Darth Ruinus wrote:Tanasinn wrote:That's a complicated question. You'll find a LOT of Sith who think they're doing the "right thing," advancing the galaxy by purging the weak. The truth of the matter, as I see it, is that ultimate power corrupts ultimately, and thirst for power typically dominates any sort of good intent a Sith Lord might have had when acting ruthlessly.
In KOTOR II GOTO says that Revan deliberately left some worlds untouched, maybe he was leaving some of the infastructure intact for whatever Sith Empire he supposedly found?
Also, I heard that the GE actually improved the workings of the Galaxy. I always saw the Rebels as the bad guys, but thats beside the point, well, anyways, I always thought Revan was good, the GE too.
As always, Im probably wrong.
This sort of judgment comes down to whether or not you believe that ends can justify means. It is strongly implied that Revan attempted to conquer the galaxy in order to strengthen it in the face of a greater, impending threat. To do so, he betrayed the Republic and was responsible for the deaths millions of loyalists (although his methods during the early phase of thewar are unknown, and its quite likely that he was a good deal less inclined towards 'evil', genocidal behavior than his apprentice). Was the good his reign caused able to outweigh the bad? We won't really know until KotOR III comes out, if it ever does.
As for the Empire, Palpatine was undeniably evil; he was a ruthless, decietful mass murder and tryant who orchestrated a war that cost billions of lives, slaughtered an entire order out of personal prejudice, and dominated the entire galaxy with a regime that turned a blind eye to slavery, assassination, and genocide, all in the name of his personal power and the triumph of the Sith. However, the institution he constructed was a force of stability, and was not inherently evil. Without insane warlords or corrupt, prejudiced Moffs at its head, the Imperial Remnant under Grand Admiral Pellaeon became a relatively progressive, stable power, and played a key role in pushing back the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. Indeed, the Vong themselves admitted that an undeminished Empire with its war machine intact could have easily crushed their invasion. In that way, Palpatine's continued reign could have saved hundreds of billions of lives; the question is, would it have been worth another quarter century and more of his rule?
