How the Empire Reacted to the Death Star's Destruction [Canon] - Star Wars Explained

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Sources: Lost Stars (book)
Battlefront 2: Inferno Squad (book)
Star Wars Comics (Marvel series)

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[josephs-d]

Prisoner on Death Star: "I'm so happy that they're finally releasing me today."

[Paragon._.]

Death Star prisoner: You guys are saving me, right?

Rebels: *Good question*

[fleetadmiralauto]

"That thing wasn't even fully paid off yet!"

[mr.sheenanigan]

“Special units were created to make sure it never happened again”


It happened again

[elitegreninja]

*First Death Star explodes*: “My loved ones were killed on that station!”

Rebels: “Wanna see me do it again?”

[zerozone]

_"Death Star Explodes."_


*_T E R R O R I S T S W I N._*

[danielyoung]

I always imagined it was like their 9/11 there were silent vigils, Vader wore a never forget shirt and conspiracy theories began that Palpatine was responsible

[Mito]

Maybe don’t name it the *death* star.

Maybe something like the Patriot Star.

[desertstorm]

"What the hell is an aluminum Falcon?!"

[大銀河帝国の皇帝]

I really want a movie from the Empire's perspective. With strong characters like an Imperial Patriot, a kid loosing his father who were a Stoormtrooper etc. Just potray them as normal and caring people. And of course, none of them joins the Rebels in the end... The climax of the movie could be a dangerous mission against the Rebels, who serve as the villains. Maybe a heartbreaking scene, where a Stoormtrooper loses his best friend during battle.

[ace_v]

So it was basically the empire’s 9/11.

[trolled]

"make sure they didn't die in vain"
Plot armor: *Allow me to introduce myself.*

[alexweissnicht]

"UNLIMITED POWER..."


A moment later....



Fuck...

[CheeseTruffles]

George Lucas when writing a new hope:
Rebels are good guys, Imperials are bad guys!

SW Fan base:
Naaaa

[darthvader]

How ironic is that palpatine, the senate himself, dissolved it 20 years later.

[waitwhat]

"Everybody is the hero of their own story"

When people sympathise with the empire they really just mean the troopers. Many of them were on backwater planets with little chance in life. A lot of the troopers HAD to serve the empire to support families.
Not to mention in some cases the rebels were actual terrorists sense not all rebels were united under one rebel alliance.

[jyotiradityasatpathy]

Who would win?
A massive superweapon the size of a moon, capable of obliterating entire planets with a single shot

OR

One forcy boi

[lunerblade]

A moment of silence for the members of the 501st who died with the Death Star.

[jonmurphy]

Darth Vader touching The Wall and leaning against it in mourning... I never thought that image would come into my head. I wish my Father was still around to see that... He'd get a kick out of that one LOL... If the Empire did make a wall that would be one hell of a long memorial wall!!! Hell of a lot longer than The Vietnam Memorial Wall.

[mattggomez]

Time traveler: What just happened?

Commander: The Death Star has been destroyed

Time traveler: The first time?

Commander: Yea..