Friendly Reminder: KOTOR references the Yuuzhan Vong in one the conversations with Canderous. He talks about an asteroid that shot back at him when he and several Mandalorians were hunting pirates on the edge of the Rim.

@SaintEthanbaronNusjuro

5 ай бұрын

If I remember correctly, he said he saw an "asteroid-fighter" thing which was most definitely the coral skipper starfighter of the Vongs with one purpose at hand, spying. It's fascinating they had an entire espionage system thousands of years before their galactic invasion, I guess they really needed survey of all the empires, star systems, technological development etc of the galaxy.

Protecting the galaxy does protect himself, so I could see the Emperor do it.

@mikeleblanc2639

4 жыл бұрын

Anil In I could also see him hiding away and letting everyone else defend themselves

@immanuel1552

4 жыл бұрын

but only if he is alive, if he is dead why would he defend the galaxy?

@bobmcbob49

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikeleblanc2639 and then what? Be emperor of a ruin?

@aceofspadesguy4913

4 жыл бұрын

Well he can’t rule a galaxy that has been destroyed. But he certainly wasn’t doing it out of the kindness of gods heart.

@skeetplayz

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeleblanc2639No, he doesn’t want to rule over corpses.

It really does fall apart when you think about it. "Oh no a threat that could wipe out our galaxy but we need an army to stop it, I know I will work behind the scenes to create a different threat dividing the galaxy to give me a smaller army"

@astral_nemesis

4 жыл бұрын

Noek literally just counterintuitive lol, people that believe the Yuzan Vong theory just want to believe every character is as nuanced as anakin or luke

@absalomdraconis

4 жыл бұрын

@@astral_nemesis : Nuance is not a problem, but this is very _shallow_ nuance.

@rnjrgreen8723

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't that the plot to the game- Fable3. A dark forces threatens the kingdom of Albion so the current king(your older brother) does all he can to raise an army, even it means destroying the kingdom in the process.

@solanumtinkr8280

4 жыл бұрын

World Ships..... Death Star.... Intercept them before they can disperse.... No Vong. Their gravity drive is impressive, but it would take a dead on shot to gobble the Death Star beam and then you'd have an ACTUAL blackhole if it did, that would go onto obliterate the world ship in any case. One small enough that it would radiate like a star and pass right through the world ship's walls like they were not there... Before exploding... Dat be physics babe!

@wiczus6102

4 жыл бұрын

@@astral_nemesis Well its either that characters are nuanced or that media is shallow.

Palpatine: I am Darkness personified. Abeloth: That's cute.

@blackshogun272

4 жыл бұрын

Dread Lord Typhojem: *"You guys might wanna go home..."*

@marseldagistani1989

4 жыл бұрын

@@blackshogun272 Darth Vitiate would like to know your location

Last time I was this early Legends was still canon.

@operatorbutt4265

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Wuebbolt enough

@justinharris5024

4 жыл бұрын

Oh silly Disney. I especially love how TLJ would be done if the first order used interdictors.

@Keihryon

4 жыл бұрын

It still is Canon. To a great many people.

@razvandobos9759

4 жыл бұрын

It is still Canon. We need a Thrawn and Vuuzhan Vong movie. When I first heard of a new sequel movie after ROTJ, I was super hyped because i was hoping they would make movies involving Thrawn and the Galactic Alliance and Vuuzhan Vong and the continuation of Han Solo and Luke's Jedi Destiny and the death of Chewbacca.

@slothfulcobra

4 жыл бұрын

The distinction of canon/noncanon has no real meaning

Topic for next video: is Palpatine hiding from the intergalactic IRS in the unknown regions?

dang, last time I was this early the blockade of Naboo was considered a myth

@sugdolomar

4 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, the blockade of Naboo was actually a thing.

@AJadedLizard

4 жыл бұрын

Last time *I* was this early, it wasn't legal.

@Shortsircut1

4 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, I wasn't!

@clash3583

4 жыл бұрын

stop committing thought crimes

@myles3856

3 жыл бұрын

True

How many times do we have to teach this old man

@timbartschwolfman

4 жыл бұрын

A billion times

@jknetwork6211

4 жыл бұрын

[Soul Rebel In Stereo] Sidious: I love the young people!

@timbartschwolfman

4 жыл бұрын

@@jknetwork6211 Lol

@zelithfang2365

4 жыл бұрын

Palpatine: long have I waite- Everyone: how many times do we have to teach you a lesson, old man! Sorry for the new star wars reference, I had to, even tho it hurts.

@timbartschwolfman

4 жыл бұрын

@@zelithfang2365 You also made a bit of a Spongebob Reference as well Because that how many times do we have to tell you old man is a line used from an episode of SpongeBob from the early 2000's

I could believe Palpatine was trying to protect HIS Galaxy from the Vong.

@IrisCorven

3 ай бұрын

This. The main crux of this is that Palpatine would do whatever it took to secure his Empire from threats. Not for the people in it, but so he could continue to dominate it.

I think its pretty clearly stated that the Yuuzhan Vong were the primary reason for his massive military buildup. This gets mentioned a lot in the hand of thrawn series, outbound flight, and Survivors Quest amongst others if I remember correctly.

I can't imagine the Emperor doing anything that wasn't for his own good. If he did any preparations against the vong it was to protect his own power and nothing more.

@azureheart2846

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, he once told Vader to stop Force Choking people because he didn’t want to rule a kingdom of corpses.

@gooey915

4 жыл бұрын

If Sheev saved the galaxy from the vong he'd become a hero.

@johnwinters2815

4 жыл бұрын

Those are my thoughts as well.

@tengkualiff

4 жыл бұрын

Plus repelling the Vong would make him much more popular support.. and justified his atrocities.

@brent9355

4 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily a bad way to ga about it

It's very likely both. His primary concern is power and control over the Galaxy. He would have seen the Yuuzhan Vong as a threat to that power and would have done anything to get rid of them.

Palpatine was a sith at the core. He would want to protect the galaxy only to guard his power he didn't actually care for the lives of the galaxy

@johnwinters2815

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much.

Do you have any videos describing the variuos ranking systems of : 1) The Clone ranks 2) The Jedi ranks 3) The Sith ranks 4) The Ranks in the Republic fleets 5) The ranks in the Seperatist fleets 5) The Variety of Underground occupations

@Materialist39

4 жыл бұрын

Kanzee If he hasn’t done it already the Separatists command structure would be very interesting.

@kan-zee

4 жыл бұрын

@@Materialist39 😎👍👍

@emperorpalpatine66

4 жыл бұрын

He should

@myles3856

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

I always smile when I see the Death Star blow up over endor, knowing that so many ewoks got cooked in the moon wide fires brings me peace and contentment.

"That's not what the Empire would have done, Commander. What the Empire would have done was build a super-colossal Yuuzhan Vong-killing battle machine. They would have called it the Nova Colossus or the Galaxy Destructor or the Nostril of Palpatine or something equally grandiose. They would have spent billions of credits, employed thousands of contractors and subcontractors, and equipped it with the latest in death-dealing technology. And you know what would have happened? It wouldn't have worked. They'd forget to bolt down a metal plate over an access hatch leading to the main reactors, or some other mistake, and a hotshot enemy pilot would drop a bomb down there and blow the whole thing up. Now that's what the Empire would have done." - Han Solo

@noneed4me2n7

4 жыл бұрын

Benji Mann I got that reference.

@Shortsircut1

4 жыл бұрын

I am LMAO...the Nostril of Palpatine!!!

@ZeMeatStick

4 жыл бұрын

@@Shortsircut1 can't wait for Disney to steal THAT fanart

@Electric_Bagpipes

4 жыл бұрын

I nearly suffocated... gimme a sec... *_NOSTRIL OF PALPS_* HAH!

@RikkiTikkiTavi290

4 жыл бұрын

This was one of my favorite Legends moments lol. The part when Grand Admiral Pellaeon says basically the same thing to an Imperial Moff was equally as funny.

Palps gave up on Death Stars as they were huge, took alot of time to build and expensive as hell So he built the most powerful Mary Sue force user in the Galaxy

@gamerpro9809

4 жыл бұрын

making a mary sue is absolutely free all you need is a writing.

Was Palpatine trying to protect the galaxy from the Yuuzhan Vong? Yes, absolutely. Was that a primary driving force behind any of the major decisions he claims to have done with that in mind? NOPE.

I wish I had paid attention to Legends books when they were coming out. You never know how good things were until they're gone.

@coggnus9656

4 жыл бұрын

What’s stopping you from reading them now?

@dragonleo_

4 жыл бұрын

I know right!? That's the reason I started to read the thrawn trilogy intead of watching the sequel trilogy.

@Keihryon

4 жыл бұрын

You can still get the books.

@supermariosunshine64

4 жыл бұрын

@@coggnus9656 I'm not gonna give Disney money.

@coggnus9656

4 жыл бұрын

Mario Valerian You think book sales matter to them more than movie sales? Hell the only thing Star Wars related activity I’m planning on doing this month is reading through the New Jedi Order Book series that I’m expecting to get for Christmas.

To Palpatine, The Vong were just another civilization to be subjugated, or exterminated. They weren't a threat - just another source of raw materials.

2:10 I think that there was at least a decent amount of truth to Palpatine's vocalised intentions of preventing the Outbound Flight encountering the Yuuzhan Vong, even if it was only to prevent them from disrupting his plan. The novel takes place in 27 BBY so if the Vong had come across the Outbound Flight and decided to immediately invade the main galaxy then Palpatine's plans for manipulating the Clone Wars would be ripped to shreds as - aside from the Jedi - there'd be very little to stop the Vong's advance, especially as the Clone Army was still years away from being able to deploy the first generations of troopers. On top of that, there's uncertainty of how the Senate would respond but due to the limitations of the Ruusan Reformation that were still in effect (mainly the lack of a galactic army) then the Vong would probably advance further than they did against the New Republic, unless Palpatine ordered groups like the Trade Federation and any other Separatist backers Dooku had gathered by that point to mass produce Battle Droids in the millions or billions to stop the advance.

i never realized until now, Palpatine became chancellor then a dictator sound familiar?

@MostafaElSakari

4 жыл бұрын

George Lucas based the empire off of Nazi Germany

@g3heathen209

4 жыл бұрын

And the roman republic transformation into the roman empire.

@drewerty77

4 жыл бұрын

Oh Oh Oh and Stormtroopers are like... Stormtroopers... Strumtruppen in German

@propaneblanco5373

4 жыл бұрын

Merkel right?

@jamesrussell5196

4 жыл бұрын

Liberals always trying to ruin movies

It would be within Palpatine's character to at least somewhat build up an army/fleet to counter the Yuuzhan Vong. He can't rule over an empire of ashes, so it would be an act of self preservation of his power.

About the outbound flight,he is 1000% true about it though.from what I understand (new to starwars) the vong hate tech and that's why all theirs is biobased.if they saw the outbound flight ships it would give them greater motive to invade wouldnt it because they could see it as tech trying to "infect" their systems.

I turned this on at 100 volume cause I was watching the expanse and it was louder than the THX noise.

What'd happen if the Death Star fired at a star? Like if there are any cool side effects not it just blowing up

@kristianwilliamson6527

4 жыл бұрын

I mean it would probably send radioactive, superheated gas throughout the star system and would probably kill everyone in it. And if that didn't happen almost everyone would die anyways as all the planetary ecosystems die off.

Why can't it be both? The Deathstar could have the dual purpose of enforcer of peace and breaker of worldships. I always imagine that the Eclipse SSDs were designed for that dual purpose also. He doesn't have to save the galaxy through altruism, but because a ruler has to have something to rule. And the Vong perhaps were coming 'too early' and may have disrupted his plans for his own extra-galactic excursions.

What do you think Palpatine would've done with the remaining Vong after eliminating the threat they posed? He definitely would've loved to reverse engineer their bio technology. Especially considering the fact that the force mainly runs through organisms, not so such machinery like droids.

@MrEvers

2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't have worked, because the Yuuzhan Vong were cut off from the Force

It's not really a fan theory it was his stated goal in many books. It makes Palpatine a way deeper character, all his plotting and murdering and even the mass oppression was all a tool to harden the Galaxy against a threat beyond their comprehension. Though after that I'm sure he would've continued to run a sith empire. Thanks for reminding me about the star wars I really love.

Too me the Emperor is one of the few truly evil beings in fiction so while yeah in part he probably wanted these weapons to kill the Vong but that’s because they are a rival to his power. He would’ve still made them to have power of a bunch of super lasers anyway to have the power of planet killing lasers.

So what about that: Palpatine knew about the coming invasion, and that's why he focused on the death stars that much. Its not about protecting the galaxy and its inhabitants from bloodthirsty invaders but punishing those pitiful intruders who dare to challenge his absolute rule?

@shorewall

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think the Vong were the Primary, or even Second or third reason why he built the Death Star. Just because it could be used against them, doesn't mean that was his motivator.

Palpatine was simply too much of a sociopath to care about protecting the galaxy from the Vong. Best case scenario: he devastates the Vong to keep them from playing with what he thinks are his toys -- because the galaxy belongs to him, and him alone. Oh, he'd certainly want people to THINK he had their wellbeing in mind, but in reality, as far as Palpatine is concerned, power isn't a means to an end -- it's an end in itself.

If he really wanted to save the Galaxy wouldn't he have informed the Galaxy about them. That would have United the Galaxy and also prepared them for it

@DanY-mj4gl

2 жыл бұрын

now imagine being him trying to control a population busy evacuating their local world by the means of anything.

@mysteryjunkie9808

Жыл бұрын

Every year that would pass that they didn’t invade people would believe he was lying to justify his authoritarian regime

Yes. The Emperor Protects!

@Gameguy-gk8lx

4 жыл бұрын

DOS Doomguy Brother, let us purge the heretic Jedi in the Emperor’s name!

@jasoethesentienteyeshapedg4847

4 жыл бұрын

FUCK! YOU FUCKING GUYS AGAIN!

@timbartschwolfman

4 жыл бұрын

For the REBELLION

This is a theory I’ve had for years

It makes sense for Palpatine to build super weapons and consolidate power to deal with a threat to his power. As Machiavelli noted small numbers of powerful people just below you makes an overthrow more likely. When you have thousands of governors who need a least a few hundred to resist to hope to win and only one betrayal to doom them it is far less likely to happen than if you only need 4 or 5 guys to rebel to have a chance. A centralized command is best for dealing with a powerful enemy. Not to protect the galaxy, but to deal with a threat to his own power. And after the war Palpatine would simply find excuses to murder anyone who might become a threat until it once more take a large group plan an overthrow.

I really don't like when people try to make a villain who's made to be pure evil like Palpatine and try to make him sound a little good in some kind of way. Evil be Evil!

@marrvynswillames4975

4 жыл бұрын

i still don't know if people true believe that the empire was good or they're just joking. after all, the fact that the jedi, the republic and the rebels aren't perfect good doesn't mean the other side is good either

@anatoldenevers237

3 жыл бұрын

@@marrvynswillames4975 Yeah, people point out bad things the Jedi did, like the Sith Holocaust which was 5,000 f**king years ago, and saying it justifies Order 66 because it’s revenge on the Jedi(even though there’s only one Jedi alive during Order 66 who might have been around for the Sith Holocaust and he’s been hibernating as a tree for 4,000 years) and stuff like that, ignoring that the Sith have done even worse.

We should've had the Vuuzhan Vong in the sequel trilogy instead of Rey and Kylo and the First Order. Would've been WAYYYYY better.

@jamesgames1738

4 жыл бұрын

Yeeeeep

@jkm7983

4 жыл бұрын

Can we pretend the sequel trilogy isn't cannon

@jkm7983

4 жыл бұрын

@Cole Sanchez good man

@silentdrew7636

4 жыл бұрын

How many times do I have to point out that the Vong don't follow from the death of Palpatine. They can come later or something, maybe a few generations later once the Galaxy has started to recover.

@RikkiTikkiTavi290

4 жыл бұрын

Fuck no. Disney would butcher the Yuuzhan Vong and the story would end up a diseased imitation. Hope they stay far away from my favorite part of Legends.

Image Disney making a Star Wars movie about the Yuuzhan Vong. It would be legendary.

@Chrisket

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, cause they have such a great track record

@razvandobos9759

4 жыл бұрын

As long as they don't mess it up!

@ALG2691

4 жыл бұрын

They can't repurpose old materials to fit into this narrative, the effort alone would kill them.

@nuclearjanitors

4 жыл бұрын

Fuck off you don't know shit

@itsyaboy2974

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine thinking that commenting on every video contributes something to society

It would’ve been way better if this was underlying intent in the “sequel trilogy”... Well... just about anything would’ve been better but... They could’ve made the good guys kinda look like the bad guys... or whatever... Palpatine could’ve chastised them for their hubris and not seeing the bigger picture or something... Oh well.

Damn Sidious was right. The empire truly did do nothing wrong. Those rebels lied to us!

@patchworkfellow4262

4 жыл бұрын

JK Network Congratulations. You have now been indoctrinated

I've said it before, and I'll say it now. Palpatine had no idea of the Vong. Because, if he *imagined* the existence of an external threat, he would have used it. He would have justified every loss of freedom, every massacre, as necessary to "protect the lives of your children". "Those Terrorists, that call themselves the 'Rebel Alliance' destroyed the Peace Moon*, the Galaxies' only hope of surviving the coming threat. If you know anything about these terrorists, report them to your local garrison. They are actively aiding the end of our way of life." *Palps would also probably blame them for Alderaan.

Imagine a star wars episode ten where the vong arrive and spend the first ten minutes butchering Rey and everyone else.

Just another interesting idea legends adds that Disney destroyed......put it on the pile with the rest.

@robertnelson9599

4 жыл бұрын

The sad part is, Disney won't let Star Wars go free until they completely ruin it.

@jerdasaurusrex557

4 жыл бұрын

Nah...

The YV were a big part of my fanfic rewrite of TLJ. Thanks for covering them!

I don't think the two are exclusive. 1: He was evil and wanted power. 2: If the Vong took him out he would not care about anyone else. 3: If he wanted to take other galaxies or all of the universe he would first need to defeat the Vong. 4: He would have let the Vong fester as long as it would benefit him, then he would move to wipe them out. and probably use it as justification to invade the Vong Galaxy. 5: the Death Stars and Fleets can, and are multi-purpose. Just because they build his power, they were also there to help him keep his power, even against the Vong. So he knew the Vong were a threat, and would have stopped them, not as so good move, but as anything else he did, to keep and even build more power. The Vong are not a Why he did it answer, they are just another cog.

Hey eck, not sure if your aware but Porsche (yes the car company) have revealed the design for the republic star fighter for rise of Skywalker. Cool to see real companies make designs for the movies

#askeck Why didn't any Imperials express concern over the nonexistent line of succession? After all, Palpatine was in his eighties at Endor and very few people knew he was a Sith lord with plans for immortality.

@mysteryjunkie9808

Жыл бұрын

They likely saw Darth Vader as his successor

If the emperor knew about the Yuuzhan Vong then imho if he thought his rule would last long enough for them to arrive (debatable) then building a vast military to stop them from threatening your rule seems like a no brainer

With that theory, you make it sound as if he were organising, before using the war against the Rebel Alliance as training for the Vong both practically and theoretically!

Nobody who paid attention to the joy Palpatine took in his completely unnecessary cruelty would fool themselves into believing he has any good intentions.

I remember your older video that covered this theory!

I never thought he would create the Empire to prepare for an invasion. But I like the idea that he did some stuff with the Empire in preparation. Especially stuff like the super weapons. After all, how can you control the galaxy, when you have to put resources towards fighting a war. The Republic showed that.

I mean, there isn’t really any reason why he wouldn’t have. You can’t subjugate a people subjugated/killed by the Vong

@bobmcbob49

4 жыл бұрын

I don't understand why that type of common-sense reasoning is beyond so many people. "what do you mean he doesn't want to rule over a pile of rubble?" expands beyond Palpatine and Star Wars.

I think Palpatine would have felt threatened by the Vong because they were disconnected from the force, and he'd have no way to detect and let alone control them through the force. Even if his plan was to defend the Galaxy from the Vong, his motives would still be selfish and for the sake of self-preservation. Still, I would have preferred it if the protection of the galaxy was his main motivation, and everything he did was for a 'greater good', because it would have added greater depth to his character instead of just leaving him as a one dimensional bad guy.

“Wanted ONE thing, and ONE thing only. POWER and DOMINATION”

palpatine is like the player in a strategy game when they get bored and just want to see action

People tend to misinterpret nuance for complexity. And a whole lot of other things for complexity. Palpatine was a complex man, of wheels within wheels, like any sadistic dictator. But his goals were simple. "I want to rule. If not power, then nothing." Clear, simple goals; great tangling webs of means.

Interesting. The graphic novels tend to paint the picture stated in this video. The novels (even the ones meant to support the newest movies) seem to state he had a focus towards something... But I would agree. He's more into singlehandedly gaining power for himself. I see him using the Vong as a tool but I don't see him letting them get a solid foot within the Empire.

Outbound flight was my first introduction to the Star Wars EU and one of my absolute favorite books

"Actual Lore" is just rebel propaganda.

@ddegn

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! EckhartsLadder probably likes dolphins.

@emperorpalpatine66

4 жыл бұрын

So true

Well Palpatine just became one of my favorite villain thanks to you, EckhartsLadder...

You know the whole thing of not having a successor and the Dark Side being the lynchpin in why the GE fell kinda falls flat, when you have Thrawn who basically boosted morale back to pre-Endor levels among Imperial forces and nearly brought down the New Republic. Someone like Thrawn could have easily just taken successor of the Empire, they just had to get their shit together and not try to kill one another. Sure in the short term without those things from Palps, yeah the Empire would have fallen. But the Empire never truly fell, it merely just splintered off and then got back together and reformed, it just took a hell of a lot of time for everyone to get their act together. Thus we get the Imperial Remnant and then much later on the Fel Empire.

Would be interesting to see a what if book about the Vong and the other Droid races not going to war and living in relative peace only to have a Galaxy spanning force of Palpatine invading their Galaxy.

honestly, the vong coulda dealt with the DS1 and 2, they showed that their armadas could take down planatary defence platforms, sheilds, fleets, shipyards, whatever. all they had to do was not send a worldship and theyre fine. not to mention their plasma launchers would make short work of the surface after combined dovin basals ripped away the sheilding. and lets be honest here, TIE fighters have nothing on coralskippers.

You are reasoning strategy from certain point of view. Great video Ek. Is protecting the galaxy on Palpatine's terms different from defending the galaxy from any other terms?

Yeah, that is one theory behind Death Stars. The idea was speculated in the Legends novels.

as someone who only recently learned of legends' post war stuff with the Vong. that's is a good theory.

I understand the appeal of the theory, since there's such a blank about Palpatine's motivations beyond accumulating power. All his complicated double dealing is hard to keep track of, and he's never really honest with anybody, least of all, the audience.

Common interests. Palpatine's primary goal was to gain power, but power is meaningless if everything you rule gets obliterated by the Yuuzhan Vong. Was Palpatine trying to protect the galaxy? Yeah. Was Palpatine's core motivation protecting the galaxy? No.

Actually, I believe the Death Star's main purpose was to keep the galaxy from rebelling while the Empire militarizes and fortifies the galaxy to prepare for possible Vong invasions. Then the plan was also to militarize to the point where the Empire could conquer other galaxies.

If the Vong ever come back their motivation needs to involve Palpatine in some way. Maybe they saw him as a threat and wanted to stop him before he attacked them, but arrived too late mad didn't realize he was gone.

@silentdrew7636

4 жыл бұрын

Also, we see in the Mandalorian that the new Republic have better battle droids than the separatists.

I love how we talk about Palpetine how we talks about hitler. Very good video

Not sure if you covered this but the channel Generation Tech made a video giving theories on why the clones didn’t shoot Anakin during Order 66. I would like to know your view or if there is a canon reason for it.

#AskEck May I ask a question do you think this may :maybe this is how new canon work The Empire continues for a year til the battle of Jakku were sprinted into sub factions some of them form the Imperial remanent others became warlords and other became the first order

First Palpatine can do both Protect the Galaxy and power himself, second yes maybe the Empire had some problems after his demise but in the end the Empire transcended from the whole Sith thing and become one with the New Republic together with the Jedi. The Empire won the end game with the formation of the Galactic Federation Triumvirate. Source: Star Wars Legacy.

The Yuuzhan Vong would save this whole trilogy and make a great cliff hanger for the next

Can you pls make a vid about Rackgoul Infection, what was happening to it during Clone Wars and the New Republic.

I believe he always knew about them, so I say, Long Live The Empire!

Though Palpatine isn’t nuanced as you put it, allow me to put a counterargument. Though Palpatine did want his empire to be for him and him alone, he was never foolish in his endeavors leading up to the formation of the Empire. Consolidation of further power was definitely on his agenda the entire time, however he would also more than likely prepare for any potential threats. In essence, Palpatine would most likely have built his military force both for his benefit and as a semi-defensive measure against the Yuuzang Vong. He was aware of them and would most likely blow them to smithereens the moment he figured out where they were. Other than that power and immortality were his only goals. What I am trying to say is that I can believe the theory that the Vong got Palpatine’s attention in some small way but I doubt he made every single decision to counter the Vong.

How I'd fight the Vong would be to mass produce the Eclipse class SSDs or put a super laser or massive rail gun on the Viscount-class Star Defender and mass produce them. The Mon Calamari ships are better at providing cover while the Imperial designs are generally better at throwing a lot of fire power on a target so I'd use both kinds in a fleet. Also employ droids when ever possible just to anger the Vong and make them mess up their tactics or even squander their forces in suicide attacks.

As a weapon of war, the Death Star is hilariously overbuilt. You don't need a 160km sphere to blow up a planet; an orbital bombardment from a handful of capital ships would accomplish the same thing. Palps could have build a thousand Star Destroyers, probably more, with the resources he put into the Death Star As a weapon of terror, though, that excess actually works in its favor. "If the Empire can build a 160km sphere just for shits and giggles, there's nothing that can possible stand in its way!"

He definitely cared about staying in power and the vong were a threat to that. At least that’s how I see it. He could throw away millions of imperial lives and just shrug it off as long as he won.

Peace. Through, Power!

Reminds me of fable three where if you want the highest survivable civilian count you had to make money by doing evil choices or keep the promises you make and potentially loose more. It's been some years sense I've played the game tho just reminiscent of it

What if Palpatines visions of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion was the determining factor in him turning to the dark side in the first place? Such as Anakin seeing Padme die before seeking out a way to change what he saw in his vision, and inevitably finding the darkside and losing his path of saving Padme. Palpatine seeking the power to stop the invasion he saw in a vision of the future, and then falling to the darkside and seeking only power instead of his goal.

Yes, the Galactic Empire with multiple superlaser platforms, massive fleets, and a centrally organized defense would destroy the Vong, but that wasn't the only thing they existed for.

#askeck do you think that Darth Vader could have landed on yavin after the death star’s destruction and wiped out the rebel base by himself?

#AskEck My question is regarding the Grysk, Do you see Disney doing anything with them in the near future and if so what direction do you think they will take them?

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Durbezda morte books from Zahn ? For mainstream, they are unknown.

I feel like every star wars channel has done this topic.

I love this theory, it might not be true, but it's fun

The Wall needs to go up

He wanted absolute power, absolutely.

A conqueror protecting their spoils of war is a completely normal thing to do. Palpatine would most certainly be protecting the Star Wars galaxy, but it wouldn't be out of kindheartedness. I think you could still have a "good guy Palpatine" scenario while also having him weasel his way in to an autocratic position, as the republic _was_ corrupt, so a "good guy" doing that is not unbelievable, but how he would go about doing it, and his actions after achieving power would be very different. preparation

Thank you. Damn. This has bothered me as well, I doubt Palpatine was “protective” of his galaxy.

TLDR Palpy just really resented the Yuuzhan Vong horning in on his turf/biting his style

wait a sec... I just relized something. The star crusher wouldnt last a second against a yuzhaan Vong armada. why? Dovin basals. all the vong would have to do is grab it and crush it into a singularity. RIP strongest wep in SW galaxy.

ABSOLUTELY! There was plans for dozens of Death Star. It was revealed in the expanded universe.

The Death Star was a tool of peace!

I also considered this many many years ago. :O