i just have to say that the way you tie real world politics together with star wars is just such a genius concept and it really makes it easier to see both the real world and star wars in a new light which is just really cool so thank you
The scene is Andor that explains the Empire's downfall is the one where Cassian is arrested on the tourist planned for being at the wrong place at the wrong time and then gets send to prison with no chance of defending himself. It means that the Empire has no real justice system left and it will grind anyone without political protection or the wealth to buy that protection. It also means that the Empire's policies are now completely deaf to local concerns. Tourist locations are notorious with letting tourists get away with petty crimes because they need the tourists to come back and/or recommend the location to their friends. As far as the locals know, Cassian is just an average tourist planning to go home in a couple days. So a tourist location now has innocent tourists just disappearing with all their possessions. Once news gets out, that planet's tourist economy is dead for decades. No local politician would support something like that if they had any choice.
Yep, the Empire's increasingly authoritarian overreach was doomed to destroy their economy eventually, and that was with them already relying on slavery.
Going to have to rewatch Andor again sometime soon. Best bit of Star Wars that came out in recent times, I may even argue it's the best Star Wars content ever in moving picture form.
GOD I frickin' love Andor. 'What if we got to see the transition of a slimy, corrupt, but largely invisible and stable authoritarian empire to outright cartoon villainy, but make this transition seem quite rational and logical and show what it looks like from the perspective of ordinary people'?. One of the most based premises for a sci-fi show ever.
I did see in a previous video (the one about the Imperial military culture I think) that apparently that having force lightning reflected back into your brain did more than just give you a case of "wrinkly mcscrotumface".
I feel like we need someone like Tony Gilroy running Lucasfilm now. People like Filoni are just "yes men" to people like Kathleen Kennedy. And we've seen where that power structure leads us... But Gilroy is clearly capable of injecting GREAT WRITING into an existing universe, and refreshing the product! This is what fans both want, and need!
@@jacob4920 Gilroy doesn't care about Star Wars enough to do that. What Star Wars needs is more artists like him to come in and make their own projects, with full control to make a good story without having to submit to the politics of big companies like Disney.
@@J7mmy2K04 Exactly. Someone LIKE Tony Gilroy. People who still care about the CRAFT of storytelling, and not whatever "messages" they can pound into the plot.
Easy on the "grandparents" comments, my dad was in WWII. it's bad enough that every year, my son tries to get me to give up my Obi-Wan Halloween costume for an "old" Obi-wan, or Count Dooku look! I saw ep. 4 at a drive-in, but I'm still every bit the Star Wars nerd now that I was when I was 5, just a little.... older. 😂😂 Great video, man. You've created the best Star Wars channel on the platform, hands down. Original, well thought out content, incredibly interesting subject matter, and easy to listen to narration with a little humor added to taste. Rock on Alan! 🤘
While I'm not quite as old as you, I was 6 years old when I first watched Episode IV (from the comfort of my own living room, because the films were already on Home Video. lol) So "Star Wars" touched me, at a drastically early age as well. Back when the product was still considered fresh.
If your son keeps hounding you about your costume, you just gotta wave your hand in front of his face and say "These are not the costumes you seek." ^_^
We need to pay attention to those dolphins. Because one day they will DISAPPEAR! And when they do, we'll know that the VOGONS are coming, to destroy Earth, so they can build their galactic bypass!
I’m really glad you included the scene when Mon and Luthen get together after the heist went down. That is single-handedly maybe one of the top three most important scenes in the show in terms of defining the franchise based on the original trilogy. I talked more about that scene in a video I made on my film channel: “How One Scene in Andor Defined An Entire Franchise”
@ lol I’m not just promoting for the sake of promoting. That video ties into his commentary from the subject matter of the video. It’s not malicious what I’m doing I’m only trying to build the conversation.
2:58 This reminded me a lot of a line from HBO's _Rome_ that's stuck with me over the years, where one of the main character's outraged when he finds out he's basically being given a elected position without really having to run for it and the whole election is really just pageantry for the public. He makes the statement that the elections are sacred and need to be respected. Whereupon the man he's talking to says: "The Roman people are not crying out for clean elections. They're crying out for jobs. They're crying out clean water, for food, for stability and peace." It was so cynical and to the point, and yet it really does ring true. As long as a majority of people are happy, fed, and have a means to support themselves, they will always be content with the status quo
Actually, what prevented the Cold War going 'hot' was that everyone realised that if the nuclear genie was unleashed, there was no going back. War had been costly since the turn of the century, that's why it took the death of the heir presumptive of a great power to kick it off. Nukes though, they were a different kettle of fish. Suddenly, just one aircraft (later missile) getting through could destroy a whole city. Open war went from merely ruinous to downright cataclysmic.
AHEM. History major here. Better comparison for ISB would be Sicherheitsdienst, SD, or Security Service in basic. It was branch of the SS, which is most comparable to the COMPNOR, with Stormtrooper corps being Waffen SS, and ISB the Sicherheitsdienst.
Luthen Rael in provoking the Empire may be ultimately a good guy, but it is an action that Lenin (a thoroughly bad man) could appreciate. The ISB's reaction to the Aldhani Heist produced a "The worse, the better.", in Lenin's words. It is a measure of how well the character of Luthen Rael is written that he understands this and articulates how he damns himself by acting as he does.
I love that Andor is just...like, at his DNA...unable to abide servitude or being in a cage (barely put his hands up, barely put them behind his head, etc). He's not just a "rebel w/o a cause", he just fundamentally will NOT be imprisoned. Yeah, he fit in when he had to work at the camp, but he was never imprisoned--in his mind. He was a free man always!
Both democratic and autocratic regimes, without checks and balances, anything can go wrong. After all, we saw dynasties risen and fallen, and also witnessed the collapses of the governments of many elected leaders as well.
6:55 "A republic still needs to be maintained. You can't simply call something a republic and let it rot away from the inside and expect people to still believe in it and cherish it." Okay, that was a great and extremely relevant line.
I imagine Palpatine realizing sted-by-step that ultimate power was not all that great after all, and when he got bored, he just decided to set fire to it all. Love when you draw parallels between the Fall of the Republic and contemporary US-society
Agreed. Musk has exceeded Stark in real life, kept Ukraine in the war early on with free Starlink terminals and service and will get humans to Mars. But sure, take a dig at him. He deserves your contempt
@SterlingWhitehead, Musk does not deserve contempt but he is exaggerated. He cofounded a fiancial company and used the money to buy Tesla. He gave a few Starlink terminals to Ukraine but later shut it off when Ukraine wanted to use it to attack Russia ships in the Black Sea...so the overall effect was probably not that much. Musk's Space X rocket ships are low yield and can't even get people to the moon yet...why don't we wait for that easier goalpost of reaching the moon again to be reached before we start exaggerating and claiming he will go to Mars. The only thing that remotely deserves contempt is Musk bribing voters to vote with a million dollar lottery...but hopefully Musk has learned the error of his ways by now.
Palpatine pulled off a masterstroke in how he got to power. But somehow he thought the Rebels would be as easy to control as the Separatists and the Senate. Being able to use both controllers in a video game is no small feat - but eventually you have to stop playing yourself.
22:33 Knowing that Sith Lords are invariably power hungry psychopaths, yes. That is most likely what he expected to happen. Sidious spent most of his time planning to takeover the galaxy, but afterwards, with regards to governing the galaxy, he ultimately used Sith philosophy as a model for his policies, which were going to cause rebellion sooner or later.
People will think more about how the economy affects them besides others, this raid weakened the trust in the Empire ability to protect their troops pay as well showed how vulnerable the machine is to small issues eroding at it.
Without "Andor," we wouldn't have ANY of this awesome world-building material! It also needs to be said that without Disney controlling Lucasfilm, we would not have had "Andor" in the first place. George Lucas had no interest in delving into the details of the Star Wars universe to this degree. That's why he outsourced his stuff to guys like Dave Filoni. Disney (and Lucasfilm, by extension) has done a lot of damage to the Star Wars universe. But... the few times when they have actually HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD also have to be notarized. "Andor" is one of these things. By extension, so too is "Rogue One." Proof... beyond any other... that even a broken clock is RIGHT twice a day. lol
If only the Empire had a bunch of superpowered investigators and diplomats bent on maintaining the status quo. Maybe they can have telepathic or telekenetic abilities. They can have a bright glowing symbol of status everyone can recognize. We can call it an Order of some kind. Thanks for the video.
I'm going to say it. This is what Palpatine wanted. He didn't really want a stable rule. He wanted to be the guy who kicked every dog. He's a sadist. And he was undone because of it.
I think you would like the books The Fourth Turning, and The 5000 year leap. There is a lot about what it really means to be a citizen of a Republic. We as a people should be cognizant of what it means to be part of a Republic, and not simply leaving it to the bureaucrats.
I actually think the beginning of season 2 of 'Andor' will start with the Empire nearly wiping Ferrix City off the map. Thus beginning a line of Imperial atrocities so long that the destruction of Ferrix City is barely remembered by 0BBY.
@10:55 the "enshitification" process on a galaxy wide economy rather than a single platform or service. Just as a platform will begin by focusing on making users happy, to attract a wide user base, then sell those users to advertisers when the users are invested in the platform and less willing to leave, and finally squeeze the advertisers and the users while offering worse service to both and making massive profits for the platform. Palpatine started out offering lucrative defense and rebuilding projects, so businesses would position themselves to win such contracts, and citizens would see imperial employment or contract work as good jobs. Then when the whole economy was in bed with The Empire, the work could be less lucrative because "where else can you get a job?" and even if you're resentful of COMPNOR looking over your shoulder, if the imperial military complex got smaller, that would threaten your job as well as the jobs of your family and friends; so people were willing to put up with it.
8:20 Freedom can be defined as the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. However, in practical terms, it's often bounded by the rules and laws of a society, which aim to balance individual liberties with the common good. This means that while individuals have freedoms, these are constrained to some extent to ensure that everyone can enjoy their rights without infringing on the rights of others.
No. If you consider the economic situation of the empire it is reasonable. The empire inherited huge amount of depts from the republic and it's military focused budget didn't improve the financial situation of the galaxy either. A printed or digital currency depends on mutual trust. Without trust they are only worth the paper they are printed on or drives they are stored on. If you find yourself in a bad economy with a currency that is continiously devalued you would prefer to be paid in something more stable like metals. If anyone in the galaxy could demand to be paid in metal even from palpatine it was the military which he based his power on.
I love your analysis, but I think palps wanted this whole system to collapse. Palps always wanted the power of the dark side, unlimited power. He can only harvest it by creating suffering, dread, pain. The empire politically was always meant to fail, but the dark side would flourish
Yall just hating lol if any of you had that f u money you would see it differently. Not here for politcs want to get away from that shit. Its F-ing star wars vid for fawks sake
Putting people into maximum security prison over misdemeanor offenses? Bending the justice system to get free labor from inmates? Things are getting political during this time of the cycle.
You've got some nerve to criticize Musk when all you do is sit in your room with a dirty sock over a microphone, talking about "Which Jedi chair is the most comfortable".
Best part about politics is when there gone but in starwars universe. I'd be more afraid of the underworld hutts ect. Black sun and every syndicate. The rebellion should have used older battle droids and ex sith empire ships
Bro I’m out here trying to learn about the aldani heist and your dropping real life politic points. I ain’t prepared for this bruh. Let me eat my dinner lol
The BBY/ABY system is not an in-universe time keeping system. It is solely meant to act as a reference for the audience. I do not know of any in-universe timekeeping system, canon or otherwise.
Probably by whatever year The Old Republic was in existence. Since the OR was 1,000 years old, I'm sure that was a very easy unified system to follow. However, it's also exceedingly likely that each individual Star System kept their own time scale as well.
9:33 / 23:45 The Hell I Get My Self Into lol Well Put America Has Fallen So Far From What We Where We Are Still The Strongest Bastion On Freedom But Our Right Have Been Eroded Away Over The Time We Now Are Forced To Pay Insurance To A "Private Company" Under Treat Of Fines Or You're Property Being Taken Away If You Do Not Want To Pay Money To A Private Company
That's exactly what both Yoda and Obi-wan did, at the end of "Episode III." They hid Luke and Leia, two POWERFUL Force Potentials, on two different worlds, under alternate personas, and concealed their existence from both the Emperor, and Vader. And then those two went into hiding. With Yoda selecting Dagobah, because the sheer metric tonnage of "Force Level" on that jungle world was strong enough to conceal even HIM from the Emperor's eyes.
Democracy is a joke, representative government isn't, but democracy is. Go outside, those two junkies who can't see further than their next hit? (I know, it's hyperbole) They outvoted you, someone who genuinely cares for the future. Their vote goes to who can make it easier for them to get their hit, like I know stoners who voted for objectively bad parties (was around for one election, wanted to totally open the borders for international workers, that's not Gunna compress wages at all) just cos those parties had legalisation in their platform
The fact that he’s not explicitly anti trump hurts the video somewhat. Like how can you be in favor of democracy and dance around the fascist elephant in the room?
i just have to say that the way you tie real world politics together with star wars is just such a genius concept and it really makes it easier to see both the real world and star wars in a new light which is just really cool so thank you
I concur with @erikostad5035
The scene is Andor that explains the Empire's downfall is the one where Cassian is arrested on the tourist planned for being at the wrong place at the wrong time and then gets send to prison with no chance of defending himself. It means that the Empire has no real justice system left and it will grind anyone without political protection or the wealth to buy that protection. It also means that the Empire's policies are now completely deaf to local concerns. Tourist locations are notorious with letting tourists get away with petty crimes because they need the tourists to come back and/or recommend the location to their friends. As far as the locals know, Cassian is just an average tourist planning to go home in a couple days. So a tourist location now has innocent tourists just disappearing with all their possessions. Once news gets out, that planet's tourist economy is dead for decades. No local politician would support something like that if they had any choice.
Yep, the Empire's increasingly authoritarian overreach was doomed to destroy their economy eventually, and that was with them already relying on slavery.
You might be shocked how many nations are like that. In France you have no right to remain silent or to due process for example.
Going to have to rewatch Andor again sometime soon. Best bit of Star Wars that came out in recent times, I may even argue it's the best Star Wars content ever in moving picture form.
GOD I frickin' love Andor. 'What if we got to see the transition of a slimy, corrupt, but largely invisible and stable authoritarian empire to outright cartoon villainy, but make this transition seem quite rational and logical and show what it looks like from the perspective of ordinary people'?. One of the most based premises for a sci-fi show ever.
Bro I just rewatched it last night and I’m still blown away by that episode.
In palps defence (never thought I would write that) darkside force use does seem to rot the brain out rather quickly.
it is corruption of the Force, and the Force gives us life. So it can only rot you away in all ways.
I did see in a previous video (the one about the Imperial military culture I think) that apparently that having force lightning reflected back into your brain did more than just give you a case of "wrinkly mcscrotumface".
Pretty much the Doolittle raid for the Rebels, the Andor and RO lore and writing is such a masterpiece!
I feel like we need someone like Tony Gilroy running Lucasfilm now. People like Filoni are just "yes men" to people like Kathleen Kennedy. And we've seen where that power structure leads us...
But Gilroy is clearly capable of injecting GREAT WRITING into an existing universe, and refreshing the product! This is what fans both want, and need!
@@jacob4920 Gilroy doesn't care about Star Wars enough to do that. What Star Wars needs is more artists like him to come in and make their own projects, with full control to make a good story without having to submit to the politics of big companies like Disney.
@@J7mmy2K04 Exactly. Someone LIKE Tony Gilroy. People who still care about the CRAFT of storytelling, and not whatever "messages" they can pound into the plot.
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Easy on the "grandparents" comments, my dad was in WWII. it's bad enough that every year, my son tries to get me to give up my Obi-Wan Halloween costume for an "old" Obi-wan, or Count Dooku look! I saw ep. 4 at a drive-in, but I'm still every bit the Star Wars nerd now that I was when I was 5, just a little.... older. 😂😂
Great video, man. You've created the best Star Wars channel on the platform, hands down. Original, well thought out content, incredibly interesting subject matter, and easy to listen to narration with a little humor added to taste.
Rock on Alan! 🤘
Boo hoo
I saw Star Wars in Modesto, California as an ankle biter. I feel the age thing.
While I'm not quite as old as you, I was 6 years old when I first watched Episode IV (from the comfort of my own living room, because the films were already on Home Video. lol) So "Star Wars" touched me, at a drastically early age as well. Back when the product was still considered fresh.
@@KageNoTora74 kids these days don't get the "cutting-edge" excitement that Star Wars was back then. There was nothing like it!
If your son keeps hounding you about your costume, you just gotta wave your hand in front of his face and say "These are not the costumes you seek." ^_^
My allegiance is to flipping, to dolphins.
We need to pay attention to those dolphins. Because one day they will DISAPPEAR! And when they do, we'll know that the VOGONS are coming, to destroy Earth, so they can build their galactic bypass!
I’m really glad you included the scene when Mon and Luthen get together after the heist went down. That is single-handedly maybe one of the top three most important scenes in the show in terms of defining the franchise based on the original trilogy. I talked more about that scene in a video I made on my film channel: “How One Scene in Andor Defined An Entire Franchise”
bro just self promoing 😂
@ lol I’m not just promoting for the sake of promoting. That video ties into his commentary from the subject matter of the video. It’s not malicious what I’m doing I’m only trying to build the conversation.
@@OrionInSpace mb i was joking, shouldve made that more clear
@@kobaltmyst8074 ok lol I couldn’t tell how you meant it
5:14 oh wow, memories. That's a classic.
Was like a domino effect that started and never ended
2:58 This reminded me a lot of a line from HBO's _Rome_ that's stuck with me over the years, where one of the main character's outraged when he finds out he's basically being given a elected position without really having to run for it and the whole election is really just pageantry for the public. He makes the statement that the elections are sacred and need to be respected. Whereupon the man he's talking to says:
"The Roman people are not crying out for clean elections. They're crying out for jobs. They're crying out clean water, for food, for stability and peace."
It was so cynical and to the point, and yet it really does ring true. As long as a majority of people are happy, fed, and have a means to support themselves, they will always be content with the status quo
12:43 at this time I thought Alan was going to start a impromptu dance routine 😁
Actually, what prevented the Cold War going 'hot' was that everyone realised that if the nuclear genie was unleashed, there was no going back. War had been costly since the turn of the century, that's why it took the death of the heir presumptive of a great power to kick it off. Nukes though, they were a different kettle of fish. Suddenly, just one aircraft (later missile) getting through could destroy a whole city. Open war went from merely ruinous to downright cataclysmic.
First one. Bro I love your videos so freaking much thanks for making this type of content 🎉🎉
AHEM.
History major here.
Better comparison for ISB would be Sicherheitsdienst, SD, or Security Service in basic.
It was branch of the SS, which is most comparable to the COMPNOR, with Stormtrooper corps being Waffen SS, and ISB the Sicherheitsdienst.
Andor is [surprisingly] the best Star Wars TV show ever made so far and is on par with the better Star Wars movies.
Luthen Rael in provoking the Empire may be ultimately a good guy, but it is an action that Lenin (a thoroughly bad man) could appreciate. The ISB's reaction to the Aldhani Heist produced a "The worse, the better.", in Lenin's words. It is a measure of how well the character of Luthen Rael is written that he understands this and articulates how he damns himself by acting as he does.
Might have to rewatch Andor! It's still one of the best star wars projects ever made!
I love that Andor is just...like, at his DNA...unable to abide servitude or being in a cage (barely put his hands up, barely put them behind his head, etc). He's not just a "rebel w/o a cause", he just fundamentally will NOT be imprisoned. Yeah, he fit in when he had to work at the camp, but he was never imprisoned--in his mind. He was a free man always!
❤Andor. Hopefully season 2 is as good as the first.
Well said sir!
Both democratic and autocratic regimes, without checks and balances, anything can go wrong. After all, we saw dynasties risen and fallen, and also witnessed the collapses of the governments of many elected leaders as well.
@4:27, also it would have been disproportionally the wealthy and influential impacted, as the surface was an expensive luxury
6:55 "A republic still needs to be maintained. You can't simply call something a republic and let it rot away from the inside and expect people to still believe in it and cherish it."
Okay, that was a great and extremely relevant line.
Sometimes the smallest things can lead to the biggest changes.
8:31 lol you had me worried you were doing a Segway.
Noobs ha. I share this channel every chance I get, keep up the great work!
I thought the man in the thumbnail was Ernest.. Ernest joins the Empire.
I imagine Palpatine realizing sted-by-step that ultimate power was not all that great after all, and when he got bored, he just decided to set fire to it all.
Love when you draw parallels between the Fall of the Republic and contemporary US-society
"Did the Jedi Order put food on my table for my family? No." Some random farmer.
I love that dig at Elon Musk; South African wannabe Tony Stark, that’s was a good one, GT!
Agreed. Musk has exceeded Stark in real life, kept Ukraine in the war early on with free Starlink terminals and service and will get humans to Mars. But sure, take a dig at him. He deserves your contempt
@SterlingWhitehead, Musk does not deserve contempt but he is exaggerated. He cofounded a fiancial company and used the money to buy Tesla. He gave a few Starlink terminals to Ukraine but later shut it off when Ukraine wanted to use it to attack Russia ships in the Black Sea...so the overall effect was probably not that much. Musk's Space X rocket ships are low yield and can't even get people to the moon yet...why don't we wait for that easier goalpost of reaching the moon again to be reached before we start exaggerating and claiming he will go to Mars.
The only thing that remotely deserves contempt is Musk bribing voters to vote with a million dollar lottery...but hopefully Musk has learned the error of his ways by now.
@@SterlingWhiteheadhe will bring humanity to Mars and will be one of the most influential people in history
Why does this guy remind me of Kyle when the Jersey took over 🤣
Palpatine pulled off a masterstroke in how he got to power. But somehow he thought the Rebels would be as easy to control as the Separatists and the Senate. Being able to use both controllers in a video game is no small feat - but eventually you have to stop playing yourself.
22:33 Knowing that Sith Lords are invariably power hungry psychopaths, yes. That is most likely what he expected to happen. Sidious spent most of his time planning to takeover the galaxy, but afterwards, with regards to governing the galaxy, he ultimately used Sith philosophy as a model for his policies, which were going to cause rebellion sooner or later.
You think about Andor almost as much as I do
People will think more about how the economy affects them besides others, this raid weakened the trust in the Empire ability to protect their troops pay as well showed how vulnerable the machine is to small issues eroding at it.
Luthen Rael is best SW character since the OT
Wake up maul, new gen tech video dropped
Without "Andor," we wouldn't have ANY of this awesome world-building material!
It also needs to be said that without Disney controlling Lucasfilm, we would not have had "Andor" in the first place. George Lucas had no interest in delving into the details of the Star Wars universe to this degree. That's why he outsourced his stuff to guys like Dave Filoni.
Disney (and Lucasfilm, by extension) has done a lot of damage to the Star Wars universe. But... the few times when they have actually HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD also have to be notarized. "Andor" is one of these things. By extension, so too is "Rogue One."
Proof... beyond any other... that even a broken clock is RIGHT twice a day. lol
Andor was really made in spite of it. Andor could have been micromanaged into the ground like the other shows
Powerful,I hope more people CAN share this b 4 the 5th
Okay, okay...I'll go watch Andor again.
Generation Tech: the modern school of political science.
Star Wars: Pop Culture and Politics. Professor Alan.
If only the Empire had a bunch of superpowered investigators and diplomats bent on maintaining the status quo. Maybe they can have telepathic or telekenetic abilities. They can have a bright glowing symbol of status everyone can recognize. We can call it an Order of some kind. Thanks for the video.
I'm going to say it. This is what Palpatine wanted. He didn't really want a stable rule. He wanted to be the guy who kicked every dog. He's a sadist.
And he was undone because of it.
Sad to see how Yularen became an oppression bringer
He was a good man
The raid on Aldhani was sort of the Francis Ferdinand of the galactic civil war.
I think you would like the books The Fourth Turning, and The 5000 year leap. There is a lot about what it really means to be a citizen of a Republic. We as a people should be cognizant of what it means to be part of a Republic, and not simply leaving it to the bureaucrats.
Alan moving his head up and down by his mike like that is strangely pleasing.....
Bro?
In fiction, a heist. In our history, it's usually a massacre.
I actually think the beginning of season 2 of 'Andor' will start with the Empire nearly wiping Ferrix City off the map. Thus beginning a line of Imperial atrocities so long that the destruction of Ferrix City is barely remembered by 0BBY.
@10:55 the "enshitification" process on a galaxy wide economy rather than a single platform or service. Just as a platform will begin by focusing on making users happy, to attract a wide user base, then sell those users to advertisers when the users are invested in the platform and less willing to leave, and finally squeeze the advertisers and the users while offering worse service to both and making massive profits for the platform. Palpatine started out offering lucrative defense and rebuilding projects, so businesses would position themselves to win such contracts, and citizens would see imperial employment or contract work as good jobs. Then when the whole economy was in bed with The Empire, the work could be less lucrative because "where else can you get a job?" and even if you're resentful of COMPNOR looking over your shoulder, if the imperial military complex got smaller, that would threaten your job as well as the jobs of your family and friends; so people were willing to put up with it.
All right - but much to small in scale.
80 million credits?
That's < one coffee for everyone on aldhani - not to speak of the whole sector.
It had nothing to do with the quanity but everything to do with the capability.
Anything in Andor Season 1 I wouldn’t consider a blip on the radar, just like the show.
Overheard at an Imperial rally:
Have you heard about the floating ball of space garbage in the Free Trade sector? It's called Ferrix.
The problem with the real world is a lack of new ideas.
Alan just wanted an excuse to talk about Andor and i'm ok with it.
👍👍
The microphone is extra cold today
Stares at Project 2025
8:20
Freedom can be defined as the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. However, in practical terms, it's often bounded by the rules and laws of a society, which aim to balance individual liberties with the common good. This means that while individuals have freedoms, these are constrained to some extent to ensure that everyone can enjoy their rights without infringing on the rights of others.
This.
The year palpating was born was the most important 😅
Imagine if. Darth maul was in charge ???
I'm curious about something. What did they as a calendar system before the BBY/ABBY system? Republic Era? Imperial Era?
The most terrible thing in this video was the Hello Kitty 40k.
Its why I get my news from Ground News. So I can read fact checked and balanced news. Rather than CNN or FOX.
You can also sort of watch CNN, MSNBC, Sky News, and Fox News at the same time to balance each other out. But that might also drive you crazy.
Does anyone else think that it’s strange that the imperials get paid in physical credits as opposed to a bank transfer/funds transfer?
No. If you consider the economic situation of the empire it is reasonable. The empire inherited huge amount of depts from the republic and it's military focused budget didn't improve the financial situation of the galaxy either. A printed or digital currency depends on mutual trust. Without trust they are only worth the paper they are printed on or drives they are stored on. If you find yourself in a bad economy with a currency that is continiously devalued you would prefer to be paid in something more stable like metals. If anyone in the galaxy could demand to be paid in metal even from palpatine it was the military which he based his power on.
9:28 and thats why religions still persist here on earth
I love your analysis, but I think palps wanted this whole system to collapse. Palps always wanted the power of the dark side, unlimited power. He can only harvest it by creating suffering, dread, pain. The empire politically was always meant to fail, but the dark side would flourish
"South African wanna be tony stark" best way to describe elon
He is advancing human society. I wish people would respect his craft despite disagreeing with him politically
@@MrTdub16 His craft is puffery. The people at his companies are doing the real advancing.
@@MrTdub16He isn't doing shit. He is not even the "ideas guy" He is just the Figure head
Yall just hating lol if any of you had that f u money you would see it differently. Not here for politcs want to get away from that shit. Its F-ing star wars vid for fawks sake
I dont think people know who either of those guys are when they say stuff like that.
So... the ISB is the equivalent to the US's DHS.
Putting people into maximum security prison over misdemeanor offenses? Bending the justice system to get free labor from inmates? Things are getting political during this time of the cycle.
You've got some nerve to criticize Musk when all you do is sit in your room with a dirty sock over a microphone, talking about "Which Jedi chair is the most comfortable".
Are we all agree Luthen Rael will be killed in season 2 of Andor ?
south african wannabe tony starks. what a friggin' line!! love it!
I want you to make a video on how bad this new live action Starwars kid show will be. Just watched the trailer last night... looks rough.
there are so many similarities with russia and the Galactic Empire
Best part about politics is when there gone but in starwars universe. I'd be more afraid of the underworld hutts ect. Black sun and every syndicate. The rebellion should have used older battle droids and ex sith empire ships
6:44 this bit needs to be said in every senate world wide.
Things as is I don't see Democratic Republics surviving this century. Only in name maybe.
Bro I’m out here trying to learn about the aldani heist and your dropping real life politic points. I ain’t prepared for this bruh. Let me eat my dinner lol
How did they keep time in Canon before Battle of Yavin
How did we mark the passage of time prior to the use of Anño Domini (currently referred to as Common Era)?
The BBY/ABY system is not an in-universe time keeping system. It is solely meant to act as a reference for the audience. I do not know of any in-universe timekeeping system, canon or otherwise.
Probably by whatever year The Old Republic was in existence. Since the OR was 1,000 years old, I'm sure that was a very easy unified system to follow. However, it's also exceedingly likely that each individual Star System kept their own time scale as well.
They used the rusaan reformation
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Vote Allen for supreme chancellor in 2024!
100% its a sock
close to the first one to comment hi yall
I wonder if Darth Allen will get a spot in Trump's Whitehouse as the minister of Sith Education
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Allan 2024!!
Lol Loki was right
Yes, Allen...indeed I am 'jones'zing for more "Andor" too. Alas, a bit too late for the political discourse presently facing America.
Mahlzeit
9:33 / 23:45 The Hell I Get My Self Into lol Well Put America Has Fallen So Far From What We Where We Are Still The Strongest Bastion On Freedom But Our Right Have Been Eroded Away Over The Time We Now Are Forced To Pay Insurance To A "Private Company" Under Treat Of Fines Or You're Property Being Taken Away If You Do Not Want To Pay Money To A Private Company
What if Jedi decided to hide the force. Like wizards in her Potter
That's exactly what both Yoda and Obi-wan did, at the end of "Episode III." They hid Luke and Leia, two POWERFUL Force Potentials, on two different worlds, under alternate personas, and concealed their existence from both the Emperor, and Vader. And then those two went into hiding. With Yoda selecting Dagobah, because the sheer metric tonnage of "Force Level" on that jungle world was strong enough to conceal even HIM from the Emperor's eyes.
Wannabe Tonys...heh...I see what you did there
Ha
In young Jefi yoda hold giving another Jedi a lightsaber he days your adventure awaits . I thought a Jedi craves not those things
The game was rigged from the start.
Cia and fbi aren't not political looking at history
Democracy is a joke, representative government isn't, but democracy is. Go outside, those two junkies who can't see further than their next hit? (I know, it's hyperbole) They outvoted you, someone who genuinely cares for the future. Their vote goes to who can make it easier for them to get their hit, like I know stoners who voted for objectively bad parties (was around for one election, wanted to totally open the borders for international workers, that's not Gunna compress wages at all) just cos those parties had legalisation in their platform
The fact that he’s not explicitly anti trump hurts the video somewhat. Like how can you be in favor of democracy and dance around the fascist elephant in the room?