How would you have gone about more successfully toppling the Empire?

[KL70]

After Ep 3, what (serious or humorous) strategies would you have used (or would like to have seen used) to go about successfully toppling the Empire (either with or without the use of Luke and / or Leia in your strategy) that would've been different or superior (in your opinion) to what Lucas used in Eps 4 - 6.

[jayce76]

I would of hid a bomb in an Ice cream cart in the Death Star mall. . . .

[Cassus Fett]

I would have privatised the Empire....

[Darth Massacrus]

Frankly, if I wanted to topple the Empire, I think that the person who did the best job of it was the Clone Emperor. He manages to gather half the remaining Imperial Starfleet around one planet (Byss), arranges for the assasination of his best Admiral (Thrawn), reunites the warlords and their holdings (Delvardus, Harrsk,ect) and creates an array of technology that nobody could reasonably hope to stand against (World Devastators, Galaxy Gun, Eclipse SSD's). When the reunited warlords and various other Imperial fractions launch assaults on key Core Words, like Coruscant and Metellos, he allows the tensions between the fractions to boil over into civil war that ruins the fleet, kills countles soldiers, and devastates Coruscant. He has figured out how to cheat death, yet fails to foresee that his clones can be sabotaged. He allows an insane and incompetent Dark Jedi (Sedriss) to lead his entire military, and Sedriss is quickl defeated in battle, his men (among them the legendary Maximillian Veers, now a Captain) sent knowingly to their deaths on a suicide mission (Balmorra). He sends Sedriss to fight Luke Skywalker (who Palpatine had turned to the Dark Side, yet allowed him to live rather than simply killing his greatest threat), a fatal fight for Sedriss. He similarly squanders the talents of other Dark Side Adepts. He opts to simply destroy worlds (Mon Calamari, Nespis 8) yet lets the forces he sent to Mon Calamari, the World Devastators, be destroyed. He foolishly exposes himself to the Jedi, in an attempt to take on a new body, yet pays the price for his lack of vision when he and his spirit are destroyed. Simultaneously, his throne world, along with his Galaxy Gun and half the Imperial Starfleet, are destroyed by a rouge shot from the Galaxy Gun. Again, poor vision, squandering of resources, and foolish decisions doom the Empire better than anyone else could have.

[jayce76]

:ugh:

[Tovor]

Assassination of the emperor.

[Sarah-Leia]

I would freeze the entire Death Star and Imperial Fleet in Carbonite and pack them off somewhere safe...safe, that is, away from the people who actually WANT to topple the Empire - I like the Empire!

Except the slavery. That sucks. Oh, that and the whole AlderBOOMaan thing.

Remember, I'm insane.

[thepepgal]

I would tell the universe that the Empire had a weapon of mass destruction called the Death Star. Then we could send aussies in to look for it. They never find it but Palpatine would be gone. :blech: :giveup:

[Zedekk]

Death to the Empire by Ewok weapons!... oh wait that was done and worked... Well I can't really top that with anything more humorous or unbelievable so I guess it stands as is? :holosid:

[Solo]

I would have assasinated the Emperor and than put C3PO in charge. Than I would watch the empire collaps whike having a cold beer.

[Sarah-Leia]

I would have assasinated the Emperor and than put C3PO in charge. Than I would watch the empire collaps whike having a cold beer.

:lol: lol!

[Darth Massacrus]

better yet, Emperor Binks could klutz-up the Empire to doom...:lol:

[MasterJedi12]

The best way would use the tactics Palpatine used against him. Sometimes it is better to sneak in and attack from within rather than an outright show of strength. Some battles are good because it can prove a distraction from what is happening elsewhere.

[Jedi Master Harrison]

Humourous - Jar Jar v Palpatine in a game of tiddlywinks, winner takes all. Sith not to use the force during the 'battle', Jar Jar not to use his tongue. That scene would make great viewing. :duel:

Alternatively, just ask Darth Vader nicely to overthrow the Emperor, agree to design him a new armoured suit :vaderxmas: or stop that heavy breathing, gotta put ladies off on the first date.

Serious - I think that potentially Leia had realised that the only way to topple the Empire was to get rid of Palpatine and that the only way this could happen was by involving the Jedi as arguably, no-one else could get close enough to Palpatine or had the power to kill him. It was long winded & took 3 films and Ewoks, but I can't think of a better plausible way of defeating the Empire.

[Solo]

[/quote]Serious - I think that potentially Leia had realised that the only way to topple the Empire was to get rid of Palpatine and that the only way this could happen was by involving the Jedi as arguably, no-one else could get close enough to Palpatine or had the power to kill him. It was long winded & took 3 films and Ewoks, but I can't think of a better plausible way of defeating the Empire.[/quote]

Well, you are right. They attacked the second DS when Vader and Palpatine were there. They had to kill both Vader and Palpatine, because in case they only got rid of one of them, the other would have taken the throne and continue ruling the galaxy.

[thepepgal]

Serious - I think that potentially Leia had realised that the only way to topple the Empire was to get rid of Palpatine and that the only way this could happen was by involving the Jedi as arguably, no-one else could get close enough to Palpatine or had the power to kill him. It was long winded & took 3 films and Ewoks, but I can't think of a better plausible way of defeating the Empire.

Very true except it is Bail Organa's plan and it took 23 years to complete. He knew only the jedi could defeat them so sent Leia to enlist Obi Wan's help. Maybe to train either Luke or Leia or both of them. Obi Wan could have also been a General in the Alliance and lead troops. The death star plans were required to rid the universe of the weapon of mass destruction. The conversation between Bail, Mon Mothma and Padme (in the deleted scene) shows that a rebellion was being planned and time was required to topple Palpatine.

[Talcy]

Well, I'd introduce football (I'm a Brit and I'm not changing the word!) to the Empire and then encourage them to be either Glasgow Rangers or Celtic fans.

Give it a couple of months and they'd have wiped themselves out.

[Rabid Whiphid]

Here's my hardcore, barbaric, blood-and-thunder, glorious, cold-blooded, kamikaze-style, "if-you-wanna-make-an-omelette-you-gotta-break-a-few-eggs" strategy:

You get a team of undercover special agents (the sci-fi equivelent of "black ops") inside the ANH-era Death Star (perhaps they could pose as Imperial technicians or mechanics) and... you have them turn that giant laser cannon on Coruscant.

In one stroke, this move would accomplish the following:

1.) Assasination of Palpatine (assuming that when he's not on board the Death Star he continues to hold office on the capital planet).

2.) Destroy the credibility of Darth Vader and Tarkin as political and military leaders, not only throughout the galaxy but possibly even among their own people, thus planting the seeds of mutiny within the Death Star itself.

3.) Reveal the existence of the Death Star, which exposes the Empire as a dangerous (as well as confused and self-destructive) tyranny that must be brought down.

4.) Create a massive tragedy that will motivate - not just the piddly little, rag-tag Rebel Alliance - but every civillization in the entire galaxy to rise up together, join forces, and get rid of the Empire. Yes, the Empire will still have their Death Star, but there are so many planets out there which are the homes to different civillizations with their own fleets (just look at what the Mon Calamarians were able to assemble)... even an "ultimate weapon" would be quickly overwhelmed.

5.) Eliminate the Empire's center of financial, military, and political power. Yes it's true, the Empire probably had most of their better weapons built on Geonosis, but after seeing the Empire "cause" a disaster of this magnitude, I bet even the stupid Geonosians would be smart enough to distance themselves.

6.) Rid the galaxy of its apparently, incurably, corrupt center of government, strip the whole mess down to its bare bones, and start rebuilding the power structure over, entirely from scratch, by the decent civillians who could be counted on to rise up and overwhelm the Empire.

How bout that!! Haha.


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[Solo]

Well, I'd introduce football (I'm a Brit and I'm not changing the word!) to the Empire and then encourage them to be either Glasgow Rangers or Celtic fans.

Give it a couple of months and they'd have wiped themselves out.

:rofl:

Here's my hardcore, barbaric, blood-and-thunder, glorious, cold-blooded, kamikaze-style, "if-you-wanna-make-an-omelette-you-gotta-break-a-few-eggs" strategy:

You get a team of undercover special agents (the sci-fi equivelent of "black ops") inside the ANH-era Death Star (perhaps they could pose as Imperial technicians or mechanics) and... you have them turn that giant laser cannon on Coruscant.

In one stroke, this move would accomplish the following:

1.) Assasination of Palpatine (assuming that when he's not on board the Death Star he continues to hold office on the capital planet).

2.) Destroy the credibility of Darth Vader and Tarkin as political and military leaders, not only throughout the galaxy but possibly even among their own people, thus planting the seeds of mutiny within the Death Star itself.

3.) Reveal the existence of the Death Star, which exposes the Empire as a dangerous (as well as confused and self-destructive) tyranny that must be brought down.

4.) Create a massive tragedy that will motivate - not just the piddly little, rag-tag Rebel Alliance - but every civillization in the entire galaxy to rise up together, join forces, and get rid of the Empire. Yes, the Empire will still have their Death Star, but there are so many planets out there which are the homes to different civillizations with their own fleets (just look at what the Mon Calamarians were able to assemble)... even an "ultimate weapon" would be quickly overwhelmed.

5.) Eliminate the Empire's center of financial, military, and political power. Yes it's true, the Empire probably had most of their better weapons built on Geonosis, but after seeing the Empire "cause" a disaster of this magnitude, I bet even the stupid Geonosians would be smart enough to distance themselves.

6.) Rid the galaxy of its apparently, incurably, corrupt center of government, strip the whole mess down to its bare bones, and start rebuilding the power structure over, entirely from scratch, by the decent civillians who could be counted on to rise up and overwhelm the Empire.

How bout that!! Haha.


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Wow, dude. You must be hadled with care.

[Darth Nameless]

real simple...take the leader of the rebelion and palpy...paper, rock, scissors..looser goes home...see simple