There is only one true explanation for the fall of the empire. It is palpatine put to much emphises on technology insteed of trying to control thought and mind. That is what got him in the end.
Lilith
May I revive this topic? If not, please delete this or do as you see fit. In my humble opinion, Emperor Palpatine was a brilliant senator and his rise to power was nothing short of genius. He was wise and cunning in the ways of the Sith, yet never allowed arrogance to take over and everyone saw him as an honest, humble man.
But, as someone said before, it is much more difficult to mantain power than it is to achieve it; and Palpatine's mistakes were many; first, his despicable anti-alien bigotry that caused general discontent (turns out one of his greatest officers was a Chiss), and second, his personal obsession for power and to pervert the ancient prophecies was so great that he placed much of his administrative power in the hands of covetous Moffs. Their power became almost ''feudal'' so to say, and Palpatine didn't really have much control of things. IMHO, the battle of Yavin and the subsequent events were inevitable with so many people rebelling because of his unjust policies.
Lord Scourge
Perfectly alright to revive old threads with new information or perspective - it's posting to old thread with replies which would be of questionable value when the thread was new, ("me too" posts) which gets heavily frowned upon.
I personally don't think Palpatine actually cared about someone's species, and the fact that his most trusted companions when he was a senator and chancellor speaks to this, as does his promotion of Thrawn, use of near-Humans throughout his organization, and manipulation of the Bothan spynet. However, he found it politically expedient to back the humanist agenda, and pit humans against non-humans just as he pitted his underlings against each other in every other affair. I agree that was a mistake, but it's an understandable one. By polarizing the galaxy around such a controversial issue, he could assure the success of his more severe "security" policies that ensured his early power as Emperor.
As far as I can tell, the true fatal flaw of Lord Sidious was overconfidence. He refused to see the possibility of his vision of the future being wrong, and did not create contingency plans in case plan A fell through. He was so used to always being right, that he failed to anticipate what could happen when he would eventually be wrong.
He also had one very specific bit of overconfidence that deserves individual mention: Never underestimate a primitive culture fighting on their home turf. Throughout history, military leaders have dismissed an enemy because they were out-numbered, out-gunned, and lacking the resources that the occupying military had. Throughout history, those military leaders have had their asses handed to them.
-Scourge
Lilith
Lord Scourge wrote:
He also had one very specific bit of overconfidence that deserves individual mention: Never underestimate a primitive culture fighting on their home turf. Throughout history, military leaders have dismissed an enemy because they were out-numbered, out-gunned, and lacking the resources that the occupying military had. Throughout history, those military leaders have had their asses handed to them.
-Scourge
Very valid point. The ''homeland'' factor has often been overlooked- to disastrous consequences.
High Commander Vexen
true and another thing would be that Palpatine always trusted Vader and never expected him betraying him
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Darth Duff
To be honest i think palpatine some how knew he would die the way he did, this is why he had the clones...
He knew Vader would betray him, as apprentices always betray their masters.
Palpatine was wise but he was blinded by the dark tunnel so much he couldnt see the light train until it knocked him off his throne.
