How Palpatine Maintained Imperial Military Morale 

"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." -2003 BSG commander William Adama

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.

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

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

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

Stormtrooper: I'm loyal to the emperor (Not really, I'm expendable for him)

5:07 This line just always stuck with me.

They added more lure about Imperial army just so we don't see Han as a regular storm trooper

Dude. I love how niche your content can be. You really take time and dive into subjects. It really helps broaden the world of Star Wars. Thank you for putting in this time and effort. (Side note I think I’ve been a subscriber since 2019)

The Empire argued that the answer to life's problems was greater levels of iron fisted government control.

One thing that becomes clear the more I hear/read stories about the history of the Empire (and the Star Wars galaxy as a whole), is that the editors and writers at West End Games deserve a lot of credit. They did the Star Wars roleplaying game in the 80s/90s, long before there was an Expanded Universe beyond "A Splinter in the Mind's Eye". They had a direct line to George Lucas and did so much to build the foundation of what this world/universe has become. Just a small games company--almost unknown by anyone these days--that contributed so much.

Always look forward to watching and listening to Allen breaking down Starwars, honestly if Allen was do a video of the history of the Hudson I'd watch the whole thing, he's got that Morgan Freeman vibe kicking

There are two aspects of the storm trooper corps that many people don't seem to be aware of. Both of these take advantage of the faceless nature of the legion and the practice of using , numbers ,not names to remove individuality. 1. Part of imperial officer training required spending time in armor as a Stormtrooper leading troops. You would never know if you were shoulder to shoulder with an Imperial officer candidate, A political officer. an intelligence agent or just the trooper in the bunk next door. The faceless nature would allow you to Commit heinous acts Under a shield of anonymity, All the while fostering the herd mentality. 2. The use of clones did not stop. In fact , it was elevated into a form of reward for those who demonstrated extreme loyalty or accomplishment that their genetic makeup would be preserved and duplicated to expand military numbers. In a combination of volunteer and conscript service, the doppelganger syndrome could be repressed since everyone wore their helmets all the time. The flash training of Spaarti clones Also allowed for the insertion of hyperloyal, zealot Super political agents authorized to perform field executions on the spot for disloyal actions, Order66 style.. When questioning or disobeying orders or imperial policy could get you gunned down on the spot it tends to stop happening. " Good soldiers follow orders "🫡 (Or Else)💀

I was expecting Vice Admiral Rampart would be more involved in trying to hunt down CF 99 in order to leave more loose ends

The theory that Lea remembered her mother through the force . But doesn't that defeat the purpose of taking recruits before they could remember their mommies. Could Jedi in order remember parents through the force. Yes in a comic Obi wan has friend who Left to find her Father after visions. And she didn't even spend months in her womb

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How interesting, Palpatine like Hitler or Stalin loses sight of the world he is holding control off. But, in real life Stalin realized that he needed to let go of the fear and control to survive the war and maintain power.

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After watching this video, it made the Death Star sounded even more ridiculous. If Palpatine wanted to keep the Imperial military economically satisfied while also maintaining the high morale, he needed to allow at least one big enemy to exist for real after the Clones Wars. And this is one of the reasons why the Abbasid Caliphate allowed the Roman Empire to continue to exist after they won the revolution against the Umayyad Caliphate. Only after the Abbasid Caliphate fully consolidated the administration in all of its territories during the reign of Caliph al-Mahdi when the Conquest of Tarsus happened and the annual Arab raids into Anatolia resumed in full scale. And these raids eventually taking the ritualistic form during the reign of Caliph Harun al-Rashid because it symbolized the status of the Caliph as the leader of the ummah. And that is the point, the Empire has no enemies to fight after the Clones Wars until the rebellions occurred or when they encountered the Grysk from the Unknown Regions. And by that point, it is too late for the Empire. In fact, this whole thing makes Palpatine sparing Maul in the aftermath of that duel on Mandalore to be completely all for nothing. If only he decided to use Maul and the Shadow Collective as this threat that the Empire must fight instead, the Empire might lived longer a little at least.

It'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's long way of discovering why he Jedi, who were powerful in the Force, didn't want to govern.

Honestly i think we need too see more of the imperial army and save the Stormtroopers as elites since that what they are initially as

7:20 The Bad Batch is the only source that suggests that the clones were decommissioned so quickly, thus the speed at which it all happens cannot be true. What most likely happened is that the clones did not have the manpower to protect the Empire, thus the recruitment act creates a proper Imperial Army and fires non-essential clones, particularly in the Imperial Navy, where the poorly trained clone officers were being replaced by new recruits, possibly from defense forces and just people wanting to get a decent job. The TK Trooper program lore makes things even more illogical, so for the sake of consistency and actual common sense, non-clone stormtroopers would not be deployed significantly until late 17bby (since the 1st canon Thrawn novel clearly shows that the Empire mostly has clone personnel in the far reaches), where they would mostly be situated in the Core Worlds. By 16bby, the clones would be a rare sight due to advanced ageing and heavy casualties in the war (as stated in the Tarkin novel).

11:10 officially, there never was a clone rebellion on Kamino...

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Thanks for the video

Palpatine saying that the clones blindly follow orders while the new stormtroopers do that same with more willingness. Ironic - sheev palpatine

We need to see more imperial army in live action and animation. I know we saw alot of them in andor thankfully but we need another mimban esc scene from solo. I just love the costume design, it's like a 70s futurism Wehrmacht and I always love to see it anywhere, one of my favorite costume designs in star wars

Just like that disposable soldier in Bad batch S1.

Your alegiance is to the Republic you say, eh? I hear that re-education camp is pretty nice this time of the year.

5:24 without citizen-soldiers the Republican also limited how The Clone Wars effected families outside of the war zone. This made it so poor people, like that trooper, wouldn’t have military service as an opportunity. It also disconnects the people from a far away war. It makes almost all of the war between droids and clones, seem more of an abstract idea rather than a war with actual suffering and death.

The officer on the thumb nail looks like a better sly Stallone

There's a why we separate military and the police, one fights the enemies of the the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people

Write that down. Write that down!

Yep pretty much

Can you guys make a video on parallels between Star Wars and Hinduism?

thinking he just needed some more super star destroyers to get'er done ..... just saying

Tarkan.. the greatest supporter of the rebel cause..

Alderaan and it's WMD program. Colin Powell, come on down.

I think the ISB also counts as the FBI of the Star Wars galaxy, but more political and authoritative

Can you be more specific on history that is Canon vs legends more? I assume you are talking disney timeline unless otherwise stated recently since you bring up all thee Disney timeline stuff.

How Palpatine Maintained Morale: Money.

Miranda's the reason Imperial officers can't cheat on their wives😊

Id love to hear how this was handled in legends

You completely missed the emperors over all agenda. He cared for his immortal rise not some puny empire. He had already replace that failed engine with 2 others during his time. Morale pift... immorality... YES PLEASE!

Long live the empire

Checks and balances

How Palpatine Maintained Imperial Military Morale? That's the neat thing: he didn't.

FOR THE EMPEROR!

This pretty much describes America

Killing everyone that degree with you and replace them with more loyal people, is not a terrible idea, look at Stalin that also used fear like Palpatine , Stalin got rid of all the generals that were against him and that move saved him later on and allowed him to win the war by opening the pathway to a new generation of military officers and the Soviet Union became a super power , Gorbachov(sorry if I misspelled ) the last president of the USSR was more open minded and trusted people from different ways of thinking, he was betrayed and humiliated, the Soviet Union collapsed

This is crazy but I could've sworn you were describing Trump when talking about Palpatine.

You have a wonderful view out those windows behind you Allen. Where do you live mate?

Long live the Empire!!!

If the emperor actually gave consideration to morale, his empire truly may have lasted 10,000 years

Imagine the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps as a dumping ground for unemployed and troubled youth.

Starting with better rations & not punishing troops for having real food. Better armor.

I was they yo the same as the comisar of Warhammer To you know shoots all person say somabdy dont like the huy

To use a modern phrase that applies so well here, Palpatine needed to "drain the swamp". He replaced a corrupt Chancellor but the people who corrupted that man never went away. The same corrupt Senators were still there and never faced any consequences for their behaviors. Frankly, he should have arrested a lot more of them after he took power. He could have held power much more easily with them out of the way. Imagine him hold power legitimately then having Sith history added to school curriculum or just using propaganda to make the Jedi look like bad guys who were religiously biased. Just come out after a few years of good times and openly state he's a Sith, have the Jedi attempt to arrest him, then have the entire military rightly destroy the Jedi. Since no one had heard of Sith before they would likely fall on Palpatine's side.

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If Darth Bane had been killed with the rest of the sith lords, how do you think the republic would have turned out? After 1000 years would it still have turned out like it did in the movies or were many of their problems and corruption perpetuated by the sith and their puppets?

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The most terrifying words, “I am from the government and I am here to help you”. Any government obsessing about what they think they can do for you the individual is dangerous. “Ask not what your country can do for you, as what you can do for your country”.

“Are we the baddies?”

Wars are Won in the Will.

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Funny how true this rings to reality

does anybody see this as the future of the russian federation?

We desperately need an empire perspective movie or show but at this point the whole galactic Civil War and Skywalker at every corner is already old and annoying they have the whole kotor timeline spanning decades to hundreds of years I'm starting to think they'll do a kotor trilogy after the 2000s are gone like right after 2099 they'll make star wars kotor the mandolorian wars 😂

Holy f*ck im early

It’s almost like Palpatine had the MSM (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN) doing his bidding like they do for certain DC politicians now.

Rebel: "HOW THE HELL DID YOU BECAME A BRAINWASHED MURDEROUS PAWN OF PALPATINE" Imperial: "I watched the glorious "Empire Today" music video" 🗿

"Serve the Empire, or He chokes you." Darth Vader holding up a choking hand.

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.

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's wedding, not out of malice, but because the Emperor's death left a huge hole in their hearts, so they were disposed to do anything that could help them overcome their depression.

Vader could always boost the morale of grunts by choking their incompetent officers

I recommend the fan film, "After Endor", about a Scout Trooper who has to team up with a Rebel soldier to survive after the Battle of Endor. It's a really cool Enemy Mine situation, and frankly, better than anything Disney has spat out lately, besides Andor/Rogue One.

2:22 Palpatine wasn't a strongman leader though. He very much played the role of the centrist to the point where even Padme believed that he was mostly impartial in Senate affairs. While Bail Organa and other more pacifistic Republic loyalist leaders were able to see through his act, most people genuinely thought of him as moderate from what we see. Certainly, his public appearance and the policies of his government are 2 very different things, but the point is that he was clearly not playing the role of a strongman like other dictators were. During the war he clearly acted as though he wanted peace with stuff like his Hearts and Minds campaign, and prior to the war he again played the moderate in the Separatist Crisis. After the war, he didn't need to stoke tension whatsoever because he had already done so. There were a few occasions where he did act like a strong man publicly, but the majority of his appearances, including his one in TBB, very much focused on him being a reluctant autocrat who will do what is necessary to keep the peace, which isn't a strongman leader.

Stormtrooper, "Are we the baddies?"

8:40 Ironically that's what palpatine wanted the stormtroopers to be.The kind of soldiers who would blindly follow and inflict carnage without hesitation.

How come Obi wan could take of his personal issues 🤷. if the Jedi were not supposed to have attachments yet attached to the republics the Anakin couldn't go back and free his mom because the Jedi weren't supposed to have attachments. That plot hole is inuniverse. It would set off the plot if they did go back for Smee individually but Watto already sold her to the family who freed her and he gets visions of her death years later. . I see why those working in the name of a government couldn't just go off and challenge places they had no jorestictin in. And so I could see why places they did have restrictions in leaving would be an issue.. Example of the clone wars series opening an issue. Mandolor was supposed to be neutral why Obi had come alone to rescue Saltine. . An over thrown leader. Not individual slave so more political and they could just Bought Smee out of slavery. Obi came to fight with Maul. And reason Jedi couldn't change the hole system because it would an act of war. Obi Wan's personal issues attachment was After war started anyway. That's more blind unseen how come Obi could take his personal issues in hypocrisy. That's flat out double standards

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As with everything Palpatine did Everything was for the empire

A propaganda machine has its advantages. Palpatine always was good at taking advantage of the desperate.

How would a war against between the vong and the borg go?

You should talk about that one moment in Star Wars: Rebels where you can hear on the imperial news network that a group of rebels on a planet where routed out with a base delta 0 and peace has been restored to that world

How do you still have topics to talk about? I swear you’ve talked about everything in SW lol

All things considered, the Stormtrooper Initiative was really stupid. Clones were far less likely to turn.

The different between a successful despot and unsuccessful despot in that successful one know they have to earn their loyalty rather then demand it. Look at Palpatine last action as Emperor, he demanded loyalty an obedience from Luke despite having done absolutely nothing to even try and earn it, then expects loyalty and obedience from Vader right after showing effort in earning it the moment before.

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My life for the Empire 🫡

Video idea for you: look at the logistics of the Star Wars universe and how inefficient it was vs our real world logistical abilities. Cargo ships are mostly small with internal storage, save Imperial cargo haulers/tugs. But most goods are unloaded by hand, whether it's human/alien/droid. I'm sure this would be a good deep dive video

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Hey Alan, could you dock U-wings with a Gozanti?

Me: Image a Man standing on top a giant pillar that’s a sculpture sphere and he’s addressing a mess of people all whom are mesmerized by him and your ADHD finally shuts down enough to let you here him speak…… Palpatine: I love Democracy I love The Republic Me:🧎‍♂️

Congratulations, evil Sith Lord! You have finally conquered the entire galaxy! Now it's your job to... (checks notes) try to make everybody in the galaxy happy. Good luck with that!

Thx for the video!