Just imagine the scene. A group of fighters from the Rebel Alliance gathered around a holo projector While Mon Mothma and General Madine go through their plan to kidnap Grand Moff Tarkin.
Mon Mothma: We’re getting in through the underground heating system here, up through into the main audience chamber here, and Tarkin’s bed room is here. Having grabbed Tarkin, We inform the Emperor that Tarkin is in our custody and forthwith issue our demands. Any Questions?
Luke Skywalker: What exactly are the demands?
General Madine: We’re giving the Emperor two days to dismantle the entire apparatus of the Galactic Empire, and if he doesn’t agree immediately, we execute Tarkin.
Han Solo: Cut Tarkins head off?
Mon Mothama: Cut all his bits off. Send ’em back on the hour every hour. Show them we’re not to be trifled with.
General Madine: Also, we’re demanding a ten foot mahogany statue of Princess Leia in her slave out fit she wore for Jabba.
ALL: Laughing
Wedge Antilles: What? They’ll never agree with that General
General Nadine: That’s just the bar — a bargaining counter. And of course. we point out that they bear full responsibility when we chop Tarkin up. and that we shall not submit to blackmail!
ALL: No blackmail!
General Madine: They,ve bled us white, the poodo. They’ve taken everything we had, and not just from us, from our fathers, and from our fathers’ fathers
Wedge Antilles: And from our fathers’ fathers’ fathers.
General Madine: Yeah!
Wedge Antilles: And from our fathers’ fathers’fathers’ fathers.
General Madine: Yeah. All right. Wedge. Don’t labour the point. And what have they ever given us in return?
Biggs Darklighter: A stable Economy
General Madine: What?
Biggs Darklighter: A stable Economy
General Madine: Oh. Yeah, year. They did give us that. Uh, that’s true. Yeah.
Lando Calrissian: Advancements in technology
Wedge Antillies: Oh, yeah, the advancements in technology, General. Remember what the city used to be like?
General Madine: Yeah. All right. I’ll grant you the stable economy and the advancements in technology are two things the Empire has done.
Lobot: And the Hyper Space lanes
General Madine: Well, yeah. Obviously the Hyper Space Lanes, I mean the Hyperspace lanes go without saying, don’t they: But apart from the stable economy, the advancements in technology, and the Hyperspace lanes–
Arvel Crynyd: Jobs.
Biggs Darklighter: Advanced cybernetics and medicine.
ALL: Huh? Heh? Huh….
Bren Derlin: Education.
All: Ohh…
General Madine: Yeah, yeah. All right. Fair enough.
Wes Janson: And the wine.
ALL: Oh, yes. Yeah…
Mon Mothama: Yeah. Yeah, that’s something we’d really miss, General, if the Empire left. Huh.
Wess Janson: and it’s safe to walk in the streets at night now, General.
Mon Mothama: Yeah, they certainly know how to keep order. Let’s face it. They’re the only ones who could in a galaxy like this.
ALL: Hehh, heh. Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh.
General Madine: All right, but apart from the stable economy, the advancements in technology, and the Hyperspace lanes, jobs, advanced cybernetics and medicine and public health, What has the Empire ever done for us?
Lobot: Brought peace.
General Madine: Oh. Peace? Shut up?
I’ve taken one or two liberties from Monty Pythons Life of Brian there but I think you see where I going. Ok the Empire were a bit on the naughty side but in some ways they did better the galaxy. Cybernetics were advanced thus helping people who would no longer be able to have a normal life could now have whole life support machines built into them thus leaving them to carry on a normal life. Technology for one had not really changed in the last 1000 years but when The Galactic Empire was in charge all sorts of new and approved technology came up, look at the space crafts that appeared and lets not forget the Death Star. In the Maw installation Grand Moff Tarkin kept some of the most brilliant minds working on new weapons of destruction. Even education got a boast from the Empire, what with all the new Imperial academy’s popping up. Also because of the huge scale of the new Imperial army and navy, new ships had to be built thus creating jobs for people and business’s recovering from a war. Also because of all the planets that were now part of the Empire new hyperspace routes were opened up plus with all these new planets came new fashions. arts and of course wine! But lets not forget the one big thing the Empire did do for the galaxy…..it brought peace!!!!!!
“Once more, the Sith will rule the galaxy… And we shall have peace.“―Palpatine
Did you see it last night? The latest trailer for Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens came out last night and it was brilliant! We got to see some stunning scenery as well as some of the new characters and of course right at the end there was Chewbacca and a very gray-haired Han Solo. The trailer opens on the scrap yard desert planet of Jakku. The scenery is stunning as we track a speeder passing by a downed X-Wing fighter and then a half buried star destroyer. We then get a glimpse of Darth Vaders melted mask and helmet which looks more like a skull, we then fade a again to see a robed figure stretch out his robotic arm to stroke R2-D2’s dome while they sit beside a fire, we then see Luke’s first lightsaber (Anakins lightsaber) being given to someone, possibly Princess Leia, then we see an extended clip of the X-wings flying over a lake that we first saw in the first trailer. It then switches to shots of the baddies and things blowing up. The new Sith looks cool with a hint of Darth Raven about him plus that awesome lightsaber that he uses. Also plenty of shots of the new stormtrooper and a new insignia for the Empire. We then end with the millennium Falcon being chased by TIE fighters through a derelict spaceship, a scene that looks very similar to Return of the Jedi when the Falcon is flying through the super structure of the Death Star, we then end with Chewbacca and a very old-looking Han Solo who seem to be on the Millennium Falcon. All the way through the clip we hear Luke talking, giving the same line he used in Return of the Jedi when he tells Leia that they are brother and sister. So far it looks like J.J. Abrams is doing a fine job and if rumours are true we might be seeing another trailer attached to Avengers : Age of Altron. I don’t usually say this but HURRY UP DECEMBER!!!!!
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