Quote:Whoa whoa. Time out. You and your wife can talk Star Wars and her response is more than 'that sci-fi movie with Klingons?'. You're a lucky man MEAT.
As for the Emperor... I'm with Jester on this one. You've done a good job at cutting the various pieces apart and justifying them individually. But when you take a step back and look at it, at the end of the day he's an evil wanna-be-tyrant. Now, if everything was chaos and broken before his attempt at unifying an empire, then you might have a stronger position. But as Jester pointed out, the Old Republic seemed to work just fine and dandy before. All in all, he's a man on a mission - an evil mission.
That, and as Occhi pointed out... it's all about the chics man... yeah, the chics.
Cheers,
Munk
Yeah, I'm not sure how I did it. She *HATES* horror movies, and any movie with excess or unnecessary blood for that matter, but she loves Star Trek (TNG only - hates the movies) and Star Wars. Too bad she loathes Diablo.... you have absolutely no idea how much.
Regarding your reply, I'll bite: I use your and Jester's analogy of a peaceful galaxy before the Emperor took over to the America's (North and South, that is) and how the Indians survived just fine without the Spaniard and English conquerers of what is now North and South America. Truly, have you ever read the real history books on Columbus? He was a true villain which paved the was for the final showdown at Wounded Knee which all but completely eradicated the native Indians, however he is idolized as a Hero in our day and era, why? Because he helped unite this great nation in which we now live. I fail too see a difference between your analogy and mine except, of course, for our points of view.
Playing Devil's Advocate, yes the galaxy would have been fine without the Emperor, and we really have no idea to the amount of infighting that may or may not have been happening without Palpatines intervention (or cause). Had the Emperor never taken over the galaxy in the first place, the Jedi would have been strong and capable of taking on the Yuuzhan Vong by themselves.
So I suppose it could go both ways. It really just depends on your point of view.
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin