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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6613524" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Or, that's the party line rationalization, anyway. I don't think I believe it. It makes a great fantasy, but the Death Star makes no actual strategic sense.</p><p></p><p>You see, in order to reach his position, Palpatine has to be a master manipulator. That means he must be thoroughly cognizant of human reactions - the man who made himself Emperor would not be surprised that the Death Star would have the exact opposite effect - rather than keep anyone in line, it inflamed and galvanized the Rebellion against him. Moreoever, the man must have been a consummate administrator, and would know that the construction of such a station would take so much in resources that the rest of the fleet would suffer. Let's face it - if they hadn't put so much into a Death Star, they could have had a conventional fleet so large that no Rebel uprising would have stood a chance against it. Instead, he created a thing that didn't perform as advertised, and left him vulnerable. The man who was a genius suddenly must be an idiot to do this.</p><p></p><p>I think the more reasonable picture is that, in order to re-balance, the Force had essentially driven Palpatine insane - he'd begun to believe his own press releases and propaganda - so that he would over-extend, and be brought down. The Force had *told* people this was going to happen - Skywalker had been prophesied. This was not so much predicting an indeterminate future, as the form of awareness Force users have of what the Force will naturally do. Not so much prophecy as weather prediction <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6613524, member: 177"] Or, that's the party line rationalization, anyway. I don't think I believe it. It makes a great fantasy, but the Death Star makes no actual strategic sense. You see, in order to reach his position, Palpatine has to be a master manipulator. That means he must be thoroughly cognizant of human reactions - the man who made himself Emperor would not be surprised that the Death Star would have the exact opposite effect - rather than keep anyone in line, it inflamed and galvanized the Rebellion against him. Moreoever, the man must have been a consummate administrator, and would know that the construction of such a station would take so much in resources that the rest of the fleet would suffer. Let's face it - if they hadn't put so much into a Death Star, they could have had a conventional fleet so large that no Rebel uprising would have stood a chance against it. Instead, he created a thing that didn't perform as advertised, and left him vulnerable. The man who was a genius suddenly must be an idiot to do this. I think the more reasonable picture is that, in order to re-balance, the Force had essentially driven Palpatine insane - he'd begun to believe his own press releases and propaganda - so that he would over-extend, and be brought down. The Force had *told* people this was going to happen - Skywalker had been prophesied. This was not so much predicting an indeterminate future, as the form of awareness Force users have of what the Force will naturally do. Not so much prophecy as weather prediction :) [/QUOTE]
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