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When the Death Star destroyed Alderaan in the former days ofStar Warscanon , it was catch by everyone aboard the planet - killing blank station as a success - everyone exceptEmperor Palpatine . While it was the perfect demonstration of the Death Star ’s unequalled power ( which translated to the unparalleled mightiness of the Empire ) , pop trillion of people in Palpatine ’s Empire is viewed by the Emperor as a bankruptcy , something that ’s made clear by one quote in particular .
Emperor Palpatine was telling Darth Vader to control the impulse to give himself over full to the dark side of the Force , as there ’s a conflict between canalize the drear side to its full extent , and grant the sullen side to control him . Palpatine wants Darth Vader to be more than just his fanatical dog , peculiarly at this point in Star Wars canon , when the Empire is still newfangled and Darth Vader is at his most brutally villainous . However , Palpatine ’s lesson go deeper than just trying to direct his apprentice , especially when considering the Death Star .
Emperor Palpatine eradicated the Jedi with Order 66 , but he did n’t stop there , and there was one Jedi Force power he specifically wanted wipe off .
The Death Star was Always Meant to Inspire Fear, Not Cause Destruction
Palpatine explains this specifically to Thrawn inStar Wars: Thrawnby Timothy Zahn
While Thrawn would n’t be privy to the Death Star plans until it was well into its development , he did n’t shy away from the fact that he was vehemently against it . Thrawn urge the Emperor to stop sinking money and resources into a single outer space place , and instead fund his TIE Defenders labor on Lothal . While Palpatine hold with Thrawn ’s strategical reasoning as an Admiral , he explained to the Chiss that he totally misinterpret the truthful purpose of the Death Star .
The Death Star was always meant to barrack fear , not get destruction . With that jumbo space post loose in the galaxy , no existence would dare oppose the Empire again for fear of give their planets destroy . The Death Star could kill billions in an instant , though ironically , it was build up to save lives . Thrawn ’s TIE Defenders would insure royal victory during practically every battle , but the Death Star would insure no battles would take place ever again .
Emperor Palpatine needs masses in his Empire to decree over , and he sees any significant loss of lifespan as a monumental bankruptcy . However , Palpatine is a Sith Lord , after all , so his action are n’t altruistic . Palpatine wants to extenuate going of life sentence in his Empire , to be sure , but he also wants every spirit shape to fear the Empire ’s strength . More than that , Palpatine wants every living being in his Empire to fear and hate himspecifically , as their hate of him ( which the Death Star would greatly inspire)gives Palpatine untold durability in the moody side of the Force .
Emperor Palpatine is Fueled by Those Who Hate Him, Which is Why He’s So Powerful
Palpatine explains this to Darth Vader inStar Wars: Darth Vader#40 by Greg Pak and Raffaele Ienco
As Star Wars thrive its traditional knowledge in the land of the comics , fans have follow to learn the true motivations behind some of the franchise ’s most iconic characters , like Emperor Palpatine , who craved political tycoon not just for its own saki or the saki of the Sith , but because it offered him untold strength in the obscure side of the Force .
When Darth Vader tried to usurp Emperor Palpatine inStar Wars : Darth Vader#40 , Palpatine compliment him on how much more focused Vader has become in the dark side . The Emperor asks Vader how he reach this new level of magnate , to which Vader replies , “ detest ” . Palpatine gag , know that his apprentice was focused on his hatred of him , and that ’s how Vader was so much stronger than the last time they met . Unfortunately for Vader , those who hate Palpatine only serve to make him stronger in the dark side .
“ The more you detest me … the more any of them detest me … the solid I become ” . That ’s what Emperor Palpatine recite Darth Vader at the end ofStar Wars : Darth Vader#40 when Vader was kill . However , this citation extends beyond just this conversation with Vader , as it also encompasses the integral extragalactic nebula .
Anyone who hates Palpatine inadvertently break him strength in the dark side , and the same goes for fear . Knowing that , it ’s easy to see why Palpatine would want to make something like the Death Star , as just knowing it exists - let alone seeing it in legal action - would instigate every citizen of the Empire to either hate or reverence their Emperor . The inadvertently combined effort of trillions of life configuration focus their fear and hate on Palpatine offers the Emperor immense ability in the non-white side - and all it took was the construction of one major planet - killing outer space station .
Keeping His Enemies Alive Has Always Been Palpatine’s Secret to Untold Power
As seen inStar Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
Emperor Palpatine uses others ' hatred of him to fuel his immense strength in the blue side , but that ’s far from the only way of life he uses his enemies to reach untold ( and abnormal ) levels of force .
While prompt fear in everyone in the galaxy with the Death Star is how Palpatine planned to become even stronger in the Force , that method acting of attaining vast power can only take him so far . No matter how stiff he mystify , eventually , his physical organic structure will fail him . That ’s why Palpatine took great care to work possible host body that his spirit could populate following his inevitable demise - something that was innovate inStar Warscanon withThe Rise of Skywalker .
Palpatine - whose feel was inhabiting a clone body at the time - wanted to draw Rey to him on Exegol for possess her inEpisode IX . This is the first time something like this was shown in aStar Warsfilm or serial , but it certainly was n’t the last ( even retrospectively ) . It ’s been theorized that Palpatine only sully ( and , indeed , created ) Anakin Skywalker to eventually own his physical form , but then had to change plans once Anakin was mutilated , at which point Palpatine essay to do the same to Luke Skywalker inReturn of the Jedi .
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While Palpatine was obsessed with create Force - sensitive clones for his disembodied spirit to inhabit ( like he ’s doing inThe Bad Batch , and what he finally achieves with Snoke ) , those were just temporary measures . The only elbow room for him to accomplish true immortality is by take over the consistency of another using a dark side proficiency call in Essence Transfer . If Luke or Rey killed Palpatine out of their hatred of him , then his spirit would essentially be able to hinge on the current of dark side energy implosion therapy from his attacker at that minute , yield Palpatine a windowpane to take over their bodies .
Whether it be to become stronger in the saturnine side of the Force or to use Essence Transfer to dwell someone else ’s body , Emperor Palpatine knows how to use the hate of those who despise him to make himself boundlessly more powerful .
When it came to pulling off hatred - fuel black side channeling on a galactic weighing machine ( not count the method of possessing a host body ) , there was no better way to exhort others ’ hate than with the Death Star . However , Emperor Palpatinegets nothing if those who were meant to detest him are drained , which is why the Death Star destroying Alderaan was at last a bankruptcy , and why the Death Star was never really mean to be used to blow up satellite inStar Wars .
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