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Topic	So why did the rebels rebel against the empire anyway?
Yellow 06/26/23 1:08:09 AM #41:	Zareth posted... None of this is shown in the original trilogy at all. Well the one guy does refer to bounty hunters as "scum" but then again there are just as many humans and robots as there are aliens in that scene. Palpatine only cared about power, but used racism (speciesism) as a means to do that. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Speciesism Although the Galactic Emperor Palpatine was not himself speciesist, he nonetheless encouraged it in the Empire due to viewing it as facilitating his control over the galaxy.[6] It was thanks to speciesism that Palpatine appealed to Wilhuff Tarkin early in his career, given Tarkin's Humanocentrism tendencies.[7] <cite>Yellow posted [p:974426197] in So why did... [t:80486447]...</cite> <quote>Zareth posted... </cite><quote>None of this is shown in the original trilogy at all.Well the one guy does refer to bounty hunters as "scum" but then again there are just as many humans and robots as there are aliens in that scene.</quote>Palpatine only cared about power, but used racism (speciesism) as a means to do that.https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Speciesism<quote>Although the Galactic Emperor Palpatine was not himself speciesist, he nonetheless encouraged it in the Empire due to viewing it as facilitating his control over the galaxy.[6] It was thanks to speciesism that Palpatine appealed to Wilhuff Tarkin early in his career, given Tarkin's Humanocentrism tendencies.[7]</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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