If Star Wars Villains Were Charged For Their Crimes

[@realmousait]

I don’t like sand

[@Lrichiez]

Oh

[@diamondplaysgames]

"It's coarse, rough and irritating and it gets everywhere."

[@thepeacefulbuddah]

@@realmousait Sand is ok to eat sometimes. That's what my grand-pappy told me when I was a wee-little one.

[@TheWagners-ot7lt]

lol

[@haydencains]

Here's a video idea: if anime villains were charged for their crimes

[@karlhjorth259]

Jabba: Smuggling Sidious: Treason Vader: AgGrEvAtEd AsSaULt

[@vervetwrydavigy3006]

I mean, the man is the face of the force choke, I think aggravated assault sums up his character perfectly.

[@reddeaddude2187]

Agre(vader)ed assault

[@octaviusmorlock]

Now hear me out- _technically_ Palpatine formed the Empire _with_ consent from the Senate. Thus negating the High Treason sentence. With that in mind, Vader killing rebels wouldn't be murder. I still want to know if Miss Frizzle committed any war crimes.

[@simonnachreiner8380]

Not to mention palpatine is the acting executive of the Republic. Ordering the execution of a literal secessionist head of state is well within his wartime executive authority.

[@redlion-paladin4609]

Anakin should also be pardoned for killing Dooku since Palpatine was the one who ordered him to do it

[@octaviusmorlock]

@@redlion-paladin4609 Anakin didn't have to follow orders from him though.

[@Blanktester685]

@@octaviusmorlock so they both should get punished

[@octaviusmorlock]

@@Blanktester685 Yes.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

Jabba being taken down by the authorities would be like the take down of El Chapo.

[@junhosong1792]

Do you mean el macho?

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

@junhosong1792 no, I mean the real life drug cartel leader

[@junhosong1792]

Oh makes sense

[@DAK_12]

Yep

[@Shadow-c5h]

@@junhosong1792 LOL

[@calebvanberkom5571]

Just stared the video and the first crime is “Solicitation to murder.” This is gonna be fire.

[@ancientking224]

11:29 - 12:27 I think you also missed a torture charge, as Vader tortured Leia during a New Hope with an interogation droid.

[@lordolxinator]

Anakin could have also got Vader a Grand Theft Auto charge for taking the Naboo starfighter on a joyride into a military warzone (maybe he's just pinned as an accomplice to R2?). There's also a whole bunch of GTAs, war crimes, aggravated assaults, assault with a deadly weapon, (arguably) a couple of murders, and some trespassing crimes in the Clone Wars. There's also a bunch of attempted murders, aggravated assaults, property damage and coercion with a deadly weapon in Rebels. You *could* also suggest Vader/Anakin commits aggravated assault against Ahsoka as a Force Ghost in The World Between Worlds, I guess. I think they all gain some crimes if you add in Clone Wars and Prequels/etc. Jabba gets some slavery charges for the Prequels (IIRC it's mentioned that Jabba oversees the slavery system on Tatooine, with Watto's ownership of Shmi and Anakin falling under Jabba's purview). Also in the Clone Wars, Jabba commits conspiracy to commit a crime, attempted murder (at least through proxies), false imprisonment, espionage (when he hired Cad Bane to steal Senate plans), kidnapping and obstruction of justice for having Ziro captured (out of Republic captivity into Hutt captivity), racketeering, drug dealing (the Hutt clan are heavily into spice smuggling, right?), and possibly even sedition/treason (IIRC didn't the Hutt Clan sort of begrudgingly assist Maul with his takeover of Mandalore after Maul coerced Jabba through force?). Palps gets a shit ton of extra crimes through the Clone Wars. All sorts of conspiracy and sedition charges, bunch of crimes through proxy like espionage, obstruction of justice, genocide (at least one count from orchestrating the genocide of the Nightsisters), solicitation of murder, more treason, murder, aggravated assault, theft, larceny, and possibly (at least if his hired bounty hunters/apprentices crimes are applied to him) also Grand Theft Auto? Probably also embezzling and fraud during the Republic's tenure to get a head-start on the Death Star, Clone Army, and the other aspects of his master plot before he's able to legally explain away these massively suspicious resources for the war effort. Hell if you want to go overboard on proxy crimes, Palps probably gets done for everything given his many fingers in many pies across the Galaxy. Rebels doesn't add too much to his crime list, a couple of attempted murders (or at least Ahsoka x1, Ezra x2), overall blame for the crimes of the Empire in subjugating the Galaxy (and most notably, Lothal in the series), some cultural grand larceny, iconoclasm and hate crimes against the Jedi. Vader could also get the latter crimes, I guess.

[@Jlaps941]

I’d argue for Jabba too, since he’s choosing to make the heroes’ deaths slow and painful in ROTJ. 3:52 C-3P0 literally says the pain and suffering will be unbelievable over a huge amount of time

[@fanofeverything30465]

​@@lordolxinatorHe already did the prequels

[@lordolxinator]

@@fanofeverything30465 What, like another video? Unless I really wasn't paying attention here, he didn't mention the prequel stuff for Jabba, or Clone Wars/Rebels stuff for any of them

[@fanofeverything30465]

@@lordolxinator Go to his channel and scroll down until you see another video with the same name as this one

[@masonwilliams5321]

1:00, "Han, my pookie," said Jabba

[@trollertrain7873]

I heard that as well 😂

[@Dylan-bu7wi]

I heard a B, not a P.

[@fanofeverything30465]

​@@trollertrain7873And me

[@s.nifrum4580]

Personally I always heard “Han my boogie”

[@Virtual_Jester]

13:10 Not that I want to defend Vader, but technically that was a military battle, so I’m not sure killing members of an attacking army counts as murder.

[@jakubn3809]

"Everything is just in a war"

[@moonman239]

also, Dooku was the head of state of a rebel government. He was basically leading the military campaigns. His death was that of a military leader, at the hands of the Republic.

[@Bingoblin1]

​@moonman239 Also the literal leader of his government was actively ordering it therefore you could argue he had an unofficial pardon/immunity?

[@Mavve69]

@@moonman239it is a war crime to kill someone’s who is out of action/doesn’t pose any threat if I remember correctly

[@wolfgangervin2582]

​@@Mavve69 The Geneva Convention DOES prohibit executing those who can't fight back.

[@gbpakgirl26]

Video 2 of waiting for if Chris McClain (Total Drama) was charged for his crimes.

[@TF2Heavy658]

He has too.

[@Soiigata]

He wouldn't be charged since they leave freely

[@clivetheoson6761]

Imagine the amount of Child Endangerment charges Chris will receive

[@pidbul530]

​@@Soiigatahe would be charged for at the very least operating a tv show with contestant without any protective gear on radioactive wastedump island. Just like how he gets arrested at the end of that season. Mousait includes canon convictions too

[@ordinarylittlebastard3248]

He gets Child Neglect and Child Endangerment constantly What happened to Ezekiel and Alejandro might also be under his tab Also he gets charged with the toxic waste stuff in ROTI

[@lombardmordesian]

I don't get why was Vader charged because of his fighting of the rebels' x-wings attacking the Death Star. He was in war defending his ship from enemies.

[@agent_sus3273]

Yeah… aren’t they in the middle of a war?

[@thepandasamurai228]

Vader planned to kill them before they entered the ship.

[@Anders_Lund]

​@@thepandasamurai228Because they are Rebels/terrorist that are planning to overthrow the legal government and destroy government property

[@delphy2478]

i'm not sure that you get the immunity of 'being at war' when you are the usurper killing the people fighting to restore the rightful rulership

[@Jlaps941]

He technically was also defending himself against the Rebels at the end of Rogue One. Sure he ignited his lightsaber first and you could charge him for Intimidation, but he didn’t make a move towards them until they started firing first

[@TheTrytix]

Vader just casually getting a death sentence and 4 quadrillion dollar fine for something Wilhuff Tarkin did. Sure, Palpatine's Planet killing death sentences makes sense, though, you forgot Kijimi's destruction. But Vader was pretty much standing by and watching Tarkin destroy Alderaan, yet HE gets the blame for it? Vader didn't give the order to blow Alderaan to oblivion. Sure, he probably conspired in doing so, or was partially to blame for not even attempting to stop it, but he was not the catalyst, Tarkin was, and Palpatine probably encouraged or ordered it as well.

[@noahmaldonado5461]

Fun fact, palpatine actually DID NOT condone alderaan's destruction. It's highly likely he would've killed tarkin for destroying alderaan had he survived the death star's destruction

[@GalvyTheTom]

@@noahmaldonado5461Destroying Alderaan was probably the worst mistake the Empire made. If a peaceful planet cooperating with the Empire can be destroyed with no provocation or warning, then nothing in the galaxy is safe. All the more reason to join the Rebellion and at least have some safety.

[@PatrickBenacchio]

@@noahmaldonado5461 thanks

[@thepandasamurai228]

You know he could’ve stopped it right, or atleast tried to tell Tarkin to stop right, him not even trying to prevent it while seeing it happen and him holding leia so that she doesn’t fight against tarkin trying to destroy the planet, makes him complicit in this crime. How are you not supposed to blame Vader.

[@thepandasamurai228]

@@GalvyTheTom yeah, but also palpatine created the Death Star so that he wouldn’t need to even act like he was a good person, him having the Death Star in his eyes mean that he could now do whatever he wanted.

[@ElladanKenet]

Here's my defense of Anakin, as his duly appointed legal representative: 1- No court on Tatooine would've convicted Anakin. He was rescuing a kidnapping victim and resorted to self-defense when he was attacked. The remaining deaths were collateral damage and regrettable. 2- Anakin was a member of the Republic military and an officer under absolute authority of the Chancellor. He can be charged with warcrimes, but not murder. And the warcrimes wouldn't possibly stick there. 3- The Jedi Order was officially ostracized and declared enemies of the Republic. Anakin was carrying out his duties, even if they were rather unpleasant. 4- Plead guilty to aggravated assault against Padme Naberrie, but argue for Family Court as a familial dispute. Request family counseling 5- Impossible to blame my client for the death of his wife, who was kidnapped by a known fugitive and taken outside Republic space. She was deemed medically stable. 6- As Darth Vader, he was a duly appointed executor of Imperial authority. Killing rebels is totally legit, and falls under self-defense if any attack him. 7- In his role, Darth Vader also has leeway to oversee discipline within the Imperial military, with no limit. He cannot be held accountable. 8- Self-defense against Obi-wan. 9- Self-defense against Count Dooku and Luke Skywalker's hands. 10- Self-defense of another regarding Luke Skywalker and Emperor Palpatine 11- Plead guilty to 1st degree murder of Emperor Palpatine 12- Plead innocent to charges of torture against Leia. She was an accused Rebel spy. Plead guilty for torture against Han Solo, which was totally intentional and beyond his military perview.

[@davidhopkins6946]

#11: WHAT?! Anakin had finally returned to the light and was saving his son's life!

[@Djorgal]

11 He was acting in self-defense, since self-defense applies to close family members and the emperor was in the middle of murdering Luke.

[@ElladanKenet]

@@davidhopkins6946 I figure if he's already taking a self-defense charge, he can't also take a self-defense plea for the opposite party during the same incident. And he takes the first plea that occurs, in chronological order.

[@deadponic117]

objection: Luke and Leia weren't born yet, at the time of the aggrevated assualt still being feti, i argue domestic violence rather than aggrevated assualt, with the defendant requiring family counseling and anger therapy, the children should remain in Padme's custody until Anakin completes his mandatory therapy. 2nd Objection: Vader had no hand in the destruction of Alderaan, he even question tarkin's orders in a capacity

[@ElladanKenet]

@@deadponic117 I forgot to point out Alderaan, if only to make that comment. Since it's clearly Tarkin who orders the attack, my client can't be charged. Also, I already requested a familial dispute regarding Padme

[@Arcticgreen]

I feel like Palpatine's list would be longer and much more tedious if we included all the crimes of The Empire (which he is technically responsible, being it's leader), especially those crimes that are the direct result of his orders as it's leader. That would be a long list. Endor, and the placement of a military installment on native (to the E-woks) land, for starters.

[@prometheusmodelow8322]

Also multiple attempted omnicide in Episode 9

[@thedragonofcanada6659]

15:30 and to think that this sentence is only using the live action appearances, this isn't mentioning the comics (cannon and legends), TCW animated (2003), TCW ― Animated Series (2008, plus the reboot), rebels, the games (BFII story, Force Unleashed, Vader Immortal, etc), the lego star wars series (which is partially cannon, apparently), Forces of Destiny (2017-2018), Star Wars, Lords of the Sith (a novel), Marvel Comic's Comic about him (among others), The CBC holiday special (using scenes and ordering Boba Fett to do some murdering), the radio broadcast telling supplementary stories about Vader torturing Leia, Among a few others I omitted due to the list being too long (seriously, both wikipedia and the star wars wiki both have like pages and pages of different appearances).

[@thebaronlouis8619]

In the sequel trilogy you forgot a few charges. Episode 7: Attempted Omnicide (D'Qar) Crimes against Peace (Starting war with Republic) Episode 8: Usurpation (Or whatever you'd call seizure of all Republic systems) Aggravated assault (possibly with a deadly weapon if you count smacking someone with a lightsaber "using" a deadly weapon) Mass Murder (Resistance stragglers) Episode 9: Omnicide (Kijimi) Since Palpatine wasn't present for the assault on the Jedi, shouldn't he get only 1 charge for Order 66? Anyway, there's a ton more crimes for Palpatine and Vader in TCW, the Bad Batch, Rebels, and Resistance but it looks like only the live action shows counted.

[@Amber-_-514]

He ordered Anakin to go kill every Jedi in the Temple. He did not tell him to leave the children alone. The blood lies on his hands too

[@FLOKI-p2e]

for the Sequels he only gets the death sentence for letting it happen and Making The Ultimative Mary Sue and just plame him for the Copyrigth strikes from titanic fanfictions and whatever disney also did

[@fanofeverything30465]

He'll probably do those in a separate video

[@tommyp440]

Padmé’s death was caused by Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome. It’s a very real thing that doesn’t just happen in movies. It’s caused by a significant stressor, either physical or emotional; in Padmé’s case, it was the fall of the Republic that she fought so hard to maintain, the sudden attack on the Jedi Temple, the fact that she’s pregnant with twins due for birth in a galaxy that’s rapidly changing for the worse, and then she learns that her husband was a major participant in the Jedi genocide, and then he strangles her in a fit of rage. Also, Palpatine was repeatedly resisting arrest and had killed 3 other Jedi Masters. His status as a Sith Lord (an evil space wizard who will escape any prison you can think of) makes it impossible for him to ever be an unarmed or secured suspect unless he were injured. Therefore, Master Windu was well within the right to dispense justice. Palpatine, unlike Dooku, truly was too dangerous to be left alive.

[@Djorgal]

Palpatine was not "resisting arrest". He is the rightfully elected chancellor of the Republic. The Jedi order has no authority to arrest him, they are attempting a military coup. It's their explicitly stated goal to forcefully take control of the Republic "to ensure a peaceful transition". Moreover, the reason for the Jedi attack is that Palpatine is a Sith lord. It's not a crime in of itself to be a Sith and trying to overthrow him for that reason alone is not only high treason, but it's also religious persecution.

[@StarWarsHour]

Objection! Vader should only receive accessory to Omniside as Tarkin was the one who gave the order for the Death Star to destroy alderaan and Yavin IV

[@leandraferesthogar7249]

What does that change in his sentence, genuinely curious

[@StarWarsHour]

@@leandraferesthogar7249 he didn’t give the order, he had no say in Alderaan’s destruction

[@leandraferesthogar7249]

@@StarWarsHour it removes his Omnicide. Not gonna do much but it does remove that

[@electro6431]

Vader was the supreme commander of the imperial army so Tarkin only gave the order with his permission

[@leandraferesthogar7249]

@@electro6431 he hadn't become part of the navy yet. That happens im between Episode IV and V

[@pabsitterab675]

That grand total for Darth Vader is gonna blow up my headphones I just know it 💀

[@matthew8629]

Palpatine's was even worse

[@ciennathedreemurr]

This video would be around 3x longer if he included the animated series like Rebels and Clone Wars. So many war crimes for them

[@prodigymapping4891]

Anakin had better get like 10,000 life sentences

[@darthplagueisthewise4560]

Also the sheer amount of war crimes he commits in the clone wars

[@kurtmayer2041]

@@darthplagueisthewise4560 yeah i'm very sad that this is only about the main sequence movies

[@prodigymapping4891]

@@kurtmayer2041 I mean, he did add clips from the obi wan series

[@Mastersushi1]

Also,if you count to the clone wars episode one episode two episode three, and basically 4 5 6

[@D4rkKn1ght311]

And the Star Wars Jedi Fallen order games.

[@MichaelGaming-bu4cl]

2:02 you could consider this self defense as if he didn't drop her in the rancor pit, he might have died. 5:03 here you can also see another crocodile like animal there so this could count as animal abuse. 13:35 that man simply was choking on a pretzel so vader had nothing to do with his death. 13:49 same with him

[@mr.stuffdoer8483]

But once she’s in the pit they have to choose to let the rancor out.

[@TheCombatEditor62]

Oola was also a slave, remember! she was defending herself!

[@fanofeverything30465]

It's hardly self-defence if you're keeping the attacker there unlawfully

[@SomeRandomKydd]

A) All these guys and other crimes during the Clone Wars and other series. And yes the were Tie-in movies. B) Can’t wait for part two with Maul, Dooku, the Inquisitors, Snoke, Kylo Ren, General Hux, and the clone wars characters.

[@near5148]

Kylo has anger issues but he does redeem himself

[@SomeRandomKydd]

@@near5148 so does Vader

[@rodian_skypyratz6181]

Both Vader and Sideous made the top five highest fines, but Sideous broke the channel's record for the highest fine. Both also made the top five highest amount of death sentences.

[@ordinarylittlebastard3248]

Biggest one was who again?

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

Who does the highest ranking death sentence belong to?

[@rodian_skypyratz6181]

@@eduardpeeterlemming That would be Pal from The Mitchells Vs. The Machines. Pal has 386 death sentences.

[@terramcbass]

There's something I don't understand about this video in Darth Vader's case. Starting around 10:20, wouldn't there be rules of warfare permitting him to kill enemy soldiers without it counting as murder? Though in some cases I concede he would rack up war crimes for excessive force and killing disarmed soldiers and such.

[@lombardmordesian]

Exactly totally agree

[@Mavve69]

There is.. which is why it confuses me

[@datcheesecakeboi6745]

Because it's not a war? Atleast not all of it, also as they said it was an ambassador ship, if I went to a embassy and shoot a guard from an opposing country that is still murder

[@hannessagichnicht6073]

As far as i know there was never a Declaration of War and the rebels were easily disarmed by Vader and could have been arrested. The killing was absolutely unnecessary

[@terramcbass]

@@hannessagichnicht6073 Right. If there's no formal declaration of war (not that there could be, as the rebels are not a nation? I could be wrong.) then that probably means the rebels attacking Vader's ship and stealing intelligence is an act of Terrorism, since the empire is a recognized authority. (albeit morally bankrupt.) Does that sound right?

[@venator5]

10:20 those should not be counted to Vader. Those where not random personels but enemy soldiers, he killed them as a soldier in this case.

[@datcheesecakeboi6745]

Killing soldiers can still be murder.

[@Mrmrdad]

@@datcheesecakeboi6745by definition the rebels are terrorists and they stole government intel so I think it shouldn’t be counted

[@FlyingPenguin196]

⁠@@datcheesecakeboi6745killing soldiers in active combat is completely legal. In this case, they’re still shooting at Vader.

[@quantumvideoscz2052]

@@datcheesecakeboi6745 Outside of active combat, sure. These were soldiers of an enemy faction in the middle of a war who just stole the property of Vader's side (the plans) and are actively shooting at him. He literally did exactly what a soldier should in that situation (provided he is able to).

[@Jlaps941]

You could also argue he killed them in self defense, he didn’t make a move on them until they fired first

[@Metoisbak]

The new Star Wars themed intro is sick

[@alexandrevachon541]

8:02 There is also something else at play that supports your claim: it is heavily implied that Darth Sidious drained the life out of Padmé without Anakin knowing it, with some Dark Side life-draining powers.

[@supertrike5893]

mad respect for Mosait apologizing for including sequel trilogy, also I love how Palps is now the criminal with the most fines

[@puddlel1ama327]

a note on The Force Awakens: Starkiller Base was made on Ilum, where the Jedi had historically gone to retrieve kyber crystals. its desecration could be argued to be some form of crime against culture (idk what crime exactly it would be)

[@cacklebabygg6156]

It's a war crime to destroy a culturally significant place

[@StupidNoobDudeorSuperNoobDude]

20:21 Hold it right there! If that’s the case, wasn’t Anakin cutting Mace Windu’s arm off technically self defense? Not to mention, Anakin points out how Palpatine should stand trial for his crimes. It’s kind of worst since the Jedi are kind of unprepared to deal with any kind situation that might ensure by killing the Chancellor and Windu could have just cut his limbs so he can’t use the force in the trial to save himself from execution or a prison sentence.

[@Djorgal]

Cutting Windu's arm isn't self-defense, but it is justified reasonable force. At this point, Windu is committing high treason and is in the middle of an attempted assassination of the duly elected chancellor of the republic for the explicitly stated purpose of the Jedi order taking over. Anakin is a general in the military of the Republic, of course he has the legal authority to use force to protect the chancellor and apprehend a traitor.

[@-TheOutlander-]

I edited this comment so now you don't have a fuckin clue what people are talking about below. Have fun with that.

[@pineapplestitch1783]

Not in the movies, but he also ordered the destruction of Tipoca City (I think)

[@David-gj9qr]

Yeah but he's definitely an accomplice to it and definitely helped in the process of constructing it

[@thebaronlouis8619]

He had the authority to stop it and didn't.

[@Blanktester685]

@@thebaronlouis8619 no he didnt tarkin outranks him im pretty sure.

[@Darthvader25747]

Still sat by and did nothing making him just as culpable

[@Torner.]

7:14 this doesn’t count as second degree attempted murder because Obi-wan already had his weapon drawn with the intent to fight him and was also at mustafar in the first place because he needed to kill Anakin even though he never ended up doing so

[@Shapeshifter-of-Names]

16:38 Sweet Sound of The Death Sentence

[@Cysfer]

2:03 Can this not be argued as self defense? 3:06 This is definitely self defense.

[@Amber-_-514]

For Luke, the situation was already being taken care of by Jabba’s guard. Jabba didn’t have to do anything

[@Djorgal]

@@Amber-_-514 Taken care of? Luke still had a blaster in hand and was feet away from Jabba. That he presses his panic button at that time is totally justified self-defense. For the slave dancer Oola, on the other hand, I don't see how it can be argued that it was self-defense...

[@torinsuriarachi700]

22:47 You missed attempted child abduction of Rey as a child by sending Ochi to snatch her. You could maybe charge him for the murder of her parents. You also could do attempted Genocide or Mass murder when he shoots lightning on the Resistance ships.

[@Gozokukolat]

You missed suicide since he had his clone killed.

[@ReySkywalker2]

@@Gozokukolatwhat

[@ReySkywalker2]

Yeh attempted child abduction, soliciting murder of Rey’s mother and father and attempted murder on the entire Galaxy who came to Exegol.

[@Gozokukolat]

@@ReySkywalker2 Rey's dad was a non-force attuned Sheev clone. Thusly he had himself killed... AKA 'Sewer Slide'

[@ReySkywalker2]

@@Gozokukolat 😂 Interesting idea. Although Rey’s father was a strandcast, not a full clone. Basically an artificial son, not identical to Palpatine.

[@MarioSonicPhillyFan700]

I love the case file opening.

[@pacocheung1864]

I’d actually argue there is some grounds of defence for both Vader and Palpatine for the destruction of Alderaan, because in lore it was mostly Tarkin’s idea and neither of the other two really ‘agreed’ with his sudden destruction of an entire planet, emperor palps is more guilty but vader probably not Sure the emperor PUT Tarkin in charge of the super weapon he built in the first place so he has some responsibility for enabling this to happen, Vader was there with Tarkin as he gave the order and while he didn’t agree personally he also didn’t exactly try to stop him. I’d say Tarkin is the one with full guilt, the other two are at best just accomplices They’re definitely guilty with the destruction of Alderaan, but probably not fully guilty, as neither really wanted an entire planet blown up. Palpatine was going to use it as a “threatening” weapon to intimidate the rebels and his people, it wasn’t meant to casually open fire and destroy and entire planet full of people. Vader similarly didn’t think they’d used the death star on an unconfirmed civilian target This is tarkin’s doing

[@zfilms4858]

4:23 Yeps, Here comes the War crimes!!

[@digitalact1vistoflife405]

5:13 “He killed them. He killed them all. They’re dead. Every single one of them. And not just the men, but the women, and the children. They’re like animals, and he slaughtered them like animals. HE HATES THEM.” My favorite line.

[@numbug1234]

In defence of Vader's mutilation against Mace Windu, Windu was about to commit murder on an unarmed/helpless opponent (as far as any of them knew at the time), and the mutilation was done to protect Palpatine from being executed without a trial - as such it should be labelled as self defence. EDIT: and I'd suggest adding false surrender for Palpatine, given he was begging Vader to save him when he wasn't in any actual danger in that moment.

[@josephscott1292]

16:44 you missed the bit where he had Dooku attempt to assassinate Padme and orchestrated a galaxy wide war and played both sides in a bid to seize power.

[@josephscott1292]

Plus there’s the fact that he was the one who commissioned the planet destroying Death Star in the first place.

[@StrWrsNrd_34]

(Warning: me being a nerd about Galactic Imperial Courts) The massacre Vader caused on the Tantive IV is excusable seeing as he holds a military rank, and is executing traitors to the Empire. Same goes for most other Rebel deaths where they hadn't been already captured making them Prisoners of War. The destruction of Alderaan was a decision made by Tarkin. Vader killing Obi Wan would be like killing someone who's trespassing. Shooting down the Rebel pilots would be like the Air Force shooting down terrorists. Basically, if he was on trial in an Imperial Court, he'd likely win his case. However that is less likely under more common courts and laws as you display.

[@MB20128]

12:55 I don't think those count as murders, as they would be classified as war deaths, which are (Usually) not illegal.

[@pixeleye7998]

You forgot all the crimes awakin (Vader) and palpatine committed in the clone wars tv show. (Anakin committed multiple war crimes and palpatine was playing both sides of the war he created, forcing planets to join the republic, also the separatists committed A LOT of war crimes and since Sudious was pulling the strings for both sides, i guess all the war crimes committed by the separatist would also apply to him)

[@harrisondansie9542]

20:26 Objection your honor, Palpatine demonstrated he was capable of deadly force with his hands even without a held weapon. His Sith powers made him a clear and present danger, and as he had already refused cooperation, I hold the charges here must stand.

[@alconfalcon4994]

Objection, that doesn’t change anything. Palpatine was on the ground, in a startled stance, not performing any violent or hostile acts. What the appropriate Jedi *should* have done was attempt to incapacitate him, most reasonably by handcuffing him, or knocking him unconscious at the very most. However, he made no attempt to do so, instead, aiming to kill him. THAT is not a legal policing action. THAT is an assassination attempt. The point remains. Palpatine was in a position where he could be apprehended, and yet the overseeing Jedi chose to attempt to kill him, without attempting any other reasonable approach first. Palpatine had reasonable cause to assume Yoda would have attempted to assassinate him, he was prevented from the opportunity to reasonably escape, and the hostile actions of the Jedi preceding this gives Palpatine probable cause to assume that the Jedi were not acting as a law enforcement agency.

[@pineapplestitch1783]

Great video! But for Jabba at 1:18, I’d argue that there may be some level of… unspoken coercion between him and Han. I say this since Han keeps insisting that he can do what Jabba wants, but he just needs more time. The fact that Han also tries to throw in a little “extra” to sweeten the deal is an indicator of this as well. Also, at 2:03, you could put an additional charge given that Jabba and his syndicate regularly keep slaves aside from just the one charge for Leia.

[@goji3908]

10:20 The Rebels were actually the first ones to open fire onto Vader, so technically this would be a case of self-defense

[@rn8306]

Exactly... plus they are enemy soldiers (rebels) in a time of war.

[@M4A1BestGirl]

12:17 1 Galactic Credit=$4 USD So it should say 1 quadrillion credits if we're going by Star Wars law. On a similar note, I feel like Anakin attacking the Tusken Raiders would be more forgivable in the Star Wars universe than in the United States

[@mr_bubbles5785]

Its interesting cause this is only a fraction of their true crimes. Cause you also need to consider the comics and other things.

[@Gozokukolat]

For the vast majority of people, the movies are the only things that are cannon.

[@raffertymetcalfe]

13:26 destruction of a planet is called mundicide, not omnicide

[@duolingo0552]

5:34 Why does this always get me 😂

[@mrmadness278]

Do it

[@JovialHeretic]

I'd put the Death Star kills on Tarkin rather than Vader. He outranked Vader (a way Palpatine kept Vader in his place), so firing the Death Star laser at a planet would have been his call, not Vader's.

[@brockbracken318]

Why did the first one get age restricted?

[@snookerdooker471]

Copyright most likely doing these kinds of videos for something like Star Wars is gonna be a Copyright nightmare.

[@realmousait]

no clue

[@aid3n594]

I don’t even think KZbin knows why

[@MrOreo390]

@@realmousaitheyo

[@ShawnF6FHellcat]

My guess is violence and bodily mutilation... assuming that it wasn't the infamous nip-slip scene...

[@kingtommy4394]

Regarding Palpatine’s omnicide charge regarding the death star. He was not responsible for this, and stated in a comic that he would’ve punished tarkin for such had he survived the Battle of Yavin.

[@justletmefailinpeace9099]

Objections! Anakin killing Dooku would be done under wartime, thus should also include war crime charges. Namely execution of a surrendered combatant (Art. 8 (2) (b) (vi)), and causing physical mutilations (Art. 8 (2) (b) (x)) as I think having your hands removed counts as both. And Nuremburg Defense applies, so Anakin is still guilty even though he was "just following orders". Second charge(s) of execution of a surrendered combatant (Art. 8 (2) (b) (vi)) when he massacres the Separatist Council on Mustafar. And Everything that occurs while he is Darth Vader, a commander in a military, could probably also be lumped in as crimes against humanity (sentient life?) and/or war crimes, or at the very least a violation of (Art. 8 (2) (c) (iv)), the carrying out of extrajudicial executions. But, the actions would technically be legal within the Imperial legal code. I was going to make mention that the capture of Tantive IV was a violation of the Vienna Convention on International Relations, but their actions (the capture of military secrets) falls outside its protection due to Article 31. Vader didn't give the order to destroy Alderaan, and he was not the commanding officer of the Death Star I (Wilhuff Tarkin was). Complicit in the planetary destruction? Yes, but he did not give the order. Same with Yavin IV. That's all Tarkin. Sidious might have given or approved of the order, though. NOT MENTIONED by you is the torture of Leia for information about the rebel base. Prisoners may not be tortured for information (Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment). I believe this is another crime against sentient life charge. And technically missing is a 1st degree murder charge/(high) treason for Vader killing Palpatine (because Palps was Vaders superior officer/a head of state)

[@enterprisethesylveon5787]

The massacre on the Profundity also would not count as the First Degree Murders he put, as he was in an active military operation against enemy combatants, a boarding action onto an enemy vessel clearly with still active resistance across the vessel.

[@thepandasamurai228]

Killing a defenseless warrior is a war crime.

[@MontoyaGamer1_Entertainment]

Video Request: If Warner Bros. Villains were Charged for their Crimes Case 1: Mojo Jojo (The Powerpuff Girls Movie) Case 2: President Business (The Lego Movie) Case 3: Mr. Slugworth (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

[@GayleColson]

Don't forget if not for MOJO Jojo, The Powerpuff Girls would not exist. So, cut him some slack.

[@mr.stuffdoer8483]

Given that Windu was going to unlawfully kill Palpatine, wouldn’t Anakin defending him give some kind of pass? Or are there not laws for that.

[@ordinarylittlebastard3248]

No because he was doing it for selfish reasons, and he let Palpatine kill Windu after he was unable to pose a threat to him

[@genken5753]

My thinking was that Anakin didn't have to cut off Mace's arm, as he could've just blocked his lightsaber with his own. That would've stopped Mace from killing Palpatine, thus making the mutilation unnecessary. You do bring up a good point though, and I could be wrong in my thinking in regards to legality.

[@joseluis5055]

Within the law, Mace trying to kill Palpatine wasn't legal, but he probably knew that and was prepared to do what was necessary to avoid a Sith from controlling the Galaxy, even if that meant getting arrested for murder

[@mr.stuffdoer8483]

@@joseluis5055 yeah I’m not saying I wouldn’t have done it, just trying to analyze the legality

[@mr.stuffdoer8483]

@@genken5753 lot more risk if you just block it though, because that likely leads to a duel. Pretty sure that if you shoot a guy who’s actively trying to shoot people, it doesn’t even matter if you kill him, it can be presented as justified in the law. Granted, I’m no expert.

[@michaelconner9208]

11:52 Vader was like what's another year at this point, worth it

[@hajime9958]

23:04 well that's emperor palpatine literally freaking psychopath

[@ThatIdiotOmega]

Something I would like to bring up is that it would take many generations to enforce Jabba’s life sentence due to how long lived Hutts are. Jabba was 604 when he was strangled to death and his grandmother, Mama was over a millennia old, likely close to 2000.

[@MilkshakeIsCool]

I mean, Obi Wan did tresspass onto a military base with a weapon with the intention to steal for terrorists 🤷‍♂

[@reddeaddude2187]

Additional crime at 10:11 Dad Joke (+50 years) 15:02 Child Abuse (+3 years?) Verdict: Better call Saul

[@tazercat9327]

i think at 11:00 should not be counted because the rebels stole a weapons blueprint, he was trying to get it back

[@ordinarylittlebastard3248]

Should he still have such a thing in the firdt place given he was gonna use the Death Star to destroy literal planets?

[@Mavve69]

And…. It’s a war. So like, yeah.

[@datcheesecakeboi6745]

​@@Mavve69it's wasn't as that point

[@Gozokukolat]

@@datcheesecakeboi6745 Uniformed and armed insurrection force? Seems like war to me.

[@tazercat9327]

@@Gozokukolat not forgetting that they raided a secret military facility

[@ElodieHiras]

Considering the rebels are, for the most part *uniformed enemy combattants* , when dealing with Vader's acts in the OG trilogy, wouldn't we leave the realm of criminal justice and enter the domain of the Hague Tribunal Of Warcrimes and/or Crimes against Humanity instead? He definitely committed several warcrimes regarding the treatment of PoWs, the targetting of civilians, and others, but considering he's, as far as the law is concerned, a legitimate military commander overseeing military ops, I don't think killing/wounding enemy soldiers in battle should count as "murder/mutilations", though on the other hand, his treatment of PoWs would qualify him as a full on War Criminal. Also, whenever he assaults and/or kill other imperials, since he's technically their CO, wouldn't it fall under whatever a court martial would have to say, not a civilian court?

[@Hepheat75]

Darth Vader is definitely not beating those war crime allegations 💀

[@scone-pu7bp]

10:10 “be careful not to choke on your ass-” ~Darth Vader

[@BaseSerpentMessmer]

😂

[@aidanoconnel1306]

10:20 is wrong, the rebels have launched a full attack on the empire, so they are basically at war. So these deaths aren’t murder because it’s basic warfare

[@SorenDaein]

The "Soliciting to Kidnap" charge for Jabba The Hutt is a bit of a stretch, since Han Solo had a bounty on his head in The Empire Strikes Back and Boba Fett was intent on collecting it by bringing in Solo ALIVE, as evidenced by his "What if he doesn't survive? He's worth a LOT to ME!" line when inquiring about the carbon-freezing chamber being tested on Solo by Vader's command. Jabba warned Han that if he failed him again that he'd "put a price on his head so large, he won't be able to go near a civilized system". Han getting mixed up in the Rebel Alliance's affairs caused him to run out the clock, which led to the bounty.

[@drpepperoni2109]

1:06 why not just give him a RICO/racketeering charge?

[@adamburgess311]

8:03 destruction of property when he yells nooo

[@Djorgal]

An interesting tidbit about that scene, as it is described in the books too, it's not destruction of property, it's attempted murder. In his rage, pain and despair, at that moment he tries to crush Palpatine, the clear responsible for all of this. The destruction of property that ensues is the shockwaves sent by their battle in the Force.

[@Firguy]

14:56 "Occationing?"

[@evangravell5140]

Aren't we forgetting about Palpatine ordering the testing of the tiny death star knockoff in the 9th film plus holding the entire galaxy under the threat of destruction by his fleet of tiny death star knockoffs so he should get yet another omnicide charge plus a terrorism charge.

[@MrRonald327]

The Rebellion clearly made this.

[@randomlama918]

20:24 “unarmed” is one way to describe a man throwing lightning from his hands

[@Lottililex]

2:02 Don’t agree with the murder charge here. Slavery is totally a crime, but she did try to cause harm to Jabba, so dropping her in the pit should count as self defence, Rancor or no Rancor

[@Gozokukolat]

Slavery isn't a crime on Tatooine.

[@Lottililex]

@@Gozokukolat I understand where you’re coming from, but Jabba is being charged in this video and he is on Tatooine, in Hutt Space for every single one of his crimes, even though I’m pretty certain a corrupt crime lord who literally owns the entire planet would’ve granted himself complete immunity to the law. Also, your point is completely null as he is literally charged for sexual slavery later in the video

[@Djorgal]

@@Gozokukolat Slavery isn't a crime in the US either. It's abolished. Meaning that you can't be a slave. Trying to keep someone as a slave would result in charges of false imprisonment, likely also assaults and battery and whatever other crimes you would be committing in the process of treating someone as a slave. From Oola, since she's in chain and falsely imprisoned, she is legally justified in using force to try to escape. That's self-defense. Even if she harms her captor in this attempt. It is not self-defense from Jabba to harm the prisoner he has falsely imprisoned. She has the right to attempt to escape, he doesn't have the right to harm her even if her reasonable use of force in her escape attempt does endanger him.

[@Gozokukolat]

@@Djorgal Slavery is allowed on Tattooine. Anikin was a slave. Not being part of the Republic means they don't follow Republic law. The Jedi knew about this and didn't do anything about it. The Empire use slaves that the Hutts sell to them.

[@HardCorePoration]

She was trying to prevent herself from being potentially assaulted or killed by pulling back on her chain. Jabba wasn't defending himself. He was either intending on killing her or doing something much, much worse.

[@nopeyt3387]

Well…. I’d like to present my case for my client Jabba the Hut, as known his acused crimes are considered to be comitted on the planet of Tatooine, which most notably has no actual official legal code, and henceforth Jabba is innocent of all charges.

[@tk-6967]

Sigh... guess I have to be the defence attorney today since I have free time (not using Extended Universe for obvious reasons): Jabba 'the Hutt' Desilijic Tiure, leader of the Hutt Clans: 1:40 The Galactic Empire clearly gave their permission for Jabba to keep Captain Solo, so technically speaking Jabba is legally not responsible for taking Solo. Darth/Lord Vader, General in the GAR (19bby-19bby), Dark Lord of the Sith (19bby-4aby), Supreme Commander of Imperial Military (0aby-4aby): 6:05 Lord Vader only mutilated Master Windu in order to protect another person. This is even more significant when you consider that Mace is literally attempting to execute the elected head of state of the Republic and is thus committing treason. He had 0 evidence for the crime that he claimed that the Chancellor had committed. Anakin is acting as a member of the Republic military by stopping the coup. 7:14 Obi Wan was a member of the Jedi Order, a cult that had committed treason against the Galactic Republic. Obi Wan also vows to 'stop' Vader from continuing his role as a military officer. Thusly, Obi Wan is assaulting a high ranking military officer while Anakin is fighting an enemy of the state. 8:47 and 9:40 Obi Wan, like all Jedi, is an enemy of the state and the government is hunting him down. This is like saying that the Americans hunting down Bin Laden would be 'aggravated assault with a deadly weapon'. 11:05 The people Vader killed had A. opened fire on him first and were B. were members of a terrorist organisation that had just attacked a government installation. 12:26 Vader did not order the destruction of Alderaan, Grand Moff Tarkin did. Vader was not in charge of the station and did not have the authority to overrule Tarkin's command, as shown in the earlier scene in the imperial conference room. 13:10 Those 2 pilots he fired on were terrorists in the midst of destroying a government facility. He was acting as a high official in the government in an armed conflict, not as an individual. 13:17 The same applies here as Alderaan for the fact that Tarkin ordered it and Vader had no authority (and in this case wasn't even present) to stop the attack. Furthermore, this would not be 'omnicide', as the Empire were firing on a military target (i.e. the rebel bases on Yavin 4), not a civilian one. Darth Sidious/Lord Sheev Palpatine of House Palpatine, Dark Lord of the Sith (?-4aby), Senator of Naboo (?-32bby), Supreme Chancellor of the Republic (32bby-19bby), Galactic Emperor (19bby-4aby): 16:05 The Republic never ended up sending a committee to ascertain the legality of the invasion, and the invasion is only declared illegal after the occupation forces are defeated. That demonstrates that Sidious didn't need to pull strings to keep the invasion from being investigated, it was other senators who backed the Trade Federation due to their own alliances with the Federation. 18:44 Those 4 Jedi were trying to commit a coup and possibly even murder Palpatine. That was not only self defence on a personal level but also stopping a violent coup. 19:51 This is outrageous! Palpatine had the support of not only the executive branch but also the military, the Senate and the Courts. How is that high treason? He is within his legal rights as head of state with the emergency powers act to restructure the government as he sees fit. 20:19 The Jedi are officers of the law *in general,* but Mace and the other councilmen arresting him were committing a coup. It is established earlier in his conversation with Anakin that Mace hadn't consulted with the rest of the Council aside from the 3 members he takes with him, and even though he claims to be doing it in the name of the Senate, he later admits that the courts would never find Palpatine guilty of treason, which all but directly confirms that he had no evidence for Palpatine being Sidious and yet decided on attempting to arrest him anyway. This is all highly treasonous behaviour. 21:00 Palpatine doesn't order this strike, Tarkin does. It is never suggested that he had any knowledge of this attack when it happened.

[@Rant427]

respect

[@tk-6967]

@@Rant427 thanks

[@Mavve69]

18:44 Not sure if murdering the 4 people just for entering his office and saying “you are under arrest” is the appropriate response. I would assume the Jedi are at some level law enforcement, so him pulling out a ‘sword’ and lunging at them doesn’t seem like self defense since they hadn’t made any threats or presented any weapons etc.. So I would atleast say it could be a manslaughter (x4) charge.

[@aidankeys8534]

@@Mavve69 At this point in the timeline, the Jedi were Military Generals in service to the Grand Army of the Republic. So in a way, it could be interpreted, and was presented as such to the Senate as such (With overwhelming applause), as a failed attempt at a Military Coup.

[@hannessagichnicht6073]

The prosecution would like to show that Lord Vader was able to disarm and immobilize all soldiers he was fighting against in the case of his fight in the hallway. Killing them was unnecessary after doing and showing such actions.

[@danielfox4168]

That scene in Rouge One where Vader cuts down the rebels, it takes place during the battle of Scarif. Since the rebels where the aggressors in that battle couldn’t there be a defence that it’s not murder since he was technically at war with them?

[@Gozokukolat]

Pretty sure that attack WAS a declaration of war.

[@bubbleteaop]

Who’s here early?

[@abcisawesome3418]

Me

[@lazilypunctual2863]

Call me the early bird

[@robinhollmann8926]

Me too

[@RBKingStickman_EliteZ]

Me (2 min)

[@TsarBomba69420]

Technically me?

[@far5527]

what most people forgot to think is that, the destruction of alderaan wasn't his command. I was Tarkin, even palpatine was surprised that Tarkin targeted alderaan

[@corpseprime]

You know things are gonna get messy when Vader and Palpatine are being charged. Then there’s Jabba who definitely got off significantly easier in comparison.

[@512TheWolf512]

i don't know if you should count active combatants killed in a war zone as separate murder charges. it doesn't legally work that way

[@Underworlder5]

i would say that especially counts in the tantive IV raid. he was killing enemy combatants to recover military secrets. nothing illegal there. if anything, the rebels would be in trouble for claiming to be diplomats during a military operation (not sure if that counts as false flagging, but shady either way)

[@Brandon-butterb1]

this video is great and all but by covering the obi wan series you not only acknowledged the side series’s but didn’t take into account other side series’s like star wars the clone wars and star wars rebels,

[@a1dscarver]

Should have added the crimes committed during the animated shows, possibly in a part 2, and put all the fines in credits lol

[@jackheinbaugh817]

Video idea: If Wolverine was charged for his crimes

[@SelfProclaimedGorl]

I love how just by the first thing Anakin did in this video he already got a bigger sentence than Jabba and then it just kept getting worse

[@jonathanroyce1123]

Vader's omnicide related charges should be accessory at best. Tarkin was in control of the Death Star; Vader was just there as an enforcer and guardian of the Death Star.

[@RamdomView]

11:06 Objection! That scene is clearly a military action, therefore killing those rebels were simply a part of combat.

[@Thechannelthatexistsforcontent]

The next time someone calls the Starkiller Base another Death Star. Tell them that Palpaten owes the republic $20,000,000,000,000,000 from ONE BLAST

[@megaloodin]

5:58 I'd argue he's not guilty there, Mace Windu is not a judge jury and executioner, even though he did argue he was too dangerous to be kept alive, that didn't mean he had to be executed right there. We know as the audience that palpatine would've killed windu either way, but from his perspective this is exactly like when he killed jango fett without a second thought. Anakin therefore should probably not be considered guilty for this crime, not like it matters in the large scheme of things

[@Сайтамен]

Jedi are the galactic police and Palpatine has already committed numerous crimes

[@L4V4G]

I agree with that point for windu, but anakin defending it was not in the right either because he killed a defenseless count dooku and more than 50 tusken raiders out of rage. I’m split down the middle with this scene as I see part where I agree with both windu and Anakin

[@ethancrawford529]

6:06 Technically in some states couldn't Anakin be pardoned with affirmative defense/justifiable homicide

[@mcchad7722]

Just something i noticed, some of these crimes would have different sentences as when anakin/vader killed dooku, the republic and the separatists were at war, so you could say that executing dooku is summary execution, and thus a war crime. Another crime, is the vader hallway scene from Rogue One, at that point in the time line, the rebellion and empire were "unofficially" at war, and those murders had a purpose, to get back the death star plans. I could go on about this but these are just some prime examples

[@Kruhn]

1:10 You can also add violation of the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act to the list of crimes against Jabba The Hutt. 5:49 For Anakin's murder of Count Dooku, you should add violation of prisoner of war laws, thus a war crime aggravation. Same thing when Vader choked the captain of the Tantive IV. Vader did not give the order to destroy Alderaan. The charge of Omnicide should be dropped. The you can charge Vader would be Accessory to Omnicide. 12:57 Wait a second! This is a space battle. Vader was attacking military targets in the defense of a military asset. 17:00 Again Sidious was also violating prisoner of war law, this aggravating his crime with War Crime violations.

[@fired_]

cant imagine how high vaders would be if you included all the crimes from the clone wars show (i know its unreasonable to count all from TCW but it would be cool)

[@Hallo-wy3yr]

"He was unarmed" you got me there

[@Adrian-ze9ud]

Imagine if he also did the clone wars. The amount of war crimes Anakin did is absurd.

[@ShalemBarak-gorodetsky]

5:43 "you don't have the right to serve him a death sentence and deem him to dangerous to be left alive.. that's my job" is the best line ever

[@CreepersNeedHugs]

Can't believe you didn't count slavery for Jabba (in regard to Oola, the slave he killed)

[@DanielePistoia]

This list of charges was beyond interesting and i truly admire how you decided to use the reviled ahem "Sequel Trilogy" just to charge Palpatine. Speaking of Palpatine, the amount of charges he, Vader and Jabba have is insane, kudos to you.

[@calebgamez5657]

6:05 We all know where this goes