How Palpatine Maintained Imperial Military Morale

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• TE

  @TetsuShima · 2 years ago (edited)

  One thing to give the Sith credit for is giving their subordinates a comfortable life within their tyranny in order to maintain their loyalty. For example, SWTOR's Sith Empire had military bases filled with luxury restaurants, shops, fun zones, etc. so that their soldiers remained 100% motivated in their exhausting and atrocious job

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• RE

  @Reoh0z · 2 years ago

  Luthen (Andor) was right, prompting the Empire to crack down after the heist and make everyone's lives miserable was exactly what the rebellion needed to wake people up.

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• GG

  @GGBlaster · 2 years ago

  Palpatine’s reaction to the reveal of Kamino’s destruction is one of the biggest political uno reverse cards in cinema history.

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• MR

  @Mr_Guyper · 2 years ago

  And here I thought ol Palpy McSheevs just held a yearly raffle for tickets to a luxurious all inclusive spa resort on Alderaan. Explains why there was a precipitous morale drop around 0 BBY.

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• AL

  @alejandromolina7270 · 2 years ago (edited)

  &quot;Serve the Empire, or He chokes you.&quot; <br>Darth Vader holding up a choking hand.

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• TE

  @TetsuShima · 2 years ago (edited)

  Palpatine did a great job making the entire galaxy see him as someone indispensable in their lives. In fact, a group of imperials nostalgic for the old regime tried to crash Luke and Mara Jade&apos;s wedding, not out of malice, but because the Emperor&apos;s death left a huge hole in their hearts, so they were disposed to do anything that could help them overcome their depression.

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• JI

  @jiffypoo5029 · 2 years ago

  In legends, Palpatine used Battle Meditation to maintain high morale and to make his troops and pilots fearless.

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• FR

  @FreeThePorgs · 2 years ago

  &quot;There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.&quot;<br><br>-2003 BSG commander William Adama

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• CN

  @CNick75 · 1 year ago

  The Republic 25,000 years<br><br>The Empire 23 years

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• VI

  @Virtual_Jester · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFg89FybbIM&amp;t=307">5:07</a><br>This line just always stuck with me.

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• CL

  @CloneScavengerVulpin8389 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFg89FybbIM&amp;t=520">8:40</a><br>Ironically that&apos;s what palpatine wanted the stormtroopers to be.The kind of soldiers who would blindly follow and inflict carnage without hesitation.

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• OZ

  @ozmozis6073 · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s easy for a very spoiled rich kid from Naboo with zero leadership skills, to think he could lead; that money could fix everything from buying friends, to making problems go away. This was Palpatine&apos;s long way of discovering why he Jedi, who were powerful in the Force, didn&apos;t want to govern.

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