Commander LeoRo wrote:I can't some you guys. Palpatine was evil. He overthrew the legitimate government of the galaxy,
The same government that voted him in and gave him the powers to do so.
It's their damn fault, and before you say they were manipulated, they were manipulated because they were already corrupt and stupid, the Republic would've gone sooner or later, Palpatine merely sped up the pace a bit.
And speaking of legitimate governments, the Empire was the legitimate government of the OT era, yet the Rebels used terrorism to bring it down and cause vast amounts of death in a civil war.
which caused the deaths of at least several million people in the Clone Wars.
It was a war, people die in wars. And before you say he started it, again things look like a war was inevitable anyway, indeed, Palpatine may have saved lives by goading the Seperatists into attacking early and preparing the Clone Army.
He forced his twisted vision of galactic tyranny on others. He allowed innocent people to be killed by the millions on Alderaan.
Alderaan sponsored terrorism against the Empire, it was secretly arming itself to aid the Rebellion.
Palpatine did what any government in any era would if they could.
He authorized the destruction of Endor if the death star shield were to go down.
Right, because we really give a damn if the Ewoks burn in their pathetic little world, not to mention that the Rebels thought nothing of obliterating the DS over Endor, thus dooming it to a much slower death by nuclear winter.
He was twisted and evil. I can't believe that some of you actually idolize him.
Maybe because he's cool, maybe because the Empire worked where the Old and New Republics failed miserably, maybe because he's a fictional character..
Your defense of Palpatine is akin to defending Hitler. Hitler's R&D programs did bring about rapid advancement of technology (ie V1,V2,ME-262 etc...). But he murdered at least six million jews and others that he didn't like. Over 20 million Russians were also killed in WWII, mainly by Hitler's Germany.
Hitler killed for the sake of killing to fulfill his idiotic agenda of a master race, Palpatine killed in order to maintain order against a bunch of terrorists who were starting a WAR that could lead to much more death.
Besides which, Hitler and Stalin are reviled, but Julius Caeser isn't - he killed people too and established an empire known for it's oppression.
Not all dictators are automatically declared evil for the sake of morals, it may not be right, but that's how it is.
If Palpatine was truely a "good guy" there would have been other ways to prepare the galaxy for the Vong invasion.
What do you suggest? How could he perform such a large military build up without his Empire? How could he maintain control over the populace?
Especially when the Rebellion would be there no matter what, simply because their fat Senators are no longer enjoying the kickbacks the Old Republic provided?
Durran Korr wrote:Not to mention that Palpatine would have slaughtered the entire Vong race - including the innocents - had he remained in power. When the Rebels manage to defeat the Vong, which they will soon, they surely will not do this.
So? Who cares? They're technology hating creeps who like to kill anybody who doesn't agree with them, they deserve to be exterminated.
As Palpatine would say: "Wipe them out. All of them."