Who was Objectively The Biggest War Criminal in the History of the Star Wars Universe?

[@hunterkiller1440]

I wonder if clones are considered to be slaves, if so, the Republic are violating its own slave laws

[@elitestranger5262]

They’re not considered to be sentient due to being artificially created, just like the droids they fight

[@plaguemaster308]

@@elitestranger5262 but jedi treat them as sentient.

[@elitestranger5262]

@@plaguemaster308 the only way for the clone army to even exist is for them to legally be considered non-sentient thereby avoiding those pesky anti-slavery laws. The Jedi and a few others treating them as people doesn’t change this.

[@Voltaic_Fire]

All is fair in love and war, especially if you love war.

[@Karlos1234ify]

“A man chooses, a slave obeys.”

[@tedmyers8005]

Grievous is what happens when the phrase “I don’t give a fuck” comes to life. His mechanical parts had more compassion for life than what was left of his organic self. The only war crime in his mind was defeat…. And what’s even crazier is that, if you know his backstory, you’d know that his hatred for pretty much everything, especially the Jedi and the Republic, was 100% justified

[@ML-sc3pt]

Justified in his mind. Reality was dooku did it, not the jedi

[@condedooku9750]

@@ML-sc3pt Dooku did not help win the war to the species that was enslaving his people, the same species that killed his parents when he was just a child, the same species that killed the woman he was in love with in front of him, the same species that destroyed cemeteries of his people who were sacred according to their religion (including the one in which was the tomb of his beloved), after the Republic sent 50 Jedi to help Grievous's enemy species (the Huks) imposed war reparations on the Kaleesh (Grievous species) who starved half of their species, including several of Grievous' children, all this despite Grievous asking the Republic and Jedi for help before the Huks and these ignored Kalee (Grievous's planet), what is certain is that the Jedi did not destroy his ship, they killed his best friends and destroyed his body, but San Hill and Dooku lied to him by telling him that and Grievous believed it, they also put chips in the his brain, which put him in a state of eternal anger and hatred, the only peace that Grievous would find in his life would be death, no matter how painful it was, but until then Grievous will live only for one thing ... See the Jedi exterminated, and see the Republic destroyed.

[@jasonskeans3327]

It was not justified

[@ML-sc3pt]

@@condedooku9750 dooku shot down his ship and mutilated his body. Arguably what was most personal to grevious

[@condedooku9750]

@@ML-sc3pt Well, both things are horrible, but I think that losing several of your wives and your children and losing a war against a race that wanted to enslave you which killed your parents, many friends and the woman you loved, along with starve half your species and leave it in poverty, forcing you to become a thug for arrogant bankers ... Yes, I think that's worse than losing your body and some comrades to a bomb.

[@forresttowns4995]

I think Palpatine/Sidious is the biggest war criminal because everything Grievous and Tarkin did were on his orders or at least with his blessing. Everything that happens in episodes 1-6 was by his will.

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

exactly, he's the mastermind pulling everyone's strings

[@condedooku9750]

"There were no good guys in the Clone Wars or the Galactic Civil War, but there was certainly a great bad guy, his name was Darth Sidious, better known as Sheev Palpatine."

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

@@condedooku9750 ... how convinient for you, Count Dooku

[@condedooku9750]

@@Yarblocosifilitico "Accidents don't exist." (Master Oogway)

[@demi-femme4821]

Not Alderaan. He was actually really pissed that Tarkin blew up a core world like that.

[@jaroftar]

"Thats dark, even for Star Wars" *laughs in turning people into living filter-bricks*

[@alvarohernani6645]

Sorry i can't hear you, my shovel is stuck to deep in your heretical skull

[@CompletelyNormalHuman]

*The Qu would like to: know your location*

[@Goldstandard_1]

​@alvarohernani6645 do you want a rocket jumper soldier?

[@bkjeong4302]

*living toilets

[@benderthepirate]

When you’re so evil that attacking medical ships is considered the least worst thing you’ve done.

[@Ginlock45]

Serbia would would like to know your location.

[@chaoticdragons9990]

Then that's truly evil.

[@dinosolder6454]

Yes

[@litorres4125]

Where in the real world such a thing would land you against a wall imagine if you glassed a planet

[@thesuperintendent4290]

@@litorres4125 Laughs in Covenant

[@marshalllatta2073]

Star wars The criminal underworld is so freaking cool and deadly

[@alanlowstuter9698]

And underrated

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Too dirty and dark for me, though.

[@Zeknif1]

Tyber Zann, Prince Xizor, Talon Karrde and Booster Terrik all rank very high on my list of favorite characters, while on the whole Spy Intrigue subplots, Ysanne Isard and Iella Wessiri are definitely stand out characters to me.

[@notthefbi7015]

Its so powerful on crime family runs multiple systems 🤣

[@o_o-037]

Imagine if Grievous was Force Sensitive. Nobody would stop him. He wouldn't give a shit about the rule of 2, he'd kill Palatine, and possibly Dooku so he could be the ultimate warrior. Darth Grievous, the last Sith.

[@TheCoolSuperPea]

2003 Grievous.... Except that now he has the force. Welp, there's no stopping him now.

[@dinosolder6454]

Can this grant me the chance to smash the head of obi wan

[@sirmagnumcat4996]

@@dinosolder6454 probably not 😂

[@alexhansen7309]

are you high? Palps would demolish grevious 😂😂😂

[@TywinLannister666]

Grievous would stand a chance versus any high end Force user. This isnt debatable. Its just fact.

[@Spartan086]

Palpatine, he was the reason that every single war crime technically happened in all 3 trilogies

[@beanch9616]

True

[@michielkudova3887]

Very, very accurate, and this is in addition to the ones he perpetrated himself

[@charlielynch3916]

One candidate who could be classed as worse than Grievous would be Palpatine. Not only is he personally responsible for any atrocities committed by the Empire such as Alderaan, he's also behind the First Order and the Hosnian system. Add on the fact that Grievous did most of his actions under the direction of Palpatine, and that Palpatine orchestrated the entire war by playing and controlling both sides.

[@benderthepirate]

I don’t know which continuity, but I thought I heard Palpatine was displeased with Tarkin’s destruction Alderaan, since it was such a historically and culturally important world. I could be wrong though.

[@charlielynch3916]

@@benderthepirate I'm not gonna outright disagree with you as I don't know for sure, but Palpatine doesn't strike me as a guy who really cared for that stuff. But even if he was bothered about that, he was still indirectly responsible by personally appointing Tarkin to be in control of the Death Star, knowing exactly what he was like personality wise

[@benderthepirate]

@@charlielynch3916 if anything he was displeased because he knew it would only encourage the rebels to fight harder, and it did.

[@Vigriff]

And that's not going into the kind of shit he pulled in Legends. Not to mention the usage of Operation: Cinder in current canon.

[@scoutman66]

What is the First Order and the Hosnian system? I don't think that's in the movies and it sure as shit isn't in the comics

[@anobuthix5977]

“Worst War Criminal In The Known Galaxy” Grievous: “A fine addition to my collection!”

[@AngelDust6969]

Me after finding out Anakin isn't the biggest War Criminal in Star Wars: Impossible. Perhaps the archives are incomplete? Or: The Algorithm has never been wrong before.

[@oskarileppanen1154]

*incomplete

[@AngelDust6969]

@@oskarileppanen1154 thanks

[@connortripp99]

My boy Grievous be going full Warhammer 40K here.

[@andreykuzmin4355]

"Yavin Conventions, more like Yavin suggestions" - every Mandalorian at some point, probably.

[@ApostleOfDarkness]

"Your honour, my client is built different"

[@teosworth1292]

ez, it was Kenobi. His sexiness was so powerful it killed millions

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

It's certainly a crime how well he pulls off the Big Jedi Mullet. His sassiness, particularly toward Anakin, may also be several war crimes.

[@dinosolder6454]

Exactly I could of saved them ! And people say I’m bad

[@Bzhydack]

I think Darth Nihilus comes close to Grievous. He turns several planets into dead husks.

[@nickvinsable3798]

There is a catch 22: War Crimes are primarily applied to those who’ve signed on that dotted line. Thus, the question must be asked: which ones are war criminals again?

[@waltvonkeisel1617]

I mean historically people were charged for war crimes even when their country didn't sign the dotted line

[@nickvinsable3798]

True. But other charges were technically placed, especially in drast comparison(s), @@waltvonkeisel1617. For example, the way the Huk treated the Kaleesh & how the Kaleesh were punished for what the Huk did could alleviate charges on Grievous, IF he left survivors & made a very clear message to the survivors that if they rise up & continued, he’d finish them for good… Anywho, the United States of America technically didn’t sign on the dotted line in regards to using chemical warfare. However, if the reason(s) is because its impractical/illogical, but still follow the end goal of not using chemical weapons, then I’d be okay with it…

[@condedooku9750]

@@nickvinsable3798 Kalee, the planet of Grievous was literally in the Stone Age when the Huks invaded it to enslave its entire population, of course Grievous would not respect the "rules of war" if he did not even know them, the Huks came to enslave them and Grievous like retaliation (after going through many experiences that gave Grievous PTSD) went to exterminate them, ("an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"), therefore the war crimes of Grievous when he had free will are justified, on the other hand In the Clone Wars Grievous had his mind altered through chips by San Hill and Dooku, so he was not willingly committing war crimes.

[@nickvinsable3798]

Despite the differences in the finer details. At least you’re thinking the way I’m thinking, @@condedooku9750. Thanks…

[@condedooku9750]

@@nickvinsable3798 You're welcome my friend.

[@maltahighjacker9842]

Knowing grievous's back story, I don't blame him.

[@thorshammer7883]

Atleast in the Expanded Universe. I like EU grievous more then the over the top incompetent one the currect staff have forced us to see.

[@Dass_Jennir]

@@thorshammer7883 Grievous has pretty much the same backstory in New Canon and in Legends after sourcebooks re-canonized it. Only in the TCW show and some of its direct extensions like Adventures and Dark Disciple we see a poor representation of him (thanks to Filoni), in Son Of Dathomir he beats Maul 1v1 with just two sabers and butchers Mandalorian super commandos with his bare hands, and in Kanan The Last Padawan, leaves Depa Billaba with PTSD, twice.

[@thorshammer7883]

@@Dass_Jennir He's still not the ruthless, cunning warrior villain I once knew that took on multiple jedi at once while only using his two arms and didn't make a break for it at the first sight of trouble. He's still not the same.

[@TK--hf6db]

@@Dass_Jennir Well tbf the Dark Disciple and Son of Dathomir arc were supposed to in CW. Grevious was well on his way to getting fixed. Watch the crystal crisis unfinished eps and you'd see how much they improved him.

[@aarondevaldez9134]

Nor do I

[@chain_of_nothing]

I'm 100% certain that the level of Sidious' war crimes is so immensely incomparable to Grievous'. I mean Sidious litterally orchestrated a galaxy spanning war while controlling both factions lying to basically every single being in the galaxy and leading to millions of casualties.

[@janvesely1087]

General Grievous be like: "Some may call this Geneva conventions. Me, I call it a to-do list."

[@shawnwing-kovarik9762]

There is Darth Nihilus, Lord of Hunger... The Immortal Emperor, Valkyrian, who wiped all life from Ziost, there was Arcann who ordered the planetary bombardment of five planets in the hope that one will give up the outlander, then there is the outlander him/herself, depending on the choices one makes within the Old Republic game, from blowing up multiple civilian targets to murdering surrendered combatants (Imperial side).

[@rhodes3983]

That's a lot of potential war crime trials, which is why we need to win! -Anakin Crimewalker

[@l.warner3951]

Honestly I don't feel bad for the Huk. They created the monster, might as well die from it

[@jamesleduke873]

They attempted genocide, and when it blew up in their faces, they went crying to the Republic for help. Not only were they terrible beings, they were cowards as well.

[@l.warner3951]

@@jamesleduke873 Which is the reason I don't feel sorry for what happened to them.

[@condedooku9750]

@@jamesleduke873 "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" that was Grievous' attitude which is quite justified, if the Huks did not want to be annihilated they should not try to enslave entire planets to get rid of their population and earn money in return, if there were any Huk good at that soulless monster civilization, so it should have left before Grievous came to destroy a slave empire, anyone who stayed would do so knowing they were supporting a slave empire and deserved to die. Who knows how many lives Grievous would have saved if he had achieved his goal, we will never know, what we do know is that not a single tear was shed by all the species that were eradicated by the Huks.

[@inquisitorgarza312]

Not many will admit, but General Hux is by far one of the highest war criminals out there in the Star Wars Universe. His abduction of millions if not billions of children within and without the Unknown Region and forcing them into hellish training into making them into Stormtroopers that vast outshine anything that Galactic Empire were able to produce already put him high on the list, and that not taking into account the deaths of the New Republic by the firing of Starkiller base in a singular instance wiping out the head of an enemy government.

[@clonecoric4140]

He also killed his superior in cold blood too, killed his own men and betrayed the First Order, you have to hand it to Hux, he had a knack for committing war crimes.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Pity Ep. IX "nerfed" him... at least Trevorrow would have given a dark yet fitting end for the guy.

[@Facetiously.Esoteric]

Tatooine is a desert planet now instead of a lush planet because the Rakatans bombed the surface of the planet until it turned to glass, after the natives tried to rebel. Natural process broke up the glass to sand. I hope they make that canon again.

[@jacobparslow8723]

Kyp Durron should be on the list of war criminals. I mean come on, the guy sent several stars into supernova and took out several systems.

[@jamesleduke873]

Most of those stars weren't inhabited, and in the one instance he did blow up an inhabited system, it was a legitimate military target on the verge of launching an attack on the New Republic.

[@tyrellcarter3220]

I feel like Palpatine would be worse than Grievous; I feel like conducting both sides of a war is a huge war crime

[@nartaga1624]

Technically, on all fronts, it's Palpatine.

[@quantemwensday]

obi wan and anakin did was like occasionally throwing small candy wrappers on the ground while jaywalking compared to what grievous did

[@guitarbass22]

Only 40 seconds in but I’ll say this now…there are no such things as “war crimes” in Star Wars. Both sides resorted to chemical warfare at some point (especially the Separatists), there are at least 2 accounts of fake surrendering on the Republic side amongst possibly many others, and both sides had a major “take no prisoners” attitude. Then we get into the Empire, where the concept of a “war crime” was taken to the extreme both in times of “peace” and during the rise of the Rebellion…and that’s not even including the Death Star at all.

[@Valca.Design]

Probably should have hung in there for another 40 seconds.

[@guitarbass22]

@@Valca.Design Oh I watched the entire video. And what I said was not contradicted in any way. Lol.

[@DannyHeywood]

Why is it called the 'Yavin Code'? 1000 years earlier, Yavin was just a Gas Giant in the Outer Rim...

[@jasonskeans3327]

It was a neutral location so everyone would attend

[@itsvalentine7783]

“He’s murdering families and destroying homes” Grievous: just an average Tuesday morning for me :)

[@misein2466]

Something to consider, Tarkin eliminated a single planet. General Grievous eliminated entire species.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

irl, everyone commits war crimes but only the loosing side is held accountable.

[@sargentvanguard7612]

Literally any droid: * steps on republic land * Anakin Skywalker: *meep meep mother f*cker*

[@Brainflayer]

Welcome to The Clone Wars, where war crimes happen hourly and The Good Guys are actually The Bad Guys.

[@williampaulsinghharika2627]

For some Sith Emperors it was not a Geneva Convention, more a Geneva Checklist.

[@patdohrety2940]

"Star Wars Holiday Special" is canon, and nobody is gonna talk about that? That entire movie is a crime against humanity!

[@pranc236]

Revan with mass shadow generator should be kinda high up there.

[@MagnusTNT]

We all know that its Chopper hands down

[@peterl7517]

Star Wars isn’t Star Wars without those juicy war crimes

[@robinhood379]

"*Shhhh!*, if we stay still & quiet, with our backs to him, then he won't see us..."

[@thorshammer7883]

Yeah the Expanded Universe is for the most mature and the imaginative of writers that almost zero of the staff in the currect regime has the guts to make or accept now. I consider these events canon over the false new timeline any day.

[@jitbrady7158]

You can't say it's mature when there was a jedi master named Soon Bayts. "Master Bayts, they're coming from all sides."

[@hosmerhomeboy]

@@jitbrady7158 And good old manny both hands. "many bothands died to bring us this information" true in my headcannon because its hilarious.

[@heliosapollyon4391]

This is actually something I hope really really wanted to know

[@catlovingtrio]

So, essentially you're saying Darth Vader would be a candidate for biggest war criminal, but Anakin wouldn't?

[@Zhello79]

Meanwhile in Battlefront 2. Troopers in the Hallway *I'm coming for you* Random Trooper player: Ah dam its that one guy who keeps playing Grevious

[@Groundrunner100]

Video suggestion: Top 10 Imperials That Got What Was Coming To Them. 1. Grand Moff Tarkin 2. Moff Arihnda Pryce 3. Gallius Rax 4. Admiral Conan Antonio Motti 5. Captain Ozzik Sturn 6. Director Orson Callan Krennic 7. Admiral Kassius Konstantine 8. Admiral Kendal Ozzel 9. Tiber Saxon 10. Moff Gideon The order YOU want to do it in is up to you, but this just my preference order.

[@Scarytoaster1809]

"Who was Objectively The Biggest War Criminal in the History of the Star Wars Universe?" I bet you it's Skywalker

[@timgersh6787]

im pretty sure the Yavin code was just executions

[@sarmeddangerous6462]

*it’s only a war crime if your side loses*

[@CreatorofSecks]

“Who was objectively the biggest war criminal in-“ It’s Grevious, easily.

[@oriongear2499]

I’m sure Grievous would’ve had a blast blowing up Planets had he lived to see the construction of the Death Star.

[@doubleshrekt7364]

You need to make a video listing all of grievous’s crimes

[@benderthepirate]

Luckily, he has already done a few. Just look up Geetsly Grievous and you should find them no prob.

[@bolikde9389]

In an Episode of the A-Team, there was someone about to be tortured and he said that this was against the Geneva Convention. The reply was : Who cares about Switzerland ?

[@TheIrdizzle]

I thank Darth Vitiate with his goal of destroying the entire galaxy and how he went about doing it is worse then Grievous

[@VerySnappy91]

this ^^

[@Rmanan_Hr]

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the biggest war criminal of them all?" Fuckin A 🤣

[@jyrigromyko5785]

War crimes aren’t actually war crimes if you had fun.

[@2020-p2z]

The Republic literally used an army of child slaves. The clones were chronologically 10 or younger by the time of the clone wars. If morally bankrupting the Republic was part of Darth Sidious' 5D chess power play, it worked.

[@natashaeliot3628]

To him the Geneva convention is merely the Geneva suggestion.

[@stephenbruns5247]

It appears Star Wars has a habit of making it's heroes into war criminals. Even the Bad batch is training a child soldier. Of course technically they are all child soldiers, but still...

[@silvercrescent1264]

Perfidy, or a warcrime of gentlemen. To quote Admiral Cole after he fired a nuke at a ship he had just surrendered to, "Surrender, quite literally, is no longer an option for me."

[@ZeldaSam1]

(Hears Grievous's war crimes): (pant) (pant) (pant)...I LITERALLY need a moment to catch my breath!!!

[@dallas2697]

Sand is. It's rough and coarse and gets everywhere

[@Speleomimus]

The fact that perfidy is considered a war crime would make Sun Tzu spin in his grave

[@shuliu8436]

it's because it discourages the opposing faction from accepting surrender and will result in all defeated armies being killed in mass executions, why should they let you surrender if you're just doing it to gain an advantage

[@acrazysheepdog1555]

Darth Sidious or Darth Vitiate might compare, as Sidious was the one who was behind practically every evil act committed in both the Empire and Clone Wars, though Grievous was the one who actually did it, so…yeah.

[@Hyperky1]

Grievous in the thumbnail be looking like my da with tha belt after i stole his earbuds.

[@eddieram435]

The Jedi Order was the biggest crime syndicate.

[@muhc2931]

I believe that on top of using slave armies the Jedi also enacted genocides on races like the dashade' though I am unaware if it is canon.

[@zorkwhouse8125]

would we consider Luke Skywalker to be a war criminal for his destruction of the first death star - given the number of non-combatants onboard that were killed. I can't remember how many people were supposed to have been on the death star, but it seems like it was in the millions maybe? Obviously many of them would have been combatants and therefore fair targets, but there were plenty that weren't as well. Clearly something had to be done to it b/c they were going to blow up additional planets with it, but the question is whether the offensive capability/threat of the death star could be negated by means other than destroying the entire thing.

[@qawamity]

Given that the Rebel Alliance was not a part of, nor working for any recognized government, by modern standards Luke could not have been a war criminal. Terrorist, yes; war criminal, no.

[@condedooku9750]

@@qawamity Luke was fighting for "the alliance to restore the Republic", also known as the Rebel Alliance, a faction of freedom fighters who sought to destroy an unlawful totalitarian government, furthermore it is not a war crime to destroy an enemy war facility that is being used for war at that time, which also has already killed billions and will kill billions more if not stopped, any civilian aboard the Death Star was aware of the risks of their work, and if even so they accepted it, they are not only reckless but also complicit in the atrocities committed by the Death Star.

[@qawamity]

@@condedooku9750 one man's freedom fighter is another's terrorist.

[@condedooku9750]

@@qawamity That's true, but destroying the Death Star is not a war crime.

[@qawamity]

@@condedooku9750 didn't say it was. I said it was an act of terrorism. Because it technically was. The use or threat of violence by a non-state actor to effect political or social change. It was definitely a use of violence, the Rebel Alliance is not a recognized state/nation, and it was done as part of a campaign to destroy/reform the empire and replace it with a republic. Had the Alliance been a state actor, the Death Star's status as a mobile fortress would have rendered it a legitimate military target.

[@mikkelnpetersen]

The winning side, never commit any war crimes.

[@Ginlock45]

One way to settle this is the clone wars drinking game. Every time anikin violates the Geneva convention or the russon reformation take a shot. I garuntee that someone will die of alcohol poisoning by season 4

[@toptiergaming6900]

Grevious still ain't got shit on my war crimes

[@toptiergaming6900]

@tgmbreezer5839 that's my excuse, and that it's not my fault the missiles randomly hit civilians when it's obvious they are not accurate and the target is near civilian infrastructure (or is)

[@sithlordjeffbledsoe651]

Actually I believe the multiple Jedi councils are bigger war criminals. Never mind the use off a slave army, they have committed multiple genocides , the mandalorians , the Sith race and probably more we haven’t herd of yet.

[@amon8562]

I think blowing up entire planets is one of those things that goes without saying

[@kevinbarber2795]

Jesus, that thumbnail. Imagine a scary game with Grievous as the “monster”.

[@fudd666]

Revan for ordering the activation of the mass shadow generator at Malachor V "I remember standing on the bridge with you and watching the destruction of the Republic-watching ships full of soldiers and Jedi burn and die. I remember the look you had when you turned to me. It was the longest you'd ever looked at me. You didn't say anything-just a nod. Events move quickly then, even in my dreams. Flashes, explosions, you-falling. I could feel the pain around me. And then the memory. The drifting hulks of the Mandalorian ships, the dead-allies, friends, strangers. And then the echo. Lingering. The sound I awaken to in my nightmares. Does anyone deserve the Mandalorians' fate? Even some of their conquered worlds fared better." -Bao-Dur to the Jedi Exile

[@sinwithagrin4243]

My father was a war criminal in Serbia. He speaks fondly of it on occasion. He and i have always been big greivous fans

[@GyroGarrison]

I don't think Ben was surrendering. Just talking about the demands of his future surrender which didn't happen because they ran out of time.

[@panos617]

There is no War Crimes. "In Times of War, Laws silent" - Latin Quote

[@aceheller11]

Are we sure that Obi bringing up the Yavin code was in an unfinished episode, because I can firmly remember this being in the finished animation style. Or am I just having a Mandela effect moment?

[@jameskent577]

these are some grievous crimes

[@user-po8ri5pq9g]

booo :)

[@robertbarrows6687]

Wait so Grand Moff Tarkin didn't surpass Grevious with the destruction of the Death Star?

[@jacknedry3925]

As Sir Henry Jones once said: ITS WAR

[@shrade2.016]

How about Darth Vitiate he consumed worlds, manipulated nations even used his children

[@lamaahruloma4270]

We can't be sure the Geneva convention will not become even more obscure 250 years since its conception. Have no doubts, it will be often ignored.

[@jxc1640]

I can already hear Oj, Alija Aljo! In the background…

[@josephmacdonald17]

The darth caedus books had him take over a medoc ship to get through enemy lines, all the characters mention how no one fires on medics

[@jamesleduke873]

He was actually using it to rescue someone wounded, so I don't think that counts as a war crime, if that's what you're implying.

[@josephmacdonald17]

@@jamesleduke873 I had to think about this reply. But he was a commander in chief , disguising himself as a medic, only using the medevac to extract his apprentice. She only got injured on the way out. He wasn't a medic himself. He was using the non combatant rules of war to be sketchy.

[@ho0zy]

lol at you saying its worse in Star Wars than real life. when the Republic is p much the US, who also routinely commits War Crimes more than other major powers and never is punished. Lucas is spot on with his social critique

[@ELECTRICSHEEP94]

That thumbnail is genuinely terrifying.

[@goldenburrito6083]

Ikr

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

The Rakatan Infinite Empire. Did horrible things to everyone they cake across, and rightfully got their comeuppance afterwards.

[@0hvist]

It would have been interesting to see a Sith Pureblood who *_isn't_* aligned with the Sith Empire to accuse the Jedi Order with Crime Against Civilization; for it was them not dealing with their outcasts properly that caused the Dark Jedi to pollute and corrupt the Sith culture in the first place. I'd have paid top dollar to see a Republic trial where the Sith Purebloods manages to have the moral high ground against the Jedi, it would be very enjoyably-confusing to watch and see the looks on everyones faces on who exactly should they be rooting for or against.

[@commandervile394]

Rules for thee, not for meeeee!

[@topdog5252]

Objectively it’s Palpatine. Right? He was responsible for the entire fucking war.

[@darrvenomfier790]

@Geetsly’s I see your general Grievous and raise you a Vitiate. One kills people the other eats the souls of entire planets... and plays god with entire empires

[@commanderb7291]

Palpatine/Darth Sidious obviously, dude caused all kinds of mayhem and death that affected untold numbers of beings, be they living or non living (droids)

[@usmanya5110]

legends grievous I understand why he's insane. Canon grievous I don't.

[@nch2004]

3:08 is that stellaris

[@XiahouJoe]

Yuuzhan Vong. Don't even know how there is a debate here.

[@kitheguy5450]

General grevious that real hard stepper

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