The unpopular opinions thread.

I..I'm not so sure that I like this. 

It's kind of creeping me out.

i have 14 SWTOR characters, i quit a year ago and Alderaan still gives me nightmares.....

Alderaan is quite nice actually. The problem is it's the last planet in the longest chapter in the game, right when most sane people would rather claw their eyes out through their own assholes rather than slog through one more planet's worth of sidequests. Thankfully you don't have to do any of those these days.

Taken on it's own, it's not the worst. Pub Taris holds that distinction. And Hoth can roast in hell too for all the frozen nothingness and giant chasms separating me from my little triangle marker and forcing me to detour for miles.

I edited my previous post because I didn't think I could pull off a Trump joke, but it did have something that could qualify for this thread:

The Galactic Empire wasn't all that bad. Obviously the xenophobia was bullshit and Palpatine was pure evil. But even being pure evil, he was still just one dude in a galaxy of [fake number here]illions. The Empire's principles of discipline and order were pretty spot on though. And they did stamp out the corruption of the Old Republic and kept the economy stable. And let's not forget they were preparing for the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. It seems clear the Empire would've fared much better against them than the New Republic did.

As a political scientist, I start trying to ignore how resource allocation went.

Hell, Palp's might have been a good executive. We never see the domestic plan, just the foreign policy.

Bro, I've got nothing against you, but you're getting upset because I think of different interpretations. You don't have to get upset bro. I'm just thinking about questions bro.

We can take a stab it.

Nationalized and private industries relating to military and pseudo military affairs often had ridiculous profit margins due to military buildup which only increased over the course of his two decade reign. Which ties into how the majority of his army were volunteers from various naval and military academies across the galaxy, while older clones and conscripts were used in less and less numbers. Which tied in with the other two facets seem to indicate to humans at least military and military related ventures tended to be popular both as a means of acquiring station in the new regime and as a means of supporting oneself.


A lot of Imperial Officers spoke of the perks of rank, and how they did it to support their families all that stuff, which I think on the other hand indicates a downturn in a lot of the civil sector. I do believe Palpatine was consumed with consolidating his military rule  on as much of the galaxy as possible, as quickly as possible. Which goes into his foreign affairs.

During the siege of Coruscant during the Clone Wars it is noted that if the occupation wasn't lifted the damage inflicted by the Separatist bombardment would seem minor by concern, that said it is the most important planet in the Empire politically and militarily, so it obviously has reserves to last for a time, even if supplies are caught off. But yeah the Imperial Center and its adjoining system are important, you have shipyards, orbital factories, and communication facilities,  one of the most prestigious military schools in the galaxy just next door etc. Plus its like Katarn said before Disney got their claws into his corpse.

Food processor protein paste is free but it comes at the price of basically being tagged by the Imperial Security Bureau on major hub worlds like Coruscant. You can be supported by the state in the Empire, it just comes at a minute loss of privacy, although this only in the core regions I'd presume, and I also presume it has nothing at all to do with morality and everything to do with spying on the less well off elements and their ties into criminal activities. And sure Palpatine and Xizor were golf buddies, but their relationship was mutual and one ceased to be of use to the other it was ended. The Black Sun got too big for its britches, that's why it was the Imperial Navy along with the Rebels that turned up to blow that Skyhook out of Coruscant's orbit.

That said more often then not, you have direct ties from the Rebellion to Criminal organizations such as the Hutt Cartels and affiliated groups like the Smuggler Alliance. The Empire didn't need to have those ties, but they were maintained due to a few groups relevance on key worlds.

What is Buds?

I'd agree if you were talking about Bud though.