Palpatine Explains Why the Empire FAILED - Star Wars Explained

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Composer: Whitesand (Martynas Lau)
Year: 2017
Title: Eternity

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[ShawnHCorey]

There was another fatal flaw: Dart Vader. Anakin did not become a Sith because he wanted power and glory, the usual motivations of a Sith. He didn't care about glory. He want power to protect those he loved, not to control others. That is why, in the end, he turned against Palpatine and saved Luke. That was his motivation all along.

[Ravenfanatic]

"I dont believe it."
"That is why you fail."

[richv]

The Emperor failed to realize that RULING is HARDER than taking over and the Sith are flawed by its very nature so they were always destined to fail in the end.

[Bio_dub]

Easy at the end of the day sith aren’t really built to rule. They way the live will tear everything apart eventually.

[Jedi_With_Aesthetic]

Arrogance was Palpatine’s worst enemy as well as the empire’s in my opinion he was so powerful but couldn’t stop his apprentice from throwing him down a shaft because he was drunk on the darkside

[Shinyboy]

Plagueis, having been a banker himself, taught Sidious public relations and how to be a good politician, but it wasn’t enough
The Sith Empire formula on how to rule the galaxy was never worked upon as the Banite Sith Order spent over 900 years incognito
His rise to power was so sudden, so as his fall (to the death star reactor shaft)

[jamesawesomevideos]

I agree if the Empire was not so full of greed Palpatine would be able to rule over the entire galaxy for the next video could you do one on what world happen if Valkoroion return during the Empire

[DrayseSchneider]

No dictator, no matter how powerful and ruthless, rules with impunity. That's the real reason why Palpatine's rule failed.

[niyamimbi]

good point you made, id say actually its not about the backstabbing and power garnered without merit, but the backstabbing was fully internal, as any and all sneakyness and cunning was only useful to play on the inside, not against an ouside threat, overspecialization leads to stagnation

[vic]

This ensured that the Empire would forever be weak and fragmented.

[JakeTheStakeNowInD]

So did Palpatine actually regret making the imperial leadership act like Sith? I watched the whole video and I didn't hear you talk about Palpatine's feelings regarding this post-Endor.

[andrewkirkpatrick]

If you replace Sidious with someone else (Revan, Traia, etc.) would the Empire had lasted longer?

[Tuffymctuffguy]

That's the best explanation I've heard for why Vader was choking out so many officers.

[LordWyatt]

Marka Ragnos might have succeeded or had a longer reign than Sidious. Only thing that might have been overwhelming is the sheer size of the Empire vs his own

[Reven]

This is a fatal flaw in the writing. Any one person smart enough to seize control of the galaxy, with all of the fore knowledge of past failures would have long realized this.

[kurakuson]

Interesting insight that escaped me altogether.

Job well done.

[davidsun]

A house divided cannot stand.

Despite much of Star Wars universe was being inspired by Eastern philosophy, particularly the Jedi, the relevance of biblical knowledge to the Star Wars saga is profound and effective as ever.

[SCmaro]

I think Leia summed it up pretty well when she observed that "The more you tighten your grip...the more star systems will slip through your fingers."
Human beings and, presumably, aliens, don't respond well blatant, obvious captivity. To be a successful Human (and alien) farmer the livestock can't know it's captive. Reorganizing the Republic, that wasn't free either, into an obvious top down authoritarian empire was never going to work long term. Eventually they always fail. Might be a 100 years or 1000 but they always do.

[BuckJoeFiden]

Palpatine: "I was just too easy on everybody."

[mothersuperior]

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