Hey Star Wars Fans, this is Urban Acolyte TV, and my name is Prince.
This is a fan question video from before I left home on this road trip.
Anyway, I was asked why did Darth Sidious build the Death Star?
The reason I picked that question is because I was actually preparing a video on the differences
between the Empire in the First-Order because I wanted to show how episode seven is not
a copy of episode four.
And that all really comes down to the intentions behind the building of the Death Star and
the intentions behind Starkiller base.
I will pick all that up in a moment so hold on to that thought.
So the reason that Paplatine has the Death Star built is actually in the Tarkin novel.
Recall in the video I did one Darth Plagueis where I said that Darth Sidious or Emperor
Palpatine is sharing his internal monologue.
He says that during the time that he was apprenticed to Darth Plagueis, they uncovered the final
secrets to the Darkside which possibly involve a ritual that has to be performed in the Sith
shrine that was under the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.
Sidious killed his Master Darth Plagueis before that could happen.
If they had performed that ritual they would have unlocked the full powers of the Darkside
and possibly become immortal.
The reason Darth Sidious is building the Death Star is so that he will have to time to explore
the secrets of the dark side and to complete Vaders training because Darth Vader did not
know about the ritual or the shrine under the Jedi Temple.
The purpose of the Death Star is to be a symbol of the Emperor’s power.
You have to think about who is going to run the empire while Vader and Sidious are away
studying the dark side of the Force.
This is why Tarkin is promoted to Grand Moff.
We learn in the Tarkin novel that Tarkin’s family made all males undergo a right of passage
on Eriadu.
Tarkin basically went through his own trial similar to the Jedi and the Sith.
This is why the Emperor trusted Tarkin and upon learning of this right of passage and
Vader eventually began to also trust Tarkin.
So Tarkin is appointed Grand Moff, and he is in charge of the entire outer rim.
Now in addition to being in charge of the outer rim Tarkin is also in charge of the
Death Star.
The Death Star is a giant space station the size of a small moon, and it is capable of
hyper space travel.
So now you have a mobile command center that has the Grand Moff and can house the other
moffs under Tarkin.
So now you have a type of mobile capital that can travel anywhere in the Empire and is armed
the destructive capability to destroy entire planet.
Now why is this significant?
Recall in episode four the conversation with Princess Leia.
Vader tells Leia that the imperial senate is being dissolved by the Emperor and that
the moffs serving under Tarkin are being appointed as governors where they will control different
sectors of the Empire.
The Emperor has created a structure where the empire can be run with the Grand Moff
as the Emperor’s representative and the other moths representing the different sectors
of the galaxy so that the emperor and Vader can pursue the secrets of the Darkside which
will grant them the full power of the Darkside and possibly immortality.
So that was the purpose of the Death Star.
It was to serve as a mobile command center so that the Emperor could explore the secrets
of the Darkside while his representatives ran the Empire.
Things are different in the case of the first order and Starkiller base.
The First Order is not in power.
We have a cold war situation where the First-Order would like to topple the New Republic and
reclaim the power and influence that the Empire once held.
So where the Empire is trying to maintain their power; The First Order is seeking to
takedown an existing structure— meaning the new Republic.
That's what we see in episode seven.
We’re seeing the First Order succeed in what may have been several attempts to destroy
the New Republic; to kill the senators opposing the First Order; and to place to galaxy in
a state of Civil War.
Now this starts getting things that we learn from reading the “Bloodline” novel.
Unfortunately episode seven doesn't give us a full picture of what is going on politically
in the New Republic.
we don't know anything about the Populists or the Centerists, and unless you've read
“Before the Awakening,” we don't know anything about First-Order sympathizers within
the new republic senate.
So getting back on track—we have two weapons of mass distraction but the intention behind
them are completely different, and at the end of the day it all comes down to intention.
So to answers your question,”why did Sidious Commission the Death Star?”
It was so that he could have the moffs rule in his absence while he and Vader pursued
immortality.
I hope that helps.
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Also what are your thoughts on all of this?
Do you agree?
What other reasons do you think that Sidious may have built the Death Star?
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Y’all keep on breathing, and may the force be with you.
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