The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Star Wars Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMaybe take it down a notch, Han.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1563arrow-down113
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minus-squareLord_ToRA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down4·1 year agoAn empire by definition is privately owned and run by a single major power. The Death Star was also a military base and a weapon. So there would be no public sector workers on there unless they knew and accepted the risks or were imprisoned there.
minus-squareiforgotmyinstance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThe literal backstory for the death star lead designer is that his family is held at gunpoint to force his cooperation. Are we to believe this is an isolated event or that the Empire simply took what they wanted?
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoNever heard anything about Bevel Lemelisk’s family being threatened, and Qwi Xux thought she was working on a piece of mining equipment.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYeah but we’re talking about that one stormtrooper who hit his head on the door.
minus-squareLord_ToRA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoConsidering I brought up that there may be prisoners, I don’t disagree. However, I don’t think it was particularly common.
minus-squarePhlubbaDubba@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMy understanding is that the staff manning the station were all volunteers, but everyone involved in the designing and building of it were enslaved
An empire by definition is privately owned and run by a single major power. The Death Star was also a military base and a weapon. So there would be no public sector workers on there unless they knew and accepted the risks or were imprisoned there.
The literal backstory for the death star lead designer is that his family is held at gunpoint to force his cooperation.
Are we to believe this is an isolated event or that the Empire simply took what they wanted?
Never heard anything about Bevel Lemelisk’s family being threatened, and Qwi Xux thought she was working on a piece of mining equipment.
Yeah but we’re talking about that one stormtrooper who hit his head on the door.
Considering I brought up that there may be prisoners, I don’t disagree. However, I don’t think it was particularly common.
My understanding is that the staff manning the station were all volunteers, but everyone involved in the designing and building of it were enslaved