Twelve Steps for the Sith Lord

[mithriltabby]

For purposes of Star Wars narrative, it’s important to have your established infrastructure become decadent or hidebound. You wouldn’t get nearly as much cinematic action out of a universe where this sort of thing happens:

“Hi. I’m Sidney Palpatine, and I am a Dark Jedi.”
“Hi, Sid!”
“It has been three years since I last used the Force to dominate and control...”

Comments

[cmccurry.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure it's incompetence as much as it was complacency. After all, they existed for thousands of years without a serious threat to its authority.