In fact, you could say that the Empire’s central issue is that it was too strong, and that its power was misappropriated by a small group of individuals acting on their own agenda. While there are certainly moon-sized problems with the Galactic Empire, strength isn’t one of them. Their selfishness informs decisions that are repeatedly shown to weaken their organization and the galaxy they claim to care about. The leaders of the Rebel Alliance consistently place their idealized version of a galaxy at peace above the real needs of its people. Ineffectualness… yet another literal definition of weakness. The Empire’s iron grip on the galaxy was nearly unbroken because the Rebel Alliance lacked the will to do make the hard, yet necessary decision. Jedha City destroyed, confirmed by their own agents, and their fear and aversion to fighting paralyzed them. Or, let’s look at the mess the Rebel Alliance made of the decision to attack Scarif to steal the Death Star plans in Rogue One. Easily broken? That’s the literal definition of weakness. The admirable goal of peace took precedence over the safety of the galaxy, allowing the hyper-militarized First Order to conquer the galaxy almost overnight in The Force Awakens. Take, for example the New Republic’s (the Rebel Alliance by any other name still stinks) demilitarization after the Galactic Civil War. And its leaders don’t pay… the galaxy’s citizens do. But in a galaxy filled with fearsome creatures, crime syndicates, and religious fanatics constantly engaged in shadow wars with each other, the Rebel Alliance’s ideals come at a very high price. The Rebel Alliance is not that mechanism.ĭo I believe they have the best interests of the people at heart? I do. Where they can step up to lend a helping hand to their galactic neighbors.
And it means providing a mechanism by which those people can contribute their individual talents to this noble and shared goal. It means having the ability to make hard decisions quickly that are in the best interests of the people living on the planets in those star systems.
It depends on your definition of strength, doesn’t it?įrom my point view, strength in this case means the ability to protect the over 3.2 million habitable star systems found throughout the galaxy far, far away. Without a doubt, the Empire is the most powerful side, says Justin. In this installment, two writers discuss which side is really more powerful, the Empire or the Rebel Alliance. Best bounty hunter? Most powerful Jedi? Does Salacious Crumb have the best haircut in the saga? In that spirit, presents From a Certain Point of View: a series of point-counterpoints on some of the biggest - and most fun - Star Wars issues. One of the great things about Star Wars is that it inspires endless debates and opinions on a wide array of topics.
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