Ep3 Question & QotD

[digitaldiscipline]

What's the justification for building the Death Star, just to kill two Jedi?  Did I miss something, or was there no Rebel Alliance when the movie ended?


I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

-Pietro Aretino

Still not King.

Comments

[ex-desertson422.livejournal.com]

The Death Star was to enforce the Emperor's policies through the Tarkin Doctrine of using fear to keep the star systems in line. Think of it as the Star Wars Universe version of a nuclear arsenal.

It wasn't built soley to kill the Jedi.

[theonebob.livejournal.com]

They were probably building the Death Star because the Emperor's long range goal was to do away with the Senate. In order to maintain control, they wanted to have the ultimate terror weapon. Even if no rebellion existed at the time of Ep 3, they could pretty much assume that from time to time planets would step out of line. It's pretty much Tyranny 101 that in order to stay in power as a despot you need to wield a really big stick.

This whole thing was pretty much spelled out in the scene in "A New Hope" during the conference room scene where Darth Vader chokes one of the officers.

[ex-desertson422.livejournal.com]

After seeing Ep3 that conference room scene was all the more powerful to the storyline, for sure.

[ivy]

Yeah, I was taking it as a consolidation of power too. The fist in the velvet glove.

[mighty-man.livejournal.com]

As much as I loved the movie...there's soooo many places that they could have stopped the madness andcome to their senses.

Remember that Jar-Jar Binks was ultimately responsible for the creation of the clone army. Or better yet, obi-wan could have let the die roll go in favor of anakin's mom.

BTW, I was a bit disappointed at how quickly 3 of the 4 masters were dispatched by Palpatine and then how quickly Mace Windu was removed as well.

I spent a good portion of the movie trying the find the scenes from the leet-speak version.