The carrot and stick method doesn't work if you get the stick either way. That's the Tarkin Doctrine in a nutshell. Tarkin fancied himself a Machiavellian but forgot a crucial part about his old maxim; it's better to be feared than loved, but one should take care not to become hated. In destroying Alderaan, Tarkin ensured a bunch of planets hated his guts and wanted to give the Empire a black eye.

@Mourtzouphlos240

Ай бұрын

I've said it before and I will say it again. Tarkin was nothing but a sadist and an intellectual infant. A true Capital "F" Fascist.

@keeperofnecronomicon

11 күн бұрын

It also doesn’t work if some one blows up your biggest stick immediately after you use it.

Just as Yoda once said "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate"

@TheGoodLuc

Ай бұрын

"Hate leads to online screaming!"

@user-otzlixr

Ай бұрын

I HATE online screaming :)

@seyacosmoprowertheseedrian2757

Ай бұрын

This is getting out of hand, now there's two of them!

Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. Oh wait.

@roguescoundrel

Ай бұрын

Haha don’t go mixing up fantasy franchises in my head. You’ll start making me think that came from Star Wars.

@Leitis_Fella

27 күн бұрын

I will face my fear. I will allow it to pass over me and through me. And when thr fear has passed, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. And when the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

@maegor-targaryen

16 күн бұрын

The Clone Wars spreading across the universe like unquenchable fire! You Jedi wizards turned me into a freak!

Both the Star Destroyer and the Death Star had Sith heritage... but that in turn was shaped by the enviorment of the Outer Rim. When chasing down enemies is difficult and life is cheap, Orbital Bombardment is a great way to both deter future enemies and force combat with a weaker opponent. Large capital ships on the other hand are the easiest way to distinguish yourself from smaller powers like the Hutts. The mistake Tarkin and Palpatine made was applying doctrines intended for brush wars and gunboat diplomacy in the Outer Rim and applying them to an existential conflict in the Core. Even on a purely practical level, the threat wasn't hostile forified planets, but mobile fleets hopping from Asteroid to Ice Moon and the creeping destruction of the state due to graft or black markets. The Empire didn't need a Death Star, it needed swarms of Corvettes, Green Berets, and a more modest political program. It got none of those until it was far too late.

@papapalps2415

19 күн бұрын

Quite literally all of this is fanon garbage, lul.

While I’ve seen longer videos that discus the Tarkin Doctrine in greater depth, I’m impressed with the quality of writing here. You cover the subject with a bit of narrative flare that I appreciate. Not all lore-masters are great writers. Well done.

@roguescoundrel

28 күн бұрын

Thanks! That's a very kind compliment. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

"Fear did not keep them in line, it made them cross it"! This is a lesson for all, including the present empire.

I have no idea what the Deathstar was meant to suppress. They already had the means to destroy planets, just not completely and in the blink of an eye but they did burn Mandalore. Any superweapon is a mistake, they take much more resources than what equivalent of regular troops would be needed for that same task.

@valthenvega2434

13 күн бұрын

Some people here and there say it was meant to stop a menace that Thrawn warned about, but frankly it has no use whatsoever other than nagging the galaxy’s economy and their atoms staying disperse. It’s not a spy station, it doesn’t protect, it doesn’t really provide of anything. There’s really nothing in it that either controlled planets or Star Destroyers didn’t do anyway, Leia could’ve been interrogated in the Executor, or Alderaan been bombarded with an orbital strike of a fleet, and nothing much would’ve changed

Tarkin forgot to take a page from 1984

Grand Moff Tarkin's policies are pretty bad in a setting like this it's just horribly self destructive and incompetent. Even the Imperium of Man's Inquisitors would call him a foolish secular tunnel visioned brainless man. If another faction with more advance firepower then the Galactic Empire were to go to war with them with large numbers like the Katzenartig Imperium from Stellaris Gigastructural Engineering, those domestic and inter galactic policies with those current conditions would not fly so well and completely backfire once their military assets and fielded manpower was crushed and many would begin to defect or begin uprisings or ally with the adversary.

Great high quality video!

@roguescoundrel

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

Can we agree that Galen Erso was the real hero? He actually built the weakness which Luke would later exploit.

@rhenvao2844

Ай бұрын

There is no "real hero" in this. The Death Star was brought down by the efforts of many people. Galen built the weak point, which Luke would exploit, and the many Rebel pilots who died to make such a shot possible. They were all heroes, let's not try to pin the credit of the success on just one person.

@timewarpdrive77

14 күн бұрын

Nope; I don't accept disney canon

@Nonamearisto

14 күн бұрын

@@rhenvao2844 It was Luke and The Force.

@danielschoch4881

14 күн бұрын

@@timewarpdrive77 Rogue one yes The rest no.

@timewarpdrive77

14 күн бұрын

@@danielschoch4881 Na; rogue one is mid. The space battlle is cool and could be repurposed, but almost everything else a mid. k2SO was kinda funny though. My tentative canon is the 6 movies and the old EU, and rogue one doesn't fit into that

Set video playback speed to 1.25x and thank me later.

@fredericklockard3854

16 күн бұрын

You ain’t lying 😂

Too much 'bass' in your audio.