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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 3660675" data-attributes="member: 2067">Loyalty or lack thereof doesn't hinge lawfulness. Or are Baatezu suddenly bastions of loyal behavior? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I'll tentatively agree that the Sith Code would lean toward Chaos.However, the way that both Vader and Palpatine in the original trilogy act implies that they want to RULE the galaxy with a highly organized cadre of sychophantic troops through their own personal government, the Empire.All of that is entirely lawful.Any Stormtrooper could just as easily be a Formian or a Modron marching to the beat of their ultimate commander, establishing ORDER.Just because they use hate and fear and aggression and emotional turmoil to their advantage doesn't make them chaotic. They use those emotions to establish control of others' action, unifying the galaxy under a singular, monolithic entity. In the same way that a Devil may take advantage of an emotionally distraught widow to cause her to make a pact to get her husband back, or how fear is controlled by causing those fleeing combat to escape through passes defended with merciless traps. Emotions aren't necessarily chaotic, though controlling them is certainly Lawful. Vader and Palpatine and the rest of the Sith unleash their emotions, but in a controlled, focused, determined effort, not at the whims and vagaries of Chaos. That's all law, baby.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 3660675, member: 2067"] Loyalty or lack thereof doesn't hinge lawfulness. Or are Baatezu suddenly bastions of loyal behavior? ;) I'll tentatively agree that the Sith Code would lean toward Chaos. However, the way that both Vader and Palpatine in the original trilogy act implies that they want to RULE the galaxy with a highly organized cadre of sychophantic troops through their own personal government, the Empire. All of that is entirely lawful. Any Stormtrooper could just as easily be a Formian or a Modron marching to the beat of their ultimate commander, establishing ORDER. Just because they use hate and fear and aggression and emotional turmoil to their advantage doesn't make them chaotic. They [B]use[/B] those emotions to establish control of others' action, unifying the galaxy under a singular, monolithic entity. In the same way that a Devil may take advantage of an emotionally distraught widow to cause her to make a pact to get her husband back, or how fear is controlled by causing those fleeing combat to escape through passes defended with merciless traps. Emotions aren't necessarily chaotic, though controlling them is certainly Lawful. Vader and Palpatine and the rest of the Sith unleash their emotions, but in a controlled, focused, determined effort, not at the whims and vagaries of Chaos. That's all law, baby. [/QUOTE]

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