusting betrayal will cost them their lives a thousand times over.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

@Flekk Bone Gnawer defeat will only come if you are sloppy. there cannot be hesitation, there cannot be remorse. only through ruthlessness they will prevail. Imperiums are not build on idealism, they are build upon corpses and blood.

[@hexcss9153]

@@KossolaxtheForesworn You seem to be a Warhammer fanatic. Anyways, what you are saying is stupid. Blowing up your own worlds would only damage you more, and sentient beings have the capacity of overcoming fear you know? That is why all Empires eventually come to an end. It’s like what happened with Robspiere or however his name is written as. He started killing for the sake of spreading fear and keep his subordinates in check, and of course he did it without notice and on the basis of “suspicion of treason” and you know what they did to him? They killed him before he could kill them, that is what would have been the eventual fate of the Empire if it just continued to blow up worlds, as the rest of the planets would have been wary and as more worlds would be destroyed they would adopt the mentality of “if they can do it to one, they can do it to all” and it would have sparked a rebellion even greater than the original rebel alliance. Anyways it’s not like the Empire would have even had much time to destroy too many worlds as the Death Star was kinda slow, and the Rebels would have mounted an attack the moment the Death Star showed up. While you claim that Empires are not built upon idealism your view of how things should have been is much more idealistic than realistic both in the context of reality and of the Star Wars universe.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

@@hexcss9153 this is why the planets must be kept isolated from each other. they should not be allowed to have any contact with each other what so ever. not only would they be easier to rule this way, but if one planet does have a rebellion or even falls, the rest do not suffer nor be any wiser of its inevitable demise when its put back in order. specific trade factions should be created outside of the planets that are in control of bringing products from planets to another, the citizens of planets should never be allowed to leave their planets. let the planetary governments rule over their worlds as they see fit. as long as they remember who they them selves are subjects to, and in case they forget they can always be replaced.

[@hexcss9153]

@@KossolaxtheForesworn If such was the case there would be no central government, defeating the point of an empire, the core of an empire is its centralized government and keeping planets isolated will only create a sense of independence in the people who will also be those be in the military, from low ranking to upper ranking, and when a rebellion starts, those same soldiers and officers will rather stick with their planet, just like what happened in our timeline in the American Civil War. Also one thing is that people don’t like being told what to do by foreigners, and with your proposal which would inevitably result in a strong sense of independence developing in those planets, they will come to view this trade agency you are suggesting as the capital, a distant planet, imposing itself onto them, this is why an empire’s goal is to create a strong sense of national unity, which the Galactic Empire tried to do, but completely wiping out a culture is very much impossible. Your form of government would work much better as a Trade Confederation, but not as a pure Empire

[@mikewarnke404]

01:55-01:58-“a few imperials laughed, a few cried, most were silent”. Me-*slow clap*very clever, nice oppenheimer quote, very good!

[@randytyson]

This is the kind of stuff i wish was done for the spin-off films. It would be different, unique, and add character and detail to a universe where the all films gloom over it and Fans are left to rely on wiki pages and videos to learn more. Also more imperial officers with character would be nice

[@LordVader1094]

To me, Rogue One did it to at least some degree by making the Rebellion more grey than it ever was in the original films. Rogue One is easily the best movie to come of the Disney takeover.

[@Omnituber01]

1:52 - 1:58 I like how this references J. Robert Oppenheimer's "I am become Death, Destroyer of Worlds" speech. kzbin.info/www/bejne/opOUZKykqph8l8U

[@TheLoreMasterYT]

Lol yeah i purposely did that. Glad someone noticed :D

[@Omnituber01]

Yes, I know he didn't say that he even said that he took that quote from the Hindu Scripture (Bhagavad-Gita specifically) later on. And it was said not by Ghupta but Vishnu (at least by origin).

[@JohnSmith-wx9wj]

Also, "Hey, Jude"

[@PerovNigma]

How come this comment is no longer pinned?

[@mikewarnke404]

Louie Dayagbil ikr!?!? I loved that?

[@talentlessbird3572]

"The emperor's will" the emperor didn't actually want alderan destroyed

[@jaredgarcia8638]

That was Tarkin being an evil bastard.

[@toastywaffles9409]

Video idea: "What if Fives successfully exposed order 66?"

[@Diainvcgtslover]

Now that would be a flaming trend worthy idea Awesome 🤩🤩 And I mean it with sincerity

[@Funkography]

Should dive more into the CIS Holdouts/Remnants

[@lilcolgatevert3715]

Most CIS remnants joined with the rebel cells spread around in Legends at least. Not sure if any joined the Alliance to Restore the Republic though

[@Funkography]

I wish we got to see more CIS military assets used by the Rebels. And I wish all the CIS holdouts would’ve banded together instead of remaining isolationist in fighting the Empire.

[@lilcolgatevert3715]

Frothy Walrus I agree, that wouldve been dope to see Rebels using a Providence Class capital ship or something. That ships design is one of my favorites in Star Wars. Though some Separatists' war crimes were not excused by neither the Rebels nor the Empire, so im assuming members of those groups would prefer to remain furtive lol.

[@pdc4930]

_ Givenchychy _ in one of the newer canon comics, the rebels sometime after Yavin, acquired a providence class cruiser named rebel one. It was destroyed by the empire though.

[@ctirons]

I’m hoping that we get a series about Kalani finding some factories and building his army to kick Imp ass around 2 or 3 ABY.

[@luisdavila4332]

Star Wars manga,why isn't there more of that?

[@daniela.valadez8870]

I argee with DraculaCronqvist and it would be more in the hands of the Japanese and.....we would all know where that would go

[@roj0riot]

i know!!!! it’s another piece of media that could be really cool to see

[@felipecosta-kv2fx]

Because people have a bad vision and opinion from mangas, like anime

[@justina1909]

I read the manga. It blows in comparison to the original novel. Lost Stars is a story about characters, the relationships between said characters, and how the war strains and strengthens those relationships. The manga couldn't care less about character development and skips extremely important scenes and plot points. But worst of all they completely butcher Judes character beyond repair

[@annusrideviravindran6396]

Probably because of Disney

[@sulphurous2656]

I'm curious what would have happened if they in fact would have performed a low orbit flyby above Alderaan for the people to witness the completed behemoth that was the Death Star, without the planet being destroyed.

[@mrhashbrown8283]

Assuming it applies to the Star Wars universe I don’t think a space station that big could’ve gotten into a low orbit because of the roche limit

[@alexanerose4820]

#BlameTarkin That's all I'm willing to say. Heck even the emperor didn't wnat to off Alderraann

[@Terenin]

Citation needed.

[@inspector5122]

Source?

[@funninoriginal6054]

Im pretty sure that Palpatine never said that he didint want to destroy Alderan, he was just suprised that Tarkin chose that planet out of any other planet in the galaxy.

[@SpookyMarine]

funni n original There's a reason Palpatine tried to make it out to be an "accident" afterwards. Because Tarkin made the stupidest choice for target practice.

[@fa11endawn16]

@@SpookyMarine Especially that Alderaan used to be part of the Old Republic, with Alderaan destroyed, many worlds would join the Rebel Alliance to fight back against the Empire.

[@imakerandomstuff.2280]

When I heard the line “Some People Laughed, Some People Cried But Most Were Silent” I couldn’t help but think of the message that one man gave about “Now I Have Become Death. The Destroyer Of Worlds” and I think that basically symbolized that how the Death-Star became the literal destroyer of worlds.

[@ellugerdelacruz2555]

Galen W. Erso, a.k.a. "Star Wars' Oppenheimer"

[@darthvader4594]

It was not our fault,it was ben swolo who actually rammed himself into the planet,we were just trying to save alderaan!

[@VestedUTuber]

OBJECTION! According to eyewitness accounts, the Millennium Falcon arrived after the destruction of Alderaan but before the Death Star left the system. Your testimony contradicts the court record. What do you have to say to that?

[@Uknowjusticemill]

Dont talk to vader like that he will destory youre planet and kill you with the force

[@VestedUTuber]

+Jt Hopkins Joke's on him. My homeworld is Coruscant and I'm part Vong. He can't even touch me with The Force and he wouldn't dare destroy the Imperial throneworld.

[@Uknowjusticemill]

You are correct

[@ColonelFrontline1152]

Two words Darth Vader: "Padme" and "Sand"

[@AVB025]

Death star to alderaan: i diagnose you with dead. Rebels to death star: same but twice

[@lady_peri_of_nohr]

The death star was supposed to make the galaxy fear the empire. It succeeded and that fear united them against them.

[@LoboNox]

theres a star wars manga??? wheres the anime? :P

[@rickroller5742]

Rebels

[@HuxTheSergal]

Droids

[@drmicrowave-1881]

Tie Fighter Interdictor

[@Blue_Fire-Chibi]

They should make a anime.......

[@Blue_Fire-Chibi]

I am NOT perverted in case you did not know theres a difference between anime and hentai and i said anime, i did not say hentai because hentai is the actual perverted trash.....anime is just a Japanese drawing style(PERIOD!)

[@Jan_372]

Me as a loyal Imperialist when it gets utterly rekt by the Death Star: *Watches Alderanian TV* *Death Star fires at planet* (Me in the Star Destroyer) What the hell? I just wanted to watch the documentation!

[@gavinsmith9871]

The Empire never learned. When freedom by way of the pen becomes impossible, the sword becomes the only option.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

your freedom is to exist and work for the Imperium. pray to the Emperor that your planet doesnt fall into corruption and heresy, for his angles of death are swift to carry out justice in his name. The Emperor protects!

[@gavinsmith9871]

MrAnimepredator wrong universe

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

only means we must bring The Emperors light to it even harder. kill all xenos, xeno lovers, heretics, mutants, deserters, hedonists, humanists. until the remaining population of the galaxy understands to take action already before the Astartes arrive, killing all those above and preparing the planet for the arrival of one true existence in the Imperium of man. beware the alien, the mutant, the heretic.

[@austinkersey2445]

@@KossolaxtheForesworn Ah yes his "Angles of Death". Would that happen to be the Isosceles Militarum you speak of?

[@duncanmcgee13]

How could you not be surprised by what it did? Its called the Death Star for a reason. "Hey i got stationed on the _Death Star_ " *Blows up planet* "The _Death Star_ caused *_death_* im so horrified that it did what it was designed to do"

[@granmastersword]

Duncan McGee most probably thet didn't even tell them the name of the station and only knew it was a space station and nothing more

[@duncanmcgee13]

TechnoKnight you can see in yhe speech bubbles that the Troopers directly called it the Death Star

[@ManUtdBoy13]

They were never told the name for it. It was a "Secret" base and that was all they knew. That is why so many was silent, they didn't know it was a Death Star until it was too late.

[@Janoha17]

"Death Star, World Devastator... What did you think they would be used for!?" paraphrase of a dialogue spoken to one of the scientists from the Imperial Superweapon Think Tank known as the Maw Installation (Legends)

[@duncanmcgee13]

ManUtdBoy13 pause at 4:17

[@thedarkknight727]

One of the Empire's digs in their own grave.

[@BuiltbytheBrick]

Would be interesting to see more of the imperial perspective like this stuff.

[@adamlong1196]

The More you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.

[@Cyano64]

How everyone in the manga reacted to the destruction of Alderaan: *NANI?!*

[@dreman999]

And unknown to them all ...it was the start of the galactic civil war.

[@theautomator8372]

the destruction of Alderon only gave the empire a bad rap. It caused thousands of people to join the rebels. And its kind of funny how Palpatine tried to lie to the galaxy by saying that the rebels did it. Btw did anyone in the star wars universe catch onto the fact that when ever something went wrong or when something exploded Palpatine just blamed it on the jedi or rebels he's done it so many times its literally hilarious.

[@themuffinman7612]

RIP BAIL ORGANA

[@madisonatteberry9720]

Okay, fine, Bail was....now how about the rest of the planet? The people who were simple civilians, tourist from other planets or tradesmen? The act of one dosn't justify the death of all.

[@mvpsamuraigt7944]

Shadow Of Sundered Star THEN YOUR LOST

[@themuffinman7612]

Madison Atteberry all right nerd

[@PerovNigma]

Wow. I was actually expecting more horror from the common man. At least the named characters were shaken by it. I'd like to give them all hugs.

[@undead4500]

because just like real life most common imperials were brainwashed by imperial propaganda add to that dehumanize the enemy makes any atrocity committed acceptable that would either directly or indirectly "harm" the enemy. it not far from real life history.

[@iris_10485]

I have read Lost Stars a billion times, it’s so good and it rlly gives u a new perspective. You should totally read it

[@PerovNigma]

@@iris_10485 You're right, but I have now. :)

[@iris_10485]

@@PerovNigma :)

[@zero312]

"Some Imperials, those deeply loyal to the Empire, gained a somewhat sadistic pleasure after they learned Alderaan was destroyed." *shows picture of Iden Versio*

[@ElijahW2003]

1:54 "Some laughed, some cried. Most were silent." - J. Robert Oppenheimer, on the reactions of personnel who witnessed the first successful bomb test.

[@tureytaino2785]

Destroying Alderaan give the Rebellion a new primary goal: Destroy the Death Star.

[@fly672]

Well it was the worst decision of empire, at first Empire wasn't that bad, shure slavery and stuff like that, but it was possible to live normaly, but when they deastroied Alderaan, people finaly got to see that Empire is evil, and finaly had the reason to fight harder and harder against it

[@orklord6568]

I see that the empire is so evil that even Lord Vader thinks so too.

[@lilcolgatevert3715]

You know its hard out here for an Imp. When Darth Vader himself calls the Empire evil.

[@Janoha17]

Why do you think he kills so many of his subordinates?

[@Godzilla00X]

top 10 saddest anime moments

[@pinkfloyd666rogerwaters6]

Starwars anime huh? Interesting to see

[@annusrideviravindran6396]

PINK FLOYD 666 Roger waters as usual The manga was way better

[@machirim2805]

I come from the future and I’m here to tell you that there is indeed a Star Wars anime in production.

[@williamcrowe2576]

I am not surprised to find arguments for and against "The end justifies the means". You'd hear these arguments in any war.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

In the name of the Holy Imperial Inquisition I sentence this world to purification by fire and declare EXTERMINATUS

[@theextremeanimator4721]

@@KossolaxtheForesworn WHAT!? 23:32 14/8/2022

[@Raska7]

Basically the destruction of Alderaan is just Star Wars' version of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, except in this case the Japanese kept fighting and blew up all our nukes.

[@Ziggaton]

Raskalnikov The Empire PREEMPTIVELY unleashed their power though.

[@baobabfrog]

The rebel alliance existed and operated long before the destruction of Alderaan. I'm not saying that what the imperials did was justified, but that's not very different from the WW2 nuclear attacks, to be honest. They both targeted a mostly civilian area/planet with a weapon of mass destruction to show the enemy their might.

[@AimForMyHead81]

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[@joshuafogg6600]

baobabfrog At the very least the nukes' destinations had military factories/installations. Alderaan, while a secret supporter of the Rebellion, was effectively Space Switzerland - Neutral to the point of being seen as pacifist. The Empire's claims of weapons manufacturing would have been seen as obvious BS to the general public. No wonder the Rebellion's numbers surged after this.

[@joshuafogg6600]

Korgull American Empire. Huh. 😑

[@Gamerafighter76]

I don't blame that Nash guy for not wanting to turn his back on the only thing he had left in his life.

[@jx592]

Meanwhile Juno Eclipse and clone Starkiller were doing...

[@admiralkronen8606]

Celebrating mass genocide. Yup seems pretty normal in star wars.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

at least in 40K they have the decency to be calm and collective about Exterminatus.

[@icepulsemink4729]

Hell yeah blow stuff up

[@somnius2519]

Some laughed, some cheered, most were silent. Reactions of people, not droids or faceless troopers. One proton torpedo later…

[@brianboardwell1986]

Nightmare of Onyx Two*

[@somnius2519]

Oh, right.

[@jonaspete]

Wtf. Dont they have high ranking imperial officer that have relatives on alderaan? They would come out and protest about this. What about the imperial official building on the planet? This does not make any sense.

[@ManUtdBoy13]

Well, the reason why is because they were brainwashed. Also, who do you think was the officers? It's not like they are going to promote you unless you are 100% loyal. Hell, they even punished you if you considered anything but the Empire as your home.

[@Terenin]

Do you even know how an Empire operates? All those officers and troopers come from SOMEWHERE. They care about SOMETHING. This shit would be like the US government nuking Ohio for some retarded reason and being really freaked out when every member of the military that happen to come from Ohio take it very badly. The Emperor oversaw and Empire. And Empire has territory, like everything else, and that territory is populated by SOMEONE. No amount of loyalty training is going to 100% prevent sedition and rebellion among your ranks when you start obliterating segments of your own territory.

[@Janoha17]

More than that, any Imperial officers and troops stationed on Alderaan were killed by the Death Star because Tarkin, as on Skariff, did not order a Protocol Thirteen.

[@XX-sp3tt]

I'd heard the Emperor learning of Tarkin's stupidity ordered any off planet survivors tracked down for obvious reasons, but that might have been old canon.

[@cgroot6504]

👍👑 Nash sounds a lot like Vader I am groot

[@darktemplardelta268]

C Groot yeah especially his reason for staying loyal it's almost parallel to Legends Vader reason of staying loyal to palpatine.

[@hawtdawg8049]

2:28 Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song, and make it better.

[@florp1230]

But the rebellion destroyed it back

[@Crilyte]

Empire blows up Alderaan, Rebels blow up Death Star And then do it again after 4 years.

[@anhdinhlamduc5700]

Dz and then win a war .

[@NickTheKing7]

1:55 "A few people laughed, few people cried, most people were silent" - Linkin Park, The Requiem.

[@MasonSoloMcFly]

I was actually reading this whole aspect of the loyal Imperials' reactions to Alderaan's destruction in Lost Stars, which I'm halfway through, and this seems to match what was depicted in the book along with this video

[@GM-kp7yw]

When people are asking why I don't feel for any imperial that died on the death star, and their families, this comic is the best answer why.

[@ShadeMeadows]

That's... Heartbreaking.

[@lukechapman4177]

great video man

[@LAV-III]

When I read lost stars and herd about the kid from alderaan I was like " I feel so sorry for this kid, so so sorry"

[@shadowarchon7964]

"No one's left... Everything's gone... Alderaan is burning!"

[@SlipperyBream]

I heard they just all did a huge ass Harlem Shake on the Death Star?

[@Cultureghost]

Makes me pissed as hell. Anyone who can watch 4 billion people die and laugh deserves the worst of fates.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

Some may question your right to destroy ten billion people. Those who understand realise that you have no right to let them live! - Exterminatus Extremis

[@mayena]

2:54-2:55 I swear that the pre destruction population of Alderaan, in some previous sources, put it 2 billion. The same rate for planet Earth in 1927. 4 billion is what planet Earth reached in 1974.

[@nadyayap2714]

Canon: The Empire goes totally beserk over the destruction of the Deaths Stars and flies into a vengeance knowing there were a million lives (imperial military) on board. They decide to destroy the Rebel Alliance at all costs. Legends: Star Systems are horrified, shocked, grief-stricken and panicked at the destruction of Alderaan and its four billion people. More and more Star Systems join the Rebel Alliance and Alderaanians defect from the Imperial Military, cause riots in Coruscant and the Rebels use Alderaan's destruction to turn from simple pest to a force to be reckoned with. Canon: Palpatine is disappointed in the loss of the Death Star, quietly demoting and snarking Darth Vader. Legends: Palpatine flies into a rage and cuts of Darth Vader's mechanical arm before demoting him and torturing the weapons' specialist. Which makes more sense?

[@fieldmarshalbaltimore1329]

A few laughed, a few cried, most stayed silent. Reminds me from an interview with Oppenheimer on the A-bomb, where he said, "A few of us laughed, a few cried, but most were silent"------------------"Now I have become Death, the destroyer of worlds" I wonder if that top line was meant to be intentionally similar. Thoughts?

[@gamingdealer9514]

Ok that imperial friend is what I would be in this story. The guy who justifies the destruction of a planet.

[@sebas8225]

Oh, you wont like what happens to you afterwards then.

[@gamingdealer9514]

Sebas G oh well, can't survive every terrorist attack, I guess.

[@articusramos808]

In a real seriousness I am still impressed with the comments. Oh what a day to read such things after April fools day.

[@Historylord15]

Thane Kyrell is a nice guy😂❤️

[@okok-bs1om]

"woah, look at that in the sky it's so coo-" - Last words of alderaan

[@Bandalorian]

I see what you did there "A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.'

[@TwoFace123-f2n]

So Brutal of the Empire...,

[@jacenstarheart6256]

Excellent video enjoyed 👍👍💯

[@swarz08]

My guess is the ones who survived the destruction of the Death Star, loyalists and soon to be deserters who were horrified and etc, realized that the Empire screwed up. Most who thought that destruction of Alderran would make the Rebels submit finally learned the lesson and paid the price, while deserters knew that this was the beginning of the end of the Empire.

[@hydrogenone6866]

It's interesting seeing the different perspective of the same event.

[@DingStiing]

The Empire blew up Alderaan because Nash's haircut did not conform to Imperial regulations.

[@Terenin]

Regulations allowed some leeway, IIRC, thing is most simply followed a standardized style that was mostly a hold-over from the Republic era, that being keeping it short an simple.

[@DingStiing]

Terenin Fun sponge...

[@katherinee.1213]

It says on Wookiepedia they are translating the comic and publishing it in the United States on May 1st 2018! Super excited ^.^

[@miniaturejayhawk8702]

They might be loyal but they are alse quite naive. By that point tarkins love for setting examples should have been widely known.

[@navilluscire2567]

I do wonder what anime adaptations of these manga(s) would turn out, could be awesome! Here's hoping to one day see a full fledged anime series set in the galaxy, far, far away! *I mean, space, samurai/monks, space witches and warlocks, eldritch-esque entities, weird tech, millions of different cultures, faiths, philosophies and species, age of sail styled space battles, good'ole blasters, topped with some good'ole space western cherries* sounds like it's just ripe for an adventure type anime setting! (to list a few examples of material to work with..)

[@JustinCage56]

1:53 J Robert Oppenheimer reference about the nuclear bomb

[@doujinloverXD]

I just realized after all this time that this may be an allegory on the nuclear bomb drops on Japan as the justification speeches sound the same.

[@Battleguild]

This was the proverbial "flamethrower to the hornets nest" of star wars. The Empire was the best chance of galactic stability, and it was lost because of incompetence, over arrogance and the utter wastefulness of resources.

[@darkfireproject2102]

I thought the Death Star was still a secret when it destroyed Alderaan. A very closely guarded secret. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't send a group of people fresh from an academy just to see it in action, so why did they have a bunch of noobs on a super secret space station.

[@soportuguese354]

The Death Star was also a garrison, a head quarters, a home, all of these things because of the fact it was a MOON SIZED SPACE STATION Thats why you'll hear imperitards go "THEY KILLED FAMILIES" when referring to the destruction of the Death Star.

[@FalloutJack]

A friend of mine who ran Star Wars D20 campaigns said that everyone on the Death Star got a Dark Side Point that day. I believe it.

[@emeraldkoala2]

Plenty of comments on the Oppenheimer reference, but did nothing about "Hey Jude" in the panel at 2:28?

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

Actual Tarkin is to blame. He did it on his own.

[@jayenlow1191]

As terrible as it was to end so many lives, they were directly involved with the Alliance and were traitorous rebel scum. See there power should have destroyed their hope and stop the destructive conflict before it began. #RemembertheDeathStar

[@pinkfloyd666rogerwaters6]

Starwars anime huh interesting to see

[@PitZagufull]

uhh, it's a manga

[@austinkersey2445]

It's based off of a novel called "Lost Stars". It's a good read, but Nash pissed me off due to his inability to see past the Empire's bullshit. I don't even think he was ever brainwashed, he's just that dull. The rest is good though. It's probably one of the better Canon novels out there.

[@reaperfellsans8478]

Could you do how the Galaxy reacted to the destruction of the first death star?

[@concept5631]

Seems like the empire put the Tarkin Doctrine to the test, didn't seem to work out for them did it?

[@sebas8225]

Thrawn should´ve slapped Tarkin for his stupid ideas.

[@RedDragon5554]

You should do a video on all the people from Alderran who survived the destruction, like general rieekan

[@commandermeiloorun2985]

I have to say, Star Wars: Lost Stars was really good.

[@jasoethesentienteyeshapedg4847]

They could have just done a massive ground operation on the entire planet.

[@commanderjango1487]

1:56 Poor girl

[@jamesr.2017]

Before our *very* eyes? I thought it said "Before our *anime* eyes."

[@themonolith253]

I find it incredibly stupid that Nash basically agreed with the slaughter of billions of people including his own family. If its a coping mechanism then it clearly doesn’t work very well since he gets angry when someone brings it up. Nash simply can’t cope with that sort of thing forever, he’s going to go insane. Funny thing is that I bet if you sat Nash and Thane in a room together with no weapons and all they could do was talk, Thane would be able to help his old friend come to terms with everything. I find this sort of psuedo-stockholm syndrome ridiculous personally. He knows the Empire is evil, yet he continues to serve it out of some bizarre thought that its all he has left. He has Thane and Ree to help him. All he needs to do is talk.

[@Dimas15101]

I agree, but when it comes to writers they don't use a little realism in these. (I know I'm late to reply.)

[@skymabile3989]

Proof of terrible writing and an F- in psychology forever.

[@nicholasvasconcellos6273]

2:29 Song?

[@KnightValfodr]

You know, at this point I'd just let Production I.G. or Sunrise produce an anime adaptation of Lost Stars.

[@livsimms9389]

Poor Nash

[@brickcraftproductions3065]

0:35 Got the Novel for My birthday

[@overhaul.-.]

The Thumbnail deadass looks like Attack on Titan

[@majesticmo]

Sacrificing Alderaan to prevent further death in all out war is hauntingly similar to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[@AgentDearestZ]

It looks like a straight up anime.